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Windows that Double as LCD Monitors

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the everything-should-be-multi-purpose dept.

Mynister writes "The AP has a story about the windows of the future they can go from clear to opaque and the can also act as an LCD TV or Computer Monitor. They accomplish it by placing a LCD Screen over the window and embed the speakers in the frame."

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  1. Future? by Malicious · · Score: 4, Funny
    If they already have them, wouldn't that make them the windows of the Now?

    Further, can they legally call them the 'W' word?

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  2. a fusion-powered backlight by Schlemphfer · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This is basically an LCD monitor, using the sun instead of a backlight. Brings a new meaning to Microsoft's "Windows Everywhere" ads.

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  3. Can you hack them? by MrDigital · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ahh, imagine the world of that hot girl you live beside undressing behind her opaque window and you change it to transparent.

    Glorious!

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  4. FBI warning by Metryq · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Great, so everyone outside will be able to see what you're looking at on your computer (in reverse of course). The FBI warning on videotapes and DVDs states that the program is only for private home use. Will playing a movie on one of these window/screens be a violation? :)

  5. I swear I'm watching TV... by hoggoth · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Are you staring at our neighbor's teenage daughter sunbathing again, you pervert?!"
    "No, I swear I'm watching TV..."

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  6. Backyard Baseball by Libertarian_Geek · · Score: 4, Funny

    In other news, there has been a dramatic drop in backyard baseball games due to finincial risks.

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  7. Re:in glass houses . . . by MikeXpop · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Ah, to be able to kick back in the den on a summer's evening, watching the sun sink slowly below the horizon, and then *CLICK* Matrix Re-re-re-reloaded, without even having to move my eyeballs!
    That would look very strange from the outside. And even if they somehow make this one-way, that would be quite creepy seeing a whole family stare out a window. I won't even mention pr0n.
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  8. Never Happen by overshoot · · Score: 4, Funny

    Microsoft will sue them for trademark violation -- after all, it's "Windows" in the context of a computer display.

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  9. Who writes this crap? by b00m3rang · · Score: 4, Funny
    "This concept car, of sorts, for houses"
    Wouldn't that make it a concept house?
    "Officials say the speakers are high-fidelity"
    Whew, I was beginning to worry they weren't going to include any accurate performance specifications.
  10. Re:in glass houses . . . by Golias · · Score: 4, Insightful
    I have three concerns about this idea:

    1. The level of light behind my display will change throughout the day according to how much sunlight is hitting that window.

    2. Birds and baseballs can fly into my computer screen, costing me a lot of money and taking away precious web browsing and TV watching time while I'm getting a replacement window.

    3. I live in Minnesota, where gas-filled triple-pane windows are commonplace, to help insulate against our sub-zero (F) winters. How well would this LCD retain heat?

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  11. Re:Windows that change opacity by dasmegabyte · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's this great new device that accomplishes this. I just had it installed in my den.

    It's called "curtains." They install a fibrous semi-transparent membrane over an organic dowel. And it was only $79.95 at some technology wwarehouse called "linens and things!"

    While we were there, we picked up this other awesome device that reduces the the effect of water cohesion after a shower...they called it a "towel"...god I love the 21st century!

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