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Future of Visual Gadgets Rolled Out

Posted by Hemos on from the looking-into-the-future dept.

unassimilatible writes "A television sewn into your shirt sleeve. A dashboard screen to monitor the kids in the back seat. A 3-D computer monitor sharp enough to make a hardcore gamer's heart stop - or help a surgeon start one. The gizmo-packed exhibition hall at the Society for Information Display's international symposium offers a tantalizing vision of what's to come, AP reports (with some cool pics)."

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  1. Whatever happened to... by jwcorder · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Dashboard screen to monitor kids in the back seat"....

    Whatever happened to just looking in the rear view mirror and trying to beat your kids with one arm while driving with the other...jeez...take all the fun out of it why don't ya...

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    1. Re:Whatever happened to... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Just wait until they start putting tasers in the back seats and make the monitor a touchscreen. Now there is inivation.

  2. 50-odd years of sci-fi explained by t_allardyce · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ah this explains why all sci-fi space-ships have CRT monitors - around 2020 when lifting things into orbit cost almost nothing, new ships were built using ultra-cheap CRTs that everyone was throwing out to replace with all this new stuff. But that still doesnt explain why spock had to look down that blue screen-scope thing...

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    1. Re:50-odd years of sci-fi explained by GordoSlasher · · Score: 5, Funny

      But that still doesnt explain why spock had to look down that blue screen-scope thing...
      Two words. Vulcan pr0n.

  3. Re:Sounds Good by Eccles · · Score: 5, Funny

    But what would you use a tv on your jeans for?

    Flashers might use one when it's really cold...

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  4. Now that's what I'm talkin' about by HarveyBirdman · · Score: 4, Funny
    Instead, I just shut off the power to their video game/DVD player when they start yelling at each other.

    Even better, install an airtight parition so you can cut off the oxygen when they act up. They'll either start to behave in exchange for a precious breath of life, or anoixa will eventually shut them up anyway.

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  5. A television sewn into your shirt sleeve by chargen · · Score: 2, Funny

    So what do I do when it's wrinkled? My wife still won't iron my clothes and I'm a helpless male when it comes to laundry!

    -Pete