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The Promise Of Transparent Circuits

Posted by timothy on from the heads-up-display dept.

aaron huslage writes "Research into Transparent Circuits has apparently come a long way lately. 'In a development that could accelerate architectural deployment of see-through surfaces with embedded circuitry, researchers from the Tokyo Institute of Technology have greatly improved the processing speed of transparent semiconductors, according to a report in the Nov. 25 issue of the journal Nature.' Imagine that your house is your computer!" Or a truly active windshield display in the car.

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  1. errrr.... by lordkuri · · Score: 2, Funny

    Or a truly active windshield display in the car.

    yay! as if it's not bad enough getting run over by soccermom's in their Navigators.. now they get to look at all the pretty flashy things!!

    1. Re:errrr.... by trongey · · Score: 3, Funny

      The number of techno-gadgets allowed in an automobile should be inversely proportional to it's mass.

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    2. Re:errrr.... by zev1983 · · Score: 2, Funny

      And you thought having your regular windshield replaced was expensive...
      How much will it cost to replace these 'active' windshields after your ex bashes it in yet again...

    3. Re:errrr.... by ArsonSmith · · Score: 2, Funny

      screw all that, I want it to be able to change my face image when I fly through a camera speed trap.

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    4. Re:errrr.... by Rytr23 · · Score: 2, Funny
      after your ex* bashes it in yet again..
      • *Note to slashdotters: This refers to an individual with which you had a "relationship" with, that also took place in the "physical" aka "real" world, that is now no longer willing to deal with your neglect .. and in this example seems to be a tad disenchanted with you and your 'active' windshield
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    5. Re:errrr.... by PapayaSF · · Score: 4, Funny

      Or a truly active windshield display in the car.

      Now that could be a true "blue screen of death"!

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  2. comp house by anagama · · Score: 5, Funny

    "imagine that your house is your computer."

    Two words: kid, baseball

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  3. house of porn by Class+Act+Dynamo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Imagine that your house is your computer!

    Yes, now the whole neighborhood will know when I am looking at porn. This is a wonderful idea.

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  4. yes well by odyrithm · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Or a truly active windshield display in the car."

    your stuffed when it blue screens!

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  5. Tokyo Institute of Technology by NitsujTPU · · Score: 5, Funny

    Gooooooooooo TIT!

    1. Re:Tokyo Institute of Technology by RangerRick98 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Reminds me of a friend of mine who goes to Dickinson. They printed up shirts to wear at the football games: "Go hard big Dick!"

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    2. Re:Tokyo Institute of Technology by ArsonSmith · · Score: 2, Funny

      You exposed their acronym malfunction.

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    3. Re:Tokyo Institute of Technology by jaeson · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yes, and they have a much better program than the Springfield Heights Insitute of Technology.

    4. Re:Tokyo Institute of Technology by FuzzyBad-Mofo · · Score: 2, Funny

      I hear the Farnsworth University of Covington, Kentucky has a nice program..

  6. The Inevitable by Doesn't_Comment_Code · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...and Apple will make a computer that looks like a big ice cube.

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  7. Windshield display + Wifi + IEmobile = popup death by lateralus_1024 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Imagine the horror of dying in a head on collision because a sudden and aggressive Ford popup ad took control of your car stereo's volume control and made you flinch.

    simulated film at eleven....

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  8. Re:What is wrong with these article writers?! by Lonesome+Squash · · Score: 5, Funny
    There aren't any frigging pictures in this article (like many posted for /.)!

    The product is transparent. Maybe the article was FULL of pictures. How would you know?

    Anyway, here's a pic for you:

    And now one from the side:

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  9. Re:Transparent Alluminum by NardofDoom · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Computer. Computer?"
    /holds mouse to face
    "Hello computer?"
    /sees keyboard "Ah, the keyboard. How quaint."

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  10. Imagine that your house is your computer! by pmbuko · · Score: 4, Funny

    The last thing I need is all my windows crashing.