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The Promise Of Transparent Circuits

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

    "imagine that your house is your computer."

    Two words: kid, baseball

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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. Tokyo Institute of Technology by NitsujTPU · · Score: 5, Funny

    Gooooooooooo TIT!

  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. Imagine that your house is your computer! by pmbuko · · Score: 4, Funny

    The last thing I need is all my windows crashing.

  10. 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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