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Samsung Develops a Transparent OLED Laptop Screen

Posted by Soulskill on from the harder-to-hide-your-mmo-habit-from-the-boss dept.

Dyne09 writes "The Design blog has posted an entry on Samsung's new laptop with a transparent OLED screen. The photos show a dark-tinted and dimly-lit screen that is fully see-through. While the utility of a see-through laptop probably isn't that high for the average user, several medical and industrial industries could greatly augment design work or frame 3-D models over real life in real-time."

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  1. cool, absolutely. but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    there certainly is some geek coolness in having a transparent display on a laptop, although I question the usefulness of it; particularly when one is playing back pr0n on said laptop.

    1. Re:cool, absolutely. but... by Tablizer · · Score: 4, Funny

      there certainly is some geek coolness in having a transparent display on a laptop, although I question the usefulness of it; particularly when one is playing back pr0n on said laptop.

      If you have a gf with a pretty face but an ugly body...

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      Table-ized A.I.
  2. Re:Realistic Uses by Artifakt · · Score: 3, Funny

    Do I see anything? Yes, I'm THAT damned nearsighted, you insensitive clod!

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    Who is John Cabal?
  3. yo dawg... by ZosX · · Score: 2, Funny

    I heard you like windows so I made a window that you can display windows with while running windows, so you can have windows in your window.

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    zosxavius photography
  4. Its all fun and games until... by LunarEffect · · Score: 2, Funny

    you are playing Left 4 Dead and suddenly you see your mother in law appear among the zombies.

  5. yep by itomato · · Score: 3, Funny

    Heads-up display, much like the system used in Cadillacs.
    http://cars.about.com/od/cadillac/ig/2008-Cadillac-STS-gallery/2008-Cadillac-STS-HUD.htm

    viewing a map with turn by turn superimposed over the windshield would be killer app

  6. Re:This does have everyday applications! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's because they ran out of IP addresses and had to use NAT which prevented them from being able to initiate network connections.

  7. Re:Minority Report? by Jezza · · Score: 2, Funny

    Very short?!