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[cityboi]

I made a post about this before. The bendable millimeter thin tv screens are around the corner. Hang them on your wall like a picture and with WIFI/battery technology, no need to have cords running up the wall. Don't you just love nanotechnology? compare this to tv sets just 20 years ago.

"The promising fact: huge OLED screens can be printed onto razor-thin surfaces using a process akin to an inkjet printer, theoretically making them even cheaper to produce than today's LCD and plasma screens."

http://www.cnn.com/2...html?hpt=hp_bn6

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That calendar is actually a screen!! Reminds me of the moving pictures in the books in the Harry Potter movies. This technology can be applied to everything from newspapers to magazines. Books will look different because only one page is needed. "smart cards" will use this technology and replace drivers licenses, debit and credit cards. The cards will have displays on them. In fact you will be able to do online banking directly on the cards. You will also be able to punch in your debit card number directly onto the card before putting it into the ATM machine. That way scammers cant watch you punching your code on the atm machine.  These smart cards will even be used to unlock your house or your cars. Now integrate these smart cards with smart phones! Eventually the manufacture of electronic paper will become incredibly cheap opening up the door for a wide range of uses. Imagine using your smart card as tickets to get into sporting or music events. This is very revolutionary.

Edited by cityboi, 02 January 2012 - 03:25 PM.

[cityboi]

Star Trek has had an amazing track record in predicting future technologies.

The modern tablet was predicted 25 years ago on Star Trek The Next Generation along with touchscreen technology.



And who could forget the flip top tricorder in the 1960s Star Trek which ended up becoming cell phones

[cityboi]

Google is trying to get ahead of Apple with its plan to make "smart glasses".

Messages, web surfing, word processing, phone conversation, weather information and navigation is only the beginning. Very cool! maybe with future nanotechnology breakthroughs, they will come in contacts. This makes the Ipad and smart phone look obsolete.

Edited by cityboi, 04 April 2012 - 02:58 PM.

[Neo]

Google TV looked great in the initial demo that was given as well and you see how well that soared.

Don't get me wrong...I'm a huge user of many Google products...most notably Google Apps where I work (I was the one who deployed it company-wide even) and I love my Gmail. We even use Google Apps here at UrbanPlanet.org, but Google has some issues with so many of their products. They have a very bad track record lately of making a new product and a few months or a couple of years later completely ditching it all of a sudden.

I think this project is awesome and I can't wait to get it in my own hands, but my main concern is WHO is developing this...not the actual product itself. They lack the laser focus to get things done like Apple does (of which I'm a HUGE fan...I have several items in their current product lineup).

What I can see happening is this...Google makes these glasses...and their AWESOME, at least under the most perfect conditions. They will likely require that you have an Android device...and probably one running a certain version of Android. The problem with Android is that it is tremendously fragmented. It's up to the handset maker (e.g. Samsung) to release an Android update for a particular phone. Lots of Android phones never get an update, even though one exists. While Google is the creator of Android, the carriers are the ones who finish development for a specific device and are thus responsible for any subsequent updates. This is much different from the way Apple handles it. Say what you will about Apple's closed system but it works.

These glasses will probably also use Google Plus for all social features. I doubt you'll see things like Twitter or Facebook on it. Google has no incentive to provide this third party information and let's be honest, Google Plus is floundering regardless of how much they're pushing it (and they're pushing it HARD).

The glasses WILL be awesome for a few folks, but unfortunately it will take more than a few folks to make this a real winner.

[cityboi]

One reason why Apple has been so successful is because they focus on developing their own hardware. Everyone likes a shiny new electronic gadget. Google has focused more on its OS like Microsoft back in the 1990s. Other manufacturers develop the products and use Google android system. A Samsung phone with android is great but its not as exciting as an Iphone. I understand why Google uses other manufacturers. They want a larger share of the smartphone/tablet market. Everyone isn't going to buy just one brand. But I do think in some cases Google should build its own hardware and they can start with these glasses. However people are going to have to get comfortable using these glasses because when you are giving voice commands or talking to someone on the phone, others may think you are walking around talking to yourself. I have a friend who refuses to use bluetooth for that very reason.

Edited by cityboi, 05 April 2012 - 07:56 AM.

[christian1985]

i cant wait to get some of these technologies for myself, i particulaly like the laser keyboard only time will tell what our tech will be like in 50years.