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Whats the next cool invention?

Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 9:55 pm
by John Cartwright
I came across this link from another forum, http://www.alpern.org/weblog/stories/20 ... oards.html, and I seriously am just blown away by Projection Keyboards. How cool is that? I wouldn't mind having one of those built into a laptop, atleast it would keep crumbs from falling between the keys :P Aparantly this technology can also be used as a virtual mouse 8O

Do you guys have any inventions that you've come across that you find extraordinary?

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:04 pm
by RobertGonzalez
Dude, I totally saw one of these things on CSI Miami the other night. In the show a woman was using it to send emails to her blog by way of her PDA phone (which was conveniently hidden under the desk). Sweet. Wish I would have thought of that...

Re: Whats the next cool invention?

Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 2:40 am
by JayBird
Jcart wrote:...blown away by Projection Keyboards.
I saw these on Tomorrows World (BBC program) 5 or 6 years ago.

Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:07 am
by phpdevuk
personally I'm looking forward to when solid state drives become mainstream which a few companies are pushing it seems, watched a video of one of them the other day takes like 12 secs to shutdown and reboot the machine from in game in bf2, those new physics chip cards look damn awesome too :D apart from that I live for the day they invent self cleaning clothes using nanotech (I hate wash day) and of course star trek style replicators and transporters, lol

Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:22 am
by Grim...
My mate has a projection keyboard for his PDA.
It sucks.

Re: Whats the next cool invention?

Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:24 am
by Oren
Pimptastic wrote:I saw these on Tomorrows World (BBC program) 5 or 6 years ago.
Yeah, me too (only not on BBC).

Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 6:56 am
by shiznatix
phpdevuk wrote:I live for the day they invent self cleaning clothes using nanotech (I hate wash day) and of course star trek style replicators and transporters
100% couldn't agree more. It's like lets goto the bar but then its like oh man thats like freakin far away...BUT! If you had a teleporter you could just be like BAM beers all around. Then when it was time to go home you could just teleport back to your nice comfy bed instead of stubmling home and getting robbed and hit by cars and arrested like it is now. Thats why we need teleporters!

For the washing clothes stuff, that pile of dirty clothes in the corner is starting to smell but I am waiting for the teleporter to be invented so I don't have to make that long trip to the laundrymat but even then it is a bit of a hassle to actually teleport there and back. The self washing clothes would be the best by far.

Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 8:04 am
by JayBird
Looking forward to OLED being perfected

Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 8:48 am
by RobertGonzalez
shiznatix wrote:
phpdevuk wrote:I live for the day they invent self cleaning clothes using nanotech (I hate wash day) and of course star trek style replicators and transporters
100% couldn't agree more. It's like lets goto the bar but then its like oh man thats like freakin far away...BUT! If you had a teleporter you could just be like BAM beers all around. Then when it was time to go home you could just teleport back to your nice comfy bed instead of stubmling home and getting robbed and hit by cars and arrested like it is now. Thats why we need teleporters!
Just make sure not to drink and teleport :D Imagine going out to the bar, getting a few good rounds in you and then waking up on the far side the Moon of Endor (not just a different planetary object, a whole different sci-fi movie series altogether!).

Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 6:54 am
by Grim...
Sod teleporters and replicators - you wouldn't need to move or eat when you have the HOLODECK!

Oh, hell yes! One room full of naked Kate Winslets, please!

Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:50 am
by n00b Saibot
Grim... wrote:Sod teleporters and replicators - you wouldn't need to move or eat when you have the HOLODECK!

Oh, hell yes! One room full of naked Kate Winslets, please!
I want mine rare.. i will afterwards make it well-done :lol:

Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 3:36 pm
by John Cartwright
shiznatix wrote:100% couldn't agree more. It's like lets goto the bar but then its like oh man thats like freakin far away...BUT! If you had a teleporter you could just be like BAM beers all around. Then when it was time to go home you could just teleport back to your nice comfy bed instead of stubmling home and getting robbed and hit by cars and arrested like it is now. Thats why we need teleporters!
Why get up? You can just teleport the beer to you 8)