Technology Get the latest on technology, electronics and software…

Glass (giant iPad) world of the future

Thread Tools
 
Old 02-28-2011, 08:55 PM
  #1  
Safety Car
Thread Starter
 
wackjum's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Houston, Texas
Age: 42
Posts: 4,388
Received 487 Likes on 249 Posts
Glass (giant iPad) world of the future

I thought this video was cool enough that I watched the entire thing.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cf7IL_eZ38
Old 02-28-2011, 09:02 PM
  #2  
Safety Car
 
Anachostic's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 4,845
Received 145 Likes on 90 Posts
I want to live in that world. There's like NO people and NO traffic. Aside from that, I don't really like any of their future vision.
Old 02-28-2011, 09:09 PM
  #3  
Needs more Lemon Pledge
 
stogie1020's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Age: 52
Posts: 52,768
Received 2,000 Likes on 1,173 Posts
Windex just had an orgasm.
Old 02-28-2011, 09:16 PM
  #4  
Hello Officer
iTrader: (6)
 
It's Clutch's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: So-Cal
Age: 32
Posts: 2,471
Received 24 Likes on 19 Posts
Originally Posted by stogie1020
Windex just had an orgasm.

Sig material!
Old 02-28-2011, 11:06 PM
  #5  
S E L L
 
Gfaze's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Modesto, CA
Age: 45
Posts: 12,767
Received 51 Likes on 40 Posts


Originally Posted by stogie1020
Windex just had an orgasm.
Old 02-28-2011, 11:19 PM
  #6  
Senior Moderator
 
Yumcha's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2001
Posts: 167,649
Received 22,945 Likes on 14,060 Posts
Originally Posted by stogie1020
Windex just had an orgasm.
Old 03-01-2011, 12:20 AM
  #7  
AZ Community Team
 
Bearcat94's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: N35°03'16.75", W 080°51'0.9"
Posts: 32,488
Received 7,771 Likes on 4,342 Posts
She needs Navi to find her way to the office?


Old 03-01-2011, 12:56 AM
  #8  
Instructor
 
merlinsbeard101's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Seattle
Posts: 135
Received 6 Likes on 5 Posts
This is going to revolutionize the porn industry. Soon we'll have life-size porn stars in our walls
Old 03-01-2011, 12:59 AM
  #9  
AZ Community Team
 
Bearcat94's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: N35°03'16.75", W 080°51'0.9"
Posts: 32,488
Received 7,771 Likes on 4,342 Posts
Originally Posted by merlinsbeard101
This is going to revolutionize the porn industry. Soon we'll have life-size porn stars in our walls

Will Windex clean that up?
Old 03-01-2011, 04:22 AM
  #10  
Green Tea
 
badazzTL-S's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Newport News, VA
Age: 35
Posts: 1,080
Received 28 Likes on 22 Posts
Very cool. Thanks for sharing.
Old 03-01-2011, 06:53 AM
  #11  
Team Owner
 
svtmike's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Chicago
Age: 60
Posts: 37,666
Received 3,864 Likes on 2,031 Posts
Neat vision, but no way it's economical.
Old 03-01-2011, 08:51 AM
  #12  
Suzuka Master
 
VQPower37's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 6,386
Received 84 Likes on 79 Posts
cool vision, i wouldn't be surprised if in reality it actually started happening
Old 03-01-2011, 09:03 AM
  #13  
Super Car Enthusiast
 
hdcolumbus's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Ohio
Age: 48
Posts: 5,653
Received 190 Likes on 91 Posts
looks expensive
Old 03-01-2011, 09:11 AM
  #14  
Team Owner
 
TS_eXpeed's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 23,451
Received 54 Likes on 27 Posts
Originally Posted by stogie1020
Windex just had an orgasm.
Old 03-01-2011, 09:12 AM
  #15  
Team Owner
 
TS_eXpeed's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 23,451
Received 54 Likes on 27 Posts
I'll be honest...I think it would be pretty badass to live in a world like that.


Where do I sign up??
Old 03-01-2011, 10:05 AM
  #16  
Suzuka Master
iTrader: (4)
 
myron's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Edmonton, Canada
Age: 39
Posts: 8,205
Received 269 Likes on 229 Posts
I like that a lot. Pretty crazy
Old 03-01-2011, 11:43 AM
  #17  
Secret Agent
 
Shalooby's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: N Va
Posts: 4,298
Received 31 Likes on 16 Posts
Isn't this the sort of thing that Microsoft has been working on for a while now? It's called "Surface" or something like that.
Old 03-01-2011, 12:33 PM
  #18  
Suzuka Master
iTrader: (2)
 
paz840's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: St. Louis
Age: 45
Posts: 6,083
Received 42 Likes on 40 Posts
Nice concept with some very cool applications.
Old 03-02-2011, 02:32 AM
  #19  
Moderator
 
Mizouse's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Not Las Vegas (SF Bay Area)
Age: 40
Posts: 63,307
Received 2,811 Likes on 1,991 Posts




ohh and :ibyumchaandapplethisandthat:
Old 03-02-2011, 03:15 AM
  #20  
contrarian in fashion
 
PimpCL23's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Los Angeles / Highland Park
Age: 43
Posts: 9,861
Received 19 Likes on 10 Posts
lol... i like how they put their phones on the table and it displays the pics.... it would suck if your gf's private pics get displayed for everyone to see, or your txt messages from your girlfriend that your wife on the side saw
Old 03-02-2011, 07:08 AM
  #21  
Go Giants
 
Whiskers's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: PA
Age: 53
Posts: 69,918
Received 1,236 Likes on 825 Posts
Cool, but its a germophobics nightmare
Old 03-02-2011, 07:12 AM
  #22  
Team Owner
 
svtmike's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Chicago
Age: 60
Posts: 37,666
Received 3,864 Likes on 2,031 Posts
Originally Posted by Whiskers
Cool, but its a germophobics nightmare
Not true. Once our world is made of glass everyone will be rich, clean, and "work" in fashion. Germs will be a thing of the past because the glass will be germocidal.
Old 03-02-2011, 07:17 AM
  #23  
Go Giants
 
Whiskers's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: PA
Age: 53
Posts: 69,918
Received 1,236 Likes on 825 Posts
oh.
Old 03-02-2011, 07:37 AM
  #24  
failhard.
 
mystikk's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Alaska
Age: 38
Posts: 4,546
Received 10 Likes on 9 Posts
You know those funny videos of people running into nicely-cleaned glass doors?

There'll be a shit-ton of them in the "near future" Comedy awaits!
Old 03-02-2011, 08:12 AM
  #25  
an asshole from florida
 
invisiblewar's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: GO GATORS!
Age: 35
Posts: 9,405
Received 17 Likes on 15 Posts
i dont know about this, too much tech. Its like everything in the house could possibly be your phone. Imagine that annoying family member that keeps blowing up your phone and everything in the house starts ringing
Old 03-02-2011, 08:23 AM
  #26  
Team Owner
 
doopstr's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Jersey
Age: 52
Posts: 25,457
Received 2,214 Likes on 1,211 Posts
I thought it was bad enough with my Blackberry demanding that I pay attention to it and work for free at home. Now the mirror in the bathroom is going to do the same? Fuck that.
Old 03-02-2011, 08:25 AM
  #27  
failhard.
 
mystikk's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Alaska
Age: 38
Posts: 4,546
Received 10 Likes on 9 Posts
You could probably set it so that the phone thingamajig nearest to you would start ringing instead of everything.

Which is perfect for people that are too lazy to go downstairs to answer the phone.
Old 03-02-2011, 09:06 AM
  #28  
Moderator
 
Mizouse's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Not Las Vegas (SF Bay Area)
Age: 40
Posts: 63,307
Received 2,811 Likes on 1,991 Posts
Originally Posted by PimpCL23
lol... i like how they put their phones on the table and it displays the pics.... it would suck if your gf's private pics get displayed for everyone to see, or your txt messages from your girlfriend that your wife on the side saw
yea, something like that exists already with the microsoft surface, or maybe was a proof of concept? and hasnt really been implemented yet.
Old 03-02-2011, 09:08 AM
  #29  
Team Owner
 
svtmike's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Chicago
Age: 60
Posts: 37,666
Received 3,864 Likes on 2,031 Posts
Originally Posted by PimpCL23
lol... i like how they put their phones on the table and it displays the pics.... it would suck if your gf's private pics get displayed for everyone to see, or your txt messages from your girlfriend that your wife on the side saw
In the future, we'll have wives on the side? We're not very smart.
Old 03-02-2011, 12:40 PM
  #30  
Senior Moderator
iTrader: (5)
 
juniorbean's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The QC
Posts: 28,461
Received 1,760 Likes on 1,046 Posts
Originally Posted by Bearcat94
She needs Navi to find her way to the office?


LOL... thought the same thing when they showed that. Those people on the glass planet sure are stupid...
Old 03-02-2011, 06:13 PM
  #31  
Suzuka Master
 
mcflyguy24's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Oreland, Pa
Age: 42
Posts: 5,846
Received 24 Likes on 20 Posts
I don't like the idea behind that glass stove. Go to set something on what looks like a counter and burn the house down.
Old 03-02-2011, 06:20 PM
  #32  
Stage 1 Audi S5
 
1StGenCL's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: South Florida
Age: 42
Posts: 9,824
Received 1,197 Likes on 695 Posts
Looks awesome and I used to have a flat top that was very simaliar, you just ran your finger in a circle on a flat surface to turn the burner up or down and it would light up.

When the kids move the phone onto the counter, are they now talking to the counter? The phone was way over on the other side but yet she could hear them I would assume and it almost looked like she could see them
Old 03-02-2011, 06:23 PM
  #33  
Needs more Lemon Pledge
 
stogie1020's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Age: 52
Posts: 52,768
Received 2,000 Likes on 1,173 Posts
Is my cell phone in the microwave or is the microwave in my cell phone?
Old 03-03-2011, 09:43 AM
  #34  
Senior Moderator
iTrader: (5)
 
juniorbean's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The QC
Posts: 28,461
Received 1,760 Likes on 1,046 Posts
Originally Posted by 1StGenCL
When the kids move the phone onto the counter, are they now talking to the counter? The phone was way over on the other side but yet she could hear them I would assume and it almost looked like she could see them
Noticed that too. Are we also to assume that the counter has a built-in floating camera allowing Grandma to still see them once the call was transfered from the phone?
Old 03-03-2011, 09:51 AM
  #35  
_____ like a rabbit
 
stangg172004's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Edgewater, Chicago, IL
Age: 36
Posts: 8,594
Received 12 Likes on 10 Posts
Originally Posted by Bearcat94
She needs Navi to find her way to the office?


I do it all the time but just to see how long my commute will be.
Old 03-03-2011, 09:52 AM
  #36  
_____ like a rabbit
 
stangg172004's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Edgewater, Chicago, IL
Age: 36
Posts: 8,594
Received 12 Likes on 10 Posts
The finger prints would drive me crazy...
Old 03-03-2011, 09:55 AM
  #37  
Suzuka Master
iTrader: (4)
 
EL19's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: DC
Age: 38
Posts: 5,340
Received 194 Likes on 151 Posts
Originally Posted by juniorbean
Noticed that too. Are we also to assume that the counter has a built-in floating camera allowing Grandma to still see them once the call was transfered from the phone?
Same thing I was wondering. Reminds me of "Minority Report"
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
TheMuffinMan
4G TL (2009-2014)
27
06-02-2022 07:11 AM
detailersdomain
Wash & Wax
3
10-09-2015 10:13 PM
hashbrown
4G TL (2009-2014)
2
09-29-2015 12:13 PM
hrothgar02
2G RDX (2013-2018)
1
09-28-2015 11:08 AM



Quick Reply: Glass (giant iPad) world of the future



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 03:54 PM.