The future of glass

[DocM]

According to Corning -

[nominak]

Impractical and highly expensive.

[Celdin]

Impractical and highly expensive.

The same thing was said about personal computers back in the day...

[articuno1au]

Well back in the day, they were the size of houses and moths shorted them out :p So they weren't wrong >.<

[Nagisan]

In all seriousness though, I think there will be major breakthroughs in voice recognition and other technologies that allow this type of system usage without physical interaction long before we can do that much on free standing glass. In short, before we get that type of glass, we will go beyond touch-screen controls IMO.

[Krome]

Yeah 64k is too much RAM.

[articuno1au]

In all seriousness though, I think there will be major breakthroughs in voice recognition and other technologies that allow this type of system usage without physical interaction long before we can do that much on free standing glass. In short, before we get that type of glass, we will go beyond touch-screen controls IMO.

This, very much this.

It is an awesome concept though >.<

[Fred Derf Veteran]

I sense a lot of broken glass in the future (based on the first video as the second video would just see smarter windows replace existing windows).

[MightyJordan]

I sense a lot of broken glass in the future (based on the first video as the second video would just see smarter windows replace existing windows).

Considering it's Gorilla Glass, I doubt it. The way their technology is advancing, we'll probably have bulletproof phones in 5-10 years. :p

[pack34]

I saw some things in there that could really work. Specifically the auto-dimming glass and having it synced up to your alarm clock to help wake you up in the morning. Also, combining touch glass and tele-presence could really be something. The glass like communications devices however would be a no-go. Who would want others to be able to see every text you send your wife :p

[Lexcyn]

Sweet, sign me up!

[Crisp]

I want glass toilet paper.

[Phouchg]

Most definitely a very nice gadgetry, basic concept has been predicted even by most feeble minds. Loads of suboptimal models, incompatible interfaces, software support (few useful apps and millions of shiny buggy turds) and, finally, Apple will f*k it all up, as usually, though.

[insomniac9]

Wow, some of the concepts are brilliant. Would love to see some of them actually produced within my lifetime.

[+Nik Louch Subscriber²]

I reckon we will see about 60% of what's shown :)

[zeta_immersion]

well ... they forgot about dec 2012 and really ... would the military want this stuff out to the gen public?! .... nooooo ...

would politics and bandwidth stifle technological advancement ....? YES!!!!

are we going to die like the dinosaurs before we see all this? maybe not ... then again, I would not be surprised if part of this technology is already implemented without us knowing about it.

[Pygmy_Hippo]

Last night I downloaded the first issue of T3 to my iPad (http://www.t3.com/news/t3-issue-200)

I remember buying it back in 1996, and was just gobsmacked at how far we'd come in such a short time - so this glass stuff is probably more possible than we'd realise at this time :)

(well, here's hoping anyway!!)

[+Xinok Subscriber²]

Impractical and highly expensive.

Word of the day right there. It's interesting to demonstrate new ideas for technology, but they could at least come up with more practical uses for it.

[MaJoR ChAoS]

Graphene Screen technology. Looks good.

[Zain Adeel]

Is that a word document top left of the screenshot of the above video? :p