The wright brothers had there first airplane flight on December 17 1903, and I find it amazing that today flying is so commonplace. When the internet started afew decades ago no body thought it would take off....it was used by only the military, today everyone is hooked up. What other inventions are amazing? Amazing what the future holds, 2010 we will see plasma T.V"s replaced by paper thin flexible screens. {National Giographic mag.}
2010 Plasma T.V's will be replaced by paper thin flex screens -What other inventions have taken off?
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sammielee24
Not too far off topic but apparently all those big screen TV's we all got - the plasmas and LCD's..well, it seems that they are electricity eaters and it also seems that some groups are pushing for either heavy taxes on the sale of them or banning them altogether in some states. They report that the big screens use up 20% of your electricity.....that I find hard to believe. We went from a regular size to a larger television and our electric didn't go up at all. Anyway..sorry for the hijack..it just came to mind. sammieswife.
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blondie
We have 3 LCD tvs and no change in our consumption of electricity.......but it's my fault the technology has changed. We always are slow to jump on the bandwagon and when we do, it changes.
We finally converted our albums to CDs and............
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MissingLink
LCD = 0.28 watt per square inch
Plasma = 0.33 watt per square inch
CRT (Old TVs) = 0.34 watt per square inch
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Elsewhere
Here is something that is available now:
http://www.ted.com/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html
This demo -- from Pattie Maes' lab at MIT, spearheaded by Pranav Mistry -- was the buzz of TED. It's a wearable device with a projector that paves the way for profound interaction with our environment. Imagine "Minority Report" and then some.
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Peppermint
I still love my old CRT
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DaCheech
I've had my plasma for 7 years and only my heating bill has gone up! (3x as much in that time span)
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DaCheech
anyway, cell phones will be as small as our wrist watches.
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sacolton
It's called OLED technology. Awesome stuff!
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ColdRedRain
When will this technology be available?