Hi, I am fascinated by the emergence of transparent and flexible displays. With such displays one can build a rollable mat with a network of processors (and battery!) spread across the spine sharing the load. Heat dissipation will no longer be a design constraint in such forms. Such computers can make it to students in schools and colleges schools within the next five years.
But I am disappointed to see the chasm between software and hardware capabilities when watching demos of TFD. Englebart's jaw dropping demo opened up the potentialities in computing for decades to come. I don't get the same reaction watching people move photos around or scribbling on the screen. Geeky, yes! Jaw dropping? no. Bending, flexing and rolling opens up many more possibilities for interactions than just multi-touch. I don't see foundations of emerging computing models in these demos. Will FONC be ready to take on such forms? (hint! hint! ;-)) Regards .. Subbu _______________________________________________ fonc mailing list [email protected] http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc
