tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post2334913247201945414..comments2024-03-18T22:21:01.033-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Science Fiction, Brought to you by CorningGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-47798282054465063052012-08-25T17:09:36.892-04:002012-08-25T17:09:36.892-04:00As a Sci-Fi fanatic, I've been waiting years f...As a Sci-Fi fanatic, I've been waiting years for my personal, wrist-mounted, command and control console.<br />Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17847770777949916479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-50696254429854980682012-08-24T00:57:08.930-04:002012-08-24T00:57:08.930-04:00lcd switchable glass has been available commercial...lcd switchable glass has been available commercially for about a decade now, but it's still quite expensive. I think it's still upwards of $90 a sq.ft. Of course, when your power goes out, you have no 'curtains' anymore.douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17261739259295914188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-88820588219266666502012-08-23T20:32:02.539-04:002012-08-23T20:32:02.539-04:00Actually, what impressed me the most was the telep...Actually, what impressed me the most was the telephone-like device that stores data, but instantly populates a desktop-like space when you set it down on a computer/desk. That's neat -- significantly more portability than you get moving data via a similar device now, but without the risks associated with "cloud" models.<br /><br />I mean, you can do it all now with what we have -- it's just a pain.<br /><br />I also liked the windows that darken and undarken, a la <i>Blade Runner</i>. Of course that was imagined in 1982.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-49542313697555674022012-08-23T20:24:28.941-04:002012-08-23T20:24:28.941-04:00A lot of the interactive display concepts are used...A lot of the interactive display concepts are used on Fox News' election (among other things) coverages and on Hawaii Five-0's gee-whiz computer systems. And on NCIS-Los Angeles.<br /><br />The touch screen displays are on the gee-whiz entertainment centers that sometimes sidelight as telephones.<br /><br />I'd like to see that stuff Corning was talking ab out putting out as walls, though. That'd be pretty cool.<br /><br />Eric HinesE Hineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11596685689940405173noreply@blogger.com