Samsung Develops a Transparent OLED Laptop Screen 148
Dyne09 writes "The Design blog has posted an entry on Samsung's new laptop with a transparent OLED screen. The photos show a dark-tinted and dimly-lit screen that is fully see-through. While the utility of a see-through laptop probably isn't that high for the average user, several medical and industrial industries could greatly augment design work or frame 3-D models over real life in real-time."
cool, absolutely. but... (Score:1, Funny)
there certainly is some geek coolness in having a transparent display on a laptop, although I question the usefulness of it; particularly when one is playing back pr0n on said laptop.
Re:cool, absolutely. but... (Score:4, Funny)
If you have a gf with a pretty face but an ugly body...
Re:Realistic Uses (Score:4, Funny)
Do I see anything? Yes, I'm THAT damned nearsighted, you insensitive clod!
yo dawg... (Score:3, Funny)
I heard you like windows so I made a window that you can display windows with while running windows, so you can have windows in your window.
Its all fun and games until... (Score:2, Funny)
yep (Score:4, Funny)
Heads-up display, much like the system used in Cadillacs.
http://cars.about.com/od/cadillac/ig/2008-Cadillac-STS-gallery/2008-Cadillac-STS-HUD.htm [about.com]
viewing a map with turn by turn superimposed over the windshield would be killer app
Re:This does have everyday applications! (Score:2, Funny)
It's because they ran out of IP addresses and had to use NAT which prevented them from being able to initiate network connections.
Re:Minority Report? (Score:3, Funny)
Very short?!