

Windows that Double as LCD Monitors 275
Mynister writes "The AP has a story about the windows of the future they can go from clear to opaque and the can also act as an LCD TV or Computer Monitor. They accomplish it by placing a LCD Screen over the window and embed the speakers in the frame."
WIll these new windows BSOD? (Score:2, Funny)
Does Bill Gates know about this development? I smell a lawsuit...
Re:WIll these new windows BSOD? (Score:3, Funny)
"Dang! I was lookin' out the window when all of a sudden, BANG, it just went all blue for no reason."
Hell no, my Windows run Linux! (Score:2)
The future windows....... (Score:2, Funny)
I dont know, the windows crashed. All I can see is the blue sky of death....
Future? (Score:5, Funny)
Further, can they legally call them the 'W' word?
Re:Future? (Score:2, Funny)
Not just wordy... (Score:2)
Re:Future? (Score:2, Interesting)
Seems that not everything is being developed at the same speed. Interesting to notice a project like 'living tomorrow' is more likely to sh
Re:Future? (Score:2)
in glass houses . . . (Score:1)
Ah, to be able to kick back in the den on a summer's evening, watching the sun sink slowly below the horizon, and then *CLICK* Matrix Re-re-re-reloaded, without even having to move my eyeballs!
Re:in glass houses . . . (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:in glass houses . . . (Score:2)
Re:in glass houses . . . (Score:2)
since you mentioned The Matrix... wasn't The Architect a male?
Re:in glass houses . . . (Score:5, Insightful)
1. The level of light behind my display will change throughout the day according to how much sunlight is hitting that window.
2. Birds and baseballs can fly into my computer screen, costing me a lot of money and taking away precious web browsing and TV watching time while I'm getting a replacement window.
3. I live in Minnesota, where gas-filled triple-pane windows are commonplace, to help insulate against our sub-zero (F) winters. How well would this LCD retain heat?
Re:in glass houses . . . (Score:4, Interesting)
It's called homeowner's insurance. I highly recommend it.
gas-filled triple-pane windowsI'm ashamed to admit it, but I actually R'ed TFA, and it seems to say that these are manufactured by applying a film that contains the LCD to glass -- so therefore could probably be applied to any type of window.
Re:in glass houses . . . (Score:2)
Re:in glass houses . . . (Score:2)
If the window IS your TV, you're SoL.
Re:in glass houses . . . (Score:2)
Ah, to be able to kick back in the den on a summer's evening, watching the sun sink slowly below the horizon, and then *CLICK* Matrix Re-re-re-reloaded, without even having to move my eyeballs!
Haha! Are you seriously considering this as listed in specs?
First of all... it wo
Great (Score:1)
a fusion-powered backlight (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:a fusion-powered backlight (Score:2)
Backyard Baseball (Score:4, Funny)
Useful for me... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Useful for me... (Score:2)
Re:Useful for me... (Score:2)
I guess I would want to take one look at it, given the old "locker room" curiousity, but after that... no thanks.
Sweet! (Score:2)
Can you hack them? (Score:5, Funny)
Glorious!
Comment removed (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:9th Grade shop class... (Score:2)
And that would be different from 1970s-era LCD technology, in what way?
>>And to think, it only took 15 years for this to go from "MAGIC TV LAND" to reality!
The Marketing Weasels were a little preoccupied during the dot-bomb era convincing retailers that yes, indeed, people really do want to buy cat litter and doggie kibbles via a web site. Cut 'em some slack... they'll get back to real-world problems eventually.
Re:9th Grade shop class... (Score:2)
Re:9th Grade shop class... (Score:2)
Windows that change opacity (Score:4, Interesting)
I just bought a house, and it has a beautiful living room with windows on each side. I like it because I can soak in the view from the windows. But I don't like it because the light from the windows can completely overwhelm the brightness of my screen.
It would be very cool to have my window turn partially transparent so I could still enjoy the view but not have it overwhelm the screen. Very cool idea.
Anyone know how much this costs?
D
Re:Windows that change opacity (Score:5, Funny)
It's called "curtains." They install a fibrous semi-transparent membrane over an organic dowel. And it was only $79.95 at some technology wwarehouse called "linens and things!"
While we were there, we picked up this other awesome device that reduces the the effect of water cohesion after a shower...they called it a "towel"...god I love the 21st century!
Re:Windows that change opacity (Score:2)
The problem with this technology is that it blocks out the view, and it blocks out light at times when the light is desired. When I bought the house, it came with some extremely heavy curtains that were made of very nice material. Even when not in use, they hid the more interesting parts of the view, and made the room funeral-dark. It's possible that this has prejudged me too much against curtains.
The ideal is still to be able to look at the view, but to subdue the light. I don't t
Your window as a TV? (Score:2)
So your neighbors too can watch that spicy channel late night?
No thanks, I'll stick to regular.
All you need (Score:2)
The last thing... (Score:3, Funny)
I recommend a window BESIDE your monitor.
FBI warning (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:FBI warning (Score:3, Informative)
Re:FBI warning (Score:2)
Re:FBI warning (Score:2)
These days, when most people have giant TVs, you can drive down the street at night and do your very own Neilsen ratings.
I can't see how you could be resposible for it - unless it's the Spice channel, and you have kids gathered under your window.
Cute (Score:2)
Would people outside be able to see what you're watching? (In reverse, natch.)
"I love my translucent windows in MacOS X; now I can watch the grass grow while I surf the web!"
Yay! (Score:2)
Looks like it will always be a sunny day at my house! And I can look into getting a condo without having to worry about the view. At least this seems like a lot less work than this. [slashdot.org]
what an amazing idea (Score:2)
Wow, now that's innovation.
Next.
Heh. (Score:2)
"Well, it's a little cloudy, looks like it might..."
*tikkita tappity* ...o - a - t - s - e - dot - c - x...)
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*takka TAK!*
"AAAAAaaaaugh!"
Re:Heh. (Score:2)
2. Call board meeting
3. Chairman starts presentation
4. Goatse appears
5. Chairman is fired
6. Profit!
Re:Heh. (Score:2)
ALERT
The CX Registry has shut off the goatse.cx domain suddenly and without warning.
They have cowardly cited a section of their AUP with allows them to remove sites at their discretion.
Please e-mail info@nic.cx with your opinion of this matter.
So first the machine that hosts loopback.goatse.cx loses its dns, then the box that hosted irc.goatse.cx goes down (both mine), and now the parent domain is battleing with nic.cx. Things do not look goo
Re:Heh. (Score:2)
Oh, and the young lad in the boat [goatse.cx] is still alive as well!
Slack on. (Score:3, Interesting)
Old tech (Score:3, Informative)
And all your neighbors... (Score:2)
hmmm (Score:2)
Re:hmmm (Score:3, Informative)
Actually, no.
I was watching this "Ten Best" program a few days ago, and they were talking about that restaraunt in Florida (mentioned earlier) where one of the bathroom walls is made of LCD glass.
It requires power to align the crystals, thus making the window transparent. No Power = Opaque. Not transparent. So, potty with impunity, it will not go clear if there i
Re:hmmm (Score:2)
Sloan's Ice Cream Parlor
Address: 112 Clematis Street,
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Phone: (561) 833-3335
For more information regarding the "10 best list" and this particular bathroom, Click here [discovery.com]
I swear I'm watching TV... (Score:5, Funny)
"No, I swear I'm watching TV..."
Who Owns the Windows(tm) Trademark Now? (Score:2)
Microsoft, or Anderson?
Or do we all now have to start calling our windows "glass enclosures" on pain of lawsuit?
Slow glass (Score:2, Informative)
Opaque LCD windows (Score:3, Informative)
Now if they'd just give me an office with a window, I could have that nice view of Standing Indian Mountain I've always wanted...
Switchable privacy glass (Score:2)
I've been waiting more than 5 years for the price to drop to a reasonable level.
Bye Bye Curtains (Score:2, Interesting)
So when they get broken... (Score:2, Insightful)
That will make the local vandals happy.
K
Re:So when they get broken... (Score:2)
Never Happen (Score:5, Funny)
Total Recall movie clip (Score:2)
Now instead of looking out the window or wall, I can have breakfast at the beach!
I guess the next thing they'll come out with is fingernail polish that changes with a click.
how about the other side (Score:2)
or with the way ads are going now a-days would you see a commercial for some new and improved product on the backside.
augmented reality (Score:2)
You tap the part of the display that corresponds to the sky, and you get the weather report. Or you tap the part that is displaying the street, and you get a traffic report. You tap your neighbor's house, and it gives you their name(s), phone number(s), whatever info you have on them on your computer. Could be interesting.
if the spammers take control of these windows ... (Score:3, Insightful)
Hell no! (Score:2, Funny)
Maybe for an internal window (Score:2)
Looks like used in a movie (Score:2)
Can't wait to get one of these... (Score:2)
Thanks, I'm here till Thursday.
Saw them about 10 years ago ... (Score:2, Informative)
People in glass houses... (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:People in glass houses... (Score:2)
You could shrink your house to a 6' x 6' x 6' cube (Score:2)
From BTTFII (Score:2)
Who writes this crap? (Score:4, Funny)
See, I told you Bill Gates rocked! (Score:2)
Oh...
Wait...
Wrong type of windows.
My bad.
(That officially ends my horribly bad attempt at humor for the day)
Freeze? (Score:2)
This is NOT the coolest thing in the world. (Score:2)
Re:This is NOT the coolest thing in the world. (Score:2)
"The windows are fitted with a microfiber LCD screen, which can make them opaque or display light from a television projector. The computer monitor is fully integrated into the window, allowing it to receive and display information without projection. It can even handle touch-screen commands."
So it seems it uses a combination of both technologies.
Re:This is NOT the coolest thing in the world. (Score:2)
Hello, my name is Mr. Stupid (Score:2)
Uh huh (Score:2)
How opaque are liquid crystals? (Score:2)
Our own little NFRC (Score:2)
Hey, I want to be executive director of an industry group that assesses Windows too! Can we call it the National Frustration Rating Council? Hmm so many possibilities for N.F. Rating Council
* Note - How cool is it to have a job where you get to say fenestration every day?
HUD for your car? (Score:2, Interesting)
The peddle is on the right
Learn to drive
The fast lane is for people driving fast. What a F'ing concept. You are drivng slow. Get in the slow lane.
Bitch
Doing 45 while getting on the interstate is more dangerous than safe. Consider taking roads that don't envolve you using the gas peddle.
Yes, I am an asshole. Yes, you suck at driving.
Green means go. To go, you hit the gas peddle.
Microsoft Monopoly (Score:2)
Oh wait. You mean that kind of windows. I thought this story was about something else. Never mind. I guess I'be been reading too much Slashdot.
Peeping Tom's rejoice! (Score:2)
Fenestration! (Score:2)
Is the other side visible? (Score:3, Informative)
unless LCD's get cheap in a hurry... (Score:2)
What every computer geek fears. (Score:2)
oh boy, speakers in the window frame... (Score:2)
Seriously, does anyone find it funny that they still stick speakers in every TV? I'm sorry, but if I can afford a $10,000 television (or even a $1,000 screen) what's the likelihood that I'm actually going to use those crappy built in speakers? Please, just save me a couple bucks and ditch the speakers.
Great more phantom (Score:2)
What the world doesnt need is a 1000kWh-a-day window blind. sheesh.
pfft (Score:2)
But then again, in the winter, you want that. TV in a window is a very stupid idea indeed. Just give me a normal flat tv that i can hook up to the puter and i'll be happy.
Really old (Score:2)
There's also a scene in the movie Philadelphia where Andy
goes into the board room (to get fired) and they flip a switch and
the windows go from clear to frosty. As I remember, they Foley'ed
in a big "clunk" when the switch is thrown. I guess it needed an audio
cue so you would notice that it happened.
Re:Perfect for business presentations (Score:2)
Re:Perfect for business presentations (Score:2)
Re:Neighbors watching your TV? (Score:2)
A long time ago when I was a kid, we visited some friends who's house had an "L" shaped hallway, and they'd put a mirror at 45 degrees in the corner. I walked/ran right into it. Fortunately it was made out of safety glass!