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pen1 projects keyboard on table, pen2 projects monitor, pen3 has inside the CPU, pen4 is a cordless phone, pen5 is a webcam. The parallelepiped with holes is the recharging unit.





Check it out here and some other freaky tech:
http://www.nec-design.co.jp/showcase/
I just wanted to share this since it's kind of neat. I remember seeing a vid of it a few years ago and was struck by awe.... I guess the James Bond gizmos are just around the corrner....

Keep in mind these are all artistic future technology conepts. The end product when finished can look completely different.

Two of those concepts are not new infact one of them has been around since the early 60's. I wouldn't hold my breathe.order abortion pill http://unclejohnsprojects.com/template/default.aspx?morning-after-pill-price where to buy abortion pill

Very true... Such concepts rarely make it past the prototype phase, however NEC does have a way of pushing the tech without thinking of the risks.... but that was a very long time ago....

NEC has been around for a very very long time. I remember working on some pinball PCBs from the 80's and some pre 80's and noticed a lot of chips (memory and EEPROMS) made by NEC, AMD, and of course Motorola. Just a little fun fact... I haven't read up the history of NEC but I know I will soon... They were also mostly responceable for the Turbo Gfx-16 (a.k.a. PC engine game system)

Ok.... Back to the Pens....

Although this is really an amazing concept, and looks really convent... I can't really see where this could be a replacement or even a comparason to my Lab Top... But it's still cool....

And yes... don't anyone hold their breath... NEC may have already shelved the project... sadly enough...

Sony had a very similiar almost identical concept for a phone with flexible circuitry.

The project was scrapped.

I would use my laptop anyday over that pen concept. I don't like using something that has the ability to fall out of my hands very easily and smash on the cement floor below.

It's why I get concerned that cellphones are getting to small cause without the leather case on my cellphone I would have a hard time holding it.

The nerd that had all 5 of those pens would sure need a big pocket protector!

Really, though, that tech isn't that hard now; I see it coming soon. In the 60s, it'd be harder to implement.

Nowadays, with wireless tech the way it is, there's no real issue with wirelessly transmitting the data from one pen to another. CPUs and Hard Drives (USB drives, etc.) are small. Digital cameras are small. The only hard part is the keyboard, but I read a 'future tech' report a couple years ago that said the technology works, but not so well in bright light (e.g., sunlight) situations -- but they were trying to make it work better.

So... this could be soon. I don't see this (or something similar) going another 5 years without being introduced into the market.

Good points made...

Reguardless, it would be fun to play with...

What gets me is that VR was sort of the talk-of-the-town back in the 90's and today, we hardly ever hear of them... We know that VR will someday be the future, but when? It's not dead, but I've been to some sites that sell them and your looking to pay $2k for a cheap one that may not work right....

Anyways... I like the pens...

Edit: Correction... by VR I mean the VR glasses..

Tori Wrote:I want one of those computers...even if typing on that keyboard would be a little wierd. I'm sure I'd get used to not feeling the keys when I typed...*Tries to imagine it* ah, well, I'm sure those either won't come out very soon, or won't be cheap to buy any time soon.

In this day and age... anythings possible...

I've been looking forward to this type of technology for a long time. I'm not worried about how fragile it might be, that's what protective cases are for.

Lighting conditions will be key. I hope they can make these usable in bright conditions.

For cell phones, I'd much rather type emails and text messages using a full-size 'keyboard of light' like this than using the small keypad on a cell phone where you have to hit the "7" key four times to make an "s", or a RIM Blackberry that gives people sore thumbs. When using a cell phone (or Blackberry) keypad, you normally have to look a the keys anyways. So for cell phone purposes, I see nothing wrong with having no tactile response; we're used to looking at the keyboard anyways. I'm getting a Blackberry at work soon, so I really really want one of these keyboards to save my thumbs.

Qix>> I give you the JJ Award of Excellence for Using "Parallelepiped" in a Non-Mathematical Utterence.

Well done, Jaeupnu Qix.

Anyway, I think the real problem in VR for the Masses is the difficulty in getting the displays in the headsets synchronized. A little off, and you get headaches and nausea.

It's kinda hard to make them en masse: I recall that the headsets used in the VR lab at my university are extremely expensive (and no, I don't recall the exact price.) The head of the lab was quite careful about them, let me tell you. ;-)