Scientists make a touch tablet that rolls and scrolls
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Scientists make a touch tablet that rolls and scrolls
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Re: Scientists make a touch tablet that rolls and scrolls
#2The actual engineering behind this is neat. The prototype nor demo video seemed very alluring.
Perhaps someone will take this idea and do something interesting with it. At the moment I don't see it improving upon the current smartphone.
Re: Scientists make a touch tablet that rolls and scrolls
#3The actual engineering behind this is neat. The prototype nor demo video seemed very alluring. Perhaps someone will take this idea and do something interesting with it. At the moment I don't see it improving upon the current smartphone.
Yeah what I want is a smart phone that has something similar that I can pull out more of the screen (or a Tablet) but the line in the middle kind of ruins it, if there can be a hard to see line in an end product it would be impressive as hell. I love the idea of having a smartphone and then extending it into a tablet format to consume video from Netflix or whatever service. Same with a Tablet, turn a 7 inch tablet to a slightly larger form factor to see even more detail.
I think one phone manufacturer had a decent idea to have it where you had a "flip touchscreen phone" but my guess is it hasn't taken off since I rarely see anything about it since, it's an interesting concept though, not necessarily wrong.
Re: Scientists make a touch tablet that rolls and scrolls
#4Since when is 'iPad' the generic word for tablets?
Re: Scientists make a touch tablet that rolls and scrolls
#5What would be the killer application for this technique?
I don't see the advantages, because the thing is clunkier than a smartphone and handling it seems odd.
What I want is a smartphone the size of a credit-card, that can project a bigger screen on a flat surface (e.g. table or sheet of paper).
Re: Scientists make a touch tablet that rolls and scrolls
#6What would be the killer application for this technique? I don't see the advantages, because the thing is clunkier than a smartphone and handling it seems odd. What I want is a smartphone the size of a credit-card, that can project a bigger screen on a flat surface (e.g. table or sheet of paper).
>> I don't see the advantages, because the thing is clunkier than a smartphone and handling it seems odd.
Getting to be less clunky is the first step. When it rolls up to the size of a pen then it'll be awesome. And I'd like to add that while I don't recall where I got the pen idea from, I did not come up with it first so this is not a "novel" concept. I'd also add that these people are doing engineering, not science.
Re: Scientists make a touch tablet that rolls and scrolls
#7What would be the killer application for this technique? I don't see the advantages, because the thing is clunkier than a smartphone and handling it seems odd. What I want is a smartphone the size of a credit-card, that can project a bigger screen on a flat surface (e.g. table or sheet of paper).
>> I don't see the advantages, because the thing is clunkier than a smartphone and handling it seems odd. Getting to be less clunky is the first step. When it rolls up to the size of a pen then it'll be awesome. And I'd like to add that while I don't recall where I got the pen idea from, I did not come up with it first so this is not a "novel" concept. I'd also add that these people are doing engineering, not science…
Ok, but I think they're focusing too much on the systems aspect, instead of on the actual display technique.
Re: Scientists make a touch tablet that rolls and scrolls
#8What would be the killer application for this technique? I don't see the advantages, because the thing is clunkier than a smartphone and handling it seems odd. What I want is a smartphone the size of a credit-card, that can project a bigger screen on a flat surface (e.g. table or sheet of paper).
> What I want is a smartphone the size of a credit-card, that can project a bigger screen on a flat surface (e.g. table or sheet of paper).
That also sounds very clunky to me. Projection requires a white, yet unlit surface to work well. People are unlikely to have one of these handy while out and about. Added to which, it makes touch control impractical, except in the case of back-projection.
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#9Since when is 'iPad' the generic word for tablets?
That's the video's fault, the article refers to it properly. Also I think it's fair to say that for some time iPad was pretty much the only usable tablet, so it just became synonymous
Re: Scientists make a touch tablet that rolls and scrolls
#10Since when is 'iPad' the generic word for tablets?
Literally since the iPad first came out for most non-tech people.