[Ti] Poll 19

[David DelMonte]

I believe that Apple developed that idea with the "Knowledge Navigator" 
movie it made circa 1986. It tried to show what  a computer would look 
like around 2010 or so. It had folding screens, a human-like assistant 
who would let you know when you got emails and voice mails, and 
interactive data bases. btw, the screen would also be a scanner.

I have a copy of that 12 min film but I''d probably break copyright law 
by putting it online.

David

On Jun 1, 2004, at 1:32 PM, Kynan Shook wrote:

> So Steve, essentially you want one of these, slightly updated:
> http://www.vintage-computer.com/osborne_1.shtml
>
> ;-)
>
> I am currently a 17" owner; if you made a 19" that was just a bigger 
> 12/15/17, it would not fly well.  Even if you crafted the case into a 
> nice little airfoil.  ;-)  I think what the next design step needs to 
> be is a folding screen; when you lift the lid for the computer, you 
> can then fold out a couple of wings on the screen (or they'd fold or 
> extend out from the sides of the screen automatically), providing 
> additional LCD space.  This really isn't that far-fetched, I don't 
> think; there'd be a few problems to overcome, such as designing a 
> hinge or extension mechanism for these wings, and getting a cable 
> through there, keeping them as absolutely thin as possible, and having 
> as small a seam between the different sections of the screen as 
> possible..  Of course, there's the usual enemy; increased battery use.
>
> At this point, I think the idea probably isn't quite feasible (too 
> expensive, and too few customers), but it wouldn't surprise me to see 
> it in the future - perhaps with the next generation of display 
> technologies or so.  OLED displays don't need a backlight, and so are 
> thinner and require less power.  See URL below, especially checking 
> out the "thinner" link halfway down.
> http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/display/overview.jhtml
>
> Along with this idea, you could not only have a 19" PowerBook without 
> carrying a 19" case, but you could also have a 17" PowerBook with a 
> 12" case; that's probably something that a number of people would pay 
> for.
>
> Anyway, I should probably go patent my idea if nobody else has already 
> (and somebody probably has)...  But I'm too lazy, and not greedy 
> enough.  But if you want to license it, just send a big check my way 
> and I won't complain.  Unless somebody at Apple wants to license it, 
> and then the price is a job.  Or at least an internship there next 
> summer - I didn't get any that I applied for this year. :-(
> <sigh>
>
>
> Steve Wozniak <steve at woz.org> writes:
>> At 10:46 AM -0700 2004.05.30, khyber courchesne wrote:
>>> Would you buy a powerbook with a 19" screen?
>>
>> Let's see.
>>
>> If a large PowerBook were built as a briefcase that could open up, 
>> showing the screen, and carry things like a regular briefcase, I 
>> might be very tempted.
>