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Futuretech #2

by sexydeadstar on Jan.30, 2010, under technology

Talking the other day a brilliant idea popped up, why not have full wall screens or “Digital Walls?” I even know how we’d install them… to some extent. They would be mounted on your full already existing wall or walls wherever you want with the glass and electronic components and all, OR you could go the route of just having the glass ‘Digital Wall’ screen installed instead of any real walls in new contruction or a remodel… Which is the route I personally would probably go for any and all of mine, Turn them off and you have see through walls, on and you don’t. Now what can you do with them you’re probably wondering? Anything you can imagine, they can play television, blu-ray, browse the internet [all wirelessly in 1080P], show ‘wallpapers’, mimic real walls in different colours with fake photo frames and such on them where you can place your own digital images…. Whatever, whenever. Maybe adding touch sensitivity and voice commands or who knows maybe even control by your cybernetic brain implants in the future.. Which is probably how I’d like to control it myself… You’re probably also wondering, what about my wall outlets? Well hello it’s the future, all electricity is going to be wireless.

Another idea I had that was very very closely related were ‘Digital Floors’ which are basically the same thing but not really meant for videos, more meant for changing the look of your flooring, for people like me that get bored with the same thing very easily. Now this would have to be a very strong glass to be able to handle having furniture and people on it and possibly things falling on it… Personally it would be amazing if you could install it in a new home without any real floor underneath it on a top floor so you can occasionally turn it off and look at the floor below… But as I said the glass would have to be VERY strong for it to cover such large areas it would probably also need support beams underneath… But I’m not engineer or whatever those are the guys that would have to figure out all the minor details like that I’m just here to put out ideas.

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2 comments for this entry:

  • K

    Cool! - Loving your ideas!

  • Brandon

    There’s a liquid crystal infused paint under development that allows you to turn any surface into a display. Granted, it has not worked out how to display in HD yet, and I doubt even the world’s richest could afford to paint their walls with it, but the tech is there. And once the tech is there, it’s only a matter of time for it to catch up to current standards and become affordable. Such a paint would work nicely as part of the first scenario you described. Add in some touch sensors, a few strategically placed mic’s, and you have a fully interactive home. In fact, the demo of it included options such as changing the entire color scheme of your home, simulating wallpaper textures, chair rails, crown mouldings, etc. But it also allowed for art, any art, to be placed anywhere. You could even simply make a wall seem to disappear by displaying an image of your backyard on it…

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