Thursday, September 29, 2011

1587 Skinny Computer

Computers keep getting smaller and smaller. And more and more integrated into our lives. The newest breakthrough in technology is called the electronic epidermal system, a computer you can actually put on your skin, like a temporary tattoo. The circuits are ultra-tiny and mounted in flexible sheets of silicon and rubber. They can also be solar powered.
So now when people say a walk in the sun feels like it's recharging their batteries, it'll really be true.
The thinking is this may be a great way to monitor vital signs for medical patients and such like. But humans being what they are, it won't be long before this is the newest in gaming technology as well.
Forget about Wii and Kinnect, the computer will be built right into to your skin. So, why make it a temporary tattoo? Serious gamers are in it for the duration. Plug in and play 24/7.
Supposedly, the new computers will let us interact with video games using voice commands and muscle twitching. So, you know, no more trips to the smelly bowling alley with friends. You can bowl at home just by twitching. And when they say it's all in the wrist, they'll mean it's actually all in the wrist.
Another new technology will provide a heads-up video display on the inside of special contact lenses. And now, with the new wearable computer, you won't even have to lug around a laptop to the old WiFi coffee shop.
You can have Bluetooth headpiece and be talking on your phone, meanwhile rubbing your wrists and waving your hands around running your computer, while the video display comes up on the inside of your contact lenses.
Thanks to modern technology, we can all look like those schizophrenic folks you see wandering around in downtowns.
I love progress.
America, ya gotta love it.

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