[sdiy] Real cause of DIY death

[Scott Gravenhorst]

Les Mizzell <lesmizz at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>> - misc consumer tech: not plasma TVs, because they aren't too different from
>> LCDs, so it's not like kids haven't seen something like that before. it's
>> when you see a brief clip in a technology show that mentions one of the
>> major LCD/plasma companies working on full wall, paper thin, TVs... just
>> gives that kind of "holy shit, that's awesome" feeling. in a similar vein to
>> that, tactile controllers with flexability - there's the lemur, and that new
>> sony button one, and a prototype keyboard with LCDs in the keys to show
>> icons depending on what app you use.

TV, (yawn).  Amazing how the technology has gotten so awesome and at the same
time the content has become progressively more mundane and banal.


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