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Old 13-07-2012, 03:34 PM
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A day in the life of glass

I thought this might be of some interest here. Sure it's an ad but it is rather inspiring.
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v...eZ38&vq=medium
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Old 13-07-2012, 03:53 PM
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Quite good really, Ah, technology, imagine 10 years up the track Peter.

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Old 13-07-2012, 03:57 PM
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where do i buy this stuff...
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Old 13-07-2012, 04:07 PM
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http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ad.php?t=86485

Had it in my favourites!

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Old 13-07-2012, 04:07 PM
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WOW!!!
This is great technology.We thought we were in the best times for tech changes but our next generation coming will appreciate all this stuff..
Thanks for the info peter.
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Old 13-07-2012, 06:08 PM
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Lots more to break!

Lots of fun, and inspiring
Dropping your coffee cup on the glass table top might be bad.
I wonder if we have enough rare earth elements to make all these displays
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Old 13-07-2012, 09:04 PM
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That is amazing!
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Old 13-07-2012, 09:37 PM
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I wonder if we have enough rare earth elements to make all these displays
We may have to throw an asteroid or two in the blender…

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Old 14-07-2012, 03:27 PM
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Aah Peter,

The coffee cup will break before the glass panel does. Very strong tempered glass not plate glass. Its 4 times stronger and the thickness adds more strength.

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Old 14-07-2012, 04:01 PM
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very cool!
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Old 14-07-2012, 05:14 PM
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Ah, technology - can't live without it.
But,
Alarm goes off at 0659, at 0710 he is shaved showered, dressed and making breakfast. 0720 she is showered, dressed, hair and makeup perfect and leaving the house. Kids are up at 0710 already dressed and ready for school.

Forget technology, I want to live in a house that does that!


Clear skies

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Old 15-07-2012, 08:40 AM
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The touchscreen aspect of this video was all faked, but is actually BEHIND the times.

Our company sells (and I am the comissioning/support engineer for) Perceptive Pixel multitouch displays. I get to use these all day at work, currently a 27 inch (nice but a bit small) and an 82 inch.

You've probably seen them being used on CSI and NCIS.

These use Corning Gorilla Glass on the face of the touch panels as per the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oCam...eature=related

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Old 15-07-2012, 12:53 PM
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Us poor old mid 20 century born old foggies will miss out on all this stuff

Brilliant all the same
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Old 15-07-2012, 02:04 PM
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Buying shares in S.C Johnson ...

Hi All,

Super impressive but after watching the way people interact with their devices etc both in public and at home, the first thing I want to do is buy shares in S.C Johnson & Co (they make Windex).


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Les D
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Old 15-07-2012, 03:50 PM
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Alot of the stuff in that video is real already we just don't have access to it yet won't be long till it starts being very common
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