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  Re: Today's Other Random Invention  
From: SharkD
Date: 10 Sep 2009 04:21:29
Message: <4aa8b709@news.povray.org>
scott wrote:
> That's because they can't be mass produced yet cheap enough.  There is 
> big pressure from car-makers though to develop them, they will be used 
> in instrument clusters in cars.  Not just circular LCDs, but generally 
> LCDs with curved outlines, these fit much better into things that are 
> curvy to start with (like car dashboards).  I've seen a few prototypes 
> and they look pretty cool!


Star Trek has always had weird designs for alien computer interfaces. 
They were, however, created by simply adhering colored and translucent 
strips of plastic to glass.

-Mike


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