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  • Posted by $ Mimi 10 years, 3 months ago in reply to this comment.
    My one conspiracy theory that I hold dearly is that the Cash for Clunkers program was more designed to get older models that didn’t have the transponder installed off the street rather than save an industry.
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  • Posted by $ Mimi 10 years, 3 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Although, it’s actually a pretty cool gimmick to free your pockets up for treats.
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  • Posted by BeenThere 10 years, 3 months ago
    I'll pass.....................no cell service out here with the cattle and horses.............they seldom need that or Wi-Fi........................................
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  • Posted by $ Susanne 10 years, 3 months ago in reply to this comment.
    That is just too awesome... it reminds me a lot of my Fitbit... on steroids. Kind of one of those things you used to dream of as a kid of being somewhere way off in the future... What I like best? Shatterproof screen!

    When I see one work, I'll be in line for it.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 10 years, 3 months ago
    This is not a device for me -- but definitely for my grandson who is 22. This is really something I could not even imagine a few years ago -- and I have a pretty good imagination.
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 10 years, 3 months ago
    So this won't make you radioactive?
    I'm already imagining what the next creature feature may be with endless sequels and remakes.
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  • Posted by Temlakos 10 years, 3 months ago
    The only problem is: replacing the tablet with a device having a smartphone screen but without the speakers a smartphone would need. Like a smartphone limited to text only.
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  • Posted by radicalbill 10 years, 3 months ago
    I bet not many people know that in 2007 it was mandated that all cars be made with a transponder, like an EZ-Pass. Even if your car is the cheapest, base model, it has this. If you check FCC database, you will see the "readers" for these transponders are embedded and active on most highways, and soon all of them will be on and they will know exactly where your car is at all times, and if you have a trasponder key, it will know where that is as well. 1984 is here
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 3 months ago in reply to this comment.
    If you look very closely starting about the 40 sec mark, you can see the graphic moves its placement on the arm. This would not happen if it were real.
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  • Posted by dansail 10 years, 3 months ago in reply to this comment.
    While I understand your skepticism and I partially agree this is a well-made marketing video, the technology has gotten pretty far with imaging and sensing. It is a nice design of technology, that's for sure, and the bugs will be worked out.
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  • Posted by barwick11 10 years, 3 months ago
    There is absolutely zero way this thing works exactly like it shows in the video. The power required to project a screen that clearly onto human skin is very high, unlikely to be contained in a small device like that unless it runs for 3 minutes at a time.

    Also the projection isn't interrupted by things like, oh... hair, and um, your hands "touching" the screen?

    This is at best a well-made marketing video, and at worst a scam. Probably somewhere in the middle.

    Something like this is achievable in the near-term though with flexible displays.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    True. Most people don't know that their cell phone is "pinging" transmission towers all the time. That's how the system knows where to transmit incoming calls. It would be highly inefficient to send the call everywhere, so your phone is constantly sending out a signal saying "here I am." That way, the system knows which tower (or perhaps some small number of towers) to route the signal to, to get to your phone. Some phones do this whether they are "On" or "Off." So, as RMB says, unless you've removed the battery, you can be tracked via your cell phone.
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  • Posted by dbhalling 10 years, 4 months ago
    Excellent, thanks for the post. It is a big step toward the wearable computer.
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  • Posted by robertmbeard 10 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I also don't see a reason why I would ever buy one, assuming they are legitimately working on prototype development (and not a fake money making crowd-funding scheme...) and later solve all of the design problems/challenges.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 4 months ago
    There's one of the segments where you can see that the graphics don't stay on the arm at the same place, so this is merely a simulation.
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  • Posted by $ AJAshinoff 10 years, 4 months ago
    Not so keen on things like this...including GPS apps/systems. No one on this planet, wife included, needs to know where I am whenever they care to know. My whereabouts are at my discretion to divulge.

    I have a very basic cellphone without Internet access other than text page ability.
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