heavyLox Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Invention: Apple's all-seeing screen 14:08 26 April 2006 NewScientist.com news service Barry Fox Related Articles Invention: The TV-advert enforcer 18 April 2006 Invention: Wing-sprouting drone 11 April 2006 Invention: Drink-driver arm scanner 04 April 2006 Search New Scientist Contact us Web Links Apple Kodak US National Institutes of Health For over 30 years, Barry Fox has trawled through the world's weird and wonderful patent applications, uncovering the most exciting, bizarre or even terrifying new ideas. His column, Invention, is exclusively online. Scroll down for a roundup of previous Invention articles. Apple's all-seeing screen We could soon see a new kind of display screen from computer maker Apple – one that simultaneously takes pictures while showing images. The clever idea is to insert thousands of microscopic image sensors in-between the liquid crystal display cells in the screen. Each sensor captures its own small image, but software stitches these together to create a single, larger picture. A large LCD screen filled with image sensors would be ideal for videoconferencing, Apple suggests, as participants would always appear to look straight into the "camera". The technique could also add a camera function to a cellphone or PDA without wasting space, and light from the screen should help illuminate a subject. The more sensors there are, the wider and clearer the image. Sketches accompanying the company's patent show as many sensors as liquid crystal cells in a screen. If some of the sensors have different focal lengths, switching between them would make the screen behave like a zoom lens. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9059-invention-apples-allseeing-screen.html hey diddle diddle hev and the fiddle.... shit the world got the feed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
count chocula Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 ...is it just me.....or are the t v' s watching us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smart Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Fucking 1984. You think you're watching TV but the TV's watching you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyLox Posted April 26, 2006 Author Share Posted April 26, 2006 well as long as it gives as good as it gets im tr8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Internerd Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Computer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smart Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 cell phones? Man if you're gonna use the light fromthe cell screen to illuminate the subject, then you're probably filming up close. Perhaps 'one-handed'. Consequently, I'm going to STOP borrowing other peoples phones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeBee Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 My boy took a couple of videos on his phone while he was fuckin girls from the back. None of em knew, except in one video the bitch turns around and sees him haha...her face was priceless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainter Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 i was gonna leave a smartass comment about Apple computers but i will keep this one to myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 you should make a special name for dissing apple. that would be k3w!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Internerd Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 My boy took a couple of videos on his phone while he was fuckin girls from the back. None of em knew' date=' except in one video the bitch turns around and sees him haha...her face was priceless[/quote'] upload Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thought Wrong Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 On my girls Dell laptop when she puts the screensaver as the scrolling text or flying text and sets it to reflection, she can see herself in the letters rolling by. She swears she saw her eyes and different colors of her room. Could these computers (unknowingly to us) send back the pics it takes of us? Is it possible? or is that just some paranoia "the gov't watching us" type shit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeBee Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 upload I don't really talk to the kid any more, but I'll try and get ahold of him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gat Bush Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 fuck that screen shit. dont need it. once again, fuck that screen shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainter Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 you should make a special name for dissing apple. that would be k3w!. i already got one but i cannot remember the password Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClueTwo Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Great..Just another reason for tweakers to break stuff... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 awesome, now we can realize the planet's greatest dream: entertainment made by you for you, and only you. i can watch what i was doing at 3 at 7, and then watch what i was doing at 7 at 11. happiness is mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishCarBombs Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 how to make krink on tv... my dream comes trueeee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smart Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 awesome, now we can realize the planet's greatest dream: entertainment made by you for you, and only you. i can watch what i was doing at 3 at 7, and then watch what i was doing at 7 at 11. happiness is mine. Please believe I would watch the !@#$% show! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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