I must say that I'm mostly underwhelmed by the clothes for right now, though I can see them growing on me, but I think the chairs look wicked cool.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
There are so many possibilities. I mean, it'd be cool as a costume, the pillows and chair covers looked cool. I wouldn't mind some curtains made out of this stuff either.
I couldn't tell if the stuff can change colors. If so, that'd be amazing as well. It's made from fiber optics, so I imagine they could make it change colors.
I wonder if this is going to end up as the next generation of camoflage? It'll be like Predator -- a suit that projects what is behind you onto your front, and vice versa.
Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
Can it make me look like Tron?
I want to look like Tron. This stuff is dumb otherwise.
Okay, I'd settle for Clu.
But definitely not Ram... Or Bit.
-Bok
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Oh, yeah, this would make for a great Tron costume.
Bob, did you know that we've already got that kind of camoflague in development for vehicles? Basically it consists of hardened flatscreen panels mounted on the vehicle, with little videocameras studding the whole thing. Whatever the video camera sees on one side is displayed on the other.
[ February 11, 2004, 10:15 AM: Message edited by: Noemon ]
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Actually, though, I expect that if they can get the production costs of this stuff down low enough to make it commonly available, we'll see a brief period where it's all the rage, and people use it in all sorts of garish, tacky ways, and then a maturing of the way it's used, where it will be integrated in more thoughtful, tasteful ways (I'm just talking about clothing and decorating here, of course--I can see practical applications for this stuff too).
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
This sort of reminds me of HyperColor...the clothes that turned pink in the hot weather and purple in the cold. Or for elementary school kids, stayed purple except when you sweat and fart.