Feb 17
Corning, makers of fine glassware and ceramics that you probably already have in your kitchen, sees the future, and it has a lot of glass in it. A lot of touch-sensitive, multi-functional, all-encompassing glass that will cover virtually every device we carry with us and every object we interact with.
The “A Day Made of Glass” video (video’s behind the jump) suggests a possible future where we all carry transparent glass-phones that look conspicuously like iPhones that interact seamlessly with everything in our homes, 3D televisions that literally jump out at you (without glasses, of course,) and cars with touch-panels that spring to life when you approach the vehicle.
Admittedly none of this technology exists in the consumer market just yet, but none of it is so terribly far-fetched given current trends that it couldn’t be possible in the near future. The idea of interactive televisions that display traffic conditions and weather while you’re checking out the morning news is nothing new, and neither is the idea that a computer system in a store can identify you when you approach and suggest products that you like. If you’re thinking that part looks a lot like the movie Minority Report, you wouldn’t be too far off.
Still, while reality never really turns out like these concept videos (after all, brushing your teeth and checking your messages at the same time is all well and good until your mirror blue-screens on you) one thing is for sure: if Corning has its way, the future will need a lot of Windex.
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