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#368367 - 06/30/13 04:55 PM A Glimpse Into The Future...
travlin'easy Offline
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I suspect that arranger keyboards will soon all be rollup and quite similar to the images that you'll see in this video.



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#368368 - 06/30/13 05:07 PM Re: A Glimpse Into The Future... [Re: travlin'easy]
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And there's more. You wonder how much of this technology is currently available, and what's in store for the next decade.



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#368369 - 06/30/13 05:29 PM Re: A Glimpse Into The Future... [Re: travlin'easy]
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... and what will the COST be ... we have a whole generation of young adults who are 'upside down' with their credit because of all the 'toys' and 'necessities' available now ...
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#368378 - 06/30/13 06:26 PM Re: A Glimpse Into The Future... [Re: travlin'easy]
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Tony, you can be sure someone is gonna make a whole lot of money on this technology. And, I suspect it will be Corning.

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#368403 - 07/01/13 09:56 AM Re: A Glimpse Into The Future... [Re: travlin'easy]
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... yes, and the members of the general public will be - to quote Tennessee Ernie Ford - "... another day older and deeper in debt..."
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#368413 - 07/01/13 10:35 PM Re: A Glimpse Into The Future... [Re: travlin'easy]
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And fingers will not leave smudges and marks behind for every touch!
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#368422 - 07/02/13 12:12 AM Re: A Glimpse Into The Future... [Re: travlin'easy]
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Great prediction of touch screen technology to come. And I am sure it will. But will keyboard players really want to play on glass any more than playing on an iPad screen now? We will always need a keboard action to play on.

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#368441 - 07/02/13 11:05 AM Re: A Glimpse Into The Future... [Re: travlin'easy]
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I am still waiting on my flying car... There's no guarantee any of this is going to happen.

Plus, the ergonomics of much of it seemed dodgy to me. You are going to walk up to the wall and stand two feet away from something to touch it, where you can't see 90% of the screen anyway? Humans are built less conveniently than Corning would prefer..!

I see no reason that tactile computer input devices like the keyboard will ever change. Sure, you CAN use a touch screen to input text, but do it for more than a minute or so and repetitive stress disorders will be the call. Maybe Corning need to invent a SOFT glass!

Nearly everyone I know that does much on an iPad has a separate chicklet keyboard and a mouse. The every day word processing and data entry tasks would be painful, whacking your fingers on glass is no fun. And don't get me started about playing keyboard parts on an iPad screen!

Personally, sorry Corning, but I see the Google glasses kind of idea the way of the future. Small, lightweight, probably more cost effective than a wall sized touch screen, with something to track where your fingers are moving...

I'll use them while I'm flying in my car to the gig! Now, all they have to invent is eternal life, so I can live long enough to see it!
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#368444 - 07/02/13 11:25 AM Re: A Glimpse Into The Future... [Re: travlin'easy]
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Just for you, Diki.
http://www.businessinsider.com/practical-flying-car-2013-6?op=1

Hope it's got enough horsepower to lift you AND your G70!

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#368446 - 07/02/13 11:39 AM Re: A Glimpse Into The Future... [Re: travlin'easy]
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Practical? At what cost? LOL

Anyway, they haven't got an all electric car with a 500 mile range yet that goes on the ground, let alone flies with anything like modern car performance. You want to crawl around in little more than a fancy golf-kart the best that most can achieve is 100 miles or so, at speeds that put you in danger of being run over by an 18-wheeler!

This is no more likely than the Jetson's car... Read the article while listening to Donald Fagan's 'I.G.Y.'!

'Standing tough under stars and stripes
We can tell
This dream's in sight
You've got to admit it
At this point in time that it's clear
The future looks bright
On that train all graphite and glitter
Undersea by rail
Ninety minutes from new york to paris
Well by seventy-six we'll be a.o.k.

What a beautiful world this will be
What a glorious time to be free

Get your ticket to that wheel in space
While there's time
The fix is in
You'll be a witness to that game of chance in the sky
You know we've got to win
Here at home we'll play in the city
Powered by the sun
Perfect weather for a streamlined world
There'll be spandex jackets one for everyone

What a beautiful world this will be
What a glorious time to be free

On that train all graphite and glitter
Undersea by rail
Ninety minutes from new york to paris
(more leisure for artists everywhere)
A just machine to make big decisions
Programmed by fellows with compassion and vision
We'll be clean when their work is done
We'll be eternally free yes and eternally young

What a beautiful world this will be
What a glorious time to be free'
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