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The Future has arrived
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: LTK on 04 Dec 2012, 13:46 ---I'm going to look quite silly if all the girls are about to say "Oh, I knew about that."
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I knew about them, not because I'm a girl, but because 20 years ago I was involved in the design of machines for check-weighing the rods (we knew them as "depots" for some reason) at the end of the production line. The company I worked for then already made such equipment for pills, but designing an automatic feed mechanism for the rods required a new approach compared with ordinary tablets.
TheEvilDog:
Heard about them about 10 years ago, was attempting a Biomedical Engineering course and the lecturer of one part discussed the more esoteric devices being invented.
Bluesummers:
"Augmented reality" glasses? I dunno...I'm pretty sure LSD is cheaper.
--- Quote from: LTK on 04 Dec 2012, 13:46 ---I'm hijacking this thread because I just learned that this exists. And by science's beard, this is amazing!
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Yeah, I knew about it too...but I would, since I worked in pharmaceuticals for several years. ^_^;;
TheEvilDog:
The augmented reality glasses might sound a bit daft, but it wasn't all that long ago when virtual reality seemed like a very real possible accessory that would be in every house down the line.
Papersatan:
--- Quote from: Bluesummers on 04 Dec 2012, 16:24 ---"Augmented reality" glasses? I dunno...I'm pretty sure LSD is cheaper.
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But taking LSD would not be useful to you in even remotely the same way. This is replacing a smart phone and serving as exactly the sort of overlay of useful navigational information and communications connections which we give to "people of the future" in video games, movies and literature.
That's like suggesting that an etch-a-sketch is cheaper than a computer, or a conch shell is cheaper than a cell phone.
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