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To: VanDeKoik

Just curious - what could you wander into Best Buy and see that would re-instill that sense of wonder and awe?

We have so many fancy tech goodies available to us these days, it’s easy to forget how good we have it. Compared to the old days of dial phones, 8 tracks and 3 VHF channels on the tube TV.

Is there anything left that we could want that isn’t dangled before our greedy eyes?

I wonder.

(At the same time as I’m holding out for that full size holo-deck, Deanna Troi model...)

Oh, and if you do think of whatever it might be, invent it, and you can be the next tech billionaire.


13 posted on 08/23/2019 1:12:36 PM PDT by Kommodor (Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
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To: Kommodor

Something better than just slight redesigns of the same thing. Actual foldable displays, color eink readers bigger than a paperback. Useful robots. VR that isnt either overpriced or poorly implemented.

Things that work without needing accounts and internet connections to Skynet would be great too.

I was once hoping to be the next big tech guy. I have ideas, but that world is looking to be more evil and susceptible to things I dont think I want to be part of.

I’ll toss ideas out on forums. Maybe someone better than I can run with it.

There was a time when we saw computers increase their power by the month. Screens go from boxes to flat, the ability to store entire music libraries on ever smaller devices. Cameras that went from film to digital and then improve their resolution every year. Bulky laptops to netbooks, to tablets to thinner tablets that convert to laptops. Bigger TVs with insane resolution. This was literally 1999-2012.

Now it kind of all just what new gimmick can we add to last year’s model and sell it for the same. Right now the only news I see is the Galaxy S10. Just last year’s phone with who cares spec bumps and Google not using food names for android phones in the future.


24 posted on 08/23/2019 2:04:30 PM PDT by VanDeKoik ( In heap big peace pipe)
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