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Idea For a Super-Compact Laptop Design: Use Spinning LED “Fans” As the Screen
The thing that dictates the precise size of every laptop is the screen. Pixels are relayed to us through a static piece of glass, and we carry this rectangle around with us.
But I had a thought after seeing the following on Instagram: What if the screen wasn’t a rectangle at all, but a thin rod and a hub? This type of display technology already exists:
The boys brought back some cool toys from their last China trip! This is one strip of LEDs working like a fan. Keep watching towards the end for the full 3D graphics ??????
Sure, the resolution is primitive, but conventional monitors once had the same problem. (Also note that in person you would not see the rotating bands of darkness; that’s an aftereffect from the shutter of the camera recording the video.) It would be interesting to see a “laptop” design that consisted of a spinning LED bar for a screen, and some equally compact form of input device, like one of those laser-based virtual keyboards.
Admittedly a circular screen might take some getting used to, but I’d be very curious to see what talented UI/UX designers might come up with to make a round screen advantageous to use.
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