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"I kind of take it for granted that our great-grandchildren will regard us as a sort of precursor species. That they won't think of us as human and if we could see them, we probably wouldn't think of them as human either."
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How thin is your computer display? Some of the newer laptops have displays in the upper part of the "clamshell" that are a quarter of an inch or less.
But, you want to talk thin ... how about paper-thin?
Find out more about thin-film transistor LCD displays. They are a remarkably complex sandwich; it's hard to believe they could become thinner.
However, if you think about instant film (you take the picture, then the film paper itself is passed through a roller, which squeezes developer onto the paper) you realize that there is an image medium that is very thin already. Comment/Join this discussion ( 1 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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'the registration number which the traffic control automatically photographed as she left the controlway...'
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'Then they press one of these here thirteen buttons...'
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'...without burning a single hydrocarbon molecule to injure the diseased atmosphere any further.'
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'Bird-like robots now descended from the ceiling of the theatre...'
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'The efficient robot waiter of the Sky Club had cleared away the remnants of an epicurean meal.'
Prototype 3D Printer Could Print Arteries In Seconds
'...in the tank the new body and the new mind and memory and life has taken almost instant form.'
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