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(far left)
ThinkPad companion. With detach-
able stereo speakers this light-
weight, portable CD-ROM drive
supports multimedia computing and
plays stereo audio discs.
(left)
Personal electronic newspapers.
This concept network device allows
you to receive customized news,
e-mail and other content from the
Net loaded into lightweight tablets —
one for each person in your house-
hold. Update content and recharge
batteries by placing the tablets back
in the docking station.
(right)
Portable Digital Video. From our
design lab in Japan comes a concept
for a portable entertainment center
based on Digital Video Disk (DVD)
technology. Two stereo speakers
swing away to reveal an LCD screen,
and the two top “antennae” are
removable microphones, for those
impromptu karaoke sessions.
(right below)
Two-in-one. This prototype integrates
a network computer with a flat panel
display — a full-function desktop
system that relies on the Net for appli-
cations and processing power.
There’s more going on here than black paint and
rounded edges. Microchips are becoming so inexpen-
sive they can be embedded in virtually everything — so
common, some people call them “jelly beans.” We’ll
cook with this “embedded intelligence.” We’ll wear it,
drive it (and drive over it), talk to it, sleep on it. All man-
ner of consumer items will join the web of interconnect-
ed computing devices — but soon, no one will sit down
at “the computer” anymore. Won’t that be wonderful?
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