Links for 2005-07-15
- Sharp to Mass Produce an LCD with Switchable Viewing Angle Oh this is so '24' it's awesome. Also I love that they're turning one of the traditional problems with LCD screens (narrow viewing angles) into a feature. That's so neat!
- Television took 30 years to reach a mass audience - broadband has taken three "Ofcom predicted that virtually all British homes - 99.6% - would have access to a broadband connection by the end of this year. By 2010, it suggested that more people could be watching television over the internet than via analogue sets."
- Glowing temperature-sensitive sink-fixtures Loving this - visual feedback on how hot the water is from the tap. How useful would that be!
Comments
Please stay on-topic, informative and polite. I reserve the right to remove comments for whatever vague capricious reasons seem reasonable at the time.
There's some creative spin on the reporting of the Ofcom report: "have access to a connection" is not the same as "have a connection"...
→ Posted by: James Kew at July 15, 2005 4:58 AM
I notice the Ofcom support states "have access to *a* broadband connection", which probably means to get to the figure of 99.6% they've included things like satellite and wireles which costs a small fortune relative to ADSL and cable. I doubt that nearly everyone in the country has access to an affordable broadband connection.
→ Posted by: Paul at July 15, 2005 2:07 PM