{"id":178,"date":"2006-03-12T07:48:53","date_gmt":"2006-03-12T14:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/archives\/178"},"modified":"2014-12-04T13:54:32","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T20:54:32","slug":"178","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/general-interest\/178\/","title":{"rendered":"The future is here&#8230;almost."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Normally, I don&#8217;t post photos on my blog, but there were too cool for you to miss. My friend Tim Curran sent them to me. He&#8217;s the editor of\u00a0a\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.midcountymemo.com\" target=\"_blank\">Portland\u00a0newspaper, the Mid-county Memo<\/a>,\u00a0and at first I thought the second one was\u00a0a\u00a0joke.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve actually seen this one work, and it&#8217;s very cool. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.virtual-laser-keyboard.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Laser Keyboard<\/a> works with your PDA, your computer, or your (certain) cell phone. I currently carry a folding keyboard to use with my PDA, but as time goes on and prices drop, it looks like one of these will replace it in my pocket!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/images\/blog\/Picture1.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/images\/blog\/Picture2.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now these next couple, I can&#8217;t give you a link to, because they&#8217;re not out yet, but\u00a0in the revolution of miniature computers, the scientists are way ahead.\u00a0 See these forthcoming computers within our pockets.\u00a0\u00a0This pen instrument produces both the monitor as well as the keyboard on flat surfaces. 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