# So...what is the new flashy technology? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 22, 2009, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-the-new-flashy-technology/511135 "2009-09-22T20:40:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-the-new-flashy-technology/511135/1 "2009-09-22T20:40:09Z")
Inspired by this thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=533081](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=533081) Say I want to impress all the peasants with my new, flashy, spensive tech…get all the girls to swoon and all the guys jealous of my manliness and success. 😃 What is the gawdy, ostentatious stuff these days? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-the-new-flashy-technology/511135/2 "2009-09-22T22:27:24Z")
Last year it was the iPhone. This year… I dunno. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-the-new-flashy-technology/511135/3 "2009-09-22T23:22:00Z")
Next year it might be a 3-D television. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-the-new-flashy-technology/511135/4 "2009-09-23T00:10:53Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > Next year it might be a 3-D television. I absolutely hope so. I want to watch the new 3-D movies at home. I also get some satisfaction out of it making Blueray obsolete. At least my eyes can tell the difference between 2-D and 3-D at 10+ feet. ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-the-new-flashy-technology/511135/5 "2009-09-23T00:48:26Z")
To get all the girls to swoon, you first need to change your username to **BlingingDuck** or **BringingFuck**. Then, you need to get one of these… it’s called SixthSense and is currently only available as a prototype. Designed by MIT Media Labs: [http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense/](http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense/) ---
**Author:** ![Claire\_Beauchamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@Claire\_Beauchamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire_Beauchamp)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-the-new-flashy-technology/511135/6 "2009-09-23T01:28:40Z")
Well, if you’re not limited to electronics, you could always get a [Tesla](http://www.teslamotors.com/). They’re not going to go mainstream any time soon, but they certainly have the “I got one before anyone else and I spent a buttload of money to do it” factor. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-the-new-flashy-technology/511135/7 "2009-09-23T01:59:57Z")
> [@xash](#): > > To get all the girls to swoon, you first need to change your username to **BlingingDuck** or **BringingFuck**. > > Then, you need to get one of these… it’s called SixthSense and is currently only available as a prototype. Designed by MIT Media Labs: > > [Pranav Mistry](http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense/) Hmmm… is there porn available to jerk off to? Oh, never mind. I bet those hand things would be a bitch to clean. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-the-new-flashy-technology/511135/8 "2009-09-23T03:01:41Z")
> [@xash](#): > > To get all the girls to swoon, you first need to change your username to **BlingingDuck** or **BringingFuck**. > > Then, you need to get one of these… it’s called SixthSense and is currently only available as a prototype. Designed by MIT Media Labs: > > [Pranav Mistry](http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense/) Guitar Hero was up there, but this sure looks like it’s going to set new and exciting milestones in the Looking Like A Complete Moron department. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-the-new-flashy-technology/511135/9 "2009-09-23T04:04:51Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I absolutely hope so. I want to watch the new 3-D movies at home. I also get some satisfaction out of it making Blueray obsolete. At least my eyes can tell the difference between 2-D and 3-D at 10+ feet. > **[3-D television expected to come to homes in 2010 - CNN.com](https://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/09/18/3D.home.television/)** > > Three-dimensional images are expected jump out of movie theaters and into living rooms by next year. That wasn’t a hypothesis, that was fact. It’s coming. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-the-new-flashy-technology/511135/10 "2009-09-23T10:07:03Z")
> [@xash](#): > > To get all the girls to swoon, you first need to change your username to **BlingingDuck** or **BringingFuck**. > > Then, you need to get one of these… it’s called SixthSense and is currently only available as a prototype. Designed by MIT Media Labs: > > [Pranav Mistry](http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense/) Yeah? I’ve got some natural hand gestures to augment the physical world around you _RIGHT HERE_! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-the-new-flashy-technology/511135/11 "2009-09-23T13:40:13Z")
> [@xash](#): > > To get all the girls to swoon, you first need to change your username to **BlingingDuck** or **BringingFuck**. > > Then, you need to get one of these… it’s called SixthSense and is currently only available as a prototype. Designed by MIT Media Labs: > > [Pranav Mistry](http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense/) Whoa…I think this qualifies. ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-the-new-flashy-technology/511135/12 "2009-09-23T13:41:25Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > [3-D television expected to come to homes in 2010 - CNN.com](http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/09/18/3D.home.television/) > > That wasn’t a hypothesis, that was fact. It’s coming. The problem with that is that to be really annoying, gawdy and ostentatious it has do be done in public…preferably while walking down the street or standing in a cashier line. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-the-new-flashy-technology/511135/13 "2009-09-23T20:12:14Z")
Ah, okay. Lemme poke around. I think the 6th Sense is going to be the next one of those, if it goes commercial, as it has a projection display. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-the-new-flashy-technology/511135/14 "2009-09-23T23:37:23Z")
Microsoft’s \*Courier \*looks kinda cool. [Link](http://gizmodo.com/5365299/courier-first-details-of-microsofts-secret-tablet) ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-the-new-flashy-technology/511135/15 "2009-09-24T01:10:17Z")
Want to get the girls to swoon? Forget the modern technology. Just take a friend’s baby or puppy for a stroll as mate bait. Remember, grasshopper, to focus on what women are hardwired for, rather than the hardwires themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Category5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Category5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Category5)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-the-new-flashy-technology/511135/16 "2009-09-24T01:56:10Z")
I understand bluetooth headsets are all the rage… ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-the-new-flashy-technology/511135/17 "2009-09-24T04:37:33Z")
Eh, the Courier is nothing more than yet another tablet evolution. It’s a DS with bigger screens. Microsoft does these things, they go bleh. Also, yes, puppy works well. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-the-new-flashy-technology/511135/18 "2009-09-24T04:59:11Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > Also, yes, puppy works well. Puppy Linux, right? What? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-is-the-new-flashy-technology/511135/19 "2009-09-24T09:28:20Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Puppy Linux, right? > > What? Win!