As much as we like to write about the play-by-play of gadgetry innovation, it’s a sad truth that some devices, like laptops, really haven’t changed much since their debut in the 1980s. LCDs, a mainstay of all laptops since that period, are one of the most delicate and expensive pieces of hardware in the whole design. But what if you could replace LCDs with OLEDs (organic light-emitting diodes), which apparently don’t need a bezel, and consume less electricity? LG has just built such a concept machine, calling it the “ebook” (apparently no one told them about other eBooks?), which is powered by an awesome bubbly blue methyl alcohol fuel instead of a regular (read: boring) lithium-ion battery. The ebook has just won a “best of the best” Red Dot Award, a German prize for industrial design, and we’re already drooling over its astonishing look and potentially awesome capabilities — we want one, like, yesterday. Ok, LG, if you can’t debut this product within a year, at least see if you can strike a deal to get some product placement in the next James Bond film, so we can see it in action, dig?
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