The U.S Army are testing Fallout Pip-Boys. : Fallout Series Discussion

» Sat Feb 26, 2011 1:12 pm

http://kotaku.com/5659322/the-united-states-army-is-testing-fallout-pipboys

You can call the devices the U.S. Army is testing out at Fort Dix in New Jersey wrist mounted phosphorescent OLED Displays is you want. We're calling them PIPBoys.

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/10/340x_pipboy02.jpg

What the gentleman in the photo here is looking at is one of eight wrist mounted phosphorescent OLED Displays delivered to the U.S. Army for testing by Universal Display. The organic light emitting diode display is mounted on thin, flexible metal foil, which in turn is mounted on a wrist-wrapping housing to create a fully functional display and communication device.

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2010/10/pipboy0-1.jpg

LG Display created the 4.3" QVGA full-color, full-motion AMOLED displays using amorphous-Silicon TFT backplanes crafted on flexible foil. Then Universal Display used its full-color PHOLED technology to create the front plane. The entire unit was designed and implemented by L-3 Display Systems

Preparing foe the future..

» Sat Feb 26, 2011 10:14 am

Meh, needs more dials.

Also: should be made of 1.5" thick steel.

» Sat Feb 26, 2011 9:43 am

Needs some kind of biometric lock.

» Sat Feb 26, 2011 9:03 am

Needs some kind of biometric lock.

That will just result in a black-market trade for GI thumbs.

(It needs a cultural puzzle, or mnemonic password that changes per mission, per week, per ~something, and can be disabled remotely)

» Sat Feb 26, 2011 1:56 pm

If these get taken up by the army I reckon eventually they will make a public version.

And the manufacturers would be missing a trick if they didn't make a version called PIPBOY and make it look like the FO ones

» Sat Feb 26, 2011 9:47 pm

i'd buy it

» Sat Feb 26, 2011 9:41 pm

lulz Next they bring out new drinks called Nuka Cola and the next thing you notice is that the world is destroyed. :celebration:

» Sat Feb 26, 2011 11:04 am

The world IS destroyed. Drink up.

Those army PIPboys are pretty neat, but it would be just a little too nerdy to walk around with a civilian version. Maybe you could get a utility belt with turn signals to go with your forearm-mounted smartphone.

» Sat Feb 26, 2011 12:08 pm

didn't they have a version a few weeks ago that was essential an Android phone in a wrist-holder? That would be great for civilian applications, I remember... 10 years ago, I had a wrist holder for my cellphone (tiny little thing, not a modern smartphone).

» Sat Feb 26, 2011 10:26 pm

Too streamlined, not clunky-looking and cheesy-looking enough. Reminds me of t45-d.

» Sat Feb 26, 2011 2:18 pm

Just doesn't fit the SCIENCE! vibe like the FO PIP-Boy family. Needs anolog controls and that 50's charm of steel, Bakelite, and a CRT display.

» Sat Feb 26, 2011 6:24 pm

I don't like that Pip-boy
Why?
They've got it on the wrong arm