Rebirth: Let's Talk About 1984

According to reports, this story begins at an entirely unscientific moment: Zhou Ziye, a designer who rose from creating counterfeit mobile phones, suddenly time-traveled back to the year 1984.

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Chapter 714 The Sci-Fi Technology of the Giant Pit

The gist of it is that my technology is cutting-edge, and I have made bold innovations in research and development and design, making me number one in the world.

To be honest, this is something that others have already done.

Why did the Japanese give up after playing with it for a few years? First, it consumed too much power. It wasn't a color monitor; it was only good for pure black and white.

Furthermore, there are requirements for the glass material. Originally, they were all pure glass, which would basically break if dropped on the ground. If the material were changed, it would affect the color and texture.

Later, the Japanese realized that this thing was just a gimmick and they couldn't get out of it in the end.

Later, this technology was mostly used in electronic alarm clocks and decorative gifts.

It's the kind of transparent glass that displays the time, period, and temperature.

But this was in the late 1980s, and it's almost 1990.

If Xing Baohua could create a truly transparent screen, he would have something to boast about.

Limited edition concept machine.

Look at this gimmick, he dares to sell it at an exorbitant price, he dares to claim it as the world's most futuristic technology.

First, try purchasing screens from Sharp or NEC, and then go back to purchase the overall technology and production line.

Xing Baohua is quite famous in Japan, not some nobody, and has a complex network of relationships.

If you're not going to sell them, look at Nikon; it's like toilet paper—use it and then throw it away.

On one side are the sweet treats, on the other the stick; if you don't want the sweet treats, you'll have to be prepared to get beaten. Whether it's Sharp or NEC, they just have a lot of money.

Xing Baohua took a liking to this screen and tried to get his hands on it. He wanted not only a transparent screen, but also a screen that could utilize VGA technology in many other applications.

Over time, this technology has come to represent affordability.

Of course, there are even cheaper TFT screens, but they are used for different purposes!

Rice is going to be a high-end product in the future, so the ingredients used must be reliable.

Just like a certain company that wanted to make mobile phones, it was always a step behind others, and in the end, its mobile phone business was cut off.

Only the purchased motorcycle remained, barely surviving.

They don't even consider why Motorola sold its business seven or eight years earlier. If Lenovo had put more effort into research and development, honestly, with that user base, they might have been very successful.

They ruined their own brand and survive by relying on acquired brands; they're truly something else in China.

This self-proclaimed national flag has fallen. All the slogans were loud and clear, but they're nothing compared to TCL and that fighter jet-themed phone; at least TCL rebranded it in Africa and sold incredibly well.

Xing Baohua then communicated with the Ministry of Foreign Trade and asked them to send letters to Sharp and NEC. Although both companies had developed the technology, it was unclear who was in charge of it, so both companies sent letters at the same time to see who would reply.

If the other party refuses to talk, then notify the Japanese company to put pressure on them, while simultaneously preparing to discuss technology transfer with IBM.

Surprisingly, Sharp and NEC were willing to cooperate and agreed to negotiate.

Xing Baohua dared not go abroad at this time, fearing that he would be targeted by certain forces. Therefore, the technical department selected two people, together with the foreign trade department, to form a negotiation team to talk to the R and Benke families.

We need technology and production lines.

At the same time, the negotiation team was asked to visit Sharp to see their latest LCD technology, and if possible, to place an order for a batch of goods.

We'll buy all the technology once it's matured.

Xing Baohua is going to modify the 2.8-inch screen in his hand in the lab.

Transparent technology is primarily about projecting images onto glass.

The principle is similar to that of a projector, but this is the real power hog.

Fortunately, the small camera that Xing Baohua had previously developed could be modified slightly to achieve reverse projection, allowing him to create new tricks using the principle of optical refraction.

The transparent screen does not require backlighting; all the light comes from the tiny projection.

For aesthetic reasons, Xing Baohua reverted to a nine-key layout instead of a full keyboard. The chassis is now slimmer and longer.

Under Xing Baohua's guidance and orders, the motherboard was quickly produced.

The camera's optical chip was removed, and a QVGA digital conversion chip was connected. An LED white light was added as a projection light source to refract onto the glass.

Adjusting the refraction sharpness is actually done by turning the tiny nut on the miniature camera.

Every camera has this adjustment function. As long as you remove the lens cover glass on the back of the camera, you will see a nut-like thing, which can be turned to adjust the sharpness.

Don't adjust it casually; if you don't have the skills, you won't be able to fix it back. It will cause screen flickering in photos or videos.

Products manufactured in the lab are typically given a parameter for each slight adjustment. Once the target value is met, the parameter is recorded and used to define the product at the factory.

The technique itself isn't very difficult; anyone with a little DIY knowledge can modify it. But in this day and age, it takes a true technical master.

However, the problem of excessive power consumption remains unresolved.

With the screen fully lit, it can only stay on for about three hours. If you make or receive calls intermittently, it can last for about six hours.

Therefore, even the most futuristic products become useless due to power consumption issues.

As for watching action movies, well, let's just say no.

I absolutely won't let you see it, otherwise it would show how terrible my technology is. At best, you can only see a picture.

Its motherboard is just a regular feature phone motherboard; it won't give you a lot of memory or store too much data.

Xing Baohua felt that 64MB of RAM was sufficient for smooth operation. Increasing the RAM to 8MB would be fine.

Whether a video is smooth or not has nothing to do with the screen.

This thing is just a gimmick, designed to get the wealthy to use it as a status symbol.

Gold edition, diamond edition—basically, his gold doesn't cost money. It's all looted from the Japanese, so isn't this a perfect opportunity to cash in?

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