Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2017/10/18/can-it-be-true-a-working-di.html
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I’m assuming you’ve also got a spacetime interociter and a chronosynclastic infundibulator on that list?
I sure hope the Dick Tracy wrist radio has a CRM 114 discriminator!
PS: you can still get pneumatic tube systems if you have the quatloos.
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I’m holding out for the magnetic air car, myself…
I’ve heard that calibrating it can be tricky
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Not for people with incredibly high foreheads.
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Making a working Dick Tracy watch as a maker type project should be doable, main concern is audio and getting a good signal. I myself am not technically savvy but it’d be cool to see someone make one and document the build 
As a non-giant forehead person this is a hard pass for me…
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Wouldn’t the main concern be that a single 2-way wrist radio is utterly useless?
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Is the DK space coupe next up?
Hey. Wait a second…
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As soon as somebody ships a huge triangular monitor, I’m building one.
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Most of the cool stuff i like is useless. Doesn’t bother me none.
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If one has the power to calibrate a thing, they can destroy a thing. (Sorry, Mr. Herbert.)
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Don’t forget to build in death lasers into it.
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Out of curiosity i did a search and there isn’t a triangular LCD display… but it is entirely possible to find or make a triangular one. It just won’t have high resolution unless you go big. Here’s a quick example i found on Alibaba for one that isn’t giant.
It might also be entirely possible to get around the issue by using a projector instead, though projectors don’t typically beam video in triangles either but i think it’s a problem that could be fixed easier than making a custom LCD or LED display.
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Hmmm… there’s an interesting idea, I have a tub full of old projectors, I could mask portions of the lens. Thanks!
Came for the hand-drawn label, was not disappointed.
(I’d be disappointed, though, if the real watch doesn’t have such a label floating nearby)
(MAD Magazine)
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No problem! It’d be cool to have a proper screen but using a projector is infinitely more simple which i think any fan of that movie would appreciate an easy execution of the idea. Anyway if you do give it a try make sure to document and share 
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Welp, that only took 86 years to turn into a reality.
At this rate we should get functional web-shooters by about 2048.
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