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Toshiba intros laptop that CHANGES COLOUR

Welcome your nano-tech chameleonoid overlords

Toshiba has come up with a laptop, the Dynabook Qosmio T750, which has a lid which changes colour - the first of its kind, the Japanese giant claimed.

Well, sort of. The blue-lidded box – the colour is called "shiny ocean" – sports "shimmering" metallic colours that run from turquoise through to deep blue and purple depending on the angle at which you're looking at it.

Here's what it looks like:

Source: Toshiba

The trick lies in Toshiba's use of several polyester laminate films, each comprising thousands "nano-technology" layers, and which together give a metallic look without actually using any metal – so it's good for the environment, Toshiba claimed.

The technique, called Picasus, was co-developed by Toshiba and Japanese materials company Touré Meihan.

Of course, the lid is very glossy, but Toshiba has smartly added a "fingerprint-proof" coating to prevent nasty greasy smudges spoiling the effect.

Toshiba Dynabook T750

The T750, which packs in a 2.66GHz Intel Core i5-480M, 4GB of DDR 3 memory, a 750GB hard drive, a 15.6in, 1366 x 768 LED-backlit display, Harman Kardon speakers, 2.4/5GHz 802.11n Wi-Fi, Gigabit Ethernet, plus HDMI, USB 2.0 and eSata ports is only available in Japan.

But we reckon it won't be so very long before the design makes its way Westward. ®

Thanks to Yogesh for the tip

Sir

Did anyone else read the name on the lid and think 'Quasimodo' ?

No? Just me then.

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So it's just pearlescent?

Yawn. Why have they used nanotechnology to achieve what car manufacturers have been doing for years? I mean, if some bearded men in a shed in Blackpool could do this in a decade ago, you have to wonder why they're bigging this up.

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Meh-

I remember polyester pants that did that.

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Boring

Unless it actively changes colour, I don't care. Even then it would be useless, but at least it would be cool.

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Anonymous Coward

If only

They put this much effort into something useful like their docking stations. The one I have, supposedly a "business" model doesn't pass through the modem, cannot support DVI, the button is right at the very back in the far corner so if you slip it under a desk or something you have to grovel about to switch it on and off, it doesn't work with KVMs reliably and is a bit of a poor show all round. Get the basics right and then when everything is perfect you can fiddle with the colour and shape.

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