IC Nothing

The team of researchers who developed transparent transistors at Oregon State University three years ago have achieved another milestone: transparent integrated circuits. Can't see an application? (Sorry, I couldn't resist.)

For example, the infrared or optical transparency of a coating on the window of a home or office could be electronically controlled, to let in more or less heat and light, depending on the weather. A warning could flash inside a car’s windshield glass if sensors detect an object in the street ahead. Invisible burglar alarms could be placed on glass. Printers and copy machines could have electronics applied on the glass, dramatically reducing their overall size.

Think of a computer that's nothing more than a sheet of glass... Computers and related technologies may (quite literally) disappear into the background of life in a few years.