Imagine a video technology whose screen thickness is the same thickness as a sheet of paper. Imagine the screen is so flexible to the point of actually bending it. A screen so thin you could wear it on your t-shirt. Pure fantasy? No. That technology is already here today but it would take a little more time refining this piece of technology to the point of being able to sell it commercially.
Now, imagine having a whole wall as your "tv screen" at Gallaudet University where you'd be able to communicate with another deaf person in real time and of the correct size dimension as if the person is standing in front of you. Let's say you get to talk to a person in Britain. Or have a whole wall down the hallway in one of Gallaudet University's building that act as one continuous screen so students walking down the hallway can peer into another hallway at another university or college like NTID, CSUN or god forbid the campus of MIT. You would get to see students in real time walking up and down their school's hallway while acknowledging your presence at the same time. Maybe even stop by and chat with another student who is thousands of miles away never needing the volume. Amazing potential.
Now, with this piece of screen technology, what would you like to see happen that could benefit you as a deaf person?
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