Meanwhile, outside of that claustrophobic feedback loop of our face and our screen, the physical systems of the earth are degraded by human activity.
At Baghdad's central morgue, in a large room, rows of chairs face a huge screen.
Case in point: I was able to unlock the phone by holding a photo of my face up to its lock screen.
Sure, we've seen hypothetical approaches before, but this rendition lacks the mess and time requirements of previous methods by allowing customers to snap an image of their face, and then scan electronic tags of interesting looking makeup in order to dash their on-screen persona with whatever they please.
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It takes courage to remove a keyboard from the face of a smartphone and replace those buttons with a giant screen, as Jobs did with the iPhone.
While we admire the effort of those gaudy, unsightly microdisplay-equipped goggles to bring big screen theatrics to the front of your face, they aren't likely to win any style contests, nor help you garner any friendly attention.
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His face color matched the red color of the numbers on his small screen.
Thankfully, much of that front face is dominated by the 8-inch screen -- the surrounding bezels are generous enough to accommodate thumbs without hampering the tablet's overall flair.
The screen pivots within the frame of the lid to either face toward the keyboard, or away from it.
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The screen is huge, taking up 2.78 inches of the touchscreen face (yes, it has that too), which is almost all of the front surface.
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On his screen is a single frame of the character Alex the Lion with a mathematical grid over his face and a big, bulging eyeball.
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