In the bowels of CES,
Engadget discovered the first sign that the nuclear holocaust foretold in the
Fallout series is approaching. Yes, what you see above is a Pip-Boy prototype. Sure, Universal Display Corporation hasn't given a name to its 4-inch, flexible, wrist-worn OLED display (designed for the
Brotherhood of Steel military), but we know exactly what we'll be using this handy thing for in the future -- well, those of us who survive, at least.
Perhaps we can put this in a way that'll convey the seriousness of this situation:
Step 1: Pip-Boy invented.Step 2: ???Step 3: Nuclear holocaust.Check out a video of the device after the break. Start saving for your vault cot now!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
rivaldi22 @ Jan 8th 2009 7:51PM
I'm assuming the giant video cable is going to be research'd out, but godDAMN if that is not one of the most useless-looking pieces of military hardware I've seen yet.
And that is, indeed, saying something.
J.Goodwin @ Jan 8th 2009 8:33PM
Useless?
V.A.T.S. is hardly useless. Think of the tactical advantage that it would provide Israel's armed forces once our defense contractors ship them the first units. They'll be able to kill Palestinian civilians with increased efficiency while continuing to not stop the "rocket attacks" that justify the continuing state of never ending war that allows their fascist ruling elites the unfettered ability to indulge their every corrupt instinct.
Oh, and terrorists! Terrorists. If you're not against terrorists, you're for the Holocaust!
Alien Lord @ Jan 8th 2009 8:54PM
Just be sure those units they send to Israel are set up blow ten minutes after they switch them on. I may not be a fan of Hamas but they sure beat Israelis.
DemonGSides @ Jan 8th 2009 9:29PM
what an unabashedly ignorant thing to say :(
Momer @ Jan 8th 2009 9:46PM
I love what misinformation from the media does to the ignorant masses :) Mr. Goodwin, you are simply a perfect example, I applaud you.
philmcphail @ Jan 8th 2009 10:12PM
Goodwin's right! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kex8EL-uM6w&feature=related
ice~ @ Jan 8th 2009 10:19PM
Annnd this is a clear sign that the world is going to hell in a hand basket.....
BadassSailor @ Jan 9th 2009 4:32AM
Hmm, one group has been involved in terrorist attacks for over 30 years.
one side has that whole holocaust thing.
Holocaust side accuses terrorist side of rocket attacks, and then people believe terrorist side, interesting.
Not saying that past performance is any indication of future results, but if you think Hamas is innocently sitting there getting bombed for no reason, you are an idiot.
Samo @ Jan 9th 2009 5:13AM
@ BadassSailor: Class, so you think just because the Israelis have gone through Hell, it's ok for them to dish it out? Do you actually know what they've done to the Palestinians?
Historically: the whole area was Palestine (reference: Bible, Qur'an), and after WWII, we (Brits), French and the US somehow thought it'll be fair to give them their own land, land that already belongs to Palestinians.
Then, during the Arab war, the Israelis occupy MORE Palestinian land, causing the (lack of) Palestinian econmy to suffer. [Note: the Arabs were to blame as well, but I'm fuzzy on the ful details there]
At present: Gaza is under a blockade, with one of TWO crossings to Gaza being controlled by Israel, and they limit what goes into the area, inc. food supplies by UNWRA, the humanitarian arm of the UN. The humanitarian situation prior to this current assault was pretty bad already, akin to some central African countries.
Today, the UN has criticised the IDF for telling civilians that a building is for refuge, then shelling the hell out of it; that building was mainly full of kids. ICRC have also slammed the IDF for not during it's International duty to look after innocent civilians, after finding 4 kids clinging onto their dead mothers.
Most of the info can be freely obtained of the BBC news website.
Lastly, if your family was being killed slowly through starvation, your land was being occupied and your family thrown out, all your protests fall on deaf ears, what would you do? Lie down and take it, or fight back?
/end rant, and apologies for long post
BadassSailor @ Jan 9th 2009 10:21AM
You know what? I don't think that Israel should have been given someone else's land to begin with, except that at the time they were willing to build something on it and the Palestinians were still living a nomadic lifestyle, moving their tents around every few months.
Guess all white people in the US should move back to Europe and give the country back to the indians, the EU should cede all land to Italy to be ruled by rome, and control of all african nations should be given to Egypt.
The Israelis constantly have the leader of a nation that is attempting to get nuclear weapons speak out about wiping them off the face of the earth while the Useless N has tea and biscuits with him.
I would love for the US to be able to fight wars the way Israel does, but no, we are all pussyfooting around making sure we minimize civilian casualties, and then we get shit on by our own media.
See, we don't fight like that and we hear more shit than Israel, so why bother.
Every one of Israel's neighbors has been fucking with them since I was a baby and if they have the power to fuck them all up, great, let them fight the Israelis instead of us for a while.
Dr Jeckyl and Mr ESC. @ Jan 9th 2009 11:53AM
Wow there are so many things wrong with all your posts, seriously you guys do you even know what are you talking about?
I do not agree with methods that will end causing damage to innocents but
for starters you know is fault of Hamas. Those f*cking cowards hide in civilian populations (Like any terrorist) so if there are any causalities they can blame it on Israel and use the hate of the population to recruit more people.
That’s what terrorist do; they affect Countries don’t matter if there are their own. The only way to stop them is to gain the hearts and minds of the population so they can denounce the bastards and they can be brought to Justice.
Israel tried every tactic known to man to try to live in peace; they don’t know what else they have to do. The Terrorist put them in a tight spot.
If an armed terrorist group that treats your Country covers behind innocents to attack you what are you going to do? Either way people will die.
Another problem is that you think you can negotiate with them. They have negotiated with them and it didn’t work. They really hate Israel and they want to impose their religion over anyone in the world and I can tell since I have seen it.
The only way things will change is with education and gaining that people so they know the extremists are only causing damage but with the war and the armed response well good luck.
Haggard @ Jan 9th 2009 1:24PM
How about both sides are to blame?
rivaldi22 @ Jan 9th 2009 7:40PM
Haha, why the hell did my comment get down-voted?
I was merely saying that a giant, clunky TV on your arm isn't really that practical, in terms of military hardware. It's cumbersome, and will especially hamper any night-time ambushes.
I'm also really amused that the (non-political in every way) comment spawned a thread of
rivaldi22 @ Jan 9th 2009 7:41PM
politically-charged attacks.
I fail at Joystiq comments.
Bpops @ Jan 8th 2009 7:51PM
150 Days Left!
mezzanine @ Jan 8th 2009 7:52PM
Prepare for the future?
HippoHero @ Jan 8th 2009 7:54PM
I have been, but I always seem to be stuck in the present.
Ihavepants @ Jan 9th 2009 3:16AM
As much as I hate Jobtaxi spammers spammage, they actually read the article and the links they provide SEEM legitimate.
Fuck off anyway.
MowDownJoe @ Jan 8th 2009 7:54PM
War... war never changes.
Moptimus Slime (Leader of the Ryan Scott Defense Force, in honor of the Jan. 6 Massacre) @ Jan 8th 2009 7:57PM
oh you gotta be fucking kidding. Well, you may have won this round MowDownJoe, but victory shall soon be mine!
Moptimus Slime (Leader of the Ryan Scott Defense Force, in honor of the Jan. 6 Massacre) @ Jan 8th 2009 7:56PM
War...war never changes
Premature ejaculation man @ Jan 8th 2009 8:14PM
War..war never changes
I thought I'd make the phrase look good. Did it work?
j.howlett @ Jan 8th 2009 8:16PM
war has changed
Strategy_Panda (The Sandwich Poisoning Crew) @ Jan 8th 2009 8:20PM
war... war never changes
j.howlett @ Jan 8th 2009 8:42PM
it's no longer about nations, ideologies or ethnicity.
hurricane @ Jan 9th 2009 1:05AM
war
–noun
1. a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air.
Hala Madrid!! (Somebody get me a tie! And it sure as hell better be red!) @ Jan 8th 2009 8:21PM
Ok you guys we get it. War never fucking changes.
Nick the Hero of Canton @ Jan 8th 2009 9:26PM
Yes it does. Or does it?
Strategy_Panda (The Sandwich Poisoning Crew) @ Jan 8th 2009 9:34PM
War has changed
Cal @ Jan 8th 2009 9:39PM
War... never gonna give you up
Lord Maim @ Jan 13th 2009 7:10AM
What is it good for? Absolutely nothing.
infernus @ Jan 9th 2009 2:15PM
Fuck, don't know why I didn't see that coming. Well played Cal.
Big Ed @ Jan 8th 2009 8:24PM
I love those dear hearts and gentle people who live in my home town!
The Dark Wayne @ Jan 8th 2009 8:36PM
what does it do?
Tucker @ Jan 8th 2009 8:43PM
Step 4: Profit
rlm2112 @ Jan 9th 2009 3:35AM
ahhh you beat me to it!
GenBanks @ Jan 8th 2009 9:17PM
lol, I saw this article earlier on engadget, and the pip boy was the first thing I thought of xD
DemonGSides @ Jan 8th 2009 9:30PM
WAR NEVER-
Shit.
Strategy_Panda (The Sandwich Poisoning Crew) @ Jan 8th 2009 9:35PM
never what?
NEVER WHAT ?!!?!??!?!?!?!?!?1
Ihavepants @ Jan 8th 2009 11:30PM
HOW'D IT GET BURNED?????
Shadsy @ Jan 8th 2009 9:30PM
What's with the random Halo music? That totally threw me off.
Dr Jeckyl and Mr ESC. @ Jan 9th 2009 11:57AM
Pipboy confirmed for Halo ODST?
Finish the fight! which never chnages but it's no longer about nations, ideologies or ethnicity.
joeybeast @ Jan 8th 2009 9:30PM
If we put our money together we can buy a Vault Joystiq and survive the Holocaust
Sean Newton @ Jan 8th 2009 9:40PM
War will never change. Until we develop the Shart Gun... capable of emptying a battlefield (or at least its bowels) in minutes.
MuToiD_MaN @ Jan 8th 2009 9:55PM
OLED displays are friggin' sweet.
Mighty Shockwave @ Jan 8th 2009 10:16PM
Dudes, that's totally a Brotherhood of Steel helmet in the screen. The guys who developed this were nerds who knew exactly what they were making.
capt_carl @ Jan 9th 2009 12:21AM
I thought it was something Bethesda was goofing around with until I read the article. But yea, totally a Power Armor helmet on the display.
Ihavepants @ Jan 9th 2009 3:13AM
Uh, I can't see it at all, anyone want to give me a time when it shows up?
I see, Plane->Man and Helicopters->Three people, one sitting down with glasses->explosion?->Helicopter
capt_carl @ Jan 9th 2009 9:12AM
I'm looking at the picture again, and I think the image of the Power Armor helmet may be Photoshopped in...
Ihavepants @ Jan 9th 2009 10:53AM
Oh the photo, I see it.
*Throws a fridge at himself in disgust*