{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"PC Matic Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog","author_name":"Harry McCracken","author_url":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/author\/harry-mccracken\/","title":"Technologizer: World\u2019s Weirdest Portable Computers","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"vvI68Fc6Ca\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/technologizer-worlds-weirdest-portable-computers\/\">Technologizer: World\u2019s Weirdest Portable Computers<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/technologizer-worlds-weirdest-portable-computers\/embed\/#?secret=vvI68Fc6Ca\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Technologizer: World\u2019s Weirdest Portable Computers&#8221; &#8212; PC Matic Blog\" data-secret=\"vvI68Fc6Ca\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/pcmatic-fallback.png","thumbnail_width":1920,"thumbnail_height":1080,"description":"By Harry McCracken There aren\u2019t many pieces of technological design that simply can\u2019t be improved upon, but the clamshell-style laptop computer case\u2013introduced by Grid Systems in 1982\u2013may be one of them. That\u2019s why the vast majority of the portable computers built ever since have used it. But for more than a quarter-century now, inventors have been trying to top it, with folding screens, screens on stalks, folding keyboards, two-screen clamshells, tri-fold clamshells, and more. Most never even get off the drawing board. Herewith, a gallery of designs from Google Patents (click the filing dates to see the patents). There\u2019s only one in here I might have considered buying, but on some perverse level I admire them all."}