But those Fuji printers suffer from what is perhaps the biggest problem of thermal dye transfer printers: high hardware prices.
In theory, the flexibility would allow software to be upgraded without affecting the car itself and enable the communication companies to take advantage of falling hardware prices.
IBM went through an huge crisis because drastic changes in hardware prices totally changed their business.
That's where hardware prices are going, and the last big hurdle to lower prices is Microsoft's software.
Though the hardware prices were slashed, the plans remained prohibitively expensive.
The surest bet in computer technology is that hardware prices always drop like a rock.
The researchers say that they expect eye tracking hardware prices to decline rapidly over the next few years, which means we could see it in action soon.
Well, at least we finally have an answer to where all those extra profits from Apple's insane hardware prices go... Sushi for all!
More and more software makers are following the lead of personal computer companies, which have cut hardware prices in the battle for market share.
Advances in telecommunications, the trend towards miniaturisation and falling hardware prices have ensured that access to information is not a problem.