--- title: "Ridiculous, Gigantic Laptop Has Seven Screens That Pop Out" description: "Consumer tech company Expanscape has created a true monster: a laptop prototype called Aurora 7 with seven (!) screens attached to it." date: "2021-02-10" modified: "2021-02-10" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/laptop-seven-screens" categories: - "Future Society" tags: - "laptop" - "the digest" --- # Ridiculous, Gigantic Laptop Has Seven Screens That Pop Out ![Consumer tech company Expanscape has created a true monster: a laptop prototype called Aurora 7 with seven (!) screens attached to it.]() *\Image: Expanscape\* ## Majestic Seven Tech company Expanscape has created a true monster: a laptop prototype called Aurora 7 with seven — yes, seven — screens attached to it, as [*The Verge* reports](). The Frankenstein device comes with a main 17 inch display, three additional monitors of the same size attached to the left, right, and top of the main display, and two additional seven inch monitors popping out of the top of both the left and right displays. The seventh screen is tucked right into the right palm rest below the keyboard. Expanscape bills the behemoth a "proper mobile Security Operations Center" on its website. It's definitely not designed with the everyday user in mind — or anybody normal, to be frank. ## Frankentop Surprising nobody, the Aurora 7's weighs in at about a monstrous 26 pounds. It won't fit in a standard laptop sleeve either, measuring a whopping 4.3 inches thick. It also requires a 148 watt-hour secondary battery just to power all those displays, which means you won't be able to fly on a plane in the US with this thing in your luggage, as *The Verge* points out. Expanscape, however, is trying to bring that battery size down to allow its ridiculous laptop on planes. Despite its gargantuan battery, the device can only power itself for an hour. **READ MORE:** [This laptop has seven times the average number of screens]() \[*The Verge*\] **More on laptops:** *[This Dude Is Selling a Virus-Infested Laptop For $1.2 Million]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()