Well, they're not REALLY force fields but these
soft walls seem like a pretty cool idea!
While I'm in printer land I guess I should
send you over to look at the printer that
uses spray paint cans as it's ink cartridge...
Kids and their toys!
;-}
Here's a neat idea in the portable printer department!
You download your image into the printer and then you
move the printer to and fro across the page and it
senses where you are and drops ink as appropriate!
and their homepage...
Wow!
New technology that can shoot a million rounds a minute...
If you need some more enticement to read the article
how about the following quote:
"While much of the technology is a closely guarded secret,
the firing mechanism has no moving parts. Instead, it uses
electronic ballistics technology. Unlike other guns, the only
parts which move are the bullets. "
and the name is most excellent: MetalStorm....
man this could just ruin your day! ;-}
link added!! ;-}
I might even have to see about purchasing one of these!
80- 120-GB hard drives
play dvd while recorder to HD
play HD while copying HD to DVD
backup the entire HD to DVD for long term storage..
$1200
Try some of these on for size...
freeze-dried gasoline?
dream recorder?
Next time you think your wife/girfriend/spouse is nothing but a leech sucking the marrow out of your very existance, remember that it could be a whole lot worse! ;-}
No, not widescreen monitors, but this is still pretty slick!
I guess that this is getting close to the true "palm" computer!
Note the small 'p' in palm because that's the size of it! (essentially 5x6x2)
Dual NIC GP is $395, Dual NIC GP+ is $495
Here are the specs!
Hardware Specifications:
SIS 55x processor (x86 compatible)
3 USB ports
2 Serial (RS-232) / 1 Parallel port
Built in AC97 audio - Audio in/out
2 VGA out ports
ATA-33/66/100 support
1 or 2 RJ45 for 10/100 MBit Lan
CIR (InfraRed)
PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse connector
Single 5V @ 1.8 A support
128 MB RAM
10 GB 2.5" hard disk
The Microserver GP and GP+ can support the following resolutions:
640 x 480, 800 x 480, 800 x 600, 1024 x 576, 1024 x 768, 1280 x 720, 1280 x 1024,
1600 x 1400, 1920 x 1440, 2048 x 1536.
The Microserver GP and GP+ are among the smallest and least expensive solutons to drive large HDTV format screens. This makes the Microserer GP ideal for advertising and promotion.
External power supply - AC (85 - 240 volts) / DC (12 volts).
The GP/GP+ consume only 3.8 Watts with solid state disk and 7 Watts (max) with a 2.5 inch hard disk. The GP/GP+ do not require fans - we use our custom-built heat sinks (shown in above picture).
The MicroServer GP+ has these additional features:
1 NTSC or PAL video in (frame grabber)
1 NTSC or PAL TV out
Support for two VGA displays - possibly saving the cost of a second computer
Back Panel of the GP
Dimensions: 4.75 x 6.25 x 1.90 inches
Weight: 800 gms (GP) / 900 gms (GP+) - depends on installed components
Appears that Dell is ready to ship a dual Itanium 2 system supporting 16GB RAM and 292GB internal storage..
Pull out your in-dash radio/cd and put in a computer!
Specs:
Intel Pentium MMX-266 MHz CPU
128MB SDRAM
15G Hard Disk Drive
Built-in Audio & Video
Built-in GPS
2 USB, 4 RS232 Serial, IRDA
4 NTSC / PAL inputs
2 PCMCIA slots support type 1, 2, 3
CD-ROM / DVD-ROM Drive
Specifications
Model #: CP-1000
Dimension: Standard vehicle one-DIN
Operating Temperature: 0°F ~ 122°F
Power in: DC 10V ~ 26V / 4A
Weight: 5.73 lbs
Processor: Intel low power MMX-266MHz
512KB 2nd level pipeline burst cache
Intel triton II TX Chipset
Memory: 128 MB SDRAM
Video: 2MB on-board SDRAM
Support up to 1600x1200 resolution
Audio: ESS solo-1 3D Sound chip, with 2x1W audio Amplifier on board
Built-in GPS sensor
2 type-II PCMCIA slots
2 USB, 4 RS232 Serial, IDRA
4 video inputs
Storage: One 2.5 inch Hard Disk 9.5mm high
(Support Ultra DMA 33/66)
One ATAPI interface
Mini-Din connector for PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse
Interesting article on wireless sensors...
... and they're getting smarter...
You can run but you can't hide....
Mark down the end of July on calendar with your plans to attend the robot olympics!
IBM's DeveloperWorks has a great article on CDs, the formats and how to create images for everyone!
The folks at Sony say that when our gadgets get to small for buttons we'll start controlling them by bending them...
Actually they've done a prototype and the concept sounds pretty slick!
Here is a simple little drawing program written in Java!
The cute thing about it is that you can save the drawing as an animated flash file! That's right SWF!
This is an inside joke for some of you, but... it's still interesting!
Ingres is still alive, and growing, apparently!
Interesting read on the state of XML...
Of course any article on XML that says you'll download some XSL, the DTD and schemas with each message might be a little suspect as to their conclusions...
and you might snicker at the "XML accelerator" stuff...
For those of you who might be interested here's and article describing M$ filesystems including some speculation on WinFS (Windows Future Storage).
A primer on FAT and NTFS and some speculation that WinFS is RDBMS based and sort of mumbles about separating the hierarchy of the data from the physical storage on the devices...
Not a lot of meat but interesting...
Just what Seqway ordered!
Free advertising from the Pres hissef!
or is it? ;-}
This place has some excellent QT stuff on it.. Fabulous!
Start with this one and then go to the site and see some more.
Maybe you should see the Raebok Belly one next!
Here's a place you can find out someone's exact age...
Of course once you have that down you can find every address they've lived at.. and more, just pony up a little cash!
If you've got, or manage, blocks of IP space they're now starting to hijack the blocks just the same way they used to hijack domain names!
Fake letterhead, etc... Don't people ever learn until it happens to them!
Keep an eye on your space... You can use whois -h whois.arin.net to check!
You JAVA fans out there will be interested in Sun's new JAVA collaboration site that the've developed at http://java.net/index.html
Looks interesting and might even be useful too!
Dem Canadians have waay, way too much time on their hands!
The title of the article is "Poultry in Motion"
Ain't technology grand!
Well, well, well.. What have we here!
You JBOSS fans should get a chuckle out of this and then read this!
ideas, anyone? ;-}
Here's a possible TCP replacement that could use existing infrastructure and be able to download a movie in 5 seconds...
Looks like it's got some promise!
Here's somebody who thinks that they can build their own cruise missle for less than $5K!
If I read this article correctly is would appear that the answer to solving the greenhouse gas problem would be to continue burning the rain forests and to generate smoke for oh, the next 200 years or so...
Hmm...
We all might soon have robots running around our yards and killing off our weeds!
Using the same algorithms as face-recognition, identifies weeds and spays a few drops of herbicide on the weed, as opposed to spraying the whole yard/field.
Another reason to watch where you step!
Tired of Windows? Bored with Unix?
Ready to throw up if you have to do any more HTML?
Play with something closer to the electron flow!
The site's also got a good selection of web pointers if you don't want to use their OS and want to write your own!
Here's an article on a 1.5GB hard drive in a 1" package...
Not bad.
Maybe we're close to that supercomputer wristwatch...
Of course it'll probably burn through your wrist.... ;-}
Soon we'll all be able to walk up the walls and across the ceiling!
More more more more! ;-}
Here's something you need for your iPod.
An IR receiver!
We've all dreamed of getting away from it all!
Here's some folks who are doing just that!
;-}