Posts by Mr C

My wife liked it

I tested it on my wife and read it out (after explaining some stuff about technology) and she laughed about it.

Guess some still do have a sense of humor

well very few products are competely new designs?

i'm trying to think of popular consumer products that are 'new' in the sense that no-one has ever done something similar before -- almost every device i think of already existed in some form or another before it became popular with the masses.

When we see something become popular its usually a case of 'the right idea at the right time' - The most obvious example of this being most of Apple's more recent products - none of which were unique, they were just (arguably) better done and had that something extra that made them appealing to the broader audience and survived the push into popularity.

Also true for software, for example Angry Birds wasn't the first of its kind by any means, its just another clone.

So, that someone thought up of a google-glass-like product does not surprise me at all, after all VR headsets have been around for a long time, maybe Google is just the first to make something that will be accepted by consumers?

"hide all future posts from this source"

best FB invention ever.

Too bad most people don't know where to find it

"Echo Base, this is Rogue Two. I've found them. Repeat, I've found them."

rip

method of control?

The article only mentioned nanomotors, which makes me wonder how such a device can be controlled.

I cannot imagine someone on the outside 'steering' it or anything.

At those sizes (3 micrometers x 300 nanometers) i doubt they can fit any kind of control-mechanism in using current technology.

Anyways, enough of my rambles, i think i am going to watch Innerspace with Dennis Quaid to get an idea of the future :P

glad to see those minds put to good use

Glad to see that the human brainpower of those scientists was put to good use.

Now all we need to do is hope that the result is used for something positive and constructive, and that it will be available to those that are in need of it.

whack-a-samsung-hammer

So a ban now will basically get Apple a nice rubber hammer to whack any Samsung phone on the head with?

If Apple thinks any Samsung phone needs to go away then all they need to do is argue it is like theirs and use this case as precedent?

I'm sure something here isn't right

looking forward to a nice yellow and purple with blue dots homeprinted gun.

On a more serious note, this is pretty cool.

If this became affordable it might be a good breakthrough

lovehandles

im still waiting for something i can stick in my waist, will eat up fat that i have in abundance, and create a induction field that charges my phone when its in my pocket.

gogo gadget!

nice comment

Having opened the video, and scrolled though the user comments, one comment jumped out "Copy Other System"

that made me get some napkins and clean my desk.

wait.. what

so, uuh, lemme get this straight, they're thinking of using sperm as a vector to deliver *someting somewhere*?

I don't think i want to ever get sick and be injected with some of that.

In other news, males are being milked for all they're worth

From Nasa to Darpa?

Aren't they both state agencies? Why would one agency spend tax dollars to develop something so that they can win a tax-dollars-sponsored price?

Hmm now that i re-read my question i start to think that Nasa would like to have another agencies money - provided they win of course, in the process they end up with something that can be used in future missions, so its a win-win situation for them either way.

Not bad Nasa.

something like 'hot or not' then?

but without the votes possibly.

i foresee the kids having endless hours of either making fun of- or drooling over pictures in cozy little student get-togethers in Starbucks.

I'll buy you a beer

mr Levison, if you have are in the neighborhood drop by and i'll buy you a beer for your heroic acts, because they are just that, heroic.

This should be made into a movie and you should get some sort of price for this.

hey, its his company

someone tell me why is this news?

did someone seriously expect him to get 'a bit' of compensation?

How do you measure the worth of a man, i mean he *is* a celebrity and it *is* his company, isn't it?

tube transistor vs solid state

this could very well be the breakthrough similar in importance as the breakthrough from tube to solid state transistors.

It would lift us in a new era of semiconductors, which is a bad name but only for lack of a better one.

If they can make this work technology we cant think of now will become reality.

choose between talking or watching a boatrace..

no really, if i was him (or at least have his bankaccount) i wouldn't give it a second thought either.

I'd choose boats, chicks, and fresh sea air over a packed and smelly theater room any day of the week, wouldn't you?

the boats go (and will be replaced by, say, formula one cars), but the customers will keep paying regardless :P

baby steps guys, dont rush it

These kinds of things are bound to happen.

Different hardware from different manufacturers, working in different manners.

You can avoid a lot of problems by thinking and planning, but, as so perfectly demonstrated here, there is always the unexpected.

Before we boldly go where no man has gone before we first need to take baby steps.

bad taste

".. by saying he was glad Jobs was gone because the Apple boss had exerted a "malign influence" on computing with his closed systems..."

I have no love for apple but i'm not wishing anyone i dislike dead.

Someone saying that just leaves a bad taste in your mouth, you know..

i like it

after thinking about how there's keyboards that get projected on your desk, others that get rolled out, others that fold out, i couldn't really think why this would be so newsworthy.

But then it occurred to me that it would be nice to have a keyboard as fist page in every notepad, agenda, schoolbooks, etc.

I know how we're supposed to be living in a paperless office (or world for that matter) but in my office we still write stuff down using pens while we have a computer screen staring at us, so we're not in a paperless-era yet.

Not saying this is how they're going to use that tech, but it would have advantages

Doubt many will notice this

some people might read about it, but the vast majority will probably say 'whatever' and forget about it altogether.

Only if there's a major public backlash and subsequent exodus like there was with Instagram will the be reconsidered.

I doubt that is going to happen, people are too attached to FB to give it up.

The trigger finger experiment

"..mentally moved a finger to fire a cannon in a video game.."

Curious experiment.

I can certainly understand how important this technology could one day become, potentially.

But its weird that they chose to remote-control a trigger-finger for their 1st experiment..

I mean, of all the good uses this can be put to, it had to be tested as trigger-finger for a cannon?

Curious to see what the history books will write about this and how that will reflect on us.

can i finally replace my 6 year old eReader?

Curious to read reviews about this gadget.

I'm still on my Sony prs505 (from back in Oct '07 when it was released)

Never had a reason to replace it, although i did have to open it up to replace the battery once though.

Now, if this thing can truly stay awake for 10 days i might consider it.

I doubt it will though, as it doesn't seem to have a actual eInk display so it will consume power while you're reading a page (and the machine is patiently waiting for you, a slow and imperfect sack of meat)

Never bothered buying a tablet of any kind just for reading as it wont last alot of hours, and on a long haul flight you will run out juice before you get to your destination.

Are you talking to me??

some engineer wasted a few seconds of his life in a attempt at being funny

..who said engineers dont have a sense of humor?

"hardcore analogue-lovers"

I heard this is going to be included in next edition of Websters..

keep it up!

Its alot of these projects that drive innovation across the tech-world, before they get bought out by big multinational corporations smelling a profit once they are well enough established.

But, for now lets not sour the mood and congratulate this team on a job well done!

Keep up the good work!

As much as i hate Apple..

As much as i hate Apple..

I don't have a single Apple device, i don't like them and even if i did i don't have the money needed to buy anything they make.

But they do however always manage to make new stuff mainstream before anyone else does.

Yes, the power of the fanboi is strong in this one but i remember waiting for tablet-like devices for over 10 years and Apple managed to get them into our lives without breaking much of a sweat.

Most of what i have scratches and i hate cases. This is also nice.

in space no-one can hear you scream

it is awesome to read how he handled that so well, and managed to remain so calm.

I *would* like to know how this happened though, the source of the problem wasn't mentioned in his blog

brings back memories

Trying to connect my MIDI keyboard to my soundblaster on my 386 machine, trying to configure the Voyetra music software to get it to work.

Had some good time there, did not serious or constructive but it represents a nice era when you had to figure stuff out by yourself, no Google back then.

Make a hole in the air

I am pleasantly surprised that someone took the time and effort to probe a consumer device for security holes.

I am pretty sure that the vast majority of devices known in existence have holes in them, somehow, but so few of them have been found out.

Built in 'forgotten' backdoors with root-access? Buffer overflow vulnerabilities? Unencrypted communications over networks? The list goes on and on.

I am not sure how much it matters though, as the average john-doe will still be pretty safe even with devices with holes in em. I can't possibly imagine my neighbor trying to hack my printer to gain access, it seems the stuff movies are made of.

Having said that, I'm pretty sure intelligence agencies are happily making a list of how to compromise your fridge though :)

waiting for the right time..

..to tell my boss that without one of these we can't get the job done.

so not anytime soon then ..sigh..