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Flexible Computers in the Future?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the bend-like-the-reed dept.

An anonymous reader writes "New Scientist is reporting on Sony bendable input devices. When computers become too small to be operated by buttons, how will we control them? The only option will be to gently bend them, according to engineers at Sony's Interaction Lab in Tokyo." The diagrams make it look like a warped Game Boy. Looks pretty cool, though.

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  1. G5's announced by Apple blunder? by djupedal · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The C&Ds are already rolling in, seeing as MacRumors had to pull the picture at the request of Apple legal:

    "The upcoming PowerMac Specs were leaked this evening -- by Apple! Here they are:

    - Removed per the request of Apple. -

    These specifications were posted tonight on the Apple Store (http://store.apple.com) in what appears to be (huge) mistake. The specs were listed on the PowerMac order page on a single graphic."

    1.6GHz, 1.8GHz, or Dual 2GHz PowerPC G5 Processors
    Up to 1 GHz processor bus
    Up to 8GB of DDR SDRAM
    Fast Serial ATA hard drives
    AGP 8x Pro
    Three PCI or PCI-X expansion slots
    Three USB 2.0 Ports
    One FW800, two FW400 ports
    Bluetooth & Airport Extreme ready
    Optical and analog audio in and out

    1. Re:G5's announced by Apple blunder? by kleine18 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      http://users.adelphia.net/~wifi/apple/0.0.7.1.0.5. 21.1.2.1.2.0.0.1.0.html

  2. Before just accepting what NS is saying by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Please realize that these are the same people who are denying the Bible by saying that James was not the brother of Jesus and that there is little evidence that Jesus even existed.

    1. Re:Before just accepting what NS is saying by RPI+Geek · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Alright, I don't care how I get modded for this. People like you just really piss me off.

      Please realize that these are the same people who are denying the Bible by saying that James was not the brother of Jesus and that there is little evidence that Jesus even existed.

      1) There are actually people who don't believe that Jesus was the messiah. Don't get in a huff about this, I'm just saying that there's a lot of other religions out there that you seem to be forgetting.

      2) Nowhere in the article that you linked to does it say, as you put it "that James was not the brother of Jesus". Nor does the article say "that there is little evidence that Jesus even existed".

      The simple fact that a piece of evidence was proven to be a fake does not prove the conclusions to be false.

      Go take a course on simple logic

      --

      - "Nobody came out that night, not one was ever seen. But Old Man Stauf is waiting there, crazy sick and mean!"
    2. Re:Before just accepting what NS is saying by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      The article you point to is a news wire report about a fake marble ossuary. Not only do they fail to make any statement about whether James was or was not the brother of Jesus, even if they did, it would be news reporting, not their opinion.

      However, it is indeed quite clear that there is almost no historical evidence for the existence of Jesus. Whether Jesus existed is a matter of faith, and you will just have to get used to the fact that billions of humans on this planet either don't believe he did or just don't care.

  3. corrected URL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    now try it...

  4. Re:Any ideas how this would work in real life? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Have a seat, son.

  5. one for the mods! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
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  6. Off Top, but important by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Since the slashdot editors are probabally sleeping and won't see the million submissions concerning this till morning...The The G5 specs were leaked by apple. All of these links have the same info, they are on small sites, pick one at random to avoid slashdotting them. Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4, . I'm posting anonymously to avoid karma up or down...

    It might be best if people save their comments for the coming discussion in the morning, to avoid redundancy.

  7. mod parent up! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    yea

  8. Re:What's the lifespan? by hesiod · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    > The universe does not care about your granola and birkenstocks.
    > Get some perspective

    Wow, I bow before your insight (Yes, I'm being mildly sarcastic, but not in an offensive way -- I absolutely agree).

    I could not have said it any better myself :)