Posted by
michael
on from the color-by-numbers dept.
mszeto writes "For all those gadget lovers out there, here is a neat one. It's the worlds smallest printer[ed. note: no it isn't], and is Bluetooth enabled. Rub it over the page to print! Here are some more articlesabout it:"
If its not the smallest
by
Derg
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· Score: 3, Insightful
then wheres the proof? That editors note is rather convenient, but it doesnt prove anything, which is easily done by providing a link or two to sources of smaller devices.
I looked at the links, and from my brief once over, it looks pretty cool, I just cant figure out how the device knows with respect to the media, where it is and accurately enough to print without mucho mucho problemo's
-- I'm a little tea pot.
Re:How does it work?
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pompousjerk
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· Score: 5, Insightful
"I can't figure it out." "[Wave] something the size of a mouse and the print magically appears" "How in the world can it know where [to] print?" "I WANT ONE!...I think [this] company is going to make zillions."
Gentlemen, I believe that this post pretty much encapsulates all of consumerism in those phrases. No matter how much doubt there is, "OMG, that's so spiff!" often takes over.
Like those shitty products on infomercials that you know won't do anything worthwhile, but look damn spiffy up on the screen...
Impressive.
Re:It's a mouse that prints. Okay.
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zanderredux
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· Score: 4, Insightful
Guess it's another stupid IP-only company, just as Celera Genomics is.
They expect some other big manufacturer to take the challenge of making the technology viable for mass production while they sit and wait for the IP-rights cheques to arrive!
What was even more impressive ...
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jc42
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· Score: 3, Insightful
... was how, in the demo movie, it seemed to know where the print head was going to be, and made the text appear there just before the printer passed over the spot.
That is truly impressive tracking technology.
-- Those who do study history are doomed to stand helplessly by while everyone else repeats it.
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then wheres the proof? That editors note is rather convenient, but it doesnt prove anything, which is easily done by providing a link or two to sources of smaller devices.
I looked at the links, and from my brief once over, it looks pretty cool, I just cant figure out how the device knows with respect to the media, where it is and accurately enough to print without mucho mucho problemo's
I'm a little tea pot.
"I can't figure it out."
"[Wave] something the size of a mouse and the print magically appears"
"How in the world can it know where [to] print?"
"I WANT ONE!...I think [this] company is going to make zillions."
Gentlemen, I believe that this post pretty much encapsulates all of consumerism in those phrases. No matter how much doubt there is, "OMG, that's so spiff!" often takes over.
Like those shitty products on infomercials that you know won't do anything worthwhile, but look damn spiffy up on the screen...
Impressive.
They expect some other big manufacturer to take the challenge of making the technology viable for mass production while they sit and wait for the IP-rights cheques to arrive!
... was how, in the demo movie, it seemed to know where the print head was going to be, and made the text appear there just before the printer passed over the spot.
That is truly impressive tracking technology.
Those who do study history are doomed to stand helplessly by while everyone else repeats it.