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:"
Re:How does it work?
by
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.
by
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!
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"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!