A Linux Machine For Your Collar

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A Linux Machine For Your Collar

Posted by timothy on Wednesday January 28, 2004 @05:10AM from the eudaemonic-pie dept.

MadSaxon writes "gumstix.org has a brief but titillating description of a very small Linux machine based on the PXA255: 20 x 80 mm, '64MB SDRAM, 4MB Flash, MMC/SD/SDIO slot, and power management. It takes 3.6V - 5.0V power, and has been drawing under 200 mA.' It weighs less than 12g sans battery, and 'can fit in a collar undetected.' Is collar-top computing the Next Big Thing?"

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omgomgomgomgomg by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-28 05:10 · Score: -1, Offtopic

fuck me or what ?
second time today ?
whohooooo !
TEENS4CHRIST REPRESENTS by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-28 05:11 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Our new brain is explosive
Developers love toast! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-28 05:12 · Score: -1, Offtopic

toaster,toaster toaser, do you have toast in you yet i think
so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Im not a toaster!!!!!!!!!!And one more
thing........YOUR A TOASER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND A COOKIE WITH MILK SOAGE
MILK!!!!!!!!!!AND A BUTT WITH POOP IN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A LINUX MACHINE FOR MY GIRLFRIEND'S SOFT LABIA? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-28 05:16 · Score: -1, Offtopic

She will love to open up for open source.

And I will love to hear her from the other room.
I know what's the next big thing... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-28 05:16 · Score: -1, Offtopic

... it's in my pants
Re:Management by nizo · 2004-01-28 05:24 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Actually I keep waiting for the opposite to be released. I think it was a NOVA episode that had this little rat pressing a bar, which would in turn stimulate the pleasure center in his brain (needless to say, the rat was a little white blur as he pressed that bar, even forgoing eating if I recall correctly. Think one long continual orgasm). Anyway, I keep waiting for some company to release something like this for people. The upside would be things like exercise could be made to be lots more fun, but I suppose that people sitting in their chairs at home pressing a button until they starve to death might keep something like this from making it past the FDA.

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I Am My Own Worst Enemy
...AND A LOCK! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-28 05:32 · Score: -1, Offtopic

If the collar's not lockable, it's not a proper collar. A full stainless steel ring would be even better. Check out www.tollyboy.com
FDA have *no* say by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-28 05:33 · Score: -1, Offtopic

but I suppose that people sitting in their chairs at home pressing a button until they starve to death might keep something like this from making it past the FDA.

I do believe the crack industry get by, without the blessing of the FDA.
Re:Management by Michalson · 2004-01-28 06:08 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Actually there is a company that has designed such a device for women, however it requires a surgical implant to work (it's controlled by a remote). Last I heard they where having trouble getting it to market because they couldn't find any willing test subjects.
Re:Laundry advice? (Oh darsh!) by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-28 06:13 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I just burned my shirt in the dishwasher!
Dude, by 2names · 2004-01-28 06:46 · Score: 0, Offtopic

It's "le-tarded"
I bet your one of those peeple who pronownce "nu-cu-ler" wrong, to.

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Collar? Yeah, but what about... by tommck · 2004-01-28 07:13 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Can I strap this thing to my taint to measure humidity? It gets pretty swampy down there on hot days...

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