Surfing on a Surfboard

JamesD_UK writes "The BBC is running an article about a surfboard developed by Intel with an embedded, solar powered, wifi capable, laptop with web cam attached. It features a 1.7GHz processor and a 80GB hard drive. The camera is able to create videos and transmit them through an access point located on the beach. Jools Matthews of Gulfstream surfboards designed the board itself and pro surfer Duncan Scot helped with the design of the board to make sure that the board still performed well with the extra weight. The board debuts at the Gold Coast Ocean Festival 2004 from 18 to 20 June at Croyde beach in North Devon."

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For those poor (fortunate?) Flashless people

[Anonymous Coward]

For the Flashless people out there, a link to the actual content of the Gold Coast Ocean Festival 2004 site. I really don't know if you want to see it though, as you'll end up seeing what seem to be Intel engineers in wet suits. That page still has some flash, but at least you can access most everything without it.

Surfing on a beach

[cuvavu]

In Brighton (UK) you can surf on the beach with the free PierToPier wifi connection.

heat? tradition?

[Creepy]

I was half expecting to find this thing was water cooled :P

Intel has a history of supporting weird uses of their chips, like these