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Surfing on a Surfboard

Posted by michael on from the make-sure-ankle-strap-is-securely-fastened dept.

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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  1. Re:Interesting... by b0neman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Let's just get real for a minute. If there's no direct link to pr0n, there no purpose for it. DARPA might have invented the Internet but pr0n made it fun and profitable.