No kidding, man. I'm still wired because the cost of a good wireless router and the equivalent wireless cards for all the computers I want to use in my house would be infeasible on my current budget (cheapass).
Although the researchers seem to see this as a great technology for transmitting stuff to phones/Blu-ray players/crap like that, this would be _amazing_ for household LAN parties. No more cords, no more signal problems for wireless routers, life would be grand. Not to mention the $10 price tag makes me hope that enough companies will start competing that the price might just be reasonable enough for this kind of use. Hell, with this kind of technology, maybe they'll even get around to giving my dorm wireless internet (it's made out of solid concrete and our IT department's about 5 years behind, but one can still try to dream).
I actually just finished getting a working one together and giving to my girlfriend and her suitemates. It defined a lot of elementary childrens' computer experiences and was actually my first computer as well. Even when I was looking up various information on how to get the various disk images onto 5 1/4 floppies (great program http://adtpro.sourceforge.net/), it amazed me how open and extendable the Apple ][ was. There are still small companies that make various expansion cards for things such as Ethernet and Serial connections. Not to mention the fact that the 6502 was the same processor used in the SNES, thereby creating a great platform for future game developers to start honing their skills.
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No kidding, man. I'm still wired because the cost of a good wireless router and the equivalent wireless cards for all the computers I want to use in my house would be infeasible on my current budget (cheapass). Although the researchers seem to see this as a great technology for transmitting stuff to phones/Blu-ray players/crap like that, this would be _amazing_ for household LAN parties. No more cords, no more signal problems for wireless routers, life would be grand. Not to mention the $10 price tag makes me hope that enough companies will start competing that the price might just be reasonable enough for this kind of use. Hell, with this kind of technology, maybe they'll even get around to giving my dorm wireless internet (it's made out of solid concrete and our IT department's about 5 years behind, but one can still try to dream).
I actually just finished getting a working one together and giving to my girlfriend and her suitemates. It defined a lot of elementary childrens' computer experiences and was actually my first computer as well. Even when I was looking up various information on how to get the various disk images onto 5 1/4 floppies (great program http://adtpro.sourceforge.net/), it amazed me how open and extendable the Apple ][ was. There are still small companies that make various expansion cards for things such as Ethernet and Serial connections. Not to mention the fact that the 6502 was the same processor used in the SNES, thereby creating a great platform for future game developers to start honing their skills.