Firstly, only the single sided tubes exhibit this behavior. So building things out of multiple sided tubes is still viable. Next, they absorb the light of the flash because they are black, but can't dissipate the heat out fast enough when there are a number of them bunched together because the heat from one nanotube gets absorbed by another, and so on. Think of it like dissipation interference.
I read all these cracks about losing your computer becuase it's small, but think about it for a minute. These would be perfect to weave into fabric... powerful wearable computers.
Or, how about medical implants? A few of these chips and a similarly small sensor array, and no one would be blind anymore. Or deaf. Your body could monitor it's own vitals and report them to a web page. No more getting poked in embarassing places by ice cold steel for just a check-up.
This could be a great thing for society. Something we'll wonder how we lived without for so long. Like in Star Trek when they go back in time and Bones can't believe people used to get kidney infections.
Why does everyone say that OSS office suites are not up to par with MS Office? Just because the user interfaces aren't layed out in the same way?
It's the mentality that "I'm lazy... I don't want to learn a different way..." that keeps linux off of business desktops and makes silly software reviewers say that MS has the one and only usable office suite.
Most of the features he wanted are already available, or could be easily implemented with a handspring visor and it's module slot. There is already a cell phone module. A module could be easily created to record and playback voice using something like smartmedia, a speaker, and the built-in microphone. Really, the only thing would be a better designed fold-up keyboard, but if you want all this functionality in a small package, you'll have to sacrafice something. If it didn't have the screen already attached, it could probably be made almost as small as he wanted, but why deal with a cyborg eyepiece?
Would you still use GAIM? I wouldn't. It seems funny that no one has mentioned AOL's linux client. It's not that bad, just painfully out of date. If they would update it to be able to use all of the current features, It would be a nice client. I think a good majority of linux users would switch as well. If that happened, this whole argument would be pretty much useless. I'll keep on dreaming, I guess. I like to use the best tool for the job. Right now, it's gaim.
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Firstly, only the single sided tubes exhibit this behavior. So building things out of multiple sided tubes is still viable. Next, they absorb the light of the flash because they are black, but can't dissipate the heat out fast enough when there are a number of them bunched together because the heat from one nanotube gets absorbed by another, and so on. Think of it like dissipation interference.
I read all these cracks about losing your computer becuase it's small, but think about it for a minute. These would be perfect to weave into fabric... powerful wearable computers.
Or, how about medical implants? A few of these chips and a similarly small sensor array, and no one would be blind anymore. Or deaf. Your body could monitor it's own vitals and report them to a web page. No more getting poked in embarassing places by ice cold steel for just a check-up.
This could be a great thing for society. Something we'll wonder how we lived without for so long. Like in Star Trek when they go back in time and Bones can't believe people used to get kidney infections.
1 Roget's Thesaurus :)
1 "The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide" - Douglas Adams
1 Uniden 2.4GHz DSS cordless phone w/ caller ID
1 pair pajama pants
14 socks from mom and dad
2 pair pants
2 sweaters
1 pair tennis shoes
1 Swiss Army knife
6 socks from grandparents
1 $20 bill
2 pair boxer shorts
new socks = cozy feet = best gift
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Why does everyone say that OSS office suites are not up to par with MS Office? Just because the user interfaces aren't layed out in the same way?
It's the mentality that "I'm lazy... I don't want to learn a different way..." that keeps linux off of business desktops and makes silly software reviewers say that MS has the one and only usable office suite.
Most of the features he wanted are already available, or could be easily implemented with a handspring visor and it's module slot. There is already a cell phone module. A module could be easily created to record and playback voice using something like smartmedia, a speaker, and the built-in microphone. Really, the only thing would be a better designed fold-up keyboard, but if you want all this functionality in a small package, you'll have to sacrafice something. If it didn't have the screen already attached, it could probably be made almost as small as he wanted, but why deal with a cyborg eyepiece?
Would you still use GAIM? I wouldn't. It seems funny that no one has mentioned AOL's linux client. It's not that bad, just painfully out of date. If they would update it to be able to use all of the current features, It would be a nice client. I think a good majority of linux users would switch as well. If that happened, this whole argument would be pretty much useless. I'll keep on dreaming, I guess. I like to use the best tool for the job. Right now, it's gaim.