I've just been skimming through, and I've noticed that a 'few' comments have said stuff like: "I hope it's not manned, the sudded G's would crush the Pilot." In the article, it says that this X-plane is an unmanned craft. (or something like that.)
I've set my filter to +2, so someone else besides me could have corrected this already.
Actually, CD's, DVD's, etc. aren't optical storage (technically). Although they do use lasers to store/retreive the data, the data itself is physical. The bits just different forms of surface on a disk. Either the bits are a surface that reflects the laser back (0) or they are a surface that doesn't reflect the laser back (1).
I don't know exactly how much storage will take this to happen, but if they manage to get the density on a hard drive (let's say a single platter) to 50 TB, wouldn't it be individual molecules (or possibly atoms) that are magnetized as bits? So if that is true, wouldn't the magnetic fields from the bits magnetise eachother?
I think it was called Moore's law. It said the amount of transistors in a microchip would double every 18 months. He also said that miniturization would hit an end in about 2017 because individual atoms would be stacked between adjacent traces in a microchip. This means that the electromagnetic charges of each of the transistors would probably affect one another.
Yes, this is with microchips, but the same thing applies to hard drives about the magnetic charges affecting eachother.
Well, If you feel like spending a few bucks (about $100)on a LEGO Mindstorms kit, you could use the RCX in there for the robot scripting and the robot building. I find the scripting in the LEGO Robotics sets are very easy to use.
For the webcam and/or microphone, just use a little ingenuity to attach. (i.e: masking tape) Follow this and, voila!
I know this isn't JAVA, but it's close, and rather simple.
How do they get past the problem of providing enouch FPS (Flaps per Second, not Frames per Second) of the wings to lift up the dragonfly? I thought it was somewhere around 100?
Also, I don't know how they could get motors that small and that powerful and quick on a body that's about 1-3cm (about 1/2 inch to 1 inch) thick. If they do, there must not be enough room for other stuff.
But anyways, I didn't hear that article, so how should I know. Sounds pretty cool anyways.
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What I'm guessing is that these will be outgoing only-no recieving. So then they would not have to deal with phone numbers.
There was a post earlier up that said that there might be plans to introduce a new version that can recieve calls, so then your question isn't entirely obsolete, and the confusing phone-number system(see above post) might be implemented.
That brings me to another point. If people are going to use these as disposable units, one person may go through many of these phones. The task of letting everyone know what your new phone number is every time you buy a $10 phone would be very artuous.
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Heat is out of the question. Perhaps there could be power stations on the surface to somehow use the radiation on the surface to power it up?
I think it was called Moore's law. It said the amount of transistors in a microchip would double every 18 months. He also said that miniturization would hit an end in about 2017 because individual atoms would be stacked between adjacent traces in a microchip. This means that the electromagnetic charges of each of the transistors would probably affect one another.
Yes, this is with microchips, but the same thing applies to hard drives about the magnetic charges affecting eachother.
For the webcam and/or microphone, just use a little ingenuity to attach. (i.e: masking tape) Follow this and, voila! I know this isn't JAVA, but it's close, and rather simple.
Also, I don't know how they could get motors that small and that powerful and quick on a body that's about 1-3cm (about 1/2 inch to 1 inch) thick. If they do, there must not be enough room for other stuff.
But anyways, I didn't hear that article, so how should I know. Sounds pretty cool anyways.
What I'm guessing is that these will be outgoing only-no recieving. So then they would not have to deal with phone numbers.
There was a post earlier up that said that there might be plans to introduce a new version that can recieve calls, so then your question isn't entirely obsolete, and the confusing phone-number system(see above post) might be implemented.
That brings me to another point. If people are going to use these as disposable units, one person may go through many of these phones. The task of letting everyone know what your new phone number is every time you buy a $10 phone would be very artuous.
Actually, look at it carefully.
If you reword it, you get this: "If the technology doesn't look like magic, then it isn't advanced enough."