Here is an interesting article about doing just that, generating power from your shoes. I believe that MIT media labs has this technology used to power their "wearable" computers. But this could certainly be extended to power an ordinary laptop
Its interesting that you find your "suit, meeting driven" internship job unfulfilling. I feel the very same way. I am sophomore working for my CE degree, interning as a network admin during the summer. Speaking to some of my friends in similar situations, we have decided that the feeling is mutual. We could accomplish so much more sleeping until noon and programming until dawn every night. Next summer I will get a job that is going to take some real effort because I am *sick* of wasting my time. As for something I can't "back" out of, I'm not really worried about it. In the tech industry I can quit somewhere and get a cushy but well paying job like the one I am working right now and be set. I'd rather do something useful *before* I have a life and not miss out on the chance later. Thats what is great about being a college student. Who knows, I could make something good and not have to worry about making money later on.
This sounds like a college art studio or even a dorm, especially the free beer part. I speculate that this is how this "company" got started. A bunch of friends from college and random aquaintences got together to start a "new media" company. Creativity and productivity abound, but don't expect it to last when the employees reach 30.
I'm sorry, this is a really DUMB article. Right right, I will be able to "feel" the tautness of the strings of the tennis racquet I am buying. Sure, whatever you say. What a GREAT benefit for e-commerce it will be. I'm sorry. Until they can link the web directly to my nervous system, and also fool my eyes into making me THINK I am looking at the tennis racquet, while feeling it, this kind of technology isn't going to help ANYONE "try" a product before they buy it. It might be great for interfaces (slight feedback as you move over buttons) and 3D simulations, and of course, games (first person shooters anyone?). The BBC needs to get some people who actually use computers to research these articles, sheesh.
I wonder what extent the NSA would truly go to hide this kind of technology (assuming they have it) from the rest of the world. Yes, the NSA wants to be ahead of everyone else, but the value of this kind of technology in research would make the importance of National Security pale in comparison. The devlopments that could be made in gene research alone seems to me like it would justify the sharing of the technology, at least among secure research facilities. So quite simply, in addition to it being unlikely that the NSA is *so* many years ahead of us, I think some of the many scientists who work at the NSA would be likely to have given at least a hint that quantum computers exist. As too your main concern, yes, quantum computers in the hands of crakers could wreck havoc on security in e-commerce, but honestly, even many years after this technology is feasable, it will be confined to research environments such as universities. It won't be available to corporations for a VERY long time, and more secure methods for e-transactions will evolve as machines evolve. As for the desktop, I don't expect my children 20 years from now to be playing Quake XV on a quantum computer. Its a neat and promising technology, but a long way off, last I heard there was still a good 12 years of Moore's law growth in standard silicon Turing Machine based chips, and expect that to grow at least a little, as other developments are made. Still I can't wait to see what comes next!
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Seems you forgot about quasi. As in this quasi-futuristic suit I'm sporting;-)
Does this seem a little like the "code" in the matrix, the top-to-bottom-scrolling green characters which apparently represent anything in the matrix. Actually, in all seriousness, at the risk of sounding rather cliche I think we are ready for new browser/UI paradigm. The mouse point a click GUI is nearing the limit of its potential to provide interaction between a human and a computer. I envision this project being integrated with voice recognition technologies within 5-10 years. At least for experimental purposes. Then you just ask your computer to find information for you. I can imagine it now, "Computer, play me Vivaldi's 4 seasons, preferably a recording by the London Symphony Orchestra". The computer responds by searching the internet for recordings to stream across your 100mbps connection. Damn RIAA, I suppose they would have to figure out some way to charge you, maybe some kind of music subscription service, like pay-per-view television. Anyway, I'm getting carried away with this. Back to the idea of this being released in an art forum. I think this really indicates how much *more* design is going to be a part of computers. One could conceivably argue that Microsoft is so sucessful with its Office suite because it employs designers to integrate the "look-and-feel" with the GUI in their OS. I'm not saying other companies don't do it, but not as well. I think you have to agree that office does *look* rather nice when compared to, say an application using Motif in X. Engineers brought us the command prompt, designers the GUI, and now artists the "non-linear" UI.
Wow, I wrote a lot more then I intended, hope it makes sense
Woah, hold up a sec. Where did this come from. Is it just a joke or is this really a rumor. Can anyone tell us more about this? While seems rather superficial to *not* use a particular distribution because one of their leaders *might* be involved with $cientology, but with so many other great distribs out there, its just too easy too switch. That kind of rumor could really hurt a company like Redhat. Especially in the generally anti-institution Linux community where RedHat is already viewed with a certain amount of scorn among the intractable Linux purists out there, for their announced IPO.
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Here is an interesting article about doing just that, generating power from your shoes. I believe that MIT media labs has this technology used to power their "wearable" computers. But this could certainly be extended to power an ordinary laptop
Spyky
Here it is at amazon. Spyky
Its interesting that you find your "suit, meeting driven" internship job unfulfilling. I feel the very same way. I am sophomore working for my CE degree, interning as a network admin during the summer. Speaking to some of my friends in similar situations, we have decided that the feeling is mutual. We could accomplish so much more sleeping until noon and programming until dawn every night. Next summer I will get a job that is going to take some real effort because I am *sick* of wasting my time. As for something I can't "back" out of, I'm not really worried about it. In the tech industry I can quit somewhere and get a cushy but well paying job like the one I am working right now and be set. I'd rather do something useful *before* I have a life and not miss out on the chance later. Thats what is great about being a college student. Who knows, I could make something good and not have to worry about making money later on.
Spyky
This sounds like a college art studio or even a dorm, especially the free beer part. I speculate that this is how this "company" got started. A bunch of friends from college and random aquaintences got together to start a "new media" company. Creativity and productivity abound, but don't expect it to last when the employees reach 30.
Spyky
I'm sorry, this is a really DUMB article. Right right, I will be able to "feel" the tautness of the strings of the tennis racquet I am buying. Sure, whatever you say. What a GREAT benefit for e-commerce it will be. I'm sorry. Until they can link the web directly to my nervous system, and also fool my eyes into making me THINK I am looking at the tennis racquet, while feeling it, this kind of technology isn't going to help ANYONE "try" a product before they buy it. It might be great for interfaces (slight feedback as you move over buttons) and 3D simulations, and of course, games (first person shooters anyone?). The BBC needs to get some people who actually use computers to research these articles, sheesh.
Spyky
I wonder what extent the NSA would truly go to hide this kind of technology (assuming they have it) from the rest of the world. Yes, the NSA wants to be ahead of everyone else, but the value of this kind of technology in research would make the importance of National Security pale in comparison. The devlopments that could be made in gene research alone seems to me like it would justify the sharing of the technology, at least among secure research facilities. So quite simply, in addition to it being unlikely that the NSA is *so* many years ahead of us, I think some of the many scientists who work at the NSA would be likely to have given at least a hint that quantum computers exist. As too your main concern, yes, quantum computers in the hands of crakers could wreck havoc on security in e-commerce, but honestly, even many years after this technology is feasable, it will be confined to research environments such as universities. It won't be available to corporations for a VERY long time, and more secure methods for e-transactions will evolve as machines evolve. As for the desktop, I don't expect my children 20 years from now to be playing Quake XV on a quantum computer. Its a neat and promising technology, but a long way off, last I heard there was still a good 12 years of Moore's law growth in standard silicon Turing Machine based chips, and expect that to grow at least a little, as other developments are made. Still I can't wait to see what comes next!
Spyky
Seems you forgot about quasi. As in this quasi-futuristic suit I'm sporting ;-)
MWAHAHAHAHA
Does this seem a little like the "code" in the matrix, the top-to-bottom-scrolling green characters which apparently represent anything in the matrix. Actually, in all seriousness, at the risk of sounding rather cliche I think we are ready for new browser/UI paradigm. The mouse point a click GUI is nearing the limit of its potential to provide interaction between a human and a computer. I envision this project being integrated with voice recognition technologies within 5-10 years. At least for experimental purposes. Then you just ask your computer to find information for you. I can imagine it now, "Computer, play me Vivaldi's 4 seasons, preferably a recording by the London Symphony Orchestra". The computer responds by searching the internet for recordings to stream across your 100mbps connection. Damn RIAA, I suppose they would have to figure out some way to charge you, maybe some kind of music subscription service, like pay-per-view television. Anyway, I'm getting carried away with this. Back to the idea of this being released in an art forum. I think this really indicates how much *more* design is going to be a part of computers. One could conceivably argue that Microsoft is so sucessful with its Office suite because it employs designers to integrate the "look-and-feel" with the GUI in their OS. I'm not saying other companies don't do it, but not as well. I think you have to agree that office does *look* rather nice when compared to, say an application using Motif in X. Engineers brought us the command prompt, designers the GUI, and now artists the "non-linear" UI.
Wow, I wrote a lot more then I intended, hope it makes sense
Spyky
Woah, hold up a sec. Where did this come from. Is it just a joke or is this really a rumor. Can anyone tell us more about this?
While seems rather superficial to *not* use a particular distribution because one of their leaders *might* be involved with $cientology, but with so many other great distribs out there, its just too easy too switch. That kind of rumor could really hurt a company like Redhat. Especially in the generally anti-institution Linux community where RedHat is already viewed with a certain amount of scorn among the intractable Linux purists out there, for their announced IPO.
Spyky