NASA is a blackhole of funding. People should have caught on to that years ago.
The space station will be outdated years before its even built, the shuttles have been outdated for years and all these amazing space exploration projects just give us hints at the good info. they never really reveal the outstanding stuff.
We really need to abandon NASA and create a new organization with new managment and new ideas.
Thats a good idea...SCO can make more money by turning all those hard copies of the Linux and Unix sorce into toilet paper!
Because they have plenty of sh*t to clean up.
Yes microcontrollers are very cheap. But the products cost usually goes up many times the actual cost of the hardware. Exspecialy if its a new and innovative feature.
The features they outline would require alot of in-keyboard intelligence. To be properly "OS-independent" it would require a good bit of processing power in the keyboard.
Yes it is fairly cheap to manufacturer, but its not a cheap feature when bought to have a "mini" computer in a usally passive device.
will just work like a normal USB keyboard if it is connected to a system that doesn't have drivers
Well they dont tell use much about it so we dont really know. The way I read it, its more or less driverless as well, acting totaly like a normal keyboard just sending combinations of keystrokes when a programmed key is pressed.
I dont see that keyboard happening this year, maybe not at all.
They obviously dont even have a protype worth photographing because all their pictures are CG.
The whole thing makes me suspicious.
It says "It will cost less than a good mobile phone". I really cant see that happening. The displays will cost alot, but the microcontrollers to make this thing be "OS-independent" would put it over $200-$300 alone I think.
I'm actually glade MS won this. I think it will help clear the way for more devices to use more secure and open-source friendly file systems.
But I doubt MS will try to crack the whip on people making technology to read FAT. It just doesnt make sense, plus the income would be so low.
And as for drives coming preformatted with FAT. Alot of the flash drives and even some MP3 players I have received from Japan use FAT but dont come preformatted.
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I think Amazon will have the lead in a year or two. It has had good success in the UK and they are preparing to launch similar services in the US.
They have more than enough stock, and shipping centers. I think they can finally do online rentals right.
converted chemical energy into electrical energy which caused a material made from carbon nanotube electrodes to bend
Call me crazy but wouldnt it be easier just to apply electrical energy to begin with?
NASA is a blackhole of funding. People should have caught on to that years ago.
The space station will be outdated years before its even built, the shuttles have been outdated for years and all these amazing space exploration projects just give us hints at the good info. they never really reveal the outstanding stuff.
We really need to abandon NASA and create a new organization with new managment and new ideas.
Thats a good idea...SCO can make more money by turning all those hard copies of the Linux and Unix sorce into toilet paper! Because they have plenty of sh*t to clean up.
...the reason? it was larger and cost less. the average person is alot cheaper than many of us would like to think.
Yeah, I think that looks better...regarding me at least.
Yes microcontrollers are very cheap. But the products cost usually goes up many times the actual cost of the hardware. Exspecialy if its a new and innovative feature.
The features they outline would require alot of in-keyboard intelligence. To be properly "OS-independent" it would require a good bit of processing power in the keyboard.
Yes it is fairly cheap to manufacturer, but its not a cheap feature when bought to have a "mini" computer in a usally passive device.
will just work like a normal USB keyboard if it is connected to a system that doesn't have drivers
Well they dont tell use much about it so we dont really know. The way I read it, its more or less driverless as well, acting totaly like a normal keyboard just sending combinations of keystrokes when a programmed key is pressed.
I dont see that keyboard happening this year, maybe not at all.
7 63/2/) to EBook readers(http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/29/sony-to -announce-us-e-book-reader/), I think it can do the job for a fairly static keyboard(less power usage too).
They obviously dont even have a protype worth photographing because all their pictures are CG.
The whole thing makes me suspicious.
It says "It will cost less than a good mobile phone". I really cant see that happening. The displays will cost alot, but the microcontrollers to make this thing be "OS-independent" would put it over $200-$300 alone I think.
"It will most likely use the OLED technology (e-paper is sooo slow)."
Its just a keyboard...If E-Ink is good enough and cheap enough for everything from Wristwatches(http://compuquart.com/content/view/1
Above of all to me the silliness on their answers page("Moscow is the capital of Russia." etc..) shows they arent very serious.
I'm actually glade MS won this. I think it will help clear the way for more devices to use more secure and open-source friendly file systems. But I doubt MS will try to crack the whip on people making technology to read FAT. It just doesnt make sense, plus the income would be so low. And as for drives coming preformatted with FAT. Alot of the flash drives and even some MP3 players I have received from Japan use FAT but dont come preformatted.