This coward has it spot on. Apple has even gone to the extent of telling you how many recharge cycles they expect on the iPods until you have to buy a new one.
It sounds all well and good... until the plasma beam at the other end breaks down and you have no way of slowing down or stopping. Then the 90-day roundtrip becomes and endless journey blazing past mars at 20km/sec.
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The last line in TFA is:
Wolkow and the University of Alberta have filed for a U.S. patent on the technology.
Am I the only one who thinks that fundamental technology like this should be open to the world?
This coward has it spot on. Apple has even gone to the extent of telling you how many recharge cycles they expect on the iPods until you have to buy a new one.
It sounds all well and good... until the plasma beam at the other end breaks down and you have no way of slowing down or stopping. Then the 90-day roundtrip becomes and endless journey blazing past mars at 20km/sec.
Where do I sign up?