I'm guessing Enloop or Engadget did not forsee the throng of dildo jokes that would rise up because of this new product.

I would very much like all of that stuff. It would help me in my plans to take over the world!

I didn't read the article or do any type of research, but I'll take a guess.

It's probably running Linux and uses Samba/CIFS to share the devices. If that's the case, then it will be compatible with just about any modern OS. (Windows 7, XP, 2003, 2000, OS X anything, Solaris, Linux, BSD, etc).

Silence her? You're going to put her to sleep with your sexual prowess?

That may not be a modem at all. It could be an port to connect a standard phone for VOIP.

I'd love to have one.

As a side note, I love Jenean Garafolo.

To kindly correct a couple things CraigJ said:

1. It's not stealing, it's copyright infringement.
2. It's not hacking, it's cracking DRM.

And to add:

If you are on a Mac, you can use the free software MacTheRipper in place of AnyDVD.

Do you really believe that, lowdef?

http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2008/10/how_we_have_benefited_from_nas.html

A little insight into the U.S. federal government budget allocation this year:

http://foofus.com/amuse/public/Fedspending-2008-linechart.jpg

NASA isn't a waste of money.

You are a waste of oxygen.

I'd just like to say, NASA, you are awesome. Great job, and here's hoping you get more funding to do even more great projects!

This can actually do just the opposite. Those with disabilities that caused them to be bedridden could use this to get muscles working again that they haven't used in a long time

My mother has multiple sclerosis, a bad form of it. It's been six years since she could stand up from a sitting position, eight years since she's been able to walk without assistance (a walker, the arm of another person, etc). Her physical strength has slowly been deteriorating for the past fifteen years.

A device like this would allow her to move much more freely unassisted. Although this device would be doing almost all of the work she would use muscles that she hasn't used in a long time, giving them a work out. Slowly, she would start becoming less dependent on the device, turning down the power on it slowly so it's not doing as much.

She may never walk or stand on her own again, but something like this could get her a lot of the way there. It would do the exact opposite of what you're thinking.