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My Guess -

It probably has a thing on it like a screen saver password - ignore it for X-amount of time and it locks.

I'd also suspect that it falls under the same rules as other encoding/encryption, so every day the code key changes for communication between it and other units... so capture one today, and at midnight it stops working.

Australian physicists develop teleportation scheme for atoms

Jul 11th 2007 10:23AM on Engadget

Rather than just leaving behind the booze, how about programming it to leave behind cancer cells?

Ambient's forecasting umbrella now on sale

Jul 4th 2007 9:50AM on Engadget

It's an Ambient Information Network terminal in an umbrella... I wonder if it can be configured the same way the Orb can?

If so - check out : http://www.ambientdevices.com/developer/OrbWDK.pdf

Be a neat way to quietly leave a message for someone. Call it six usable colors by 3 or 4 easily distinguishable flash patterns and you've got a subtle and reasonably secure method of one way comms.

Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.

"I just moved into a new apartment and have been reading about all of the new power strips out there, especially the green ones. I was wondering if you had any suggestions about which "green "power strips are out there with decent joules ratings. And when I say green, I mean power strips that have the remotes or switches to turn off all electricity flowing to certain plugs and with at least 2 plugs that are always on. I was looking specifically at sub $50 because I will need two, but if that is not possible I could be convinced otherwise. Thanks!"

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