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It won't really work, it doesn't vaporize like a marijuana vaporizer does, this atomizes the eliquid inside the cartridge, which is composed of propylene glycol, nicotine, artificial flavours and artificial scents. I doubt it gets above 70 degrees C, which is far to cold to vaporize THC.
We have sugar in ours up here in Canada!
As xocoatl mentioned, the best way would be to make fiber optic keyboards, which will probably happen with USB 3 as I have heard it will have fiber optics in it.
I would think that multiple devices being used at the same time would be the biggest problem. The signals would mingle and the data would be corrupted.

I think PS/2 would be more of a problem given that it's specifications give more leeway in how data is transmitted, the frequency range is something like 10kHz to 16.7kHz, imagine having 100 keyboards all blasting out signals that are essentially sweeping across that range, hell, even 2 would be a mess.

USB is more strict on a per device basis, but it is more prevalent in todays world, and I could see people having multiple devices at their desk alone, all blasting out signals that would "co-mingle".
This would be too much of a pain in the ass, considering that PS/2 keyboards can range in frequency from 10kHz to 16.7kHz, and USB can range between 1.5MHz to 450MHz +/- up to 15kHz based on low/full/high speed.

Thats not to mention how many other PS/2 and USB devices in the vicinity you would also pick up that would most likely corrupt the data as you could be picking up multiple devices simultaneously.
If VMware offered a version of Fusion for Linux, I would switch from Windows in a less than a heartbeat, but sadly, I am tied to windows due to proprietary software. Essentially only 4 or 5 applications, but they make or break my work computing.
I find the steam powered robots more impressive
This would be great if Canada actually had a decent dataplan, $100/month for 250mb + $3/mb afterwards is ridiculous.
They should've done it from Corsica, then at least it would've been international.
That first picture looks like a mutant Mogwai, is that you Gizmo?
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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