Thank you Ryan Block!

At the tail end of the article, it says that one must be a system builder to purchase the motherboards, and Antec is only working with a select few to bring this product to market. It just seems like another notebook reference design, and they are announcing that they are selling the parts for it. This ain't no mass-market whitebook, and I doubt it will ever turn out to be the real thing. Here's to hoping, though.

It doesn't look/act like a book and doesn't grab my attention. I'd want a better price point and a killer app - like a full Harry Potter boxed set, and a device themed to match. If epaper is so thin, why is this thicker than a cellphone? Why does it look like a Soviet-era tractor from the front? The border overwhelms the screen. I want to forget that I'm not reading a book. Why not touch a top corner to dogear the page and turn off the device? By touching bottom corners, the pages could turn. I want to turn it sideways and use it to read the newspaper, while I'm wedged into a train on my way to work. . .imagine never having to do that flip-and-fold thing again. People are still reading paper books. I don't know if Sony has the ganas to make _the_ device that will cause people to make the big leap. Not these days, anyhow.

Any scene with the hunchback was good, because he totally looked like John Leguizamo. It just shows you how awesome John Leguizamo is.

If a classroom is managed poorly without laptops, it will be managed poorly with them too. If students know the technology better than the teachers, of course the system is going to get hacked. In general, education has never really evolved. It is also about 2 years behind industry at any given time, when it comes to adopting current tech. Worst of all, teachers love magic solutions that solve everything immediately. When it doesn't work, they reach out for the next one. We can do better.

An ergonomic, intuitive keyboard, or mousepad on the underside (with a hard sleeve to cover it when it isn't being used). Touchpads along the edges, to keep touchscreens as fingerprint free as possible. The fastest up/downlink available, using multiple protocols with seamless, automatic switching between each one to keep the data connection at peak speeds. Synching with a land-based storage system to keep the device's memory clear (proactive data slinging). Hot swappable off-the-shelf rechargeable batteries.
Support for second monitors. Upgrade modules like the Asus XG Station, but smaller, to focus the functioning of the device towards gaming, mobile video, a projector, etc. Durability, cheapness, ease of repair, like the Model T Ford.

Robots have come a long way when it comes to walking, but it looks like Nao could benefit from a metal diaper.

It's a Waldo - Heinlein strikes again.

Just because the amygdala is lit up, and self-control centers show less activity does not necessarily equate to increased rage and anger. When the emotional centers are lit up, it could represent many different emotions. If it could be conclusively shown that long-term game play changes brain chemistry and structure, maybe they wouldn't be talking smack and passing it off as science. Until then, I'm carjacking, fragging, hacking and slashing to my heart's content.

I hope that this new Dyson Flowbee doesn't tear my ears off.