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Laser headband for Alzheimer's patients, and for really cool people {Engadget}
Jun 27th 2008 12:25PM Man, if Reagan had a laser on his forehead, he would have conquered the world.
NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 280 gets cracked open and reviewed {Engadget}
Jun 16th 2008 5:08PM I bet this is a really good computer! Look at all those screws!
gCubik displays 3D images on 4-inch cube, we want {Engadget}
Jun 11th 2008 11:58PM Here's a better article explaining how it works:
http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20080612/153174/
"The institute realized parallax in all directions by using a structure where an LCD panel is covered with an array of lenses."
Cool video of it in action, too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0&feature=related
Mossberg reviews Samsung Q1 Ultra: "finally an acceptable choice" {Engadget}
May 19th 2007 7:21PM Hm, I think you are reading into that a little...
I don't want to wear a UMPC fanny pack not because it threatens my masculinity but because it looks ridiculous. If you don't think it's stupid-looking, more power to ya, but I think I'm safely in the majority when it comes to fashion sense on that one.
In any case, I just find UMPCs to be in a usability no-man's-land: too big to replace a cell phone, too underpowered to replace a laptop. That's not mentioning the price and battery issues.
Oh well, to each his own - I still wouldn't dip my toe into the UMPC market just yet if I was a potential manufacturer, though.
Mossberg reviews Samsung Q1 Ultra: "finally an acceptable choice" {Engadget}
May 19th 2007 1:18AM These devices have always struck me as the type of thing we will look back on ten years from now as silly, awkward steps in the evolution towards whatever we will be using then. Kind of how we view 80s cell phones now.
As it is, I guess I still can't answer the fundamental question of what I do with this - sure, it's cool to have so much in such a small package, but if it's not in my pocket, then why not a laptop? Do I sport an oh-so-stylish UMPC fanny pack and ensure that I'll never have sex again?
Flexible screens will explode this market, I think, but I guess it'll be a while before I get something the size of a Bic that has a retractable touchscreen and retractable keyboard.
