12-27-2009, 08:05 PM | #1 |
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I found something neat at CES
It's a $100 computer the size of a wall wart:
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12-27-2009, 09:38 PM | #2 | |
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12-27-2009, 10:38 PM | #3 |
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I don't have a use for it yet, and I don't like the design. It shouldn't look like a wall wart; or at cleast it should be at the end of a short power cable (so it doesn't block the other outlets). And I don't like that it only has the one USB port; firewire would be a better choice.
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12-27-2009, 11:14 PM | #4 |
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I don't understand. Would it replace the typical home computer?
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12-27-2009, 11:48 PM | #5 |
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oh wow. that sure does look good. great find.
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12-27-2009, 11:54 PM | #6 |
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Oh, no... something else to plug into my outlets. My house is already a fire hazard. :P
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12-28-2009, 01:19 AM | #7 | |
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12-28-2009, 01:50 AM | #8 |
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I think this, as it is now, might not be useful but I can easily imagine how it might work in the future. I think we are headed toward a 'hard drive on a stick' type of system where everything---apps, OS, files, the works---is on one tiny little stick. And then you buy different screens for it. So at work, you would have a dumb terminal PC screen with keyboard and mouse, and you plug it in and do your work. Then you unplug the stick and take it home where you can use it in another dumb terminal---or in a cell phone sized, or ebook sized or tv sized terminal. Same apps, same files, same everything but you can plug it into different screens or terminals.
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12-28-2009, 04:46 AM | #9 |
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Sorry for being dense, but what is a "wall wart"?
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12-28-2009, 04:58 AM | #10 |
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12-28-2009, 07:11 AM | #12 | |
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And that brings me to a second complaint. The network and USB ports should be on the same side as the power cable. The power cable will be oriented to the wall, and usually a network cable runs on the wall or in the wall. Wouldn't it be good to have the 2 cables lying next to each other rather than one coiling around? |
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12-28-2009, 08:43 AM | #14 |
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It could also handle autonomic programming tasks, back up data, monitor and control systems, and do the kinds of things that companies use full-fledged computers, running 24-7, to do, but on much less power than a full computer. If this were combined with the home control systems that communicate by sending encrypted signals through the home's power grid, it could monitor home energy use, turn systems on and off, and allow you to control home systems remotely from another computer, or a cell phone. |
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