New Laptop Advice - Laptop technology

Has anyone notice in what the past 10 years has done in technology? Alot has change so i was
thinking what will happen in the next 50 years? Alot will change i bet. Mabey robots doing
everything for us. Smart House for every house. And everything else. I think alot of things are
going to change in the next 25 years then just the next 50. Notebooks now mini computers you write
in? I am aways finding out new inventions and more just from the news like that robot just like a
human in Japan or something that talks? So what do you think is going to happen in the future?...

http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/05...rain_study.html Braingate article This is really
cool. While it has been in development for a while in monkeys this article really explains what has
happened. The baingate is a small chip that is placed on the persons brain and senses the firing
neurons. It send this information to a processing computer which translates it. The current test
subject, Matthew Nagle, has been able to move a curser across the computer screen, turn the TV
on/off, change channels etc. The tests that they've done previously on monkeys allowe...

QUOTE THIS MAY SOUND incredible but the way technology is growing this will shortly be possible.
Research by Sammy Phang, Queensland University of Technology’s Faculty of Built Environment and
Engineering scholar, helps overcome one of the final obstacles to application of iris scanning
technology to unlock our homes, access bank accounts and log on to our computers. Of all the
biometric technologies used for human authentication today, iris recognition is thought to be the
most accurate. Iris is an externally visible coloured ring around the pupil of every human eye...

Hey, I've heard this a few times from my real life computer geek friends, so I am starting to
wonder if it's true. Does the government have a tool that can read whats on a monitor up to two
miles away by intercepting signals?...

This is not about computer but it is still electronic. Has anyone have seen the Anti-Crash
Technology in RC planes yet? It uses sensors to "sense" the ground-and-sky orientation of the plane
so newbies crash less often. I just have my plane today it ACT works awesome. It's like an
autopilot system preventing me from crash and burn!...

Sony patents 'real life Matrix' Obviously the news report has been hyped up to a large
extent, but this patenting is ridiculous. QUOTE The patent - based only on a theory, not on
any invention... I mean, how the hell can you patent a theory...? Does that mean I could go
off and make a patent on something currently in development and yet not fully developed and have
exclusive rights to the technology or what? And does that mean they have exclusive rights to that
technology? (I think so, but then, I'm not an expert in IP law) Anyway, this is ...

QUOTE A 13 year old Vietnamese boy was arrested yesterday for allegedly strangling an 81 year
old woman to death. According to the local police, Dinh The Dan "confessed that he needed money to
play online games and decided to kill and rob the woman". The woman, Mai Thi Mau lost her life for
100,000 dong (around Rs. 244). After strangling her with a rope, Dan buried her in a pile of sand in
front of his house. The saddest part is that is that he won’t even go to prison! Here’s
what a local policeman had to say – "He is too young to be put in prison...

I really despise high school students that can learn real computer skills in their school; part
because my school's computer program is crap. Anybody can use the computer better than the
computer teacher, and most of us don't even get a computer class. The result? Half of my
classmates doesn't know how to use Excel or Powerpoint. Most of them hardly know what Photoshop
is. Technology is progressing at a really high rate, and it is becoming a big part of our lives.
You're basically disabled if you can't use a computer. So why doesn't high school ...

I thought this was interesting, now your beating on your laptop does something useful /tongue.gif"
style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" /> QUOTE For the first
time, you can hit your computer and get a meaningful response! Using Linux and the Hard Drive Active
Protection System (HDAPS) kernel drivers, you can access the embedded accelerometers on Lenovo
(formerly IBM®) ThinkPads, then process the accelerometer data to read specific sequences of
"knocking" events -- literally rapping on the laptop case with your knuckles -- and run com...

The marvels of technology surprise me to this day. Like my new MP3 player for example. It's a 1
gig, and it's smaller than my index finger. Or my newest phone, is like half the size of my old
one, with a camera, more features, and four times as much space for downloads. iPods are mildly
annoying in their marvel. They're tiny, but hold so many songs. Like the iPod nano, which holds
1, 2, 4 or 8 gigs depending on the generation. The marvels of technology amaze me. It makes me feel
old not just to remember cassette tapes, but to own a cassette player and cassett...

I have read in the news paper, a local news here in the philippines that during the convention at
singapore, Bill Gates says "New technology soon to be implanted in the human body, but I will not
try this experimentation in myself.." Is it possible the somebody is working to implant computer in
the human body? Wow,,, very interesting, but do you think this will help us? if the computer is
inside our body, what does the computer do? maybe instead of using our mind the computer will think
for you... ha ha ha... that will makes us a robot... If this will happen, if bill g...

Introduction On January 5, 2005, the mummy of Tutankhamun (c. 1355-1346 B.C.) was removed from
its tomb in the Valley of the Kings for the first time in almost eighty years. That to perform CT
Scan on it. Previous Examination 1. In 1926, the mummy of the young king had been essential
dismantled by the team of Carter , who were interested primarily in recovering the almost 150
jewels, amulets, and other items wrapped with the body and gaining the maximum possible scientific
information from the body itself. To order to remove the objects from the body and the bo...

EDIT: I just realized I put this topic in the wrong spot . . . oops! What do I do? I would like
to buy a laptop, and these are the two I have it narrowed down to. HP Pavilion DV2840SE 14.1"
Special Edition Laptop http://www.amazon.com/Pavilion-DV2840SE- ... And the Dell Inspiron 1525 I
customized, and here's what I got: SYSTEM COLOR Blossom Pattern PROCESSOR Intel® Pentium® Dual
Core T2390 (1.86GHz/533Mhz FSB/1MB cache) OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® SP1 Home Premium
Edition HD DISPLAY Glossy, widescreen 15.4 inch display (1280x800) VIDEO CARD Intel ...

QUOTE The technology behind Google's great results As a Google user, you're familiar
with the speed and accuracy of a Google search. How exactly does Google manage to find the right
results for every query as quickly as it does? The heart of Google's search technology is
PigeonRank™, a system for ranking web pages developed by Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin
at Stanford University. PigeonRank System Building upon the breakthrough work of B. F. Skinner,
Page and Brin reasoned that low cost pigeon clusters (PCs) could be used to compute the re...

QUOTE Overview: Surface is essentially a Windows Vista PC tucked inside a table, topped
with a 30-inch reflective surface in a clear acrylic frame. Prices will reportedly be $5,000 to
$10,000 per unit. However Microsoft said it expects prices to drop enough to make consumer versions
feasible in 3 to 5 years. Surface is a 30-inch (76 cm) display in a table-like form factor, 22
inches (56 cm) high, 21 inches (53 cm) deep, and 42 inches (107 cm) wide. The Surface tabletop is
acrylic, and its interior frame is powder-coated steel. The software platform runs on Win...

I have seen on You tube some have placed small wireless video cams on RC airplanes. Does anyone here
fly RC planes or jets? Years ago, I did some storm chasing and spotting, and have always loved
tornados. With all the storms in the middle USA now a days I have had some crazy thoughts of mixing
chasing and Radio Controled air planes. I have searched all over the net, and still are to find
anyone that may have thought about are doing this. Been to a few weather forums and nobody has a
clue. I had thought that maybe here someone would be able to point me to the right pers...

This is the laptop created by Nicholas Negroponte. He is the co-founder of the MIT Media library.
Well basically he had this idea of allowing children in poverty stricken countries or developing
countries to have a laptop that cost only $100 USD. Its really interesting how they were able to
produce such a laptop and at a low cost too. The laptops are designed to educate and develop their
intellect. QUOTE O creates its own mesh network out of the box. Each machine is a full-time
wireless router. Children in the most remote regions of the globe—as well as th...

As some of you may know the macworld expo was today, and as even less of you know I
work at an apple store in california, and it was quite a sight watching all the employees and
customers huddled around computers as live updates from bloggers at the expo were flying in. So
anyway the biggest new announcement in the keynote was the new laptop: The Macbook Air. The
world's thinnest notebook. So anyway some quick numbers for those who care: .76
inches high 12.8 inches wide 3 pounds Ports: Micro-DVI (capable of composite, s-video, VGA, a...

Here it is, the new BLU-RAY disc, the next generation of optical media that should replace DVD's
on the market. Some movies are already being sold at DVD and BLU-RAY format, although prices here
in Europe still are around 300€ to 500€ for a table BLUE-RAY reader, more or less the same a DVD
player costed when it arrived at the market. Some laptops are coming with BLUE-RAY too although they
cost around the same amount. I would like to hear your opinion about this new technology and for
those who don't know it yet here I post a link for your information: BLU-R...

Hey guys have you heard about OLED? Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) technology An OLED is
an electronic device made by placing a series of organic thin films between two conductors. When
electrical current is applied, a bright light is emitted. This process is called
electrophosphorescence. Even with the layered system, these systems are very thin, usually less than
500 nm (0.5 thousandths of a millimeter). When used to produce displays, OLED technology
produces self-luminous displays that do not require backlighting. These properties result in thin,
very ...

Cryogenics are the future, with the power to freeze ourselves we can sleep and not age one bit, we
can also wake up thousands of years into the future, we won't have to listen to loud noises and
stuff and we can dream for as long we like. Think about it, the power to sleep for as long as you
like. You have an incurable virus so freeze yourself and wait for scientists to find a cure.
you're living on a cargo ship and it takes 10 years to get to Earth but you don't want to be
old and wrinkly by the time you get there so freeze yourself Be an ice sculpture for a...

What do you think of wireless. It's secure? , safey ? , or not !! When using wireless every day
every where. The security issues still the bigger problems that many users faced today. What do
think if a system could detected that some intruders were entered your network like the wired one.
Is it good enough ? Now it's may be the time !! Take a look of this article may be you will
know more. URL : http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/...62;fp;16;fpid;1 ...

well, i sure that you recently heard about LCD and Plasma monitors, but .... do you know whats the
diference between them, well, its HUGE and you must be very careful if you are going to buy one of
these: QUOTE 1- Life span, the number of viewing hours a monitor provides before dimming to
half brightness, is one of the biggest advantages LCD has over plasma. Though the numbers vary among
the different brands, plasma displays generally offer around 20,000 hours, while LCD sets last for
up to 50,000 hours. Point for LCD QUOTE 2- One of plasma technology'...

Nikola Tesla was one extraordinary man. The city of Buffalo was once his play ground for his ideas.
But due to many undocumented feuds with Edison (yes the very one) Tesla's contribution to
electricity world went less than well notice... that is until now. Tesla worked on transmitting
mass volts across the distance without the aid of clumsy wires. Let's face it, the power poles
and loosely hung black wires across your block are just an eye sore. But Tesla's methods were
quickly overshadowed by Edison's quick and easy solution--run wire grids to provide e...

I happen to come across some cool technology for integrating AI scripts into your website. Quite
cool eh? but the sad thing is,,, I'm not quite good at this. Maybe someone can make it
integrated into a forum. hehehe /biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0"
alt="biggrin.gif" /> Check this out: http://www.alicebot.org ...

Me again:)Searching the web for my science news thirst i've stumbled over some words about
refocusing of blurred photos,method and technology developed at Stanford University.The primordial
use would be in sports where each photograph ca't be re-photographed or surveillance systems.Of
course even an non-profesional photographer could take advantage of this technology:).It's
better described at this adress: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/200...s-sap110905.php ...

I have recently downloaded a VoIP free service (Voice over Internet Protocol, computer-to-computer
chatting) called GloPhone ( GloPhone , and find that it ROCKS! GloPhone gives you a free telephone
number from the USA and allows you to call any other person using GloPhone by typing in their
telephone number. Also, for a low cost, you can purchase a plan that allows your computer to send a
call to any actual telephone in the USA or Canada. However, GloPhone is not the only VoIP Service
Provider...I have seen a United-Kingdom-based VoIP provider known as Skype ( http://www...

currently my computer is shared by all 5 people in my family, (well 2 don't use because they are
either moved out or too young, but they have at some point) and its hard to keep organized. So i am
thinking about getting a laptop, we do have wireless internet so thats no problem at all, only thing
is which to get? Money is a issue, and I don't plan on spending much more then $1,000 or so on
it. I want it to have a decent graphic chip/gaming or w/e, so i can play diablo 2 and age of empires
3 on it. I will mostly use it for my designs and coding, so a decent amount...