$100 Laptop becoming reality

The $100 laptop project is set to be a disruptive force in the hardware industry to the extent that cost conscious consumers and hackers have a great inexpensive option to go after.  When a decent laptop only costs and additional $400, consumers will likely not flock to this hardware.

Ahhh Chemistry

I still love the basic chemistry.  Check out these wonderful experiments with reactive metals.


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Impressive Operations

I'm not sure if this is real, but if it is I am very impressed.

Here is video footage showing FedEx flights racing to land in Memphis while a storm is approaching.  Time is accelerated.  I like the part where the planes runaway and route to the back side of the storm.

Road America Video of STI

The car in this video looks surprisingly similar to my STI at Road America.  It demonstrates how not to give a pass to another car because they don't deserve it. However, the braking in turn 12 could be much better as the driver in the video does catch up.  Note that the lead STI pulls away at the end before the checkered flag.  I heard from the driver that he passed the blue STI in a previous run as well.

Minority Report Type Screens

I have always enjoyed new technologies in the media realm.  This article discusses the new billboard at O'Hare aiport that let's users interact with the screen ala Minority Report and the recent Apple-MIT dual hand screen concept.

I'll have to pay a visit to the airport soon and grab some video.