YIKES!! $10,000. Again... $20 webcam sounds better.

I keep wishing for a hands-free mouse. Taping electrodes to your face every day at work--won't, but glasses (or something using your webcam) might. Anyone seen something like this?

We ran into this in a small company. Eventually we just built a simple Access database with the DigiKey number, cross references to other vendors' numbers where appropriate, and then fields for all our assemblies that used it. We had mechanical assemblies too. Total was a few hundred parts and a couple dozen boards and mechanical widgets. We also had links to cad files, software, etc. We are not db people, this had to be simple... and cheap. I'd love to know what else people use.

Tattoos are so ... analog. Just get all of math encoded on a chip and have that embedded. Make sure it has an RF interface, like the modern ID tags for pets, and someday you will be able to read it with your phone or whatever. You could be the first person with their own brain-coprocessor.

I was wondering the same thing. Do the ROHS rules take into account how a 'bad' substance like lead is bound to other materials? For example, is something in an inert, vitreous blob OK?

well it's a story about operators in the UK where the GBP is king. also the euro has a relevancy here too

the dollar isn't really relevant to a story here unless it's maybe about the exchange rate or some such.

so unless you are personally willing to go through ALL the stories here on slashdot and convert ALL the dollar values to GBP and Euros then there's ALWAYS www.xe.com to help

you are welcome

I totally disagree with you here. Apple feels 100% different from Microsoft (hell, they even put the minimize, maximize and close icons on the window manager completely on the opposite site) and yet they succeed.

No; you need quality. As Linux user I will be taking a fresh perspective on this from a higher purpose here. First up: Does it even work? The awnser is "NO". Yeah it is comming with Gallium3D bla bla bla but it is comming and it is not here yet. So no-go from graphics (unless you still feel like using a 2D desktop ala 2009) and no-go for OpenCL.

Next stop: "Does it have advantages over the competition?" The awnser is "It's on par". Linux, in an idiot-friendly distro, is not faster and about kind-of as secure as Mac (maybe more, maybe less; only the future will tell us).

Final destination: "Does it out-app the competition?" and the awnser is probably still "No".

So ladies and gentleman: Linux is not ready yet, although I believe it will be kicking serious ass in a year or four.

Correct me if I am wrong but don't most indie developers code for the more hardcore and niche market where big studios target a mainstream audience? So to survive financially, the indies need to either change their approach or find a way to reach a larger mass.

I think what he's referring to is the technology that would enable individuals to use the spectrum of frequencies in their tiny, personal area, however they want. I truly don't think he's saying that they should shut down TV and radio and blah blah blah...

    To which part? That there are easily usable systems which forward phone calls, and you can chain those, or that you can disable the GPS on most cell phones (like, really disable, not just turn an option off).