"The shoe can improve performance by 3.5%, meaning a 10 second 100-meter sprinter could see his time drop by 0.35 seconds, which is a huge time saving relatively speaking. Imagine if Usain Bolt put a pair of these running shows on."

soooo... technically it could be a huger time savings if I put them on? ...or even huger-er if we put them on gimps.

"For example, their maps or online doc or shopping search or payment systemed were no better than what others offered,"

Seriously? Because from my perspective they did an incredibly innovative user interface that made maps suddenly interactive instead of click-and-wait by quantum movements. It felt like I could access an installed mapping application from anywhere without actually committing huge resources to install it. As soon as I saw their interface, I never went back to mapquest except when websites would publish a mapquest link as their location. They also opened up the API, allowing others to use or layer the information (and I don't know how they made money with this API).

I don't know about their shopping or payment system improvements and I have not been as impressed with what I have seen, but if I were after the quick money I would focus primarily on this.

I'm pregnant!
Oh, wait, that was just a fart.

That video player embedded in the seat in front of me better be really good in bright light.

I have one of those Lenovo tablet/clamshell PCs with a multitouch display running Windows 7.

It's no surprise that there are only a few uses for multitouch on the PC (e.g. the zooming is stepped in most programs and just doesn't work as you would want).
But one of the fundamental issues that you would think is easy to solve is that there is no Windows theme for touch. The menus, the minimize/restore/close areas... they're all too small. I haven't easily found on the web or in the Microsoft site any theme that could solve this utterly simple issue. It seems that the touting of Windows 7 as tablet ready was thought through in typical responsive fashion, with no fundamental understanding of what that entails.

Have you ever done a jigsaw puzzle where you have to pick up the piece to insert it into the other one instead of just sliding it along the table?

It's like that.

I just got a patent approved that uses that process. Please let me know if you hear of anyone using that method because I have a great business opportunity for them.

At this point, I'm accustomed to typing in my credit card number.

[transaction authorized]

Okay, so you were saying?

You should install some windows.
Then it will pass through your wall.

I will tell you that Adesso made one circa 1995 and I had it. It was difficult to use. The reason is that the pointer stick was in that big open area between the two keys. So you had to remove your hands from the keys in order to use it and then re-find the keys when you were done. This defeated the purpose to me as I could just grab a mouse in the same effort.

What I really want is a nice USB keyboard with a trackpoint pointer and a Windows key. If you find one of those, please post here where to get one. It would be like an Ultranav but with a Windows key.

If it were a UPS truck making the delivery then I would mod it +1 redundant.

You write that, but you know that neither this nor the OP is true. You see consoles selling in quantums of 199, 249, and 299. Any variation is set largely on customer perception. There is no slight increase in price to, say, 302. Console price has little to do with minor variations in parts costs.

If you really want to correct the OP, then talk about the profit margin. In that case, the customer doesn't care.

I was thinking about what part of this could be considered unique. The three decisions in the flow chart have certainly been made before.

So I thought that maybe the tool was a custom application:
"Place heated bread product over tool(s) with the crown over the crown cavity and the heel over the heel cavity"

But prior art for this tool = my hands.