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Comment Re:Movie ad's disguised as science news? (Score 1) 545

Martin Cooper said on the show "How William Shatner Changed the World", well, right from Wiki:

"The show then examines the life of Martin Cooper, the chief engineer at Motorola, who invented the cell phone. Cooper states that Star Trek was his inspiration for the cell phone, and discusses the similarities between the modern day cell phone and a Star Trek communicator. He also discusses how Star Trek introduced the concept of computer voice recognition dialing."

Comment Re:first world problems (Score 1) 532

As an electrical engineer, i know the formulas. The 10pF cap would not maintain the LEDs, i know. It would, however, smooth the attack of the flicker. So even tho it would still be flickering, it would be far less noticible. Also, yes, a small amount of power would be consumed, but a good tantalum / high quality film cap would minimize this.

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