Someone's going to try it and end up at the hospital.

"Waterproofing and Bioproofing are different. (your body rusts things that water don't"
Best material? Glue from a glue gun, according to Lepht Anonym.
And PCBs are a no-no, but that might change too with the appropriate coating.

Full talk at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_JpPMIriAI

I think Lepht is still in "repairing Lepht" mode, so she probably won't be trying this new nanocoating. But it could definitely help hedge cybermancers who practice in their kitchen.

> +1! Excellent System!

Fixed that for you.

The problem is not toy rare earth magnets, but rare earth magnets used in toys.

A magnet used as a locking device for the clasp of a book, magnets used in a toy train to hold them together, etc.

Just like lead paint, the substitution is not obvious.

One of the first financial press conferences before (after?) the google IPO was by their CFO.. Chielf Food Officer, back in February 2005.
Google was proud of announcing the number of eggs they were cooking each day for their employees. Wall Street was pissed by their lack of respect.

They had a formal presentation by their chef but not their chief financial officer,” said Mark S. Mahaney, an analyst with American Technology Research. “I have never been to an investor day where the C.F.O. didn’t speak.”
Indeed, Google’s top chef, Charlie Ayers, spoke to the assembled analysts and investors about the lunch he had prepared, featuring entrees like grilled pork tenderloin. The chief financial officer, George Reyes, moderated the presentation and answered a few questions, but did not give a formal talk.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/10/technology/10google.html?ex=1266123600&en=60d19019bb842d20&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt

It actually looks like a pipboy from Fallout. He can even use it as a flashlight!
Now he needs a Geiger counter app..

I've been wanting to build one for a few years, and with a cheap ipod touch, it's feasible.

Also note that Shaw Direct (Formerly Starchoice) uses Annik K2 for half of its channels.

As of 2010, Shaw Direct had over 900,000 subscribers.[1] It broadcasts on Ku band from two communications satellites, Anik F1R at 107.3W and Anik F2 at 111.1W

People really hope they have a solution before the first game of the season, which is tonight. They will lose many subscribers due to this, no doubt about it.

Cellphones, spaceships and submarines were once fiction, too!

*squint* .. I see what you did there..

[blockquote]Our obvious competitors are devices like Beagleboard and Arduino. We're cheaper than Beagleboard, and offer better processing and multimedia capabilities than either. Our interfacing is weaker than Arduino, but we'll be addressing this through add-on boards.[/blockquote]

So feature vs feature, how different will this be from the Arduino?

Je crois que tu as manque le *sarcasme* de mon commentaire, unfortunately. And it's probably because english is not your first language, which is all right with me. There's no sarcasm emoticon.
I'm very far from not tolerating Americans. I consider myself as one, and having worked at IBM for more than 8 years, most of my customers were from the US. (same thing with the next company I worked at, with 80% of the business being with ISPs in the US)