That would be really cool, even cooler if the case looked like this and paired with either one of those

http://www.mobileshop.com/blog/mobile-phone-blogs/retro-ise-the-hell-out-of-your-nokia-n97-with-the-cityman-450/

http://www.amazon.com/Native-Union-MM01H-B-1-Black-Handset/dp/B003DKL4JA/ref=pd_sim_cps_4
http://www.thegreenhead.com/2012/08/iphone-cb-radio-handset.php

*I'ts not like you could hang the LED off of the sensor's power line.*

You could if the silicon was designed to allow it (ie: like in old webcams)

ASUSupdate is able to flash the BIOS without giving it admin rights, so It could be used silently I guess (on Windows XP at least last time I did it).

For other systems (*NIX including Mac OS), just make it part of a system update.

If it doesn't involve Duck tape and tie-wraps, it's not geeky enough (trying to integrate popsicle sticks in it would be really cool :p

Like they had on the original iSight? or on my 13 year old Logitech?

What's mind boggling though is it would probably *less* expensive to just hardwire the LED with the camera itself. If it's being used, light the LED.

I was allergic to cats. I got one. It's much better now. Simple logic. When I was a kid, we traded drinks between 5-6 of us, played in the dirt, went for a whole afternoon without washing our hands. People didn't use hand sanitizers. We weren't always sick either.

POTS or Coax will not kill anyone. A live power cable will.

Now can we get the same in North America ?

I did pretty amazing burnouts with a '79 Celica GT (and it was only a 96HP 4-banger), but it had a limited slip diff and none of that safety stuff (TCS,ABS,Airbags and such). People needed to know how to drive in those years...

We elected Harper, so I don't think so....

* 'There's not that much known about Canadian intelligence.'*

As A Canadian, I kinda resent that :)

I've been using my SSD (yes, an OCZ Agility 2) since March 2011 (almost 3 years now), at least half of that under XP (no TRIM support), and according to what's been written on the drive, It won't matter for another 4-5 years even if sometimes I'm pounding the hell out of it. (it's 25nm if I'm not mistaking). most conventionnal drives will give me bad sectors way before that.

I can assure you in Canada your extremities would go well below that in winter.

Just not in the Simpsons anymore

*If the mats cost a fortune to install or require significant upgrades to a home's existing infrastructure (a la a 220V system) they'll be less likely to be deployed.*

Not really different than having another panel installed for a central A/C IMO. But the biggest point is the efficiency of wireless charging.