AMD (formerly ATI) offer some kind of free tool to users of their graphics card that does the same thing.

I think it might be called Hydravision or something like that. I used it until I installed Windows 7 when I found that the new Aero snap and improved multi-monitor stuff was enough for my needs.

If it takes an hour to charge, it better cost far, far less than gasoline.

Build a low cost home brew computer. The N8VEM SBC is designed to teach basic principles of computer hardware and software. The hardware is cheap, readily available, all the information is free (beer/speech). It is designed for quick, easy, and reliable construction using simple tools.

The N8VEM project is open and all design information for hardware and software are freely and publicly posted. There are many N8VEM builders (>100) and an active community. The design is scalable from a single board computer with minimal parts and simple IO (serial & parallel) to a complete microcomputer.

mailing list http://groups.google.com/group/n8vem

wiki http://n8vem-sbc.pbwiki.com/

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About the only dangers I can think of are dropping the CRT on your foot or maybe if you crushed up the leaded glass and ate it. A modern CRT doesn't shoot X-Rays out of the front.

If that is all it takes for you to believe they are outdated, then so be it. But two of those issues are tiny, I don't care about the weight of something that sits on my desk all the time. And compared to my PC a CRT doesn't waste much power at all, especially since I tend to turn a monitor off when I'm not using it but a PC is usually left running. (who wants to wait 30 seconds+ for boot-up?)

It's not so much contradictions as me trying to be honest about the issues. I can discuss the merits and faults of something at the same time, there is no law or convention preventing me from doing so.

This has already been around for a few years.

http://www.placeengine.com/en - developed in Japan. I tried it out when they first launched it. It works quite well. Most of the major Japanese cities are covered and they have a pretty good handle on major cities outside Japan. London, NYC, LA, Toronto etc.

And yes, it can estimnate your location inside buildings as well. Of course it needs somebody to go visit those places to feed it the relevant WiFi signal strengths in the first place.

Whereas I only get a theoretical 356 miles out of my 2009 Fiat 500 - it only has a 35 litre / 7.7 UK Gallon fuel tank though.

However the model with the 1.2 litre engine has a theoretical range of 427 miles and next year's models are rumoured to get the same if not greater horsepower from a 0.9 litre turbo charged engine which should increase the range even more

You don't know how right you are. Except romantic love relationships often end badly. From the divorce rate I'd surmise they end that way more often than not.

The modern military instead instills other kinds of love: brotherhood, patriotism, and pride.

I think we should take bets now. I've got five bucks that says the "beta" tag will be removed not before 5 years from today.

I'm sure it's being worked on - I've seen a few home DIY type solutions on the net before

Embedding some kind of display technology in the windscreen is one option, but I imagine this would be very expensive and might not be very easy given the way windscreens are manufactured (laminated glass I think)

The cheap option would be to project up onto the windscreen, but shining light up out of the windscreen would probably be very distracting for other drivers at night!

I agree that Apple's approvals process for apps sucks balls.

I was very close to getting a HTC Magic (might be called something different in the US, basically the 2nd Android device), until I actually tried one - too slow (compared to iPhone 3GS), dodgy touchscreen and rubbish as a media player. Maybe the newer Android devices are better, but they weren't around when I was ready for a new phone. I'm open to the idea of getting an Android device in the future if one of those devices meets my needs better than the iPhone 3GS can.

I wonder if the delay is caused by the fact this will only work properly on a 3GS, since other iPhones don't include a compass. I'm not aware of any apps that require a specific model of iPhone (or even iPod Touch) at the moment despite the hardware differences.

I want to see a SatNav application for the iPhone that makes use of AR.

I imagine mounting my iPhone on my dashboard with the camera pointing forwards and having the driving directions, road names/numbers, driving statistics etc superimposed over the top of the live images.

This is probably unrealistic at the moment due to hardware limitations (sampling rate for the built in GPS, compass etc) but I'm sure we'll get there one day. It's probably more realistic that TomTom or similar will come out with a SatNav that includes a camera for this purpose.