overtoperative - Slashdot User

Comment Re:One big problem (Score 1) 542

by overtoperative on Tuesday June 01, 2010 @11:42PM (#32427856) Attached to: Study Claims Cellphones Implicated In Bee Loss

what good would a gps tracker be if it only received? you could go to the beehive to figure out where it is?

Comment One big problem (Score 1) 542

by overtoperative on Tuesday June 01, 2010 @12:35AM (#32414942) Attached to: Study Claims Cellphones Implicated In Bee Loss

From the end of the article, "in Germany beekeepers have started fitting GPS tracking devices to their hives." I don't know much about the spectrum used for GPS devices, but it must not be a problem for German bees...

Comment Re:Diaggregate Carriers? Only one catch... (Score 5, Funny) 183

by overtoperative on Monday October 08, 2007 @07:29PM (#20905753) Attached to: Google Hopes to Disaggregate Carriers with gPhone

and how many /.ers will be able to find these gSpots?

Stretching Crystals Promise Bendy, Full-Color Displays 117

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday August 24, 2007 @10:57AM from the less-eye-stress dept.

NewScientist is reporting that a new approach to crystal formation could help create power-efficient, flexible color displays. These new photonic crystals, structured similar to opals, can be tuned by adjusting the gaps between the crystals. "The beauty of the device is that it can produce the whole spectrum of colors, even ultraviolet and infrared light, using only incident light. As a result, the expensive color filters used in every other color display on the market today, are no longer needed. And because the displays use only reflected ambient light, no power is wasted on back-lighting, as in today's mobile phones, for example. 'They can be viewed just as well in bright sunlight as in indoor light,' team member André Arsenault of the University of Toronto told New Scientist."

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