toomuchtogrok - Slashdot User

Comment Not the death of enthusiast PC; death of desktop (Score 1) 1009

by toomuchtogrok on Wednesday November 28, 2012 @12:51PM (#42118449) Attached to: Is Intel Planning To Kill Enthusiast PCs?

This is really the slow and inevitable death of desktop computing in general; not just the death of enthusiast PCs. More and more people are using tablets, laptops, phones. Before we know it, the largest market for Intel will be small-form computers. Think 5-7 years down the road. Imagine how much processing power laptops will have? Or for that matter, imagine how much power a small computer (think smaller than HTPC) will have? Intel is only preparing for the future, and it's good they are starting now. The industry is changing; it wasn't always going to be like this.

Comment OpenDNS (Score 1) 646

by toomuchtogrok on Friday June 22, 2012 @01:54PM (#40414173) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Good Low Cost Free Software For Protecting Kids Online?

Jesus...all the bickering about protection and everyone forgot the actual question here. OpenDNS....I highly suggest you look into that.

Submission + - Researchers generate electricity from viruses (phys.org)

Submitted by toomuchtogrok on Sunday May 13, 2012 @08:32PM

toomuchtogrok writes: Imagine charging your phone as you walk, thanks to a paper-thin generator embedded in the sole of your shoe. This futuristic scenario is now a little closer to reality. Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a way to generate power using harmless viruses that convert mechanical energy into electricity. The scientists tested their approach by creating a generator that produces enough current to operate a small liquid-crystal display. It works by tapping a finger on a postage stamp-sized electrode coated with specially engineered viruses. The viruses convert the force of the tap into an electric charge.

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