Wednesday, September 11, 2002|
Law and Disorder: Chance fluctuations can rule the nanorealm Whether it's the gasoline-to-motion transformation of automobiles or the electricity-to-cooling action of refrigerators, all processes squander energy. They vent that waste in the form of heat. It's a law of thermodynamics, and no one has ever witnessed a sustained violation of it. 6:35:23 PM  comment
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Nanotechnology and Mass Destruction: The Need for an Inner Space Treaty "I think it is no exaggeration to say we are on the cusp of the further perfection of extreme evil, an evil whose possibility spreads well beyond that which weapons of mass destruction bequeathed to the nation-states, on to a surprising and terrible empowerment of extreme individuals." Bill Joy, co-founder of Sun Microsystems, April 2000 6:32:05 PM comment
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Honey, Who Shrank the Circuits? While nanowires have been around for many years, scientists had no way of mixing different materials together within one wire. Until now. 6:29:59 PM comment
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Intel gadget wirelessly joins PCs, TVs. The "digital media adapter" could speed the dream of the networked home, where PC-stored digital photos would be viewed on a TV, and MP3 music tracks could be beamed to a stereo. [CNET News.com] 6:21:17 PM comment
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AvantGo CEO quits as company is delisted. Mobile software maker struggles. 6:14:29 PM comment
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World handheld shipments fail to ignite 5:39:38 PM comment
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Analysis: Patent disputes could further complicate 3G. Intellectual property issues threaten to hamper 3G adoption [InfoWorld: Top News] 5:36:47 PM comment
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Revamping the Immature WLAN. Symbol hopes its new Mobius Wireless System, a centrally managed WLAN architecture, will make enterprise Wi-Fi easier to install and monitor, not to mention cheaper. [allNetDevices Wireless News] 5:35:57 PM comment
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Xybernaut Wearable Computers Intros New Dual Use Line. Can be used as wireless flat panel display or stand-alone Web-enabled tablet PC. [allNetDevices Wireless News] 5:34:01 PM comment
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Electrovaya Claims 4X Run-Time Over Other Tablet PCs. New product is based on company's patented SuperPolymer lithium-ion battery, runs Win XP with a PIII 866. Features include pen and speech input. [allNetDevices Wireless News] 5:32:52 PM comment
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Motorola Product Aids Sales Force Automation. Enables on-demand document creation and fulfillment services from iDEN phones. [allNetDevices Wireless News] 4:58:22 PM comment
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Analyst report estimates death to single-venue hot spots; 128K hot spots by 2007: The analysis firm BWCS has issued a report that projects a count of 128,000 worldwide hot spots by 2007. Bzzt! I'm sorry, try again. If any of the current projects come to fruition, the worldwide number will exceed 100,000 within 6 to 8 months. If there are only 128K hot spots by 2007, the industry will have failed and it will be a mere curiosity instead of a major component and partner to cell telephone carriers' high-speed data services. The press release quotes the report's author as saying, "We have effectively seen the end of the standalone hotspot owner-operator business model, with a string of well-known W-ISPs selling out or switching the focus of their operations." Also a provably false statement: the cost of operating a small number of hot spots has dropped dramatically because of reduced equipment costs and the variety of in-a-box hot spot offerings from FatPort, Surf and Sip, Boingo Wireless, and others. Smaller regional outfits have a higher chance of understanding the local market and getting a variety of good venues hooked up while charging reasonable amounts of money to counter their less-capital-intensive deployments. You don't find regional or local wISPs spending $4,000 per outlet. [80211b News]4:50:52 PM comment
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Smart clothing expected to take off: "A report published this week by research firm Venture Development predicts that shipments of wearable computers--such as those worn on the wrist, belt and ear or those built into fabric itself--will grow by more than 50 percent each year through 2006. Shipments totaled more than $70 million in 2001 and are expected to reach $563 million in 2006, the company said." [From the Desktop of Dane Carlson] 4:39:42 PM comment
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Freight carriers won't wait for 3G wireless ABF Freight Systems Inc., Airborne Express and Consolidated Freightways Corp. have all decided that they don't really need the third-generation (3G) high-speed mobile data hyped by the cellular industry. The companies are deploying current-generation wireless systems to a total of almost 30,000 mobile workers.
These companies can't afford to wait for cellular carriers to turn on their multibillion-dollar nationwide high-speed networks, said Marty Larson, senior vice president of sales at Vancouver, Wash.-based Consolidated. |
Last update: 9/11/05; 11:37:06 AM .
