Your laptop can be a beer-fetching robot
News Upcoming accessories will include a "gripper arm" that allows the robot to grasp and carry objects; in a popular demonstration of the arm, an ER1-outfitted laptop grabbed a beer from a refrigerator and brought it to the owner.
[October 2, 2002, 13:39]
Transforming a laptop into a robot
News Program the software to recognise a beer bottle and a refrigerator, for example, and next time you're running on empty, you just need to wave a bottle in front of the laptop's camera and request a refill.
[May 23, 2002, 8:59]
The Ethernet Alliance - 802 dot why?
Leader So the Ethernet Alliance's formation earlier this week - purpose, to promote the use of the eponymous standard - would seem as pointless as the creation of the Beer Marketing Board. Born thirty years ago, it is now a true standard: your laptop will...
[January 12, 2006, 13:55]
Open source 'split by digital divide'
Talkback When children would get a notebox (Notebook - lunchbox) and take it home and the parents are no part of it the notebox will either end up against the wall, the floor or sold for a bottle of beer if it is not stolen somewhere between school and house.
[July 17, 2006, 0:40]
Bag yourself a notebook review
Reviews With its beer-cooler looks, Belkin’s eOn is one of the most distinctive bags in this roundup. So your chosen bag will need a sturdy compartment for the laptop itself, along with extra capacity for the power brick and accessories like drives and...
[December 9, 2002, 13:16]
Different varieties of Apple are healthier
Leader The MacBook Air is a champagne laptop in a beer economy; the buzz is already dying, even as the units hit the shops. Indeed, so low-profile is the company's long-trousered computing activity that its Xserve page on Wikipedia has had obvious...
[January 29, 2008, 16:42]
Airline Internet service ready for takeoff
News The airlines are concerned that customers get what they want," James Beer, a vice president at American, said at a press conference, highlighting the service's appeal to business travelers. Passengers will need to bring their own Internet...
[June 13, 2001, 17:30]
U.S. Clamps Down On Laptop Snoops
Blog Comment Good news indeed.do UK citizens still run the risk of having cars siezed and crushed for bringing in one ciggarete or bottle of beer too much?
[October 5, 2008, 2:44]
