Gadgets

[HammerHead]

This might turn out to be more than a gadget.

Entire Computer Built Into USB Thumb Drive | Fox News

 

[mickey megabyte]

interesting - a computer your dog could swallow in one gulp!

 

[Corazon]

Or that you could swallow! Who needs TrueCrypt anymore

 

[linnemeyerhere]

I wonder how it will overclock?

 

[mickey megabyte]

i wonder who's going to ask whether it can run crysis first?

 

[HammerHead]

Eeeegad

Imagine leaving your rig in your dirty pants and running it thru the washer.

 

[boohbah]

interesting - a computer your dog could swallow in one gulp!

not a turd i want awarded,even if it was a golden retriever.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Well I'm blowed if I can see which end to plug in - and to what?

It must have to come with some sort of box and does it come a virtual thought controlled keyboard and mouse?

 

[mickey megabyte]

if you read the article, you'll find out that one end is usb, the other hdmi, and it works with bluetooth mouse and keyboard. it also does wifi and has a micro sd card slot.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

if you read the article, you'll find out that one end is usb, the other hdmi, and it works with bluetooth mouse and keyboard. it also does wifi and has a micro sd card slot.

Yeah mickey I was abut remiss I must say I just had visions of it dangling from the side of a monitor or something

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Now if i read correctly that's exactly what it will do hang off any monitor but the key phrase is it needs a powered usb slot for it's own power supply.

 

[Graemzy]

Looks like a cool lil gadget tho. How much memrey is on it? And if ya dont got a bluetooth mouse and key board? what i gather from that is ya can just plug it into your pc and run it there is a new window. be handy to have, sicker if ya lost it tho!

 

[Vince53]

Where did they put the DVD drive?

 

[Corazon]

It has a laser lens built in. You just hold it in your hand over an upside-down disc and circle it really, really fast.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Now if i read correctly that's exactly what it will do hang off any monitor but the key phrase is it needs a powered usb slot for it's own power supply.

Ah so if there isn't a USB power take off on the monitor then all one needs is a power supply ? phone charger unit and a connecting cable for the device USB to the monitor? Plus if they go through a powered hub then one could hook up printer, keyboard mouse opto / external hard drives drive etc (taking that opto drive, HDD, and printer had dedicated power supplies).

Would make quite a small set up eh? (unless I am missing something)

 

[Vince53]

The article stated that they hope to sell them for less than $200. Man, I'll buy it just to see if it works.

If you plug it into your computer, it will let you run it on your monitor as a separate window.

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Yeah Vince as I said I was remiss by not reading the article so made my assumptions off the cuff

Plus I was thinking that the physical size even with the hub would be incredibly small.