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Mystery Intel Tablet is Panasonic Toughbook for Medical Types
That mystery tablet PC that appeared at the end of Intel's presentation at IDF last night is no Classmate, or super-powered Speak&Spell either: It's a Panasonic Toughbook-alike tablet. More specifically it's a "Mobile Clinical Assistant" device, aimed at doctors and nurses who are under an increasing burden of digital data and imagery nowadays, though there's not much more info available than that fact yet. Shucks... and there we were hoping for something a little more Classmate-y. [Ubergizmo]
4:24 AM on Wed Aug 20 2008
By Kit Eaton
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Latest by N/A: If they can make one of these for a couple hundred bucks as an internet tablet/casual gaming device they will more »
Segway killer
Winglet Personal Transport to Keep Increasing J-Lo's Ass Size
The Winglet is Toyota's Segway killer—as if there was anything left to kill—a personal transport assistant that comes in three different models, all destined to fail in the US to the lack of sidewalk vehicle regulations and cheeseburger/cup holders. The three models—Type S, M, and L—look great, especially the small one, with no handlebar at all. More »
iphone apps
iPhone Apps We Love: Pageonce Is Our Cheap Personal Assistant
Lifehacker covered the web version of PageOnce already, but think of it is as a web portal that displays all your various utility, credit card and shopping accounts in one page for easy glance-ability. This is the exact same thing, except on your iPhone. We love it. More »
robots
Readybot is a Robot Maid for Cleaning Your Stuff, Version 0.1
It's hard not to watch this video of DIY robot Readybot and think "sweet... what's the next version like?" Looking like everyone's favorite trashcan-shaped sci-fi droid has collided with a dishwasher, Readybot's intended to be a home-assistant 'bot doing a maid's job, cleaning your house. It may be slow and primitive now, but it looks pretty adept at grabbing stuff from the floor. And deploying a Roomba to do the vacuuming is genius. Actually an on-going development by makers The Readybot Robot Challenge, the robot will get more sophisticated, and we'll be watching for Phase 2 later this year. I'll get excited when it can put my clothes away and clean the cat litter tray. [Readybot]
concepts
This Digital Office Assistant, a concept by Michael Kritzer, actually looks rather useful, and is designed with open plan offices in mind. The device sits on four wheels, houses a collapsable workspace, seating area, notebook slot, auxiliary power outlets, in-built external HDD and general storage compartments.
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Digital Office Assistant Keeps You in Order, Won't Bare Cleavage
This Digital Office Assistant, a concept by Michael Kritzer, actually looks rather useful, and is designed with open plan offices in mind. The device sits on four wheels, houses a collapsable workspace, seating area, notebook slot, auxiliary power outlets, in-built external HDD and general storage compartments.
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In preparation for Friday's launch of Leopard, Apple has official ended bootcamp downloads. Windows partitions will continue to work, but BootCamp Assistant and driver updates will be kaput. [PC Advisor]
say what?
Since we last told you about Phonak hearing aids a year and a half ago, the Swiss company's made strides to further advance the devices' compact form factor and high-fidelity sound. The new Audéo Personal Communication Assistant (PCA) is available in two different styles and 15 color combinations. It's discreetly tucked behind the ear and plugged into the ear canal with a transparent material that's nearly invisible.
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Phonak Audéo Personal Communication Assistant, Used to be Called a Hearing Aid
Since we last told you about Phonak hearing aids a year and a half ago, the Swiss company's made strides to further advance the devices' compact form factor and high-fidelity sound. The new Audéo Personal Communication Assistant (PCA) is available in two different styles and 15 color combinations. It's discreetly tucked behind the ear and plugged into the ear canal with a transparent material that's nearly invisible.
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software
Clippy R.I.P. - The World Wasn't Ready For You?
With recent tragedies surrounding our space an pornography programs, one major death has been passed over by the media. We are speaking of the late, not-necessarily-beloved Clippy who was brutally murdered out of Office 2007. Here is what Jensen Harris, Office Group Program Manager, had to say about the recent death.One of the tenets that we had about the new UI in 2007 was that we only wanted to create one way to get to all features. We didn't want to have menus and toolbars and Clippy as parallel, slightly different ways of getting to the features, so Clippy as a way of helping you decode cryptic menus and toolbars didn't make sense, because we didn't have those cryptic menus and toolbars anymore...Although I think that social user interface wasn't ready for the mainstream yetAt the age of 10, Clippy was just a child at (his?) death. In private, Clippy often spoke of leaving the office behind for a simpler life. We hope that he found it...wherever he may be. More »
gadgets
SmartShopper Grocery List Assistant: Talk Listy to Me
Speech recognition continues to make strides, and here's another example, the SmartShopper Grocery List Assistant. Press its record button and simply tell it what you'd like to have on your shopping list, and it understands what you said, placing that item in alphabetically-ordered list for you. When you want to go shopping, just print out the little list and you're good to go. More »
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