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    The Modi Is Like a Million Sofas In One

    What Is This?

    Rumor: Modu To "Soft Launch" This Wednesday

    Rumor: Modu Phone and Its Many Jackets Finally Headed to Production

    NASA's Next-Gen Space Duds: The Constellation Space Suit System

    Modu's Modular Cellphone Jacket System Coming In Q2

    RED Unloads Modular Cameras, a DSLR, 3D and 28k

    JVC's Sound Garden Concept Is Modular, Bonsai'd-Up Concealed Speaker System

    Modular Workspace is an Obsessive Compulsive Organizer's Dream

    Microsoft Puzzle Piece Patent Combines GPS, Camera and Phone
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    Image of NotChoinski NotChoinski
    08/25/09

    In reply to The Modi Is Like a Million Sofas In One
    Its like having 10 sofas for the price of five or six!
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    Image of Benguin Benguin
    08/25/09

    In reply to The Modi Is Like a Million Sofas In One
    So it's like... Lego Couch.

    Awesome.
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    Image of Software_Goddess Software_Goddess
    08/24/09

    In reply to The Modi Is Like a Million Sofas In One
    Oh…. My very own Lego couch.

    This is big; I want stock!
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    08/24/09

    In reply to The Modi Is Like a Million Sofas In One
    Great, now when I get up after sitting upon this I'll have Tetris Ass.
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    Image of dingus dingus
    08/20/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    I see a whole lot of bullshit on their site and not much technical detail. Can someone explain what's special here?
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    Image of ToVoPro ToVoPro
    08/20/09

    @dingus: I believe this is Cell Processing technology. I guess it's the next big thing for CPU's. Similar to how dual-core or multi-core processors work, but Cell has the choice to either as a unified unit or by itself individually. The thing it has over our standard mult-core CPU's is that Cell can communicate and work together via broadband network. So computer A can work as a unified unit with computer B in terms of processing power (sort to speak). Hope that makes sense.
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    Image of dingus dingus
    08/20/09

    @LouisJebber: I understand what they did, but their claims aren't anywhere near what they've done. They're claiming to "challenge everything taught in computer science books" and find another architecture besides Harvard or Von Neumann, yet they're hooking together a bunch of slow off the shelf ARM micros with a slow network and having devices bootload each other. So I'll ask again: what's special here?

    At least it's pretty.
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    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    08/20/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    www.hackaday.com has video, and probably snarky comments...
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    Image of Log1c Log1c
    08/20/09

    @Barry99705: Moreso than here?
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    Image of Mark 2000 Mark 2000
    08/20/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    I don't like this idea of networked cluster's of processors. What if the Cylons come back?
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    Image of SigmundTheSeaMonster SigmundTheSeaMonster
    08/20/09

    @Mark 2000: nah. Baltar took care of that. besides, those LEDs would have to be Red.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    08/20/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    I actually think that it's plausible to have a "public option" for computer processing in the future. What I mean is that we could have a central, modular super computer maintained with taxpayer funds. People could then pay an access fee to use this processing power. This way, we would not need to buy powerful computers ourselves - we would only need cheap personal computers that are optimized to interact with the central cloud computer.

    This would be analogous to public transportation, and it would be much more resource-efficient than having everyone buy computer power that is unused most of the time. Obviously there would be security, privacy and bandwidth concerns, but these don't seem to be insurmountable.
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    Image of jjswee jjswee
    08/20/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    I think this is a great idea. Along with a operating system that can turn off many features not needed at the time, you can get a computer to run very little power when all you are doing is chatting on AIM.
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    Image of SysRq SysRq
    08/20/09

    @jjswee: Know what else is a great idea? Not using AIM. (ohhhh snap!)
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    08/20/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    It's full of stars!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    07/19/09

    In reply to Rumor: Modu To "Soft Launch" This Wednesday
    Did anyone else read the headline as "Rumormodo"?
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    Image of switchblade saints switchblade saints
    07/19/09

    @Summermodoin'_GitEmSteveDave: yes i did. I though rumormodu was just Jack getting all fancy with some french or something

    ha
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    07/19/09

    In reply to Rumor: Modu To "Soft Launch" This Wednesday
    In theory, one could just have a few different phones and switch the SIM card. I've heard this is popular with "the Europeans" but I have yet to see one of my friends actually buy a second handset.

    It seems like the advantage here is that it would be cheaper to buy additional "jackets" than additional phones. I would love a small phone for going out, a jacket with big screen and buttons for playing a game on the subway and a third jacket with a physical keyboard.

    Also, isn't Nokia owning the non-smart phone market now and reaping the 66%-profit-loss rewards of that move? Have at it Modu, sounds like a juicy piece of market share.
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    Image of Violent Pacifist Violent Pacifist
    07/19/09

    @The Lab: As a "european", I can promise that very few people do this. I know of people with duel sim phones, but most people with more than one phone have it only because we have a higher reliance on Pay as you go, so can easily take a sim out and swap it into a new phone when we feel like it.
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    07/19/09

    @Violent Pacifist: Good to know. Sometimes you hear people talk about the behavior common to a continent and it is really only their friends. These are also the people who talk about Europe like it is one big country.
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    Image of jewsrock jewsrock
    07/12/09

    In reply to Rumor: Modu Phone and Its Many Jackets Finally Headed to Production
    It actually says (I know Hebrew) that they have COMPLETED their first bach and the israeli company Cellcom is launching it this month. LATER it will go south east asia. But it's gonna be in Israel this month.



    Btw Calcalist is a very respected newspaper.
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    Image of nopowers nopowers
    07/12/09

    In reply to Rumor: Modu Phone and Its Many Jackets Finally Headed to Production
    Some details from the original (Hebrew) page:

    - There is no mention of India (thats just a slip by Google translate)

    - The line will be launched this month in Israel

    - After Israel, the phone will be launched in "South-East Asia"
     Reply
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    Image of Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK Xterm11: ESCAPED YOUR HYPERLINK
    07/12/09

    In reply to Rumor: Modu Phone and Its Many Jackets Finally Headed to Production
    This is quite,

    a novel idea.

    A modular phone,

    that belongs in ikea.

    I can see this in going,

    in a whole new direction,

    When somebody makes,

    a vibrator extension.



    When your phone

    is on "vibrate"

    It's meaning is now

    new on the slate.

    This could begin,

    a new industry,

    Physical Phone-sex,

    ecstasy!
     Reply
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    Image of Con Seannery Con Seannery
    07/12/09

    @Xterm11_is Rhyming:

    You think your rhymes, your lyrics, are quite clever,

    You think you've got all those skills which it takes,

    But I'll tell you what you've considered, never,

    Do not just rhythm, just metric, poets make,

    Your talent, your execution, are strong,

    Your verse, it is crafted quite distinctly,

    Technically, nothing you have done is wrong,

    And your messages, delivered succinctly,

    A worthy opponent, indeed you are,

    And off of the tongue, your verse always rolls,

    But your reputation, surely I'll mar,

    And your poems, I'll rake over the coals!

    You made a mistake, you thought you'd won it,

    While your verse is free-form, mine is a sonnet!
     Reply
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    Image of Con Seannery Con Seannery
    07/13/09

    @Con Seannery: I think I'll recycle this baby. I laid it down on a SUNDAY. Nobody's gonna see this...
     Reply
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