MC2 Post 700 The Drones (with Cameras) Are Coming!!!

The Drones 

(with Cameras) 

Are Coming!!!

And For Only $300 Bucks

It Appears it's a pretty short flight from

an MIT Research Lab to Market in the

Good 'Ol US of A.

Actually, I've got a prominent role

for just such a hover craft for an

X-Files story I'm working on that takes 

place in Las Vegas.

Parrot AR.Drone to Attack This September for $300 Bucks
 

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 The ArsTechnica Link Blew up before I finished pointing to it.

Link: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2010/06/parrot-ardrone-to-attack-this-september-for-300.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss

141 Hovering Characters to a more Stealth 26, eh?

Which Means the TinyURL Points to the wrong place Too.

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/36dsh4d

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Use Instead: http://ardrone.parrot.com/parrot-ar-drone/en 

 

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Wingman, Flying by the Seat of His Pants

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The BIG Apple Apology by Wingman...

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The BIG Apology by Wingman...
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Many, many Years ago I stated uncategorically : "Nobody needs 30,000 songs in their pocket. Not even Mozart."
I was, of course, berating the iPod and the $30,000 dollars that music would cost to Put In an iPod.

Today, after over a year Owner of the iPod Touch 2G, I feel compelled to state uncategorically :

"I Was Wrong!". And: "I apologized..."

The incredible device called the iPhone and in my case, the iPod Touch has "Changed my TUNE.".

I've never been a "FanBoy" for Apple. Especially since they've built their beautiful machine on top of BSD, not Linux. But even Nokia knows what's Really Under the Hood, even if Apple doesn't Say The Name: Linux.

The logic behind the cost-factor still applies, but the Gadget Store, and the Linux-Based iPhone Hack has turned the Tide. This is Not Your Grand-Dad's Newton...

This is Something Different. The Cross Platform Game Changer pundits have been giving "Lip-Service" to for oh-so-many years.

The Wonder of Wonders is Apple's Second Grand Slam in a Row. The First was of course, the iTunes Store. And the Second: The Gadget Store, and the Billion Plus Apps that changes your pocket computer into what-ever you want.

Brilliant.

Thank you Steve Jobs for okaying this Process.

Wingman, humbled by gadgetry again...

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All Right NEWEGG!

ASUS EAH4850/HTDI/512M Radeon
HD 4850 (Source: Newegg)

(These are the cards I've been blogging about in the last week or so. The GigaFlop version for integration with HPC systems like the TOP500 iron, retails for $1000.00 and has 1 terabite of ram on board...Wingman.)

Newegg has HD 4850 cards from Sapphire, MSI, Gigabyte, ASUS, and Diamond available for purchase now. The Sapphire Radeon HD4850 retails for $199.99 and has a $20 mail-in rebate. The Sapphire card appears to lack any software or games bundled with the card.

Likewise, Newegg has an ASUS HD 4850 card for a low $169.99 after a $30 mail-in rebate.

Specs show that all cards contain 800 stream processing units, 512MB of GDDR3, a 256-bit memory interface and support for Crossfire. Core clock speed for the cards is 625MHz. Despite the significantly increased number of stream processors on the 4850 compared to the 9800 GTX+, NVIDIA maintains that the GTX+ significantly outperforms the 4850. Hands-on reviews will provide the tale of the tape.

The HD 4850 wasn't expected to hit store shelves until June 25.

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Link:
http://www.dailytech.com/AMD+Radeon+HD+4850+Now+Available+to+Purchase+Priced+as+Low+as+170/article12157.htm
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I Love competition, don't you?

Wired magazine has an interesting article about
New Science's use of Super Data Crunching
Computers expanding role in Research...
Wingman, out.