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  1. 09-12-2006, 04:46 PM #1
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    Default Cool technology, or what a waste of time and money to develop?

    This seems cool, but the promotional video itself seems to reinforce how little re-world usefulness it provides.
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    Oh the schools are gonna LOVE that...

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    I would get one only if it can be programmed to read



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    Quote Originally Posted by Magma View Post
    I would get one only if it can be programmed to read



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    Did anyone see a power cord? Or a battery? Maybe they are solar powered?
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    Quote Originally Posted by cone-cerned View Post
    Did anyone see a power cord? Or a battery? Maybe they are solar powered?

    Remember those clocks in the 80's that ran by sticking 2 probes into a potato....
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    I'll take utterly useless for $200, Alex...
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    Quote Originally Posted by altiain View Post
    I'll take utterly useless for $200, Alex...
    I was pondering possible uses beyond the utterly useless but sure to be trendy for 5 minutes t-shirts and the only thing remotely interesting that I could come up with is putting it in to drapes to simulate light coming in through a window at night or where a window doesn't actually exist.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Titus View Post
    Remember those clocks in the 80's that ran by sticking 2 probes into a potato....
    I hate to admit it, but I bought one of those things. It actually worked with oranges, tap water and potatoes. I beleive it was the thermocouple effect. One probe was copper and one probe was zinc and a wire connected between the two potatoes had one of each and connected the two "batteries" in series.
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    I'd buy one of those shirts as long as I could hook it up to a PC to program it. The shock value alone would be worth it... I'd program it with something provocative.
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    Anyone remember the hypercolor shirts of the 80s? They changed color with your body temp but basically looked like your shirt had a laundry mishap.

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    You know, these shirts give fat people an excuse to be fat... imagine, the wider the person, the more advertising space there is! Skinny people are screwed from the advertising dollars...
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    I should be in good company, then.

    BTW, I think Nick H sold your car.
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