The invitations to the launch of Apple’s new products on the 14th of October is very intuitive. Some predicts that in addition to the new design with aluminum cases, nVidia graphics instead of Intel, new MacBooks might even cost less than now! Wait till Tuesday then move to the Infinite loop.
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“The spotlight turns to notebooks”
Friday, October 10th, 2008Macbook designed and manufactured in California?
Monday, October 6th, 2008No. Perhaps they will be manufactured in a new Apple factory in US as some report on the Web. How much of this is true noone can say for sure but it would be an important news for the future of Apple in these volatile times, although risky. Let’s wait for next Tuesday when it is expected to hear some official announcements.
Catch an eartquake with your MacBook
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
The Quake Catcher Network is designed to combine strong motion sensors (accelerometers) built in some laptops with distributed computing software to build seismic network able to detect and alert on earthquakes. The speed of this network according to their creators should be 10-20 seconds faster than the earthquake wave that should give enough time to find a shelter. In addition, this network should be able to collect a valuable data on Earth seismic activity that could be used for research and education.
People behind the QCN ar: Elisabeth Cochran (University of California), Jesse Lawrence (Stanford University), Jennifer Saltzman (Stanford University), and Carl Christensen (Stanford University). The QCN software currently uses Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC!) to collect data from laptops around the world, similar to SETI@home initiative.