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At 1:29 AM +0900 1/6/2002, BK wrote:
>A new Apple PDA has twice been the hoax of the day, so I suggest
>next time those rumour mills come up with something else and just in
>case I provide some material to work from below ;-)
>
>It won't fit the StarTrek category, but here is a list of ideas for
>future hoax or hype products, all of which I believe would be quite
>interesting ...
>
>- a notebook that beeps when it's in travel mode and outside a 100
>ft range of its owner, further call back home with GPS whereabouts
>when it has reason to believe it got lost or stolen
>
>- a suitcase that follows its owner and features the very same
>anti-theft/anti-loss features as the above notebook
>
>- a fuel cell powered notebook
>
>- an MP3 based personal home stereo juke box with a wireless LAN
>connection and an IP based remote control, automatically adjusting
>volume when needed (i.e. when a telephone call comes in)
>
>- a cable tuner/TV with a LAN interface and a built-in QuickTime
>streaming server and remote AppleScript support
>
>- a coffee machine with voice recognition and the ability to make
>Italian espresso and capucino on command in various languages, also
>with remote AppleScript support
>
>- a wireless optical mouse that can also be used as a scanner
>automatically self-motion scanning books and news magazines with the
>ability to turn pages
>
>- an organiser in a watch controlled by voice recognition that talks
>to its owner telling contacts and appointments and also sends voice
>dictated email.
>
>;-)
>
>rgds
>bk
thanks for the great idea! I I hope this works!
T. J.
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