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My First Prototype Post

Blazecock Pileon — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:03:50 -0800

Prototypes are usually the missing links in the evolution of human technology, the dead-ends of ideas that give way to the refinement of the final physical product. Prototypes aren't just for Darth Vader. While the legal back and forth between Apple and Samsung continues, a treasure trove of prototype designs for Apple devices has been released to the public, showing insights into various design approaches and feature enhancements, including larger form-factor iPads with and without kickstands and landscape ports and iPhones that parody the Sony logo, show a different layout for camera elements, and look remarkably like fourth-generation models, as far back as 2005. On the other hand, some have made prototypes into the end goal itself, such as the folks at Dangerous Prototypes, a site which features a new open-source electronic hardware project each month. Some are just gratuitous fun, while others are a bit more practical, such as one project that recycles old Nokia displays and another that provides access to infrared signal, useful for hacking together remote controls for all sorts of IR-based devices. Other prototypes of tomorrow's technology are less concerned with shrinking down the guts of the invention itself, to make it disappear, but rather on how we interact with and integrate physical representations of these ideas into our daily lives. Above all else, prototypes are always forward-looking and are therefore inherently optimistic expressions of human creativity: Even children are getting into imagining the world of tomorrow.

"To me, a personal computer should be small, reliable, convenient to use and in expensive."

Artw — Fri, 18 May 2012 22:35:41 -0800

Steve Wozniak introduces the Apple II

Wanna come back to my iPad?

zarq — Wed, 05 May 2010 07:26:32 -0800

Cupidtino is a "new social dating website exclusively for Apple fans" which launches in June. If your Cupidtino Appleationship works out, you could have a magical Apple Store Wedding! Via "Oh God No." You can sign up for their beta here, or follow them on Twitter, where they've said it's not a joke. And of course, "Cupidtino" is a mashup of Cupid+Cupertino, home to....

A photo tour of Microsoft's Mac Lab

nakedcodemonkey — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 16:10:33 -0800

Welcome to Microsoft's Mac Lab.

Laser-etched PowerBooks

nthdegx — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 05:47:11 -0800

Laser-etched PowerBooks.

Someone is mad that paid too much for their MCSE

StormBear — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 18:30:03 -0800

The clueless reviews the Mac Mini His chief gripes are "The Mini boots up into a stripped-down operating system which Apple calls OS X, similar to the stripped-down WindowsCE OS found on many handhelds." and "No serial ports, no way to connect a printer, no PS/2 ports, no floppy drive, no 5.25" bays." Let the hate mail campaign begin!

alan — Tue, 14 May 2002 12:09:37 -0800

Apple enters the server hardware market.

GeForce 3

john — Thu, 22 Feb 2001 10:22:05 -0800

GeForce 3 to be available on Macs first. Check out the 3rd video down. Bonus: A look at the new ID 3D engine for Doom. High drool factor.

How to tilt at windmills.

Steven Den Beste — Mon, 18 Sep 2000 19:15:58 -0800

How to tilt at windmills. What these guys don't undestand is that Apple can't make money selling software. They develop software so that they can sell the hardware on which it runs, which is their real profit center.

Apple released brand new

Cavatica — Wed, 16 Feb 2000 08:20:13 -0800

Apple released brand new versions of all their hardware, and I want to change. New Powerbooks with FW ports built in, and a graphite iBook, but what is it about moving from PC to Mac that gives one the feeling of coming out the proverbial closet and shielding themselves from being pelted with tomatoes?