http://www.metafilter.com/tags/miniaturization Posts tagged with 'miniaturization' at MetaFilter. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:37:12 -0800 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:37:12 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/73504/Quick%2DHenry%2Dthe%2DFlit Continuing the miniaturization of earlier designs, researchers at the Technical University of Delft have created a very <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080722085558.htm">tiny ornithopter</a> which carries a one half gram video camera. The <a href=" http://www.delfly.nl/">DelFly micro</a>. Videos of the DelFly I and II are available <a href="http://www.lr.tudelft.nl/live/pagina.jsp?id=6068c9ca-081f-47eb-87bc-2097f097b945">here</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.73504 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:37:12 -0800 microairvehicle miniaturization ornithopter robot surveillance Kronos_to_Earth http://www.metafilter.com/40750/HP01%2Dcalculator%2Dwatch "Time: elusive and immediate...limited yet infinite. Because time is important to you, Hewlett-Packard introduces the <a href="http://www.hpmuseum.org/hp01.htm">HP-01</a>, a new dimension in time management and personal computation." Truly, such an important model number could only be bestowed upon the king of all early calculator watches. No less than three batteries were required (two for the LED display alone), and even HP's <a href="http://www.ledwatches.net/articles/hp01-journal/hp-journal1.htm">impressive engineering</a> was unable to save the HP-01 from the <a href="http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/abouthp/histnfacts/museum/personalsystems/0022/0022cutaway.html">curse of bulkiness</a>; it did not sell well at the $650 price point. The HP-01 was discontinued in 1980, as <a href="http://pocketcalculatorshow.com/nerdwatch/">inexpensive LCD calculator watches</a> began flooding the market (don't lie, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/39264">you know you had one</a>). tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.40750 Sun, 27 Mar 2005 00:03:17 -0800 calculator hp led miniaturization watch Galvatron