June 29, 2004
Web Surfing No Longer A Metaphor?
The LA Times (free registration required) reports on a project - evidently Intel-sponsored - in which a Tablet PC, with WiFi capabilities, is embedded in a surf board, of all things.
SAY NO MORE - Pun intended
Was it pun or fun that motivated a chip maker (see logo above) to cook up the Web- and wave-riding vehicle it unveiled this month?
The prototype incorporates a tablet PC, solar panels and video camera and communicates via WiFi with a high-speed net connection point, or hotspot, on the beach. A surfer at Rincon can watch a similarly equipped buddy at Blacks get tubed, then check the Web's many live surf cams for hollower waves at another break.
Meanwhile, publications like this will find the stupid surf joke irresistible and offer free publicity. Posted by jbleecker at June 29, 2004 08:53 AM
Comments
Welcome Julian!
Posted by: sfisher at June 29, 2004 11:38 AM
I need to get one of those. I love surfing (the ocean), and yes, welcome Julian!
Posted by: Mike at June 29, 2004 12:15 PM
Like Scott said, welcome!
I'm looking forward to your course this fall. So this board is like surf squared man, catching hi-fi durin' hi-tide sounds boad-narly!
Cali is the prefect place to do this, where else would you find a niche market like this, rich sufers with time to burn.
Does that guy have a stylus? Is it attached to his ankle?!?
Posted by: SEDinehart at June 29, 2004 12:24 PM
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