Comments on: Computers like grains of sand http://highearthorbit.com/computers-like-grains-of-sand/ Transmitting ideas, observations, and images from 42,000 km. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:54:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Dan The Man http://highearthorbit.com/computers-like-grains-of-sand/#comment-201454 Dan The Man Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:04:06 +0000 http://highearthorbit.com/computers-like-grains-of-sand/#comment-201454 Sounds a little like http://buglabs.net/ (allowing random attach/detach of one or many screens, plug and play gps, accelerometer, etc.) They even (supposedly) expose the peripherals via REST so you could use them remotely. They expect you to write your SW in Java though. Sounds a little like http://buglabs.net/ (allowing random attach/detach of one or many screens, plug and play gps, accelerometer, etc.) They even (supposedly) expose the peripherals via REST so you could use them remotely. They expect you to write your SW in Java though.

]]> By: Will http://highearthorbit.com/computers-like-grains-of-sand/#comment-50763 Will Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:26:41 +0000 http://highearthorbit.com/computers-like-grains-of-sand/#comment-50763 The CS equivalent of stem cells -- looking for objects that have not yet differentiated. Very interesting, creative stuff. Does this mean that there will be some MindStorms under the tree this Christmas? The CS equivalent of stem cells — looking for objects that have not yet differentiated. Very interesting, creative stuff.

Does this mean that there will be some MindStorms under the tree this Christmas?

]]> By: Allan Doyle http://highearthorbit.com/computers-like-grains-of-sand/#comment-50704 Allan Doyle Tue, 24 Oct 2006 22:44:47 +0000 http://highearthorbit.com/computers-like-grains-of-sand/#comment-50704 You are warming the cockles of every Grid computing person's heart here. Not to mention Sun and their container full of computers. And the Gumstix people. I think lots of people think this is possible and a good way to go. It remains an exercise of packaging. If you could pop in compute units as easily as we currently put batteries into things, then there's a chance. You are warming the cockles of every Grid computing person’s heart here. Not to mention Sun and their container full of computers. And the Gumstix people. I think lots of people think this is possible and a good way to go. It remains an exercise of packaging. If you could pop in compute units as easily as we currently put batteries into things, then there’s a chance.

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