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Date:	Tue, 13 Jun 2006 22:43:35 -0700
From:	"Bob" <2lvvuss02@sneakemail.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: OT: Future Computing ?

** Reply to message from "J R FOX jr_fox@pacbell.net" on Tue, 13 Jun 2006
21:33:42 -0700

> I'll just note that there have been various intriguing
> predictions on this subject in many science-fiction
> novels, or in futuristic films that bothered to do
> some research, like "Minority Report." I'm just
> wondering how far away this particular prototype is
> from any fruition ?

I don't know if they have miniaturization down that small yet but the problem
at this time is power. Batteries do not have enough power to keep something
like that going long enough to be of any use.

--
Robert Blair

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