Designed to be soldered directly onto the motherboard of a smartphone or tablet computer, iSSDs will initially be available in sizes from 1GB to 64GB, all crammed into a space of 16mm x 20mm x 1.85mm and weighing less than one gram.
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It's not unusual for science fiction concepts to influence real world science and technology. It's well known and documented that the writers of Star Trek in particular have had an enormous impact on the world; the latest example of this is the Star Trek Padd, a conceptual forerunner of Apple's iPad. It's far less common for Star Wars to predict working technologies since so much of the technology in those worlds resembles magic more than science.
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The feature list they sent along is outstanding though. This is not simply a port of the existing iPhone/iPad client. This is an entirely new direction for TweetDeck, one that I can't wait to get my hands on. Here's the short list:
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It is with deep regrets that we must pass on word that the QUE is dead. Plastic Logic's beautifully designed but ill-timed electronic ink eReader had been plagued with bad luck since it was announced in January.
Read MoreRocket powered helicopters. Sounds like a ridiculous idea, doesn't it? That's exactly what the Dragonfly DF-1 is. So how can such a device work? To start, you create the lightest-weight helicopter you possibly can. Lightweight materials and construction, no unnecessary parts.
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