Friday, 28 January 2000
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Two Viridian Notes came out this week. #129 is about cheap little fuel cells developed by Los Alamos National Labs and Motorola, and #130 is about Transmeta's Crusoe chip (about which much has already been written elsewhere).
Viridian Pope-Emperor (and noted CyberPunk auteur) Bruce Sterling puts these two announcements together in a striking way:
Imagine these chips combined with the Motorola postage-stamp fuel cell. One foresees a world of cheap, green, recyclable laptops made out of bamboo, glass and straw, that run for months or years by sipping booze. Really. No kidding. The trend is here. If you ask for it loudly enough, you'll get it.
This is Frugal Chips and Tiny Fuel Cells <http://monkeyfist.com/articles/135>