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Compaq client Charlie Orndorff is a believer. As chief information officer for Crossmark, a sales-and marketing-support firm based in Dallas, Orndorff spends the bulk of his $15 million IT budget on tech support for Compaq handheld devices, PCs, servers and storage networks. "Dell approached me," he says, "but all my engineers are HP certified, and adding brands with other certification requirements for a slightly lower price on the hardware wasn't compelling enough...
...SAMPLING Air sucked through special filters will capture lots of desert dust and maybe small amounts of chemical, biological or radioactive material. U.N. teams will also use swipes and handheld detectors...
...Bill Gates says that tablet PCs will replace ordinary laptops in five years. No doubt his prediction is based on the anticipation of lighter, cheaper, simpler versions to come. Manufacturers are close to producing sleek handheld devices that function less like computers and more like wireless electronic books, which can be used for Web surfing, e-mailing, and for reading newspapers, books and periodicals. Tablet technology isn't there yet, but the day will come when you'll finally be able to download TIME on a tablet - and, yes, take it into the bathroom...
...order food at a Burger King, he had a eureka moment: Why not create a device that translates sign language into text? Armed with that idea and a leather golf glove, Patterson created a device that senses its wearer's hand movements and transmits them wirelessly to a tiny handheld monitor, where they appear as words. The device won Patterson a top prize at the Siemens Westinghouse Science and Technology Competition. INVENTOR Ryan Patterson AVAILABILITY Prototype TO LEARN MORE www.siemens-foundation.org...
Wonder what your dog is really thinking? Japanese toymaker Takara claims it can get you in touch with your inner canine through its new Bowlingual. A radio microphone attaches to Fido's collar, and a handheld receiver "translates" his yelps, growls and whines into such phrases as "I can't stand it," "How boring" and "I'm lonely." How does it work? Samples of dog noises were collected, interpreted by animal behaviorists and stored in a doggie database. When your dog barks, the sound is beamed to the handheld and matched to the database. When in doubt, take...