Immersion tests Inventory systems in First Person Shooters…
Folks at Immersion test the feasibility the typical (eg Doom) inventory system, where you can carry 10+ weapons.
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Windows Phone Permanently Modifies MicroSD Cards, Warns Samsung
Don’t put your MicroSD cards into Windows Phones. According to Samsung, doing so is a ‘permanent modification’ to the card, and it can no longer be used in other devices. And Microsoft backs this up.  They state here [microsoft.com], that is happening more clearly. When the operating system integrates the SD card with your phone: It […]
Hedy Lamarr helped invent Radio Frequency Hopping
From Wikipedia… The most celebrated invention of frequency hopping was that of actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil, who in 1942 received patent number 2,292,387 for their “Secret Communications System.” This early version of frequency hopping used a piano-roll to change between 88 frequencies, and was intended to make radio-guided torpedoes harder for enemies […]