The New Scientist has an article about a new PC based unit that’s the size of a pack of cards.
The Modular Computing Core is being launched on 7 November by Antelope Technologies, a Colorado-based start-up. The device is a single portable unit into which all the essential computing components are crammed. At 76 by 127 by 19 millimetres (5 x 3 x 3/4 inches), the MCC is not much bigger than a deck of cards.
This core unit can then either be slotted into a docking station to be used with a screen and keyboard as a desktop computer, or into small portable “shell” with a touch-sensitive screen, turning it into a handheld computer.
Inside the MCC is a 1GHz microprocessor, 256 MB of RAM and a 10 or 15 GB hard drive. It will also run a full version of Microsoft’s XP operating system, instead of the stripped-down operating systems used by handheld computers.
Like an iPod for applications. Or if it had a little hi-powered graphics card you could use it for a very portable games machine. Though then you wouldn’t want to stick it in your shirt pocket as it would probably burn your nipples.
