Technically, the strongest fan in the world will not cool a room. At best, you can equalize the temperature and water saturation of the air within.

I know! It's like this designer is talking about Microsoft's current direction instead of talking about the direction it took over 3 years ago!

haha, coming from the other side of the border, I can assure you that there is nothing as disappointing as discovering that your wallet thick with notes actually contains just $6 or $7 or something. Do agree with the weight though. On the plus side, UK have thicker and heavier coins. Could be worse.

Power is simply a function of torque times angular velocity. The difference between an internal combustion engine and an electric motor is that the latter can deliver peak power from naught, thus allowing maximum torque at initial acceleration.

Many would also call it becoming a developed nation...

To be fair, Jesus, why the hell are hand guns and automatic weapons still legal in the US? They're clearly designed to kill people (as opposed to semi-automatic rifles which are mainly used to hunt), are easily concealable and yet are readily available.

Great to see more innovation in airborne wind turbines!

I think it's interesting that most of the points you make could have been made about the first generations of notebooks. Yet current sales indicate that the desktop has all but been replaced in most applications.

"considering how they've outsold PCs recently"

There was a really interesting concept briefly shown off when MS introduced the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. It was an all-in-one desktop that could be tilted down to what looked like a drafting table angle. If that screen can also support the precision of a pressure sensitive stylus (and good palm rejection), I can…

I have a crazy mad crush on Zooey Deschanel... CAST HER!! She should be in everything.

I understand where you're coming from, but one of the questions I asked myself when I chose my phone was "do I want cutting-edge technology, or do I want a device that works really really well?". I ended up buying an HD7 which, while the hardware frustrates me (stay away from HTC), the OS is still silky smooth and…

Too true... that any person actually calls themselves a "republican" or "democrat", liberal or conservative... Make up your own mind on each issue! No one realistically fits in 100% of a platform for all issues.

....so Sam. You're saying creating a product that's evidently risky and innovative by its design is going to bring about gadget monotony? As opposed to... having everyone copy Apple's designs?

I've been running Windows 8 through the DP and now CP, and while the new start screen still feels off, the rest of the updates are actually pretty great.

Exactly! I'm hoping a manufacturer takes this approach with Windows 8. The future of computing needs more flexibility and more power than a simple tablet.

...Yeah, that missing 2% that is engineered in there to prolong the battery's useful life by several years is clearly Apple being unethical.

To add a few of my own gripes about the iPad:

Haha, while you're right, an "acceleration with direction inverse to the that of velocity" somehow doesn't come out as nicely.

Exactly. In fact, the reason we currently have hybrid cars, the reason why we are seeing the reintroduction of electric vehicles is in large part due to the current high price of petrol, and the fact that this price will continue to rise for the foreseeable future. Economics are a huge driving force of innovation in…