On Tuesday, January 14, 2003, at 08:49 AM, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
I saw mention on the Yahoo news site that some health clubs and gyms are already taking steps to limit the types of cellphones allowed in the changing areas (and maybe elsewhere).At 01:38 AM 1/14/03 -0800, Bill Stewart wrote:data speeds on cell phones are getting fast enough that if they've designed the phones right, you can get at least CU-SeeMe quality video and maybe better, with 64kbps, and ostensibly 384kbps But it's a start.Its pretty common to see a "reporter" holding a cell phone up to a talking head surrounded by more conventional microphones, tape recorders.When a major news medium first uses a video snip recorded from a phone at the scene, the Brinworld clock will have advanced another second. And then some Nokia yahoo will introduce some more interesting features that used to be found in $10K specialized video/recording equiptment * snap a frame if something moves (security) * FIFO the last N seconds * low light/IR/frame accumulate etc. making the 7segment LED Brinworld clock blick closer to midnight.
--Tim May
