All-USB Thin Client Workstations En Route from Tritton
USB displays, network cards, hard drives and video cards are here, why not just a whole USB work station? Tritton has the answer to that question. The era of personal computer has peaked and people are now wishing for some more simplicity. Tritton has announced it is working with Microsoft to deliver that simpler future within the confines/garden of Windows MultiPoint Server. Combined with Tritton's SEE2 USB video technology, today's overpowered server computers can provide a full workstation environment to USB thin client workstations. The thin client architecture is already seeing a revival amongst institutional clients via VDI and other contenders.
Partnered with a Microsoft server product for ease of administration, simple USB 2.0 connectivity with no complicated wiring schemes and a workstation price point will make netbooks seem expensive. USB workstations could easily start as low as $100, and require that only a single server be maintained to serve entire offices. Desktop support staff requirements would be slashed right along side hardware costs as the only pieces to maintain are a server and physical connections to the devices. The MultiPoint Workstation 300 is an industry first, and can support up to 10 clients per MultiPoint Server. Due for release later this year expect to have one of these in front of you at some point in the next 2 years as a certainty.
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Going Green has Never Been so Easy, Just Click and Grow
Everyone who ever went to Space Camp or followed the Grateful Dead has probably at one time or another been interested in hydroponics. Click and Grow finally has a computerized, no hassle version that you can run at your desk or windowsill. Insert a custom seed pod into the Aeroponic container and you're halfway done. Hit the Internet to download the latest watering and conditions information for your selected plant and use USB to upload this information to the Click and Grow unit. That's all there is to it. Just keep it plugged in and filled with water and you should have blossoms, fruit, vegetables or buds.
Some of the higher end models can actually extricate moisture from the air to water your plants. All models are completely soil free, but the seed pod packages do come loaded with the vital nutrients and fertilizers required to get your product to prosper. More so than more passive monitoring systems of the past, the chamber is actually used to make temperature and humidity adjustments in the closed environment to get the maximum growth for you prize Crops without letting your deadly black thumb get the best of you yet again. For those of you interest in more aggressive gardening, not the Phish crowd, may want to be wary of the providers claims. At least a few of the species they have listed there take more than a seasons to start bearing fruit. YMMV but Caveat emptor and good luck with your plants, you needs your spinach to grows up big and strong like Pop-Eye.
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Pricey CleanKeys Keyboard is Really Slick, in a Medical Way
The new Cleankeys keyboard is designed to help you keep from getting a virus, you know, a real one, not one of those sissy computer viruses. The keyboard is made to work around the clock in a business setting and be frequently wiped down and disinfected. Dentists and Doctors have been have been waiting for this for years, unfortunately they may the only ones who can afford it. The touch-sensitive keyboards run from $400 to $450, depending on the tactile version you choose; the two models vary by being completely feature-less and smooth or having small grooves that allow for tiled sensation. Both versions have no moving parts or tactile feedback, but do include a round touchpad so that no a mouse is required at all.
While these features seem like they might have been designed by Apple, they actually have function besides just looking cool but they will take some getting used to, something akin to learning to type on that bluetooth laser keyboard. They are waterproof and spill-proof as well, allowing for accidents which are common in the workplace according to Murphy's Law. That way, you don't even have to unplug it, just hit the pause key and wipe it down. The pause key suspends keyboard functions when you need to clean the unit; the CleanKeys resumes when you hit it again. The keyboard is run off a wireless USB connection and recharges via a mini USB port that is tightly concealed until it's needed to juice the battery. If you've got the dough and have a bit of that germ phobia that seems to be so trendy lately, the CleanKeys can be ordered now from their suppliers. Brief video demo after the jump.
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