Toys for crystallography: Maybe this could be filed under the same category as Johnny Chung Lee's Wii Remote projects a number of people here have mentioned about (though this certainly isn’t as cool as his “Minority Report” gloves or "fake" 3D-glasses)!
Still, if Apple has it's way, in a year or two the iPod Touch will be as common in the science lab as an iPod is now. I suspect that if someone hasn't already, a LIMS will be adapted for hand held computers. P.S: From the log file, I’ve noticed a number of people trying this out on non-iPhone browsers. If you’d like to try it out on a non-iPhone/Pocket-PC computer, I would recommend using the following URL as it’s got a few more features (and a larger screen layout): http://www.pageforaday.com/xtalwizard/fixed_order.php (sans "-i") Cheers! > Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:11:17 -0700 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Crystal scoring sheets for iPhones/Pocket-PCs > To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK > > Sounds great. > > You can jailbreak an iPhone/iPod touch and install a whole BSD > subsystem on it. So printing should be possible at some point... > > This of course also suggests that iPod touch is a valid research > expense ... > > > William G. Scott > > Contact info: > http://chemistry.ucsc.edu/~wgscott/ > > > On Mar 19, 2008, at 8:59 AM, P Hubbard wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > I could be wrong, but I’m not aware of any servers that have tray > > inspection web pages designed for iPhones and Pocket-PCs, so I > > thought I’d try and make a web page with simple scoring sheets for > > such devices. I don’t own an iPhone myself, but the following web > > page seems to work well on a phone I tried out at an O2 store. Hope > > it’s of use to people who don't have a computer by their microscope. > > > > http://www.pageforaday.com/xtalwizard/fixed_order-i.html > > > > In response to a request, I’ve also allowed an option to include > > your custom screens. I’ve designed it so that you don’t need an > > account. > > > > P.S: I’ve read that you can’t print directly from an iPhone (though > > I assume you can either e-mail the data URL, or plug the phone into > > a computer with a printer). I’ve not tried the page out on a Pocket- > > PC, but I expect it will display reasonably well on these screens > > too (with JavaScript enabled), and I believe many of the newer > > Pocket-PCs allow wireless printing. Maybe Apple will release an > > appropriate iPhone update soon. > > > > Thanks > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Climb to the top of the charts! Play the word scramble challenge > > with star power. > > http://club.live.com/star_shuffle.aspx?icid=starshuffle_wlmailtextlink_jan _________________________________________________________________ Need to know the score, the latest news, or you need your Hotmail®-get your "fix". http://www.msnmobilefix.com/Default.aspx
