Re: [scifinoir2] Kid builds his own iPad stand (photos)

2010-04-17 Thread Mr. Worf
Maybe in 20 years someone will take another look at it and create something from it. Thats how some inventions end up being inventions. :) I'm always fascinated by the bulk of inventions that were created by kids and by people with no training in that particular field. The rest seem to be acciden

Re: [scifinoir2] Kid builds his own iPad stand (photos)

2010-04-17 Thread Martin Baxter
They tried, with limited success. (Friends in the Navy.) On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Mr. Worf wrote: > > > The kid's invention was developed into a toy and was used by the military. > I don't know if they ever implemented it. > > > On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 5:06 AM, Martin Baxter wrote: > >>

Re: [scifinoir2] Kid builds his own iPad stand (photos)

2010-04-17 Thread Mr. Worf
The kid's invention was developed into a toy and was used by the military. I don't know if they ever implemented it. On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 5:06 AM, Martin Baxter wrote: > > > Mr Worf, that was my Inner Cynic posting, after a day spent in a pharmacy > waiting room. And yes, I do remember that st

Re: [scifinoir2] Kid builds his own iPad stand (photos)

2010-04-17 Thread Martin Baxter
Mr Worf, that was my Inner Cynic posting, after a day spent in a pharmacy waiting room. And yes, I do remember that story, vaguely. On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 2:29 AM, Mr. Worf wrote: > > > I'm hoping that the kid was just thinking outside of the box. There are a > lot of kids that come up with som

Re: [scifinoir2] Kid builds his own iPad stand (photos)

2010-04-16 Thread Mr. Worf
I'm hoping that the kid was just thinking outside of the box. There are a lot of kids that come up with some great ideas. Many lose that zeal when they get older. Anyone remember the kid that created a device so that he could talk to his friends underwater? On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 5:34 PM, Martin

Re: [scifinoir2] Kid builds his own iPad stand (photos)

2010-04-16 Thread Martin Baxter
This means one of two things. Either the kid dreams big, for which I applaud him, or Mommy and Daddy handed him an iPad the day they became available, in which case I sneer at him. On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Mr. Worf wrote: > > > >- Home / >- ZDNet Photo Galleri

[scifinoir2] Kid builds his own iPad stand (photos)

2010-04-16 Thread Mr. Worf
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