Coverage can be on anything from industrial robots to Lego Mindstorms, and anything in between. We can't think of a more unplugged form of computing than robots, and this is your chance to tell the world about what you've been up to or the new toys that turn you on.

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Tablet PC update
Those of you who know me know I love my Acer Tablet PC, warts and all. Well, the C100 went completely nuts this week, totally flaking out. Fortunately, it's under warranty, so it's been sent in for warranty repair.

The Acer's fit and finish is a bit weak, and it looks like something went wrong or a wire crossed on the flip-around screen, because any time the stylus was used on the screen, the Tablet PC completely lost control of its input event stream. Stay tuned. I'll tell you how it turns out when I get the machine back.

Take care!
David

For more than 20 years, David Gewirtz, the author of Where Have All The Emails Gone? and The Flexible Enterprise, has analyzed current, historical, and emerging issues relating to technology, competitiveness, and policy. David is the Editor-in-Chief of the ZATZ magazines, is the Cyberterrorism Advisor for the International Association for Counterterrorism and Security Professionals, and is a member of the instructional faculty at the University of California, Berkeley extension. He can be reached at david@zatz.com.