Researchers tout progress with maglev joystick, aim to bring it to market – Engadget

Researchers tout progress with maglev joystick, aim to bring it to market Posted Mar 5th 2008 1:57PM by Donald Melanson Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Peripherals Maglev technology may be best know for its use in trains (and the odd wind turbine), but a group of researchers led by Carnegie Mellon University’s Ralph Hollis have some Read more about Researchers tout progress with maglev joystick, aim to bring it to market – Engadget[…]

Simtrix trots out radically designed Swiftpoint mice – Engadget

Simtrix trots out radically designed Swiftpoint mice Posted Mar 5th 2008 2:26PM by Darren Murph Filed under: Peripherals Sure, we’ve seen input peripherals stretch the core meaning of the word “mouse,” but few have done it better than Simtrix. First up in the Swiftpoint series is the TriPed (on left), which was designed to be Read more about Simtrix trots out radically designed Swiftpoint mice – Engadget[…]

IOGEAR – GPEN200N – Mobile Digital Scribe

Mobile Digital Scribe is the first device ever to capture natural handwriting from any surface, and store it in the receiver for future use. Based on a revolutionary electronic pen that uses ordinary ink refill to write on any paper, the Mobile Digital Scribe stores handwritten notes, memos or drawings for easy upload to any Read more about IOGEAR – GPEN200N – Mobile Digital Scribe[…]

If you got firewire…

Then you can connect any Linux PC running winlockpwn to it and bypass the login prompt. Using bioskbsnarf you can read the BIOS password. The paper on how to do it is called “Hit By A Bus: Physical Access Attacks with Firewire (as performed at Ruxcon 2k6)” and can be found here too.