[ZZII 527]

Originally Posted by Adam Y.

Actually, my best guess is that this product is going to be announced on Wensday by IFI in Boston. They really don't want some random person posting this information and hence they send out the email so that people are suprised by some random Joe posting it on Chiefdelphi.

Could somebody please fill me in on what IFI is doing in Boston? I'd love to see it.

Also, since I originally speculated on the laptop situation, I feel I should temper that suggestion a bit - I don't see it as a really great option namely because of the durability, not the cost. The cost of the current OI is ~$350. Add on the radio modem and some chicklets, all of which aren't necessarily needed with a laptop/wireless solution, and you can get into the price range of a low-end model, which is all we would need. (Yes, I know the chicklets aren't in the kit cost now.) But I would agree that its durability would be questionable, given the amount of abuse laptops seem to take at competitions. OI processing is a cool concept, though. Maybe the RC does real-time sensor-type stuff and the OI does game strategy-type stuff.

It's fun hearing everyone's interesting ideas. No need to shoot down ideas in this thread - I think they all have some merit.