Some fantastic new technology for Adam III

So, we all know how incredible Adam I was. We've heard much about Adam II already, read here for the promises made on Adam II. Never mind that in over 3 years of its "start-up" existence this amazing company hasn't released one viable product.

And now, ladies and gentlemen, we're already hearing about Adam III! Who bankroll's these geniuses, I wonder? (I have a theory*).

So here's a glimpse from the article in economic times - and excerpt for your convenience

"The research and development team is creating a stylus technology, which will enable students to write on tablets the way one would use a pen and paper for writing or drawing. This includes making tablet screen rough or uneven to give a feel like a standard pad of paper. The firm is also working on a technology that will enable students to interface laboratory equipment with tablets and smartphones to perform experiments and do calculations"

"The company hopes to release these technologies in the third version of the Adam Tablet within two years. "We believe low cost tablets will become ubiquitous among students in the next two years," says Rohan Shravan, founder of Notion Ink Design. The use of tablets is also growing within academia. "We are very bullish on the wide scale use of tablets within the education industry."

Oh boy! Did you read that? Notion Ink Design Labs is now working on new stylus technology for Adam III! This is the same illustrious team that got us Eden, Adam I, all the DIY stuff, amazing Adam I camera and what not. Who believes them?

I'm just waiting for the NI worshippers to come screaming "REVOLUTIONARY" too bad NI isn't publishing the comments of their own fawning fanboys (all 10 of them) ;) Hey you guys can post on my blog, I'll publish.

So that's it guys, those of you waiting for Adam II. keep in mind Adam I was a third rate beta product that you forced yourself to praise. Your guess is as good as mine for Adam II as, you know, they're already onto Adam III. Hooray!

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* I sometimes wonder if they're making some money by providing OEM/design services for some of those cheap low quality tablets coming up in India, released by other companies.

They're all about design, precision and quality. Like last time?

Well, the twitter account came to life a bit - and here are two interesting tweets

Here's what I'd say: Please shut up and stop talking about "we're all about...." and indulge in more self praise as you did the last time. A whole lot of hot air and excuses later on. The quality and precision won't be evident in NEWSLETTER UPDATES, it will be in the actual physical product in the hands of users.

Brag about your precision, design & quality AFTER you release it. The last time the users heard plenty of how amazing Eden would be only to experience garbage that quickly got abandoned.

The same empty words and bombastic nonsense is back again - their 25 fans will no doubt lap it up and start screaming "iPad Killer!!!!!! we haz faith in u Rohun!!!!!visionary! omg camera!!!!!!!!!" but the rest should sit tight and wait to see the product. If it's all they've promised, great.

(The second tweet says 'we've received lots of feedback', not clear if they're referring to the past feedback or of people having seen their next product.)

Constant stream of exciting updates coming!

Hooray! Oh boy! Oh boy!

Notion Ink is alive again…it’s all about Adam II baby

Well, the homepage changed — well, I actually like the minimalist, simple page indicating something will happen. Clueless they may be about how to communicate that they would be vanishing for a while (see their blog about coming back from a break and nonsense like that), at least something is happening now.

First, they have a new twitter feed! Oh wait, they had one about 1 1/2 years ago and … well who cares. There’s a new twitter feed http://twitter.com/notionink and it’s full of updates! Just kidding.

Maybe the fans will get a working device after they’ve exhausted their 297th beta, 698th alpha and 2400th ROM.

The retarded monkey’s been quiet though – guess it too got working.