Internet enabled surfboard

[Gazza]

A previous forum topic talked about mobile phones and pagers in the line up, this mornings paper has an article that takes this concept a step further. Judging by the rivalry created by the previous forum this is sure to ruffle a few feathers. Where does it all end, technology suxs doesn't it.

Here's the article -

For beach bums who get withdrawal shakes if they are deprived of email for a few hours, here's the answer: an internet-enabled surfboard.

The gadget, developed by microprocessor giant Intel, incorporates a touch-screen tablet computer and solar panels on its top surface, which is protected from seawater by a thin sheet of clear plastic.

It has a wi-fi antenna for access to the web "and even a built-in webcam to capture those special moments at sea," the British weekly New Scientist reports in its next issue, out next Saturday.

Intel built the novelty board to promote its sponsorship of a surfing competition in south-western England this month.