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Jason Snell

Jason Snell, MacWorld Editorial Director: "...what we're going to talk about is something a little newsier, namely the release of the MacBook Air. It was announced at MacWorld Expo, on January 15th, and it's arrived. I have one right here. Oooo, it's very thin.

"...The MacBook Air is thin and light. That is what it's all about. If you're somebody who cares more about processor speed and a big hard drive and lots of flexibility, lots of options when you order it on the Apple Store, you're not gonna get that with this product.

"And that's OK. This is a product that's very specifically for a certain audience. It's the audience that cares about the fact that this product is roughly three-quarters on an inch thick at its thickest point. And for me more importantly, it weighs 3 pounds..."

Nifty Little Robot

"Many robotics researchers are now taking inspiration from nature. It's not only the brains of the animals they're copying, but also their shapes and their behavior in unpredictable situations.

Swiss researchers developed a model of a salamander's spinal cord and created a similar system to control the movement of their salamander robot. It receives electrical signals from a wireless laptop that can tell it to switch from swimming to walking and to change speed or direction. Nature helped these scientists, but it also turned out that their robot helped neuro-biologists understand four-legged locomotion.

At Macworld Expo

His stops include the booths of: Axiotron, makers of the Modbook tablet computer; Matias, which makes the Matias folding keyboard; Dream Cheeky, which makes the MSN Missile Launcher; Otterbox, where we look at the Armor series of cases for the iPhone; and Vestalife, which makes the Ladybug speaker dock for the iPod.

The MacWorld Conference & Expo features educational conferences taught by leaders in their field, which require large admission fees to attend, and last for a few more days than the Expo. The Expo is open for a number of days (generally three or four), and attendees can visit the exhibits set up by hardware manufacturers and software publishers that support the Macintosh platform.