The next decade may find 4.3 pedabits per second traveling down that solitary pipe--enough to beam a family reunion in holographic form into every living room in Manhattan.
The first trial run demonstrated that 1 km of high-density polyethylene pipe could be laid down over mountainous terrain and in windy conditions in just nine minutes.
There are plans to pipe water from Austria down south to much dryer countries like Spain - but some people who live at the source of the water in the Alps are not keen on the idea.
From the top down, the ARCHOS GamePad looks priced to compete, but to survive the onslaught of affordable tablets and controller solutions coming down the pipe, it will need to deliver exceptional build quality and no-hassle game compatibility when it launches in October 2012.