By Ian Chiu
There's something besides CPU speed and hard drive space that you will never have enough of, and that's USB port. So, what do you do to get more of those when your desktop is already heavily...
By Evan Ackerman
I think we can all agree that the boring, beige, linear power strip is (or should be) a relic from the past. Most gadgets now ship with giant power adapters that take up at least two (if...
By Luke Anderson
Shoes and technology aren't generally two things that go hand-in-hand. However, since the inception of Nike + iPod, it has been a little more common to hear people talking about both in the same breath. As far...
By Evan Ackerman
Even though the RoboDevelopment Conference was primarily about, well, robots, there was a lot of potential crossover technology that has huge applications for consumer electronics. One of the most impressive of these that I saw was the...
By Evan Ackerman
When I hear something called "explosion proof," I can't wait for somebody to violently disprove the claim. The Ruffneck computer seems to take things pretty seriously, though: it's approved for ATEX Zone 1 applications and HAZLOC environments,...
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By Evan Ackerman
Most (if not all) laptop coolers currently on the market, even the ones labeled as "active," don't do much more than blow ambient temperature air at your laptop in a feeble attempt to lower its temperature. Embraco...
By Evan Ackerman
Remember the days before USB? Remember how miserable we all were, dealing with PS/2 and (gasp) serial ports? Pretty soon, we'll be looking back at USB 2.0 in almost the same way. Unlike the difference between USB...
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By Evan Ackerman
Do you ever suffer from computer-related performance anxiety? If so, you're definitely not alone, and Calvin College student Tim Brom has the cure: a built-from-scratch 26.25 gigaflops supercomputer that runs off one standard wall outlet, will fit...
By Ryan Nill
This nifty concept is really quite simple: it's an external hard drive that only stores what you delete. Of course, if you're deleting something, you probably want to be rid of it, so the point of...