Nvidia's First Maxwell Card Is a Power-Sipping Screamer

Nvidia's First Maxwell Card Is a Power-Sipping Screamer

Nvidia’sTegra K1 is damned pretty for mobile tech, but the desktop team hasn’t just been sitting around waiting for Tegra to catch up. Say hello to Maxwell—the new architecture on the desktop side—and the GTX 750Ti. It’s a tiny little sucker that’s worth its weight in watts.

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The World's Smallest Bluetooth Chip Will Make Smartwatches Last Longer

The World's Smallest Bluetooth Chip Will Make Smartwatches Last Longer

The rise of wearable devices like smartwatches have spurred the world’s electronics makers to miniaturize their already tiny components even further. And TDK has managed to create what it’s claiming is the world’s smallest Bluetooth module, which also happens to be incredibly energy efficient.

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Gooey Electrolyte Could Put an End to Battery Fires

Gooey Electrolyte Could Put an End to Battery Fires

Battery fires are no fun. Just ask Boeing. Problem is, lithium-ion batteries are full of liquid acid electrolyte that gushes out when a battery’s housing ruptures, causing chemical burns and fires. Not fun. But what if, instead of burny liquid, batteries were filled with a viscous goo that would stay put? That’s exactly what these Washington State University researchers propose.

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MEMS: The Microscopic Switches That Make the Modern World Possible

We use them every day without realizing it. They’re in our phones, our cars, our cameras, and innumerable electronic devices. They’re called MEMS, and they’re the microscopic switches that allow our gadgets to become smaller, lighter, and faster.

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This Is the Most Complex Integrated Quantum Circuit Ever Made

This Is the Most Complex Integrated Quantum Circuit Ever Made

It might look understated, but you’re looking at the most functionally complex integrated quantum circuit ever made from a single material—and it can both generate photons and entangle them, all at the same time.

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This Is the World’s Fastest Thin-Film Organic Transistor

This Is the World’s Fastest Thin-Film Organic Transistor

It might look like there’s not much to it, but you’re looking the world’s fastest thin-film organic transistor—and it could revolutionize the displays we spend our days looking at.

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These Are the Brains of the Next Bitcoin Mining Monster

These Are the Brains of the Next Bitcoin Mining Monster

In just a few short years, bitcoin mining has come a long way, from CPUs, to GPUs, to specialized, single purpose, system-on-a-chip beasts. There’s still progress to be made, though, more efficient mining marvels to build. This is that progress. Meet the (prototype) brains of an insane digital drill.

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Razer’s Modular Desktop Makes Building a PC Like Playing with Legos

Razer's Modular Desktop Makes Building a PC Like Playing with Legos

Building your own computer is generally reserved for the hardcore, the devoted, the geeky. But with Razer’s Project Christine, it’s as easy as playing with Legos. Really big, actively mineral cooled Legos. Also it looks like a badass rack of rockets or something, which is cool as shit.

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Toshiba Has a Lytro-Style Camera Ready to Pop Into Your Phone

Toshiba Has a Lytro-Style Camera Ready to Pop Into Your Phone

Toshiba has just announced a new camera module that allows users to refocus smartphone photos after they’re taken, like Lytro’s light field technology.

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Qualcomm’s New Snapdragon Chips Will Power TVs and Cars, Not Your Phone

Qualcomm's New Snapdragon Chips Will Power TVs and Cars, Not Your Phone

Snapdragon’s latest hunks of speedy silicon aren’t destined for your telephone or tablet. No, instead, new tweaks made to the Snapdragon 600 and 800 will power your connected car and home theater, respectively, instead.

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