It’s not just the bullets that are getting smarter. As the US military pushes for deeper technological integration in its fighting forces, more and more bandwidth and computing power will be needed to keep everything connected. Dell’s new self-contained server rooms will turn even the most remote Forward Operating Base into an impromptu data center. More »
If you’ve ever built your own PC, you know there’s an art to applying the thermal grease that helps to cool the system’s processor. That technique could one day be a thing of the past thanks to a new thermal conducting sheet developed by Sony. It’s far easier to apply than thermal grease, and it’s more effective at keeping the processor from overheating. More »
The general rule of thumb is that the smaller it is, the crappier its built-in speaker will sound. But semiconductor maker NXP wants to change that with its new NXP TFA9887 IC chip that claims to boost the output power of tiny speakers from 0.5 watts to over 2.6 watts. More »
By using the superconductors titanium nitride and niobium titanium nitride as the core of their new amplifier, researchers at Caltech and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will be able to collect signals from black holes and quantum particles alike with little-to no noise mucking up the sensitive data. More »
When Raspberry Pi released their diminutive, ARM-based PC for $35, people were rightfully chomping at the bit to get their hands on something so cheap and small and hackable. But the 700 MHz, single-core ARM 11 processor it wasn’t exactly a powerhouse. Enter Hardkernel’s ODROID-X, which packs a quad-core Samsung Exynos chipset on a 3.5 inch motherboard. More »
Though hard disk drive technology has improved in recent times, you’d be a brave soul indeed to use one for more than a couple of years without backing it up. But now a team of scientists has made a hard disk from sapphire which it claims will last 1 million years—just don’t expect to be able to afford it. More »
There has been plenty of speculation about how much money Google is making—or losing—on its snazzy new Nexus 7. The analysts at IHS iSuppli tore it down, added up the cost of its components, and determined it’s cheaper than originally suspected. More »
The screen is as important as any other component on an electronic device when it comes to a good user experience. Yet, plenty of devices still have screens that are not so great compared to the best ones currently available. Do your gadgets have terrible screens? Laptop Magazine chief Mark Spoonauer knows exactly how to find out. More »
Take a peek inside the brains and guts of the new Google Nexus 7 tablet and then compare it to the iPad 3, the Kindle Fire, and this fish. Not surprisingly, they all share some similarities. Here’s the component list: More »
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