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Axiomtek, a Taiwanese computer hardware company, has developed a computer that fits all of the components – including an Intel Core 2 Duo, webcam, and speakers in a waterproof 17″ monitor. And the best part is that there isn’t a cooling fan in sight. So the question is, how did they deal with all the heat? Apparently it has something ...

If you’ve ever listened to music through small speakers, you’ll know that the sound it projects is weak, if not plain unbearable. Panasonic claims that they have created compact speakers that maintain the sound of high-fidelity bass, using a method called Nano Bass Exciter. Porous carbon inside of the speaker casing creates an acoustic chamber that allows for creating a ...

This 14 inch motherboard wall clock is one piece of geekery that will surely keep you on time for the next lecture on quantum physics you’ve been planning to attend. While we might not know all of the inner workings of hardware, we do know that motherboards look really friggen cool when placed on display on a wall. Choose from ...

What could possibly make a computer Olympic-inspired? The addition of a logo, of course! Lenovo introduces the 3000 line of Olympic Games-inspired PCs. These black and silver systems include the Lenovo brand name, with a quaint little Olympic rings logo added to the tower in support for their sponsorship of the 2008 Olympic Games. The J200 will come with an ...

Damn region codes, always getting in the way of our viewing pleasure. It seems that some nice fellows over at XBH forums have figured out a way to change the values on the DVD region code on hypervisor exploitable XBox 360s. Since the region code is directly tied in with the CPU key, for now the hack will only work ...

Researchers have been working for decades to develop a productive use of one of Earth’s most renewable energy sources, the wind. The problem lies in having enough wind to power a large area of space. These flying windmills would fly at heights of 15,000-30,000 feet, and could easily supply enough power to everyone on the entire face of the Earth. ...

� From what seems to be in direct relation with the announcement by Taiwan with the same goal, the city of Seville, Spain is planning a complete overhaul of their traffic light system by transferring to LED-based bulbs, removing the less eco-friendly and worse performing halogen and incandescent lights currently in service. By the time Seville has all of their ...

How unfair is this? Some 75-year-old woman is lucky enough to have a son who’s a big shot in the internet business, so she gets the fastest internet in the world. Jeez, she’s going to use it with her foot on the break anyway. Sigbritt L�thberg is now the lucky owner of 40 Gbit/second pipe, which is capable of downloading ...

In 1995, Peng Shulin was in a catastrophic accident. As a result of this accident, Peng’s body was cut in half by a truck, and yet, he miraculously survived. After being bed-ridden for over a decade, Peng has been given a second chance at walking with a new bionic suit made by the fine people at the China Rehabilitation Research ...

Just wait until the boys over at Jackass get their hands on this. TASER has developed a new weapon to add to their arsenal of non-lethal defense. The new Extended Range Electronic Projectile (XREP) is made to launch through a 12-gauge shotgun, and is the first TASER device to be completely wireless. The XREP is a electrically-charged shell that can ...