Tag Archives: hardware
Cartrivision – Another Attempt to Curtail Home-Viewing
Cartrivision was the very first tape system to offer home rentals. It was introduced back [...]
What is Bluetooth?
Specs Bluetooth behaves a lot like ordinary WiFi, but over much shorter distances. It’s wavelengths [...]
Is It True Macs Don’t Get Viruses? Short Answer: No!
Absolutely not. Here’s why! Apple devices are slightly harder to weasel into from outside, but [...]
What is RFID?
Definitions RFID stands for Radio Frequency Identification, and it’s usually used in the context of [...]
How Much Thinner Can A Device Really Get?
What’s the final goal of these wafer-thin devices? You’ve likely noticed it in your own [...]
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How To Break A Hard Drive
1. Those Fancy Neodymium (or Rare-Earth) magnets. Strong magnets can erase credit cards and fuzz [...]
Did Always On Displays Get Good?
‘Always On’ for phone displays is a relatively new development. Of course some apps and [...]
Qwerty Board – Why?
The Typewriter A typewriter works (roughly) like this: you press a key. On the other [...]
How to Clean Your Electronics
Water is obviously out. You can’t use water on your electronics without the risk of [...]
Weird Keyboards
Stenographers Court stenographers press combinations of keys to produce certain letters, which allows them to [...]