Tag: electronics
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What are the Long-Term Effects of Electronics?
As more and more generations learn to use computers, phones, and GPSs from a young age, the population is beginning to see an array of negative medical results. With electronics around every corner and the ability to access them at virtually any time of the day, more and more are seeing the onset of technology-educed…
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Are we too dependent on technology?
In a day and age where almost everything runs on electricity – lights, entertainment, cooking, communication – it can be hard to fathom a life without it. From smartphones to Saturday night movies set to dim lights and the scent of microwaved popcorn, power is a part of our everyday lives; we’ve grown accustomed to…
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Can you “train” your batteries?
As a lover of technology, it’s likely you’re constantly carrying around one or more chargers. A charger for your phone, one for your tablet, your computer, and any other tech-y items that may require an extra dose of juice. Extend any trip for more than a day, and the necessary charging items and accessories grow…
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A society drowning in cords, and how to manage them
First, we got our own cell phones. They were friendlier than the previous in-car versions, offering the same talking abilities without location restriction. But they also required a charging cord to be carried around, forever nesting in our suitcases and/or purses. Then computers became mobile, and they needed a cord too, lest we be stranded…
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The Emerging Trends of CES 2012
CES 2012 has ended – drawing to a close rather too quickly for those of us either in attendance or glued to the Web watching endless coverage of it. The 2012 Consumer Electronics Show was a triumph in terms of visitor numbers, with a record attendance. But many reported it being a trifle dull in…
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Holiday Gift Guide 2011: Build a Gaming PC Edition
This year I decided to use my holiday wish-list to build an entire desktop PC. I mean, as long as a majority of the parts needed to build a high performance machine are gifted to me over the holidays, in the end all of them can be combined for the common goal of playing Skyrim…
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Sparkfun’s Free Day: A Giveaway Meets a Server Stress Test
Two hours – that is all it took for $150,000 to be given away on the internet. Now for most of us, it seems very foolish to let $150,000 just be burned off like the fuse on a stick of dynamite. But for the electronics prototyping distributor Sparkfun, it was a calculated, well-planned charity. This…