Mobile music is a hot topic right now. Everyone is all about music and smartphones – Android or iPhone people are essentially “freaking out” on all music-related things right now. Included in this craze are a variety of portable speakers that easily hook up to a headphone jack – whether it be your smartphone or [...]
Power is a commodity in the current day and age. Electricity generated from many different sources is necessary to power our lifestyles. From traditional coal-burning plants to natural gas plants, nuclear power plants, geo-thermal energy harvesting, solar panels, solar steam generators, and many more technologies are currently in production, and the alternative fuel market is undoubtedly growing by the day.
Computer power users require more powerful hardware and software to meet their demanding needs. To run multiple LCD screens requires a powerful video card in addition to powerful system resources such as RAM, CPU and hard drives.
The 30-inch LCD. If you haven’t seen one, you haven’t lived. They are big. Really big. Huge. Their pixels are tiny. They are an excellent resolution, and an excellent large viewing size. All of that isn’t giving it enough credit. What we haven’t even mentioned is that it’s huge. And you wouldn’t even believe how [...]
I thought I would re-iterate the awesomeness of the bicycle that I started ranting about here. The bicycle is one of the greatest gadgets every known. It is young, yet it has ruthlessly spread through the modern world and infect every place on earth and every terrain. That may sound like an exaggeration but it [...]
LHC. The Large Hadron Collider. The biggest, most expensive gadget every built by mankind. ‘Nuff said. The LHC hopes to discover the next frontier in physics. The LHC is the next step towards anti-gravity devices, quantum computers, and Sci-Fi style transporters. Of course that’s pretty far down the road, but what does the LHC hope [...]
Bicycles are a great example of gadget. They have been widely used for less than 150 years. Bicycles are used around the world, for all sorts of purposes. Everything from recreation to commuting to commercial use. They are used for racing, downhill, uphill, jumping, tricks or just for cruising around. Bicycles are an interesting subject [...]
Are you trying to make one big battery out of a bunch of little batteries? This is called a “battery bank”, “battery array”, or “battery string”. Great question. A few things to consider: 1) All the batteries should be identical. This is just to make your life easier, if you talk to an electrician you’ll [...]
This is a great option for some people, but there are factors which can make it more expensive than solar and less useful. First of all, they are expensive. Don’t expect to find one for under $500. Second, the battery again. You probably need to store the electricity in a car battery or battery array [...]
Solar panels are a great option if your needs are low and your wallet isn’t empty. They can give your small devices or car battery a decent charge, but there are a couple of limitations. First of all, the size of the solar panel is critical. You can’t usually get away with one of those [...]
With energy becoming a rising problem, with increasing price, and increasing demand. All of our devices these days use energy. Charging your Android Smartphone or iPhone might be no big deal at home, but what if you’re on the road all the time? What if all you have to charge your phone is a solar [...]