Monday, October 4, 2010 - 12:26pm
MIT grad student Ming-Zher Poh has managed to give the humble webcam a beefy functionality upgrade without too much extra work. In fact, your webcam could tell how healthy your heart is just by looking at you.
computer peripherals stories
Thursday, September 30, 2010 - 12:58pm
Movie-branded computer peripherals normally aren't all that interesting. However, given Tron's unique aesthetic, we'll always take a peek. Tell us it acts like a Light Cycle, and all the sudden we're all kinds of interested.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 - 9:34am
The Instant Cartridge Printer, by designers Yuexun Chen and Chia-Chen Hsiao, is a striking concept that is not only a neat idea, but makes you think about just how much your printer really does for you, acting as a middleman between you and ink cartridges.
Monday, May 24, 2010 - 7:00am
Here's an easy way to record HD premium channels from your cable or satellite TV box onto a Mac. This $200 EyeTV HD can snag video via component outputs, letting you bypass copy protection. Then you can watch, fast forward, rewind, and save videos from your premium channels live on your Mac, just like a TiVo.
Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 7:52am
You've probably heard of the Optimus line of keyboards before. If you have, it's usually because they're super expensive. The Optimus Popularis (pictured above), the next offering from Art.Lebedev Studio, is no different, and could push upwards of $1,000 when...
Monday, April 19, 2010 - 10:33am
This sweet USB stick concept lets you see what's on it without having to plug it into a computer. The glass "screen" on its surface shows what kind of files are on board by color: pink for images, blue for...
Monday, March 22, 2010 - 8:16am
Here's another one of those dead-simple ideas that makes you wonder just how it's taken this long for someone to have it: USB plugs that are able to be chained together, sharing one USB port among multiple devices. Sure, this...
Friday, March 12, 2010 - 3:03am
The dream of mainstream, non-invasive computer interfaces has arrived, assuming you don't have problem with the space cap you'll need to wear. Austrian firm g.tec Guger Technologies has produced the new system called intendix which allows anyone to control a...
Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 10:57pm
Always looking for new ways to innovate on top of existing devices, Thanko has now released the new USB Speaker Mouse. The exceedingly simplistic yet sturdy looking mouse features a tiny circular speaker grill where the palm of your hand...
Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 5:09am
We see a lot of crazy mouse concepts 'round these parts, but the Puyocon may just be the wildest. It's soft, ball-shaped-but-don't-call-me-a-trackball design lends to some interesting ways to interface with a computer. At first, it may seem like little...
