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Danamics debuts liquid metal-based LM10 CPU cooler {Engadget}
Jul 19th 2008 2:35AM Wow, there are a lot of comments that are flat out wrong.
Seeing as there is an electromagnetic pump, the liquid needs to be ferromagnetic. Meaning, its probably just using ferrofluid.
How to "format" an iPhone to clear your data completely {Engadget}
May 21st 2008 4:27PM Even with modern magnetic storage you can't get the old information after one overwrite. 3 for flash memory is just a waste of time.
The trouble with this though is that there could be space reserved by the iPhone for things other than music.
Bestlink's Alpha 400 ultraportable is dirt cheap, regular cheap {Engadget}
May 21st 2008 3:48PM My guess is its an ARM (though probably unlicensed).
E-Fuel's Micro Fueler creates Ethanol from sugar in your backyard {Engadget}
May 9th 2008 10:56AM $10k is a little steep for an autonomous microdistillary. Plus, I doubt they'll get away with selling it to people who don't have a licence to distill. And once you have a licence, the tax-man is watching.
Though, apparently an ethanol fuel licence is cheaper and less regulated than a beverage licence.
Yinlips ultraportable mashes the Eee with a TI-99 {Engadget}
May 7th 2008 1:21AM No, because aside from it being silver with a black keyboard, it looks nothing like a TI-99.
How would you change HP's 2133 Mini-Note PC? {Engadget}
May 2nd 2008 7:11PM There is no such thing as too high of a resolution.
Ask Engadget: Which are the best full-size headphones? {Engadget}
May 1st 2008 6:26PM Agreed on Grados.
A better answer, however, is to try to find a local shop that sells headphones and listen to them yourself. Everyone has different preferences. Also, Engadget is the wrong place to look for audio advice.
Go to http://www.headwize.com/ or http://www.head-fi.org/
MIRA's H4V 'plugless plug-in hybrid' is surprisingly clever {Engadget}
Apr 25th 2008 1:12AM Darwin, I'm not complaining about the ideal replacable battery pack, I'm complaining about this implementation of it.
It is just overly complex and expensive to have the charging circuit in the replacable part of it.
Ideally, it would be a single battery pack accessible from the outside of the car, and it would contain only the cells and some protection circuitry. The consumer could then plug the car, containing charging circuitry, into in outlet, or could go to some station to have the battery swapped.
This still raises the question of whether there could ever be a battery swapping infrastructure. The unlikelyhood of a standard emerging, and the expense of storing that many batteries are huge problems, among others.
MIRA's H4V 'plugless plug-in hybrid' is surprisingly clever {Engadget}
Apr 24th 2008 11:57PM It's not that it hasn't been thought of, it's just not a great idea.
It's inconvenient to have to yank out three heavy battery packs, plug them in somewhere, and then drag them back.
It's also far more expensive to have 3 separate lithium ion chargers than just having one for the whole car.
Ask Engadget: What's the best digital camera for a child? {Engadget}
Apr 24th 2008 7:36PM Indeed. Any of Olympus's SW models (770, 790, 850, 1030) could take a lot of abuse. The image quality won't be the greatest, but it would certainly be better than the garbage that is traditionally marketed towards children.
That said, when I was around that age, my parents bought me my first digital camera, and it wasn't child specific. If the kid is a budding geek, he or she is going to be able to handle operating and taking care of a normal point and shoot, like a Canon SD* or similar camera.
