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Pleo dissected -- oh, the humanity!

by Thomas Ricker, posted Jan 14th 2008 at 1:08AM


We guess it was only matter a time until it happened. Still, we can't help but feel a bit sad and creeped-out at seeing Pleo splayed in a Santilli-esque display of sideshow curio. Inside, the evil doctors over at ifixit reveal a single-piece, rubbery skin covering 14 motors, more than 100 gears, 15 circuit boards, 1 color camera, 2x microphones, 1 IR transmitter, 1 accelerometer, and 8 touch capacitance sensors. Plenty of high-res shots just beyond the read link. Man, aren't there laws against this kind of thing?

Myvu Solo's silicon secrets revealed

by Thomas Ricker, posted Dec 5th 2007 at 3:14AM


Ever wonder what's behind those Myvu Solo goggles besides LeVar Burton? Good, because EE Times took a X-acto and splayed the $199 video headset wide. Of interest are those tiny left and right-eye microdisplays with 320 x 240 pixel transmissive color LCDs from Kopin Corp out of wicked Westboro, Mass. Also notable is the weight -- 118-grams -- of which, a good portion is from the cables. Plenty of lewd, techno-gore just beyond the read link. You know, if you can pull yourself away from your ohmmeter long enough.

iPod touch splayed but Bluetooth mystery continues

by Thomas Ricker, posted Sep 15th 2007 at 3:23AM


What a tease. The ifixit tear down we've all been waiting for on the iPod touch fails to specifically exclude the existence of Bluetooth silicon or even point out which chip is providing the WiFi. After all, Broadcom, Marvell, and CSR all offer single-chip solutions with combined WiFi and Bluetooth radios. Hell, they'll even integrate an FM radio if you ask real nice. Ah well, perhaps those of you with more IC-focused eyes can take a look at these snaps and bring an end to the Bluetooth in iPod touch mystery once and for all. Otherwise, we're looking at a Foxconn manufactured iPod with Toshiba (not Samsung) flash NAND memory, Wolfson audio chip, and what appears to be a Samsung manufactured ARM processor presumed to be "very, very similar" to the proc found in the iPhone.

iPhone splayed for your pleasure

by Thomas Ricker, posted Jun 29th 2007 at 6:48PM


Fanboys, look away. Haters prepare to drool as the iPhone gets splayed to the bone. It wasn't us, honest. This is the work of the evil doers over at the curiously named ifixit.com. Click on for the full carnage. It seems to be a work in progress so we'll just have to wait and see whose silicon is really inside.

[Thanks, Marshall B.]
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