aluminium
Music
10:57AM Nick Broughall | I love these new speakers from high-end audio company Bowers and Wilkins. Not because they have some special magic audio sauce that make them sound better than anything else on the market (although I’m sure they sound great), but because they look like sex in a speaker. More »
New B&W Speakers Add Aluminium To Your Home Theatre
10:57AM Nick Broughall | I love these new speakers from high-end audio company Bowers and Wilkins. Not because they have some special magic audio sauce that make them sound better than anything else on the market (although I’m sure they sound great), but because they look like sex in a speaker. More » 
Music
Apple Patent Implies iPod to Get a Unibody
10:09AM Andi Wang | Last October, Apple started using unibody designs in their MacBook and MacBook Pro. A newly uncovered patent suggests that the next product to incorporate this aluminium case may be the iPod. More »
Computers
10:00AM Nick Broughall | Have you ever looked at a custom-built PC and been overcome with unnatural feelings of lust? Either had I, but that was before I laid eyes on the Cygnus X1, a custom made case designed and built entirely by the hands of Overclockers Australia forum member oldnewby. Now, I’m scouring the internet trying to find tips on how to seduce aluminium. More »
Cygnus X1 Custom Built PC Is A Work Of Aluminium Art
10:00AM Nick Broughall | Have you ever looked at a custom-built PC and been overcome with unnatural feelings of lust? Either had I, but that was before I laid eyes on the Cygnus X1, a custom made case designed and built entirely by the hands of Overclockers Australia forum member oldnewby. Now, I’m scouring the internet trying to find tips on how to seduce aluminium. More »
Design
Relaxation Chair: Back Bliss Machined from Aluminium
8:30AM Mark Wilson | So you got a job, moved into your own place, picked up an IKEA Poang and then felt pretty good about life. Things were working out alright! Then you saw the Frederic Sofia Relaxation Chair… More »
Peripherals
MacPadd Aluminium Mousepad Lightning Review
5:00AM Jason Chen | The Gadget: MacPadd, the anodised aluminium mousepad meant to match the finish on newer MacBook and MacBook Pros. It’s about the size of a standard mousepad, if slightly shorter than usual (but just as wide). More »
Peripherals
Aluminium MacPadd Mousepad Matches Your Aluminium Mac
10:00AM Mark Wilson | The MacPadd mousepad is a little matchy-matchy, but we can certainly appreciate the intent. Engineered entirely from anodized aluminium, the $US25 MacPadd promises industrial durability, bacterial resistance, increased laser mouse precision and, of course, a complimentary style to your aluminium MacBook of choice. But for those who aren’t excited over a mere metal mousepad, then consider this post the first official scoop of an ultra-thin MacBook with no screen, inputs or power source. Oooh! [MacPadd via TidBITS] More »
Science
A Brief History of Unibody Construction
5:30AM Sean Fallon | In light of the news about the updated construction process for the new MacBooks, it is high time you got a brief edumication on the history of unibody construction. It may seem revolutionary, but the method Apple is using derives from the early 20th century monocoque (”single shell”) technique of using an object’s external skin to support structural loads. It has its roots in the airline industry where a price drop in aluminium in the 1920’s made it affordable to meet the demand for stiff, strong, smooth skins that could handle the stress of high altitudes and increasingly powerful aircraft. By the end of WWII, almost all high-performance aircraft were built using monocoque or semi-monocoque technique. More »
Computers
MacBook Pro 2008 Is Apple’s Most Boomtastic Notebook Ever
3:23AM Jesus Diaz | digg_skin = 'compact'; digg_bgcolor = '#f1f8fa'; digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/MacBook_Pro_2008_Is_Most_Stunning_Apple_Notebook_Yet'; The new MacBook Pro 2008 is, at last, the worthy successor to the mythical PowerBook Titanium. From its new design–with an iMac-style glass screen, smooth Air-style surfaces, and no-button trackpad–to its guts–with new processors and the Nvidia GeForce 9400m and 9600m GT working in tandem–there’s little not to like about the new MacBook Pro 2008. In fact, this thing is absolutely amazing. Full specs and details after the jump. More »
Computers
How the MacBooks Are Carved Out of Solid Aluminium
3:13AM Jesus Diaz | digg_skin = 'compact'; digg_bgcolor = '#f1f8fa'; digg_url = 'http://digg.com/design/Carving_the_New_MacBooks_with_Lasers'; Apple has confirmed their new way to make laptops in the new MacBook 2008 line-up. Previously, manufacturers–including Apple–would add layers to form a body, welding each of them to give the laptop rigidity. Now, they have changed the whole game: instead of adding pieces, they will eliminate matter from solid pieces of aluminium using lasers and other machinery to create the new MacBook bodies. The whole thing starts with a solid block of aluminium. This goes through an extrusion machine, in which the block is flattened on a thick, continuous metal sheet, like giant aluminium tagliatelle, which then get cut into the blocks that make the base of the MacBooks. These blocks go through a whopping 16 different milling operations, using all kinds of machinery including lasers, until the part is completely finished and ready to be sent to the assembly line. More »
Science
