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Thursday, July 16, 2009
Gadgets

World’s First Liquid-Cooled LED Lightbulb Perfectly Pairs With Silly Gaming PCs

11:40AM Dan Nosowitz | Eternaleds announced their new Hydrolux-4 LED lightbulb, the very first liquid-cooled bulb in the world. The bulbs are incredibly energy-efficient compared to either incandescent or CFL bulbs, and come with a price tag to match. More »
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Computers

Absurd Liquid-Cooled Desk Computer Is a Tribute to Mod Excess

9:54PM John Herrman | One year ago, some Popular Mechanics editors set out with the broad goal of building the most ridiculously extravagant PC mod they could. This is what they came up with. More »
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Phones

NEC’s Liquid Flask Phone Shows Exactly How Much Battery is Left

6:10AM Jason Chen | We don’t have many details, but this NEC flask phone seems to be a combination of being liquid-powered and touch-screened, and is so crazy advanced that we think it’s probably a prototype. According to NEC, however, it’s going to be released sometime in 2008. We think it’s cool that the liquid inside will drain as you’re using the phone, allowing you to see just how much power you have left. Here’s to hoping this isn’t a Japan-only release. [T3 via Chip Chick via Textually] More »
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Friday, June 22, 2007
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Liquid Mirror for Lunar Telescope is Made of “Ugly Ions”

1:05AM Seamus Byrne | What you are looking at is a mirror made of ionic liquid, infrared-reflecting silver nanoparticles mixed with a “highly viscous salty liquid called imidazolium ethylsulphate” or Bob for his closest friends. It’s going to be used for the Lunar Liquid Mirror Telescope, something that wasn’t possible until now for several reasons. More »
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