motherboards
Design
Motherboard Mirror Only Shows Nerds in its Reflection
5:20AM Adam Frucci | This looks straight out of an 80s movie about hotshot computer programmers that fell into a downward spiral involving drugs and violence. A movie that, regrettably, may not exist. [3rings via The Awesomer via BBG] More »
Hardware
Asus Marine Cool Motherboard Fights Heat with Ceramic Plates
6:40AM Mark Wilson | Ceramic isn’t just for pottery. It’s used in military armour to stop bullets and the Space Shuttle to thwart heat. Now, Asus is reintroducing the material in its sci-fi-tastic Marine Cool motherboard.
Games
New Xbox 360 Motherboard Leaked, Has 256MB Flash Memory
3:01PM Jesus Diaz | Jasper, the next version of the Xbox 360 motherboard, has been leaked and apparently it comes with new unannounced goodies. Apart from the rumoured 65nm graphics processing unit–the unit uses a 150W power supply, 25W less than before, which signals a lower consumption most probably caused by the reduced GPU footprint–the new units allegedly come with a new south bridge and, surprise surprise, a 256MB flash memory chip for internal storage. More »
Gadgets
LED Motherboard Menorah Is Hanukkah 2.0
6:00AM Jack Loftus | The Christmas ads are already hitting the airwaves, so it’s only fair that we bring you this LED circuit board menorah way to early too. There are few surprises with this 14cm tall by 23cm wide menorah, other than the geek factor that comes alongside celebrating eight crazy nights with a motherboard and some LEDs. For $US25 you too can celebrate Hanukkah 2.0. [Fred Flares via Technabob] More »
Computers
Motherboard Cake, Eat Before Obsolete
6:20AM Mark Wilson | Who knew sugar wafers and Rolos could so accurately recreate the situational Pavlovian response we get from looking at the latest silicon wonders from Intel, AMD, ATi and NVIDIA? While we’ve never before craved some motherboard and milk or hot motherboard à la mode, we must admit, we’re coming around to what could be the hottest dessert trend of Q4 2008. And that old Dell gathering dust in the corner is looking mighty scrumptious. [Craftster via Technabob and Geekcake] More »
Design
Motherboard Walls Add That Special Something To Your Next Remodelling Project
11:30PM John Mahoney | These are the walls of a Human-Computer Interaction Institute lab at Carnegie Mellon, and as you can see, they provide plenty of opportunities to create such interactions on the fly when you snag your sweater on some spiky solder leads or that ZIF socket handle. Chris Harrison, a PhD student, bought old motherboards on eBay by the pound to completely adorn the lab in mo-bos. And while this is great for the computer science lab and maybe OK for the garage (maybe), don’t even think about doing this in your bedroom if you ever want to have sex again. It does look pretty sweet, though. More »
Hardware
VIA’s Tiny Pico-ITX Motherboards Get Even Smaller
4:46AM Sean Fallon | The Pico-ITX motherboards were already small, but they are getting another downgrade in size thanks to the EPIA PX5000EG—a 500MHz board that can be cooled without the bulky fan—which helps bring the size down to a minuscule 3.9″ x 2.8.” As you might have guessed, the downgrade in processor speed from 1GHz means that this board won’t be tearing up any substantial software, but it should prove extremely popular with the embedded market. More »
Peripherals
MSI Motherboard Fan Powered Without Electricity
1:00PM Sean Fallon | Fans of green technology will undoubtedly be glad to hear that MSI has developed a working concept design that utilises Stirling Engine Theory to power a motherboard fan. Instead of conventional electricity, the fan will harvest heat emanating from the processor to function. More »
Peripherals
Desktop PC Start Button Eliminates Gamer’s Crack
5:25AM Jason Chen | If you thought plumber’s crack was bad, imagine a gamer in crawling under his desk to turn on his PC. He’ll never have to do that again if he grabs one of these Sharkoon PC Jump Start Buttons, which hook up via USB to his PC and allows him to not only start a computer, but plug in two USB devices and a mic/headphone as well. More »
Games
