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Computing

Student’s CPU Patent Could Save Your Mobile Battery’s Ass In The Future

2:40PM March 5, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Sometimes your computer’s CPU uses a lot of electricity—like when you’re encoding an HD video, or playing a game. Sometimes it doesn’t use much, like when you’re writing a college essay on some dead guy or browsing Craigslist. Modern processors are able to down-shift when less power is needed—but it’s slow. Faster throttling would mean less wasted power. More »


Geek Out

Best Warning Sign Ever Doesn’t Mess With Idle ‘High Voltage’ Threats

2:00AM September 20, 2008 | Kit Eaton

High voltage electrics plus risk of sparky, smoky death plus humorous engineer equals excellent warning sign. I’d keep well away, after reading that. Though I do remember an old girlfriend’s dad once pinned a freakishly similar note (substituting the odd “I will” into the text) to his daughter’s bedroom door, and pointedly drew my attention to it. [Voltagecreative via Neatorama]

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