iPod vs. Velcro -- Battle of the Super Products by Brandon Cornett
I’m a sucker for a good battle. Not an all-out war, mind you -- just a good tow-to-tow, one-on-one slugfest. Think Holyfield vs. Tyson, Alien vs. Predator, or Ashley Simpson vs. anyone with ears. I’m also a sucker for ingenious products. So in the spirit of combining these passions, I’m acting... Electronics companies like Bose have developed iPod docking stations, speakers and other peripherals. ... ** Point goes to Velcro ** Category 6 – Cultural Impact Velcro changed the way we think about fasteners.

Review of Rio MP3 Players by Bradley James
Below you will find some useful information and comments about a few of the most popular MP3 players by Rio, including the Nitrus, Carbon, Cali, and Forge. None of these MP3 players are perfect, but each offers a unique set of strengths and weaknesses that should be taken into consideration... Solid-state electronics carry over 30 songs with no skips -- ever. ... The one downside is the 512mb upper limit in storage (although technically you can upgrade to 1GB), which is a little low compared with the market average.

Custom Gaming Laptops - Five Things You Must Consider When Building a Gaming Laptop by Laura Alter
Gone are the days when you would have been laughed at if you walked into an all-night LAN party carrying your trusty laptop and expecting to hang with the giant computer towers standing at everyone’s feet. The gaming laptop computers of today sport huge, crisp LCD screens, cutting-edge video... Most gaming laptops are large, robust pieces of electronics. ... The best way to really get a feel for what laptop LCDs are all about is to take a trip to a local box store and play with the LCDs on the display laptops while keeping in mind what you have read here.

Internal Battery Design by Dan Hagopian
The wireless revolution, the prolific use of PDAs, MP3s, MP4s, Laptops, Cell Phones, Smartphones, DVD players, and other portable devices have increased the need for smart and high capacity portable batteries. Portable batteries however are not typical in design. ... The primary problem with EMI is the disruption of performance of electronics. ... When we consider the design capacity we must determine the chemical needed to insure that the necessary runtime will be met. ... As with all metric measurements, Amps can be divided into smaller (or larger) units by adding a prefix, in this case...

Video Killed the Beautiful View by Joshua Levitt
"The sound brought our group to a stop; we turned around to see the ice mass collapse with a roar. A section of the glacier crumbled in the middle, and chunks of ice as big as rooms spilled out on the crater floor." A description given by adventurer Vince Keipper as he summitted the top of... Did you know that chemicals such as lead, mercury, and cadmium emitted from discarded electronics are some of the biggest producers of greenhouse gases worldwide? ... The new business is called, Network Recycler.com.