By Andrew Liszewski

This morning Sony announced a new type of lithium ion secondary battery that includes all the major improvements one expects to hear from a new battery including higher power output, extended lifespan and faster charge times. The batteries, which are designed to be used in larger rechargeable batteries like the kind used in power tools (hence the basic label) feature an olivine-type lithium iron phosphate used as the cathode material. … Read More

Originally posted 2009-08-30 10:52:27.

are looking for a small USB keyboard this might be something for you. This keyboard measures only 170 x 80 x 15mm and weighs in at 150g. It will cost you $29 and it is available in both black and white. More information and photos inside. … Read More

Originally posted 2009-07-05 00:26:51.

By Andrew Liszewski

This morning Corsair launched a new ‘extreme’ series of solid-state drives that use the Indilinx Barefoot controller, Samsung MLC NAND flash memory and 64MB of on-board cache to achieve read speeds of up to 240MB/sec and and write speeds of up to 170MB/sec. The drives will come in 3 capacities including 32GB, 64GB and 128GB and should be available worldwide immediately. While they’re obviously not the biggest SSDs on the market, if speed is your priority I’m sure these will work quite nicely.

[ Corsair SSDs ]

Originally by Andrew Liszewski from OhGizmo! on July 16, 2009, 5:31am

Originally posted 2009-07-17 08:10:28.

The ArbotiX RX-Bridge expands the capabilities of the ArbotiX Robotcontroller by enabling the use of DX-117, RX-28, RX-64, and EX-106+ Dynamixel Servos. This add-on board converts your existing ArbotiX Robocontroller TTL serial ports into an RS-485 serial protocol compliant port. … Read More

Originally posted 2010-05-02 09:53:28.