Hardware

Tesla showcases Model X SUV

Tesla certainly makes some of the coolest electric vehicles out there on the roads today.

Google plans home entertainment system

Google's planninng to launch an own-brand home entertainment system, according to the Wall Street Journal.

This BMW i8 prototype likes the snow

An early version of the BMW i8 first debuted back in 2009 - with the first iteration of the vehicle originally sporting the Concept Vision Efficient Dynamics name.

2013 will be better for AMD

AMD has been in a flux as of late, with the company building an almost entirely new management team headed by CEO Rory Read, CTO Mark Papermaster, CSO Rajan Naik and Lisa Su as VP of the company's Global Business Unit.



Heat-based recording speeds hard drives

A new method of recording information to hard drives could increase their speed by hundreds of times.

CPU-GPU "collaboration" boosts processor performance


Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a technique that allows graphics processing units (GPUs) and central processing units (CPUs) on a single chip to improve their level of collaboration.



Apple eyes ARM for Mac OS X

Mac OS X currently runs on Intel-based x86 systems. However, it seems as if Apple has seriously considered the possibility of porting the popular operating system to ARM chipsets.

Cryoscope tells you the temperature with a touch

There are a few common things we all deal with in our daily lives, no matter where we live. Take the weather, for example.

The hype of a post-PC era

Many analysts and journalists believe the industry is poised to cross over into a brave new post-PC era, with the PC ultimately relegated to little more than niche market status.

Apple wants you to share your workout data

If you frequent the gym, I'm sure at one point or another, you must have looked over and seen someone using the same piece of equipment or doing a similar exercise.

54% of Kindle Fire owners like their tablet

Amazon has had both praise and damnation heaped on its popular Kindle Fire tablet since the device launched in November 2011.

Pedestrian-detector to come to Mercedes cars

Top-of-the-range Mercedes vehicles will soon come equipped with an artificial vision system designed to detect pedestrians.

Self-guided bullet hits target a mile away

Two Sandia National Laboratories engineers - and hunters - have developed a dart-like, self-guided bullet accurate over a distance of a mile.

Xbox 720 will have raw graphics horsepower

Microsoft's Xbox 720 - which could hit shelves in 2013 - is expected to boast impressive graphics horsepower that puts the current-gen 360 and Nintendo's upcoming Wii U console to shame.



Temperature sensors printed on plastic

A new, printed sensor can monitor the temperature of perishable goods such as food and pharmaceuticals.