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  The good guys at Georgia Tech are trying something new which will help the disabled persons to break from the shackles of disability. They call it as a Tongue Drive System and can help the disabled to communicate with their wheelchairs to maneuver them, manage home appliances or even control computers. The peculiar traits [...]

  Environment friendly devices are the new rage in electronics arena. And the newest addition is SimpleTech [re]drive from Fabrik. The company has tried to make its product eco-friendly in every aspect. Starting from its chassis, it is made up of a combination of recyclable aluminum for durability and bamboo wood to make it sustainable. [...]

  After Buffalo introduced their set of 8X BD writers, I-O Data steps up and launches the same flavored internal ones. BRD-P8 series will support SATA interface and is capable to burn single as well as dual layer BD discs at 8X. That’s just 14 minutes to burn massive data. For single layer DVDs, it [...]

  Weird looking USB flash drives are not new. And we have another one sharing the place for ‘USB world is weird’. It’s a flash drive disguised as a 9-inch nail driven through the USB port. Agreed it’s a different shape altogether but paying 29.5 Euros for a 1GB flash drive seems senseless. Product Page [...]

  Japanese company, Buffalo have announced a breakthrough in the world of Blu-Ray optical drives. They have developed world’s first 8X BD internal and external burners. Both the burners, BR-816FBS-WH (internal) and BR-816SU2 (external) will support 8X writing speed of single layer BD Discs whereas 2X recording for dual layer ones. The drives will hit [...]

  There have been many limited edition gadgets promoting Olympics. But this flash drive from Kingston actually promotes the host nation for this year. Cladded in gold hue, the drive features an engraving of a Terra Cotta warrior. These warriors were a funerary art found in ancient China and is reckoned to be a must [...]

  Today, USB flash drives are available in different sizes and shapes. But this one takes the cake for being so unique and realistic. A wrecked looking USB cable which is in fact a USB flash drive. The procedure is simple as Evil Mad Scientist aka Windell puts out in the DIY guide but if [...]