We’ve all got more old gadgets lying around then we’d care to admit. That old iPod? Still got it, and the drawer full of cell phones, yep, I have that too. It’s an old problem by now, how to recycle these things that have to many unknown component parts we don’t know where to start. From computers to digital cameras, lets face it, on our own we have no idea how to start the correct disassembly and discarding of our once-favorite pieces of modern equipment. 

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ASUS Eee PC T91 Touch-Screen

It is the age of touch-screen everything, brought to its culmination in the ever popular iPhone, so it was only a matter of time before the personal touch-screen computer evolved. One example of this type of innovation has come into its own in the ASUS Convertible Eee PC T91. This exceptional model of PC was made specifically to bring the touchscreen feature to the masses.

Unveiled at the 2009 CES, the T91 is labeled as a “multi touch notebook” and features, among other things, a swivel frame, 8.9” LED backlight, is about ...

VYE S37: UMPC With an Optical Drive?

The Vye S37, on the surface, seems like one of the more ideal UMPCs available. It's size is fairly comparable to other UMPCs, it has a 7-inch touchscreen, a tablet mode, and all of the other bells and whistles you expect and need on an Ultra-Mobile Personal Computer. The one thing it's got that no other UMPCs have, however, is one of the first things that was sacrificed when the first UMPCs were developed--an optical drive. The omission makes sense, really. If you're all about portability and compactness (but don't want the tiny screen of a smart phone) ...

Text Scanner

Countless sci-fi movies have incorporated different iterations of these technologically advantageous tools and I’ve always swooned over them (okay, not swooned but…drooled). So what’s the premise? You have a lot of reading to do and a lot of research to conduct and the whole task just seems daunting. Welcome the Dixau Text Scanner. This little gizmo, when passed over the pages of a book or magazine (or whatever text you can find really. Perhaps even a Shreddies box…), is capable of recognizing and parsing text, making it ideal for transferring notes onto your laptop or desktop. Such ...

Converter for the iPhone/iPod Touch

How many times do you find yourself in need of a quick conversion, whether it be currency exchanging, meters to feet, Celsius to Fahrenheit, lbs to kilograms? Or maybe you just want to know how many drams are in a pinch? Er what? The Converter application for the iPhone and iPod Touch offers so many different units to converter to and from that I spent half my time testing it exploring new units of measurement that I’ve never even heard of. All things considered, a program that offers such a myriad of measurements may suggest a cumbersome interface, after all there are 17 categories alone ...