Friday, January 28, 2011

What they've done is make me feel sorry for the batteries

“What they've done is make me feel sorry for the batteries powering my devices.They've also given science a deeper understanding of how batteries slowly die over time, as repeated charging plays havoc on a molecular scale. Armed with this knowledge researchers will be better prepared to produce the next generation of longer-lasting and more humane portable energy units.Poor little batteries.Nanoscale battering of replica Jacob & Co. GMT-3SS watch charging battery seen on video [NewScientist][Front Page Image]”SteelSeries takes a good idea and makes it even better with the SteelSeries Shift, a gaming keyboard with many different faces.

SpecsPrice: $89.99Platform: PCWhat's in the replica Panerai FER00007 Men's watch box: Keyboard, standard keyset, instructions.The BasicsBack in 2003 a company named Ideazon released the Zboard, a keyboard that allowed players to swap in and out custom made keysets created specifically to support popular video games. It was a novel idea, but the execution was poor. Peripheral maker SteelSeries has been handling distribution of the Zboard since purchasing Ideazon in 2008. Now the manufacturer has taken the original technology and refined it to create the SteelSeries Shift.

It marries the face-swapping properties of the Zboard with high quality materials and enhanced functionality to create a device that's more than the sum of its parts.Using ItThe basic SteelSeries Shift package includes the keyboard base and a replica Panerai FER00015 Men's watch standard keyset. There are versions available that come with the new World of Warcraft: Cataclysm and Medal of Honor keysets, but for review purposes we were provided with the plain vanilla unit. One free USB port is required to run the keyboard, but you'll want an extra to take advantage of the Shift's built-in USB 2.0 ports.