A Keyboard for Messy Folks

Do you like to eat and drink while you code? Well Logitech's fully washable keyboard is for you. Spilling soda is no longer quite the problem it was.

Finally, a better battery?

The Verge has a story on a new battery technology that could supplant the iron grip of Lithium Ion batteries. The new technology is called Iolyte, and has a number of advantages:

1. It is not flammable


2. It holds 10 times the charge given the same size

The product's manufacturer, Boulder Ionics (based here in Colorado), expects to have commercial products ready by the middle of this year.

Latest ATI Video Cards

AMD has some new 7700 series video cards out. The Verge has a summary:

AMD ATI 7700 Round Up

Basic Gaming Machine From Scratch

AMD Computer Build

I am planning to build a basic gaming machine from scratch. Some friends wanted me to post the part list I came up with. So here goes:

• Case - Coolmaster Centurion $50


• Motherboard - AMD AM3 ATX Asus M4A78 Plus $80


• CPU - AMD Athlon Dual Core AM3 65W $66


• Memory - 4 GB Cosair DDR 2 800 $63


• HDD - WD Caviar Blue SATA 500GB $55


• CD/DVD - Sony Optiarc SATA CD/DVD $26


• Power Supply - Apevia 500W $40


• Video Card - Sapphire Radeon 4600 $55

Total Price $435