http://techpaedia.com Mon, 29 Jan 2007 07:49:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Have you ever wondered what causes those clicking/rattling sounds in your hard drive? YouTube user joshuamarius has posted a video that will take you on a short trip inside a hard drive in real time as it does certain common operations such as powering up, deleting files, copy and paste. [Via ... http://techpaedia.com/2006/10/07/live-from-inside-a-hard-drive/ Upon replying to a YouTube message today, here's what I was greeted with: 500 Internal Server Error Sorry, something went wrong. A team of highly trained monkeys has been dispatched to deal with this situation. In any case, please report this incident to customer service. At least the folks at YouTube have a ... http://techpaedia.com/2006/09/24/youtube-highly-trained-monkeys/ While there are many companies out there offering to test your internet's connection speed, some will even charge you a subscription fee for a simple Download and Upload rate. This is where Speedtest.net really stands out. It's FREE and it has an outstanding graphical user interface that overlays ... http://techpaedia.com/2006/08/20/outstanding-bandwidth-tests-with-speedtestnet/ After removing the invisible shield screen protector on my iPod, I applied the full body shield which covers just under 100% of the iPod's surface. Once again, I've been very impressed with the results! I am most pleased with the ability of the back cover shield to prevent fingerprint stains. ... http://techpaedia.com/2006/08/10/ipod-full-body-invisible-shield/ In an age where the Hi-Fi is becoming obsolete, designer Matthew Ritter has come up with this Hi-Fi looking concept PC! The idea is to design all internal components as cartridges which the user can very easily take in or out. "Each component is a modular and shaped so ... http://techpaedia.com/2006/07/31/modular-pc-dell-xcs-concept-pc/ A few weeks back, I got an invisible shield for my iPod's screen. I was so satisfied with it that I decided to go for a full body shield for my iPod. Now that my all new full body shield is here, just how easy will it be to remove ... http://techpaedia.com/2006/07/25/removing-invisible-shield-from-ipod-easy/ Ex Sony technician, Kouzi Ichigaya has come up with a simple idea to keep cool this summer: The USB Air Conditioned Shirt. It's powered either by USB or AA batteries or through your car's cigarette lighter. Somewhat to my disappointment however, it's not exactly air-conditioned. The shirt simply ... http://techpaedia.com/2006/07/20/usb-air-conditioned-shirt/ During my cyber-travels today I came across this animation from hitachi that attempts to explain perpendicular technology in hard drives in a very interesting and lively way. Thought I'd share the video. Simply click on the above picture and let the flash animation load. Don't forget to turn up ... http://techpaedia.com/2006/07/16/hard-drive-tech-explained-by-hitachi/ The Keyboard Food Tray: Yet another reason to have a working lunch. Designer Duck Young Kong has come up with the Keyboard Food Tray. What is it? A tray that will hold your food just above your keyboard, letting you eat while typing away without having to relocate your keyboard ... http://techpaedia.com/2006/07/10/eating-while-using-your-computer-is-now-even-easier/ Following some research funded by NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) at Seagate, it was found that nanotubes that leak a lubricant vapour could lead to 10x bigger capacity hard drives! The technology is based on the concept that more information can be stored on a magnetic hard drive by ... http://techpaedia.com/2006/07/07/10x-bigger-hard-drives-with-nanotubes/