Batteries are great for storing electrical power and moving it around in devices. However, batteries with flaws in their design or manufacture can rupture and explode with significant head and force capable of destroying the device they're powering. Which of these devices is the most frequent victim of battery failure?
That's awesome. It's way more advanced than my toilet.
So what? Don't they have better stuff to work on?
This demonstration video from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration explains how their state-of-the-art toilet system allows Astronauts to relieve themselves in zero gravity environments. What do you think of this bathroom wonder from the future? Is this a suitable way to be spending $17.6 billion in annual funding?
While the several hundred dollar price tag of the newly announced Apple iPhone 4 is certainly expensive, it's not quite expensive enough for some people. Fortunately, there are plenty of manufacturers willing to cater to your need to flaunt your disposable income by spending more on the case than the phone itself. Which one of these stupidly expensive iPhone cases do you want on your phone?
SGP Ott-Paint Ultra Thin Limited Edition Gariz Case
Swarovski Wildcat
Orbino Strada
GlitterRing iPhone Cover
Yes, your new iPhone 4 is going to be great, but that's no reason to spend three times as much on a beautiful case for it. Why not just spend about as much on the case as you do on the phone? If that's the income bracket you are in, there are lots of cases available that are still moderately expensive without being so expensive as to break the bank. Which of these ,moderately expensive iPhone cases would you like most for your new iPhone 4?
Jupiter features a case made of platinum and encrusted with jewels arranged in the shapes of constellations. As for the hardware, Jupiter features Intel’s 3GHz E6850 Core 2 Duo CPU, 2GB of DDR 2 memory, a 1TB hard drive and a dual Blu-Ray/HD DVD drive. Additionally, it ships with a 24” 1920×1200 native resolution monitor. Would you spend $748,720 to own this monster?
The most expensive storage on the market is an array of twenty RamSan-620 solid state drives weighing in at a grand total of 100 terabytes. According to Texas Memory Systems, makers of the storage system, the RamSan 6200 is capable of 5,000,000 IOPS (independent operations per second) and sustained bandwidth of up to 60 GB/s.Would you drop $4.4 million on this amazing hard drive?
One of the benefits of earning lots of money is being able to spend it on overpriced gadgets that provide you with both technology assistance and status indicators.Being able to blow a lot f money on a rather frivolous toy is an important class signifier. Which of these super expensive gadgets would you buy if you had the disposable income?
Getting the most out of today's hottest computer games requires some serious horsepower on your graphics card. These great models with four gigabytes of available VRAM allow your computer to quickly render even the most complicated video game scene with little to no processor overhead. Which of these 4GB monsters do you like the best for serving your eyes the streaking hot pixels they desire?
