Tag: CABLES

For neat freaks and office hurricanes alike, there are few things more annoying than cable clutter. That's where Bluelounge's CableBox Mini excels. Plug your devices into the internal four-socket surge protector, stuff the excess cables into the box, and cover it. Boom! Minimalism achieved. The box is available in a variety of colors, is made of fire-retardant plastic (for when you are just on ...

Designer Kim Mi Ran hates tangled cords. Who doesn't? (Oh yeah, this dude.) We've run across some novel solutions to maddening cable issues in the past, and we've seen our fair share of quick, DIY fixes, from zip-ties to external sheaths. But all these answers are merely a Band-Aid for the tangled mess that has proven itself the digital era's 'Yellow Wallpaper.' ("I get positively angry with the ...

For geeks like us, too many gadgets and not enough USB ports is a daily problem. You could just buy one of those USB hubs to remedy this problem, or you could try a brand new approach. Designer Gonglue's innovative product, dubbed 'Infinite USB,' cuts out the middleman (in this case the USB hub) by allowing you to stack USB cables on top of each other when you run out of ports. Wired describes ...

Refuse has long been a popular medium in the contemporary art world, from Jessica Stockholder's abstract sculpture to Chris Ofili's appropriation of elephant dung, and it goes even as far back as Marcel Duchamp's readymade 'Fountain' and the beginning of objets trouvés. Lately, we've seen a ton of artwork made from discarded tech materials, like Nick Gentry's floppy disk paintings and ...

If you enjoy pulsing techno music and blinding strobe lights, you'll probably love these new, glowing USB cables that ION Audio just revealed at CES 2010. According to Technabob, the Desk FX cables light up when you connect them to a USB port. Because who doesn't want to cast a stomach-churning neon glow on their computer? In addition to the neon green shown above, the cable will be available in ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2009/11/23/cable-drawings-take-cords-center-stage/'; While most of us organize excess lengths of cable by hiding them from view, an artist named Maisie Maud Broadhead has decided to expose the detritus of modern technological life and put it to decorative use. Her 'Cable Drawings' are wonderfully simple in both concept and material, but it's really that ...

Wires. They surround us, they engulf us, they entangle us. Even though we push them underneath tables and behind desks, they make our lives feel as if they are in disarray. Someday, perhaps even someday soon, they will be a thing of the past; for now, though, they are the scourge of our digital society. Which is why Christoph Niemann's latest series of illustrations for the New York Times ...

No matter what the salesman tells you, don't waste money on pricey HDMI or DVI cables. Unlike analog cables, digital ones pretty much either work or they don't, and unless you're running more than a dozen feet, you'll never see a difference. Check online for steep discounts, such as monocable.com ...

Now that you've shelled out for a nice new HDTV, it's time to learn how to get the best possible sound and video out of it. Switched explains just what all of those inputs on the back of your set are for, how to connect them, and which ones will maximize your home theater experience. Related Links: Just Tell Me What to Get: 42-Inch Plasma Who's Got the Most HD Channels? The ...