Yesterday the U.S. government announced a new round of autonomous vehicle (AV) guidelines at CES 2020 called AV 4.0. Those new guidelines quickly upset safety advocates, however, as they merely “promote voluntary consensus standards.”
The Associated Press reported that the proposed AV 4.0 guidelines were announced by Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, who said that “It recognizes the value of private sector leadership in AV research, development and integration."
Chao also said
While mechanical keyboards offer the best typing experience, they come at a premium. It’s hard to find a good one under $100 and even harder if you want one from a well-known brand. Cherry, the maker of a range of switches used in mechanical keyboards, announced today a new switch type, the Cherry Viola, to serve as an option for budget keyboards. The hope is to do away with budget membrane keyboards entirely and offer a
At CES 2020, Seagate unveiled (PDF) the mobile Lyve Drive product line, a sort of modular NAS. It is a mobile storage solution to manage enterprise, cloud and edge data. The devices range from SD cards to massive mobile arrays to fit any data workflow.
Seagate said the 10 products in the Lyve Drive portfolio are simple to use, secure and efficient. The list of products includes an SD card and card reader, Thunderbolt 3 connector, a drive
If building PCs that operate at 5 GHz seems passe, perhaps you'd rather put together a system that speeds a long at a blazing 1 MHz. Launching later this year for an introductory price of $119, SmartyKit provides all the parts you need to make a replica of the original Apple I computer.
The SmartyKit is designed to indulge Apple and computer history fans taste for nostalgia, while potentially teaching kids about how computers work. The kit comes with 1
CES 2020 is winding down. The event officially ends tomorrow, many companies have already held their press conferences and we've officially worn down the soles of our shoes walking all over the show floor and the Las Vegas Strip. But the show must go on, as Freddie Mercury sang, and so we've collected everything we covered on Thursday.
If you only want to see the best of what CES 2020 had to offer, however
Because there are so many RGB components and accessories, there are just a ton of RGB control panel applications that let you customize your light patterns. However, Thermaltake's new NeonMaker software is something different, because it allows you to create and edit lighting animations in much the same way you'd piece together a video clip.
Available for download right now on Thermaltake's website. NeonMaker allows you to build and save animations that are up to 45 seconds long
If you have RGB LEDs in your PC and on your peripherals so why not deck the walls with custom-colored lighting too? iBuyPower, an OEM known for its high-performance and customized gaming PCs, is entering the light business, launching its own set of programmable ambient lights. Due out in June at a price of $149 for a set of two or $299 for a five-pack, iBuyPower's lights can change color based
Riotoro is one of those brands you’ll either know a lot about, or nothing about. Predominantly specializing in budget/value keyboards, mice, power supplies, cases and some cooling on the side, it’s kind of where Corsair was at, about 15-20 years ago. That’s not to say they have bad products, just that it’s a fledgling brand just starting out (2014 to be exact), most predominantly in the world of peripherals, or
Many PC enthusiasts and builders love to hate on the rise of RGB, in large part because when it lands in motherboard, graphics cards, or elsewhere, it tends to raise prices without providing any functional benefit beyond a light show that can be tough to turn off. But Lian Li’s Strimer products are ATX or PCIe extension cables, so no one’s pushing you to buy them if you aren’t interested.
