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World Map Made of Computer Components: Mother Earth Motherboards

Lambert Varias — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:00:22 +0000

We’ve seen a table, a chair, classic artworks, and even a toilet made from gadget guts. Here’s a nice installation that would go well with those items. Made by UK-based artist Susan Stockwell, this map of the world is made of computer components.

Simply titled “World”, the map is not 100% accurate – Antarctica is missing, and I’m sure there are hundreds, if not thousands of tiny islands and islets missing – but you’ll see that Stockwell tried to indicate the appropriate climate and land types using appropriately colored circuit boards.

You can see more pictures of World and of Stockwell’s other sculptures on her website.

[via Colossal Art+Design]

Purple Motherboard Pendulum Clock Comes From the Heart of Your Computer

Hazel Chua — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:38:28 +0000

So what do you do when your CPU’s fried and you can’t extract any more useful information out of it? Don’t throw it out! Instead, gulp down some creative juices and turn it into a clock, because that’s exactly what the folks behind TECOART did.

This is probably as limited-edition and crazily quirky as clocks can get. If you’re a ~~true-purple~~ true-blue geek at heart, then you’d probably want to have this Purple Motherboard Pendulum Clock hanging on your wall. Simply because it’s such a beaut.

The purple base contrasts magnificently with the colored metallic components of the motherboard. Plus, who wouldn’t appreciate having a CD (or DVD) pendulum swaying back and forth below to mark the passing of each second?

These clocks are pretty limited, and when I say limited, I mean really limited. Last I checked, there was only one of these purple babies available on TECOART’s shop on Etsy. It’s listed at $65, so if you think that’s reasonable enough for this quirky work of art, I suggest you head on over to purchase it right now before its gone.

[via Gadgets Matrix]

Motherboard Stained Glass Windows

Range — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:41:26 +0000

If there were a Church of Old Technology, these would be the stained-glass windows they’d have hanging on their walls.

Created out of recycled circuit boards by a guy simply going by “Dan”, they’re not actually windows, but give off the appearance of stained glass because of the colors he selected. The window frame itself was made by using sandstone for added effect. Dan says that the theme is a sort of good vs evil, since one side is sort of red while the other is blue.

It looks amazing and it makes me wonder what else people will make out of old tech that otherwise might have ended up in the garbage dump.

[Overclockers via Make:]

(Science) Teacher Hit Me With a (Circuit Board) Ruler

Technabob — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:00:09 +0000

ThinkGeek’s new Motherboard Ruler is perfect for science geeks, computer nerds and math dweebs who need to measure stuff. Each one is made from a sliver of recycled green circuit board, probably from your old laptop that died.

ThinkGeek likes to throw around fancy stats like the fact that the ruler measures 1.067 nano light-seconds long, but according to my computations, I come up with a length of 3,048,000,000 angstroms, with an accuracy of 16 15,875,000 angstrom sub-segments.

So get to measuring and grab one over at ThinkGeek for $7.49 (USD).

Motherboard Mona Lisa

Technabob — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:24:39 +0000

While Leonardo Da Vinci was one of the great art masters, the guy who created this version of Mona Lisa entirely out of old motherboards is a modern master in my book.

This amazing work of geek art is displayed proudly in the lobby of the headquarters of ASUS in Peitou, Taiwan.

[via CLiPset | images via flickr]

Asus P6x58 Premium World’S First USB 3.0-Equipped Motherboard. Yes! Now We Can Plug in Our – Oh Wait.

Lambert Varias — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:25:26 +0000

ASUSTeK, pioneers of the underpowered tiny computer revolution, is in the forefront again, and this time around they’ve got me excited: the Asus P6X58 Premium motherboard is the world’s first motherboard to be equipped with NEC’s USB 3.0-certified chipset. Imagine a terabyte drive with a 4.8 Gbps transfer rate that doesn’t need a separate power supply. Yummy.

I wonder what USB 3.0 products will Brando be selling. A USB-hub-terabyte drive-lamp-wrist rest shaped like an angler fish?

[via Everything USB]

Cakes Just Like Your Motherboard Used to Make

Karen M. — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:30:43 +0000

We have seen a lot of geeky treats, but these motherboard cakes can’t be beat! Who would think to combine butter, eggs, flour, and sugar into something resembling a motherboard? It turns out there are multiple people who have done just that, with varying results.

You can bust out the full court press with green icing, Rolos, After Five mints, and so forth, or go for a more subdued, monochrome chocolatey mobo. In either case, one thing is certain: you’ll need wafer cookies on hand for the RAM slots.

Sure, they’re a little cartoony, but nonetheless I’d say that geekdom is getting to be so very delicious these days!

[via Geekcake]

Pico-Itx Mobos: Computers to Get Even Smaller

Technabob — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:53:30 +0000

Just when you thought desktop PCs couldn’t get any smaller, VIA comes along and introduces an insanely tiny new x86 motherboard platform.

VIA’s ultra-mini Pico-ITX mainboards measure in at just under 3″ x 4″ – about 75% smaller than the Mini-ITX format. Initial models feature a unified VX700 chip which combines graphics processing, memory and device controllers on a single chip. The boards have VGA, Ethernet, SATA and ATA interfaces onboard, and support up to 4GB of DDR400/333 RAM. An optional daugtercard adds DVI, PS/2, USB and audio connectors.

The first boards built on the Pico-ITX platform cost around $300 each, and have started to ship this week.

[via Impress]