When the first touchscreen devices hit the market, a stylus was the must-have accessory. These older devices couldn’t function without them, and the screens were not sensitive enough to work well when use provided input with our fingers. These screens were known as resistive touch screens, and were considered by many to be far from …
In the electronic modern world, 9 V batteries are everywhere. In fact, these are some of the most common batteries in the entire world, especially since they were originally introduced for the earliest transistor radios. Even if you don’t know the voltage, you can probably tell a 9 V battery apart from the others due …
When Nintendo launched the Wii in 2006, it changed how we think about video games. Instead of passively sitting down and pressing buttons, you got up and moved around. Wii Sports was packaged free with the console, and became one of the most popular games of all time. That said, the Wii was already behind …
Whether you’re a gamer, a creative professional, or just have to write a lot of emails, your keyboard is important. Sure, a cheap chiclet keyboard is just fine for light use. They even make sense in laptops, where size and weight are at a premium. But for serious computer users, a mechanical keyboard is where …
Since its launch in 2017, the Nintendo Switch has won high praise, largely for its innovative control scheme. This is something of a specialty for Nintendo, the company that brought us the Wii and its motion controller. However, the concept behind the Switch was a bit different. Instead of being primarily built for motion controls, …