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DeepCool Factory Tour 2024
DeepCool is the biggest manufacturer for PC cases and coolers in China, and that’s saying something given how many amazing brands operate out of China! We’ve heard some pretty amazing things about the relatively new factory, so when they invited us to come and check it out, well, we just…
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Robot Attacks 30 Amazon Workers With Bear Mace – Yes, Really!
Robot Puts 24 Amazon Workers In Hospital Over the last year, you may have heard more than a few stories about the ‘horror conditions’ that exist within the Amazon warehouses. High-pressured, massive workload and all under the cosh of some of the strictest timekeeping practices out there. What you, however,…
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Intel Invests $7B in Next-Generation Semiconductor Factory in Arizona
In a joint announcement by newly elected US President Donald Trump and Intel CEO Brian Krzanich at the White House, Intel is investing more than $7 billion USD towards the completion of Fab 42 in Chandler, Arizona; the most advanced next-generation semiconductor factory in the world. The project is estimated…
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Robot Crushes Man At Automotive Factory
A sombre story has emerged of a robot which inadvertently killed a man at a factory in Germany. This tragic incident happened during the installation of a robot which is designed and programmed to assist within the automotive construction process at the factory operated by the well-renowned company Volkswagen. A…
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Colorful Announces Their iGame GeForce GTX 960 KUDAN Mini-ITX Graphics Card
Colorful has revealed their iGame GeForce GTX 960 KUDAN Mini-ITX graphics solution, featuring a custom PCB design and factory overclock frequencies. The GeForce GTX 960 KUDAN is said to be one of the very few Mini-ITX designs with a GM206 chip, making it very popular in the $200 range market.…
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Android 5.1 Rolls Out for the Nexus 10
Android 5.1 build LMY47D has arrived via OTA this Saturday for the Nexus 10 tablet, which is not that unexpected since Google released the factory image for the device two weeks ago. Compared to the Android 5.0, Android 5.1 is just 104.4 MB, though it is still best to update…
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Samsung Invests $3 Billion in a New Vietnamese Manufacturing Plant
In an interesting move, Samsung have announced that they are to spend up to $3 billion on a smartphone manufacturing plant in Vietnam. The new plant will join their existing $2 billion factory in the country, making the Korean giant’s presence in Vietnam even larger. There seems to be a…
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Wearable Chair Developed by Swiss Startup
Noonee is a Swiss startup who claim to be the forefront of “Chairolution® “Bringing forth a new era of wearable ergonomic leg devices”. Have you been excited recently for wearable technology such as Google Glass, Smart Watches or even hats that double as tissue dispensers? A wearable chair probably wasn’t the logical…
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First Robot Olympics To be Hosted by Tokyo in 2020
Japan has high hopes of bringing a new type of Olympics in 2020, alongside the actual summer games. Shimzo Abe, Japan’s Prime Minister, said that he hopes to bring the world’s first Robot Olympics, having discussed the creation of ‘robotic revolution’. He apparently wants to gather all robots around the…
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iPhones Are a Run-of-the-Mill Discovery For a Japanese Grain Depot
We hear lots of bizarre news stories over the course of each year, many of them not surprisingly relating to Apples iDevices and in particular the iPhone and this story is of no exception. A Japanese grain milling depot has discovered on numerous occasions that iPhones are turning up in…
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Samsung Uncovers Labor Violations at Dozens of Chinese Supplier Factories
Electronics manufacturer Samsung conducted an external audit that found employee rights violations at dozens of suppliers located in China, though none of the charges related to child labor. The company has more than 200 suppliers in China, and found that a “majority of suppliers do not comply with China’s legally…
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InWin Factory Tour Computex Part 3
Welcome back to our tour of the InWin factory in Taiwan, we’ve already looked at how InWin create their plastic chassis moulds and metal components in the last two parts of the tour. Now we move on to some of the finer details in the production line. As you can…
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InWin Factory Tour Computex 2014 Part 2
Welcome to part two of our InWin factory tour, we’ve already seen how they produce their tooling components and injection moulds to create the plastic components of a chassis, so what’s next? Well since some of the biggest parts of a chassis are the panels, which come in all kinds of shapes and…
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InWin Factory Tour Computex 2014 Part 1
We’ve been very fortunate this week, as the eTeknix team were invited along to a special tour of the InWin factory in Taipei, allowing us a first hand look at every aspect of product design, development and production. InWin have proven themselves time and time again over the last few…
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iPhone 6 Leaked Images Appear Confirming Bigger Size Device
More rumors surrounding the latest iteration from Apple in their iPhone lineup shows a Chinese forum with leaked images of the front panel of the phone and a molding of the device. No details have surfaced with the pictures other than the following translation: “has always been to cover structural…
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