Using a PCI Extension platform, a cable converter to input serial commands to the iPod for control and a LabView Technology created software interface, engineers are able to send commands to complex devices like the iPod and measure the response.

There's a lot of talk about power consumption in data centers, yet the efforts to reduce storage power consumption are rarely discussed. Consider high-performance disk drives, commonly driven to 10,000 or 15,000 rpm by latency demands, with their numbers multiplying to supply the terabytes of storage we take for granted.

Imagine the branding capabilities when they start embedding OLEDs into clothing.

Offshoring jobs is an old story in the manufacturing sector. Now, service jobs once considered safe are being shipped overseas. Lawyers, accountants, journalists, engineers, take heed.