While most people who build their own computer from chips want the finished product to do something useful, there’s something to be said about a huge bank of switches and a bunch of blinkenlights.

Have you ever popped off the key caps on a mechanical keyboard and wondered what the different color switches underneath mean? Here's what you need to know.

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have taken the first step to building a computer capable of operating in the heat of a jet engine or the sunny side of the planet Mercury. Te-Hao Lee, ...

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It will come as no surprise that I am a gadget geek. I work all day on a desktop computer. At home, I'm either working on a PC or a Mac laptop. When I'm away from home, I usually rely on my tablet ...

Microscopic switches that route light signals between computer chips like tiny traffic conductors could help make faster, more efficient electronics. Light waves can carry information more easily than ...

Recent announcements by all the once-and-future leaders of the network switch market have made it clear: In order to support the business, networks need to be more intelligent. That intelligence ...