Teardowns Macintosh 128K Teardown A teardown usually means a glimpse at the newest tech, but today we've got something even more special — a peek into yesteryear. January 24th, 1984 marks the date the… January 24, 2014 by Miro Djuric
Teardowns Mac Pro Teardown 2: Teardown Harder Not sated by our initial findings, we decided to take a second look at the seemingly innocuous fan assembly that caps the new Mac Pro. Tucked beneath one of the… January 3, 2014 by Andrew Goldheart
Teardowns Mac Pro Teardown Beneath the surface, the Mac Pro's compact, three-sided design is like nothing we've ever seen before—an example of what engineers can do when they think outside of the box. The… December 31, 2013 by Julia Bluff
Gadgets Our First Look at the Xbox One Kinect IR Field We modified a Canon PowerShot SX120 to detect infrared light, hooked up our new Xbox One, and pointed the Kinect at a white backdrop. And got...a bright patch of infrared… December 25, 2013 by Andrew Goldheart
Gadgets Steam Machine Teardown By some stroke of godlike luck, we managed to acquire a Steam Machine—one of only 300 beta kits that Valve released into the wild. The Steam Machine is essentially a… December 19, 2013 by Julia Bluff
Gadgets Nest Protect Teardown A few times per year a device comes along that's not a fancy-schmancy tablet or phone, but still intriguing enough to warrant a teardown. Like the Nest Protect, a $130… December 10, 2013 by Miro Djuric
Gadgets Xbox One Kinect Teardown Hot on the coattails of yesterday's Xbox One comes America's favorite surveillance system — the second-generation Kinect! Good news, tin-hat wearers: the Kinect *does not* have any NSA-grade hardware inside. Instead, we found tons… November 22, 2013 by Cait Emma Smith
Gadgets Xbox One Teardown Oh shoot! We got teardown all over our brand-new Xbox One! That’s definitely going to void our warranty—but then again, doesn’t everything? That’s right, we dragged our butts out of… November 21, 2013 by Julia Bluff
Gadgets PlayStation 4 Teardown We teamed up with our pals at Chipworks to get our hands on (and in) the all-new Sony PlayStation 4. And the PS4 did not disappoint. This modern gaming machine has… November 15, 2013 by Cait Emma Smith
Teardowns iPad Mini Retina Display Teardown The iPad Mini Retina Display is a worthy successor to both the iPad Air and last year’s iPad Mini. The Mini is no longer the runt of the litter, having… November 13, 2013 by Andrew Goldheart