Research into longevity, that most fundamental and intractable of all human health challenges, is slow-moving. It deserves to be described in terms of years, not individual studies. But once in a rare while, a finding has the potential to be a landmark. Such is the case with a new experiment that flushed old, broken-down cells from the bodies of mice, slowing their descent into the infirmities of age.
These fully-functional wireless Rotobot mice from designer Aaron Ristau will make you look seriously cultivated when people drop by your apartment. In our eyes, that means they officially join the esteemed ranks of typewriter-themed Works of Art, but unfortunately it also means they cost 0 — which might be hard to stomach when you realize that each one is just a non-ergonomically modded Logitech M305. Hey-ho, everybody needs at least one peripheral to be their geeky equivalent to good cutlery. And no, that CSR Elite in the cupboard doesn’t count.
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These days it is common for people to have several computers in their home or workplace and for one individual to be operating them. The downside with this is that you end up with lots of keyboards, mice and monitors cluttering up the place and usually one person only needs one mouse and one keyboard. Also, the computers can be spread over the office or house, making it necessary to physically move to use the other computer(s).
KVM switches are the best way to tidy up your desk. The keyboard, monitor and mouse are plugged in to the KVM switch and then the computers are plugged in too. The computers will obviously need to be compatible with the selected keyboard, monitor and mouse. When you want to flick from one computer to the other, simply activate the switch – it’s as easy as that.
Depending on what type of KVM switch you use, you can even use keyboard ‘hot keys’ to switch between computers. There are 2,4 and 8 port KVM switches and it is sensible to buy one with more ports than you than you need because it will enable you to add others at a later date.
You could of course control many computers at once by installing specialist software on all of the computers concerned. This isn’t great though because you can run into latency issues because the software runs over a network. You will also need a set of input devices plugged into your extra computers or you will find they don’t load up correctly. On top of this, the system only works when the operating system is running.
A less costly option is to use a dual input monitor but that only solves the problem of multiple screens – it doesn’t avoid multiple keyboards and mice.
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