Corsair XMS2 PC2-6400 800 MHz 240-PIN DDR2 Dual-Channel Memory Kit

November 21st, 2009 -- Posted in Cool Items | No Comments »

Corsair XMS2 PC2-6400 800 MHz 240-PIN DDR2 Dual-Channel Memory Kit

The CM2X1024-6400 is a 1GByte, two-rank DDR2 SDRAM DIMM designed for extreme speed. This part delivers outstanding performance in the latest generation of DDR2-based motherboards. It has been tested extensively in multiple DDR2 motherboards to ensure compatibility and performance at its rated speed. This memory has been verified to operate at 800MHz at the low latencies of 5-5-5-18. This module is also available in matched pairs of “Twin2X” moducles tested as a set in dual channel DDR2 motherboards.

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5in1 PCMCIA SM MMC SD Memory Stick MS MS Pro Adapter in Retail package for notebook labtop

November 18th, 2009 -- Posted in Cool Items | No Comments »

5in1 PCMCIA SM MMC SD Memory Stick MS MS Pro Adapter in Retail package for notebook labtop

5in1 PCMCIA Adapter for notebook labtop
support SM MMC SD MC MS Pro Memory Stick
Support Sony Sandisk Kingston brand
will not support SDHC

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In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind (Paperback)

November 18th, 2009 -- Posted in Cool Items | No Comments »

In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind

From Publishers Weekly

When, as a medical student in the 1950s, Kandel said he wanted to locate the ego and id in the brain, his mentor told him he was overreaching, that the brain had to be studied “cell by cell.” After his initial dismay, Kandel took on the challenge and in 2000 was awarded a Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking research showing how memory is encoded in the brain’s neuronal circuits. Kandel’s journey into the brain spans five decades, beginning in the era of early research into the role of electrical currents flowing through neurons and ending in the age of genetic engineering. It took him from early studies of reflexes in the lowly squid to the founding of a bioengineering firm whose work could some day develop treatments for Alzheimer’s and on to a rudimentary understanding of the cellular mechanisms underlying mental illness. Kandel’s life also took him on another journey: from Vienna, which his Jewish family fled after the Anschluss, to New York Cit (more…)

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