Computer Peripherals

Peripherals are pieces of hardware that you add to your computer. In the Computer Peripherals Channel, find explanations, reviews, videos and prices on these parts, plus how they communicate with your computer.

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You'd like to learn how to have your home computer network, which uses Windows 7, share a single printer. This article will show you how to share a computer on a home network in Windows 7.

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When you know how to clean your scanner, and clean it regularly, you will ensure its longevity and high performance. Learn about how to clean a scanner in this article.

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Configuring a printer or scanner is a relatively easy task. Learn about how to configure a printer or scanner in Windows 7 in this article.

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When you know how to add a shared printer from Windows Vista there's no need to buy multiple printers. Learn about how to add a shared printer from Windows Vista in this article.

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Computers are growing increasingly sophisticated, but in most cases, we interact with them with the same tools we've been using for decades. Can engineers come up with better ways to interface with machines?

By Jonathan Strickland

Wireless technology has helped get rid of that tangled mass of cables underneath your desk. Wireless printers can help you take the next step toward becoming completely unwired.

By Jonathan Strickland

Transmissive film can make a LCDs display brighter and easier to read. Or it can keep others from reading your screen. See how it works.

By Dave Roos

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A printer that fits in your pocket? Won't ink drip out of it and stain your clothes? Not with this ink-free portable device. Snap a photo with your digital camera or cell phone and print it instantly.

By Jane McGrath

Inkless printing? It doesn't seem possible. But one company's prototype inkless printer can print as well as erase documents. That means paper can be reused. How green is that?

By Jane McGrath

It's been called a $28,000 keyboard, but actually the Xynergi keyboard is part of a desktop media production center package. Can it revolutionize the media editing industry?

By Jonathan Strickland

In the not-too-distant future, disabled people could be able to control a motorized wheelchair, the Audeo, with only their thoughts. How could the same technology also restore speech to people who are unable to talk?

By Ed Grabianowski

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Imagine being able to transmit signals that would allow a blind person to see directly into his or her brain. For severely disabled people, the brain-computer interface could be the most important technological breakthrough in decades.

By Ed Grabianowski

Laser printers are fast, precise and inkless. So how do the words get there? How can a laser beam write on paper? Read about laser printer technology.

By Tom Harris

PC gaming is one of the fastest-developing gaming sectors out there, and the view is a lot more interesting these days. Gamers can now play incredible 3-D games using high-tech glasses that give the game environment more depth than ever.

By Shane Speck

Touch-screen monitors have become more and more commonplace as their price has steadily dropped. There are three basic systems that are used to recognize a person's touch -- learn how they work.

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With the rise of the MP3 format, burning your own music CDs has never been so popular -- or so easy. CDs have become one of the most widely adopted data-storage mechanisms.

By Tom Harris

Scanners vary in resolution and sharpness, and their dots per inch (dpi) are determined by two "sampling rates." Find out how they affect your scanner's functionality.

With the rise of the optical mouse, it appears that the venerable wheeled mouse is in danger of extinction. What makes an optical mouse better, and how does it work?

Inkjet printers shoot miniscule droplets of ink onto paper to create a seemingly fluid stroke. And with prices dropping since their introduction in the late 1980s, these printers are more popular than ever.

By Jeff Tyson

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Before the digital camera explosion, flatbed scanners were the way to get images into a PC and online. These devices turn images on paper into data you can access on a computer. Find out how scanners analyze, process and transfer images.

By Jeff Tyson

The next generation in computer displays gives you a full 180-degree field of view. Learn how the Elumens display works!

By Jeff Tyson

Offset printing is the technology that makes most magazines and catalogs possible. See how the offset printing process puts full-color images on paper.

By Mark Mine

Fluorescent tubes and backlighting help make a computer's LCD screen bright and readable. Find out how these parts work together to keep your screen aglow.

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With all the extras and options that are available for new computer keyboards, it's hard to believe that their design originated with mechanical typewriters. Now just look at all they can do!

By Jeff Tyson, Tracy V. Wilson & Chris Pollette

Stereolithography -- also known as 3D printing -- is an amazing technology that allows you to build 3D plastic prototypes almost as easily as you print something on a sheet of paper!

By Marshall Brain