Thursday, February 7th 2019
Akasa Turing is an Art Deco Fanless "Bean Canyon" NUC Case
Akasa Turing is the company's latest fanless cases for Intel "Bean Canyon" NUC family, which embeds 8th generation Core "Coffee Lake" processors. Designed for living rooms or corner offices, the Turing is a carbon-black monolith with its aluminium body doubling up as heatsink for the processor. Fins and ridges of the body panel curve in an almost Art Deco style. You can either orient the case vertically, or sideways. The case can handle SoCs with TDP of up to 28 W without needing fans. Front panel connectivity includes a pair of USB 3.1 type-A, an IR receiver, and headset jack, while the rear panel is designed for most "Bean Canyon" boards. Akasa will reveal pricing very soon.
Source:
FanlessTech
12 Comments on Akasa Turing is an Art Deco Fanless "Bean Canyon" NUC Case
I want a case that size for Ryzen 3xxx ...
Anyway, I believe we must accept weird names at the moment.
Imagine Intel getting a license from Disney and naming CPUs after Star Wars characters. ;-)I don't find the size that impressive (we've seen smaller passive cases). But the design is excellent.
And, unlike all these plexi panels with LEDs, this one actually has practical purpose. It's like one of those designer heaters.
Great stuff from Akasa.
Obviously, you can find wooden speakers and headphones.
But you have a lot of electronics with classy, smart looks. And quite a lot of minimal, "scandinavian" stuff as well.
Look at Google Home Mini - it looks like carved from a sofa. :-)
It's not that bad with computers either. We have both minimal, elegant designs and flashy gaming alternative. It's just that today the "elegant" stuff is mostly notebooks. Custom desktops drifted towards plexi and RGB.
What? :shadedshu:
Somebody needs to go back to Art School.
Just be carful you don't get copyright infringement notices from Apple if it looks too much like their HQ!