February 21, 2007 8:17 AM PST
Geek chic necklace for summer
Summer is coming, eventually, and bare necks bring an opportunity for neck decoration: scarfs, ribbons, necklaces....resistors.
Green Resistor Triplets Necklace for $110
(Credit: Fractalspin)For the chic geek in your life there is unique jewelry that actually looks fashionable.
The Green Resistor Triplets Necklace for $110 from Fractalspin at first glance resembles turquoise beads. Seven sets of tiny green resistors hang from a silver chain.
While unconventional jewelry made of tech parts and video game icons may be too quirky for some, Popgadget agrees that the Green Resistor Triplets Necklace joins the ranks of the sleek and chic.
In a software-driven world, it's easy to forget about the nuts and bolts. Whether it's cars, robots, personal gadgetry or industrial machines, Candace Lombardi examines the moving parts that keep our world rotating. A journalist who divides her time between the United States and the United Kingdom, Lombardi has written about technology for the sites of The New York Times, CNET, USA Today, MSN, ZDNet, Silicon.com, and GameSpot. E-mail her at candacelombardi@gmail.com. She is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not a current employee of CNET. 
