The wireless router has earned a bit of a reputation in recent years as a playground. It’s where certain tech companies, those typically with outlandish ideas and poor taste, experiment with just how gaudy and ridiculous they can make the simple act of handling internet traffic over a home network. These monstrosities tend to manifest as multi-arm, arachnid-like beasts that feel more at home in a deep sea fishing slideshow than anywhere remotely close to your computer setup.
Case in point: Asus’ new gaming-focused Rapture, shown off at CES yesterday. Set aside for a moment the audacity to conflate a router with the second coming of Christ, and you still have a device that insults the eyes with its presence. This router doesn’t look much...
via The Verge
