Resistance Is Useful: 5 Amazing Items You Didn't Know You Could Dunk

Nobody wants to accidentally drop their hardware in a drink. But if you fumble and tip your water glass into, say, your hard drive, will your device survive the flood? Chances are getting better all the time that it'll do just that.

Built-in resistance to the elements is an increasingly big deal in product design. The kinds of equipment and accessories that you never thought could emerge unharmed from a surprise dunking — or a dust storm — are now both water and particle resistant like never before.

Below are five examples of items you can get your hands on right now that'll shrug off water and/or dust with hardly a complaint. Read more...