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A sci-fi docking station for a USB docking station

February 28, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

e design is one debate, the space versus utility is another. Do you think this docking station takes up too much room? Should there be an HDMI connection instead?

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: usb

Call of Cthulhu’s Chaosium suspends NFT program over community backlash

February 16, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

While we address the concerns of the tabletop gaming community we have halted our plans for future NFT releases.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: Chaosium, money

Where do gaming platforms feature in the world’s most expensive data breaches?

February 11, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

VPNs are a competitive and profitable marketplace, provided they can scale.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: security, stats

What if… games consoles had to render themselves?

January 26, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In focus, today is a project from ElectronicsHub titled Self-aware and wonders what consoles would look like if they had to render themselves.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: playstation, PlayStation 3, playstation 4, playstation 5, switch, wii, wii u, Xbox 360, xbox one, xbox series x

Townbuilder App finds thousands of backers organising 3d-printed tabletop terrain

January 23, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The scale of ambition from some tabletop gamers is clear as a desktop app designed to create and manage whole towns has raised tens of thousands of euros on Kickstarter.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: 3d printers, kickstarters

Infinite Realms: Software to turn your table into infinite dungeons

January 15, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Infinite Realms is Kickstarter, software designed to work with flat-screen TVs laid face up or with projectors pointing down.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: battle mats, kickstarters

MAG TWIG: Outdoor survival and dice you can open a beer with

January 12, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You’ll be forgiving to think you’ve stumbled onto one of those Kickstarters designed to help you enjoy or survive in the wilderness through clever modern tech.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: dice, kickstarters

Tabletop RPG tech: Infinite Realms plans to bring interactive computer graphics to your actual table-based gaming

January 10, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Megavoid Studios has plans to bring new technology into play with fully interactive 2D and 3D tabletop projected maps.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: cartography, household

Imagining creative video game patents as concept art

January 8, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

As a result of rummaging around the patent archives, Crucial has been able to commission concept art of the more interesting ideas they surfaced.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: crucial, playstation, xbox

Channelling a Rocketeer vibe: The Khonsu clock lamp will charge your tech

December 31, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Brass, wood and jetpacks; that’s what the Rocketeer uses to bring advanced 1930s technology to life.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: lights

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