Sit back and watch New Shepard, 110,000 LBs of thrust, mach 3.72, 100 KM in height and a perfect landing. The company Blue Origin is owned by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and they’ve just become the first to create a reusable space rocket. The space vehicle (can we call it a spaceship?) is called the New Shepard […]
Gaming – while falling from 10,000 feet
This ad for the NVIDIA SHIELD is designed to get your attention. We’ve one brave soul, in his arm chair and a gaming rig set up. I rather like the TV; good quality images. The guy in question is Jeff Provenzano. If you’re curious about the NVIDIA Shield it’s a Android powered gaming console that […]
Man builds real life Mjolnir and trolls with Thor’s hammer
YouTube engineer Sufficiently Advanced created a real life Thor’s hammer. It’s a great little demonstration of some agile engineering. Also; it’s a great way to troll people and make a popular YouTube video. What puzzles me is why so many people gave picking up the hammer a go.
Sharp’s new phone is a little robot
Is the “Heart moving phone” the future of smartphones? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQtIlxe_ZkY The little robot weighs about 390g and includes a phone, camera, projector and can walk around. No mention of what OS the phone uses but there’s a quad-core 1.2Ghz CPU in Robohon. Not sure the bot really has much chances of replacing my phone but […]
Robotic, self-rolling d6 and Bots Battleground game turn to Kickstarter
The Kickstarter is for a card game called Bots Battleground but all the focus are on the Boogie Dice. What are Boogie Dice? They’re d6 that spring to life, at a click of the fingers or a clap, and dance around your tabletop to roll themselves. You can check out more details on the Kickstarter […]
Star Wars “timebelt” watch costs nearly $30,000
One of the most complex watches ever made in the US and they’ll only make 500. You get cuff-links too. If the asking price is out of your region then the good news there are other devices which use “threads” but not expect anything much cheaper!
Spinny! A review of Sphero’s BB-8 Star Wars droid
The BB-8 Droid from Sphero is a hot ticket item in the UK. Some retailers are struggling to get hold of them, Amazon is charging a premium but at the time of writing IWooT has some left and so does Zavvi. If you use the code welcome at Zavvi and its your first order then […]
Say what? A 3D-printed talking d20
Tabletop gaming is a hugely accessible hobby as the most important ability is your imagination. That said, those with visual difficulties aren’t always fond of dice heavy systems with hard to read dice. Wouldn’t it be cool if your d20 spoke, out aloud, the number it had just rolled? The details of the project are […]
Kickstarter fails to turn Apple Watch into a monster
WATCHme failed on Kickstarter, coming just €5,000 or so short. It was an attempt to have a charging stand for your Apple Watch that would be a little monster. In the comments we find backers asking for alternative ways to get their hands on the design anyway as well as comments about the clean style. […]
Made real: The gun from Psycho-Pass stuns
I rather enjoyed Psycho Pass. At a first glance it is set in a wonderful future in which the police leave you entirely alone because they can tell who’s guilty. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfyJdvVcFTE At a second glance things get dark quickly. It’s not just your intent to do something criminal but the possibility of you doing so […]
