[Back this Campaign] This is an Indiegogo campaign that’s passed its fund raising goal already. There are 29 days left, at time of posting, and they’ve raised $30,000 of the $10,000 they were asking for. The keyboard is interesting because it allows for lots more screen space on smartphones and tablets while you’re tying but […]
British scientists create Red Dwarf’s Holly
Read the article on the BBC. This talking head is Zoe. She’s been created by developers in Cambridge. She’s remarkable because she is the most expressive controllable avatar ever created. It’s suggested that Zoe could be used on smartphones or tablets. It’s hard to look at this without thinking of Holly from Red Dwarf. Holly […]
Iron Man’s hand repulsor turned into a battle damaged lamp
What would you do if you found a bit of Iron Man’s battle damaged armour lying around? Hand it into S.H.I.E.L.D? See if you could use it rob a bank? Make a handy desktop lamp your gaming PC? I thought so! Good answer. Via Arianna Cesareo at Obvious Winner.
Just what is Marvel’s Project Gamma?
At the achingly hip SXSW (South by South West) conference that merges tech with anyone else who might be interested Marvel announced Project Gamma. In summary; it’s music that plays along with your comics. It’s a little more complex than it appears at first. Normally the way to assign music to comics would be to […]
ASUS signs magazine deal with lekiosk
I’m a big user of Comixology on my Nexus 7; especially after the popular comic app made the tweaks necessary to perfect the platform for Google’s popular 7″ tablet. lekiosk is a bit like Comixology except rather than comic books it works with big magazines from the likes of the BBC, Conde Naste and Dennis […]
It’s real: a taser sword
How many times have you heard a GM tell a player they couldn’t have such’n’such a weapon because it wasn’t realistic? I suspect a taser sword might fall into that category; even for some near future sci-fi games. After all, how would you persuade the taser to release its energy down the sword evenly and […]
Three minute summary of the PS4 news
Warning: NSFW language. VideoGamerTV have put together this three minute summary of Sony’s PlayStation 4 news. It’s a funny take of the big news, with lots of swearing, that isn’t anti-PlayStation or Sony and yet still pokes fun at the gaming giant. I missed the live stream. I was stuck attending a business conference and […]
Giant Scorpion Zoid… of terror
Zoids becan life as a harmless model kit in the 80s. You got to build quirky little robots. They then made it to computer games with the PlayStation 2. Much later and thankfully confined to a too small table; we have giant Zoids of terror. Scary stuff! This isn’t a one off, though, as there’s […]
A fully functional steampunk typewriter arm guard
This is a real device. You can order one yourself from Brute Force Studios. They’re very popular and as a result there can be a 12 week wait before shipping. The keyboard has a number of features and supports a number of systems. — 3-in-1 multimedia wireless keyboard (Keyboard, TouchPad, Laser Pointer) — Control your […]
Rumour: PS4 to miss Christmas bonanza in Europe
Sony have a trailer for an announcement. This means a big announcement. The Internet assumes we’re getting the release date of the PlayStation 4. Expect weeks of rumours and whispers. Let’s start off; Edge Online are citing sources that are saying four interesting things. Launch will be before Christmas in Japan and US. Despite the […]
