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Canon and Takara Tomy to release realistic Transformer DSLRs

August 16, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Would you expect a multi-thousand-dollar camera to transform into a robot?

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: cameras

Titanium and sapphire space wristwatch has both Mars and Earth time

July 12, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The roller type dual time means the watch can show the time simultaneously for Mars and Earth, and with different time zones.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: space, watch

Make your minis glow: HitBits are a cost-effective digital miniature base project

June 21, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I’ve seen some fancy proposals for reinventing the gaming table. I’ve seen clever technology and crowdfunding projects that wanted hundreds of thousands. London-based Theorycraft is on Kickstarter to raise £150.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: kickstarters

A salt of the earth review of GrowCube

May 22, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The idiom “salt of the earth” refers to people of worth and reliability and so let me be upfront about the worth and reliability of this review of GrowCube.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: household, kickstarters, reviews

Xbox has been entered into The Scottish Register of Tartans

May 7, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The design was created by Gordon Nicolson, that’s the company behind the National Football team’s tartan.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: xbox

Shiny grimdark tech! Razor makes Warhammer branded PC accessories

April 27, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Designs include Sisters of Battle, the screaming faces of the 9th edition and Ultramarine Primaris Space Marines.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: warhammer, warhammer 40k

D&D superstar Joe Manganiello fronted ARcana Kickstarts, a new way to play tabletop RPGs

March 30, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Kickstarter is busy with software options for tabletop gamers, and the competitive virtual tabletop space has a healthy and challenging overlap with augmented tabletops.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: Augmented reality, Joe Manganiello, kickstarters, mirrorscape, virtual tabletop

These dice float in the air: Conflict Games’ Levitating Dice Kickstarter soars skywards

March 23, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Conflict Games say their focus is on combat RPGs, but this Kickstarter is all about some clever dice. Dice that are functional and which can float with the aid of magnets.

Filed Under: Cool Tech

Frostpunk joins the virtual Model Builder in an exclusive deal

March 18, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Joining the virtual Model Builder family is a free DLC from 11 bit studios and content from their Frostpunk city-building survival.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: software, Steam

Xplored’s Teburu system launches with The Bad Karmas and the Curse of the Zodiac

March 16, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Kickstarter reveals that Teburu doesn’t use a flat-screen as a gaming board. Instead, it’s an electronic board with sensors, and you place game-specific playing boards over the top.

Filed Under: Cool Tech, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, kickstarters

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