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Word Game Fans Are Trying Something Different — WOKER™

November 2nd, 2009 at 8:49 am » Comments (0)

Featured Invention at the Colorado Inventor Showcase 2009
WOKER™ is Poker using words!  It’s a fun, new card game that combines the challenges of word games with the quickness of poker!  The goal is to make the highest scoring words with your cards based on the points associated with each letter.  It’s like a brainteaser for [...]



Tora – Classical Style Board Game Raises Money For Ecological Concerns

October 31st, 2009 at 9:52 am » Comments (0)

Featured Invention at the Colorado Inventor Showcase 2009
Centuries ago in another land far away, a war was fought between two rulers of a tiger-like race.  Their names are long forgotten, but their memory lives on in this game of strategy and cunning!  Tora (TM) is a classical style board game done in the same vein [...]



EZ Shot: The Fully-Automatic Basketball Return Machine

October 27th, 2009 at 10:25 am » Comments (0)

Featured at the Colorado Inventor Showcase
Net proceeds from EZ Shot goes to help purchase food and toiletries for the FISH Food Bank in Broomfield

EZ Shot is a fully-automatic basketball return machine.  EZ Shot’s patented technology is well suited for training, recreation and entertainment. EZ Shot’s on-board computer contains a variety of pre-programmed individual and team [...]



Elite Marshmallow Blaster

October 26th, 2009 at 8:44 am » Comments (0)

Mom always said not to play with your food, but the Elite Marshmallow Blaster could potentially prove to be too much of a temptation as this $55 pump-action single shot device is more than capable of firing standard marshmallows up to 40 feet far – we’re sure it can also handle other foodstuff, but keeping [...]



Wack-A-Banker

October 9th, 2009 at 1:36 pm » Comments (0)

Engineeer and cartoonist Tim Hunkin created an arcade game that at first appears to be an ATM or banking kiosk. When coins are inserted, the banking poster drops and reveals Wack-A-Banker, giving you an opportunity to take your aggressions out on a group of financially oppressive stereotypes.



Unique Card Parlour Pool By Card Parlour Games

October 8th, 2009 at 10:11 am » Comments (0)

Featured Invention at the Colorado Inventor Showcase 2009
Utilize all of your pool playing skills but add a whole new set of strategies and fun with a set of Card Parlour Pool Balls including a joker ball.
 



Top Ten Con Games

October 3rd, 2009 at 9:38 am » Comments (0)

 
Unlike most kinds of petty crime, a confidence game, or con, takes an enormous amount of skill and forethought to pull off. When done right, in many cases the grifters who perpetrate them have not actually done anything overtly illegal–they’ve simply used lies and manipulation to get their victim, or “mark,” to willingly hand over [...]



Awesome Pool Table Modification

September 24th, 2009 at 7:45 am » Comments (0)

A new view on pool

Playing pool (or billiards if you prefer) is such a great game. Where else can expert players show off their physical strength, skill, and finesse, all on the confines of a felt covered slate table? And speaking of pool – although they all come in many different styles and sizes, once you own one, unfortunately it [...]



Looking to cash in? Invent a phone application

September 23rd, 2009 at 10:15 pm » Comments (0)

The coming gold rush in apps
People looking to cash in on the next gold rush should consider developing applications — or apps — for the new generation of smart mobile phones, according to a forecast released Tuesday by the Yankee Group.
Consumers will spend more than $4.2 billion on apps in 2013, up from $343 million [...]



Not-Rubik’s Dodecahedron

September 20th, 2009 at 8:20 am » Comments (0)

Spy toy gadget maker Brando has this “Magic GIANT 12-Surface IQ Pentagon – Fantastic Edition” for $49.90.

The FANTASTIC SIZE and COMPLEX IQ Cube!! The GIANT 12 surfaces IQ Pentagon! You may never face this complicated one! Your home cannot miss this one. You may not solve it, you can just disassemble it and try it [...]



The Wizarding World of Harry Potter Theme Park To Open In Florida

September 17th, 2009 at 5:55 am » Comments (0)

Conceptual rendering of Zonkoís, located in Hogsmeade
A giant hi-tech roller-coaster set inside Hogwarts Castle will be one of the attractions at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park due to open in Florida next spring.  The ‘Forbidden Journey’ ride, named by author JK Rowling, will take customers on a journey through scenes from the [...]



Today Is The 40th Anniversary Of Nerf

September 9th, 2009 at 7:47 am » Comments (0)

A Ballsy Invention At The Time

The first Nerf product debuted forty years ago today. It began as a humble orange ball created by toy developer Reyn Guyer. His team designed several games that could be played with it and marketed it to Milton Bradley. That company turned him down. So Guyer took his product to [...]



Hasbro’s Monopoly Game Goes Online With Google Maps

September 7th, 2009 at 12:22 pm » Comments (0)

An online Monopoly view of Mayfair in London. The game uses Google Maps as a board
Google is to team up with one of the world’s biggest board game manufacturers to create an online version of Monopoly.  The search engine has called on Hasbro to produce the game, which will use Google Maps as a board [...]



The Amazing 3D Sand Animation of Kseniya Simonova

August 20th, 2009 at 7:23 am » Comments (0)

(YouTube Link)
Kseniya Simonova is a Ukrainian artist who creates sand drawings in front of audiences. Here she is performing on Ukraine’s Got Talent:
Here, she recounts Germany conquering Ukraine in the second world war….



Beer + Arcade Games = Arkeg

August 18th, 2009 at 7:34 am » Comments (0)

 If only gambling were involved too…

The Arkeg combines two necessities of life: beer and arcade games. For a mere $4,000, you can have a chilled 5-gallon keg, a 24-inch screen, and a console loaded with 104 classic video games. It also comes with a slide-out keyboard and two USB ports. Wow! How could videogames get [...]



Guitar Hero: Van Halen

August 8th, 2009 at 7:23 pm » Comments (0)

Do you honestly think you can push enough buttons to keep up with Eddie
The track list for Guitar Hero: Van Halen, due out December 22, has been announced, and as suspected, it will feature only tracks from the Diamond David Lee Roth era of the band, and feature new bassist Wolfgang Van Halen and not [...]



3D Classic Chess from AllTerraSkates

August 7th, 2009 at 2:43 pm » Comments (0)

3-D visualisaztion is a critical part of the development of young minds and is a vital part of keeping aging minds young.   After learning this game you will simply have a better life with more money, more respect from your friends and neighbors, and more love.  3D Classic Cube Chess from AllTerraSkates – 3$ from [...]



New Study Shows Patent Systems Hinder Innovation

July 28th, 2009 at 9:25 am » Comments (0)

Bill Tomlinson. associate informatics professor, used a computer game to test how U.S. patent law affects innovation
A new study challenges the traditional view that patents foster innovation, suggesting instead that they may hinder technological progress, economic activity and societal wealth. These results could have important policy implications, because many countries count on patent systems to [...]



Girls Have Less Free Time To Game Than Boys

July 26th, 2009 at 9:23 am » Comments (0)

A Michigan State University study finds that girls spend less time playing digital games than boys because they have less leisure time, a finding that could have long-term implications on the technology gender gap.
 



Ping Pong Door

July 15th, 2009 at 8:50 am » Comments (0)

If you think doors are wasted simply as a barrier to keep people out and you fancy your hand at the occasional bout of table tennis, albeit on a reduced scale, then a novel design by Tobias Fränzel might be right up your alley. The Ping Pong Door transforms a normal everyday door into a [...]



CPR Certification At Home With Nintendo’s Wii

July 14th, 2009 at 7:19 am » Comments (0)

Wii CPR: Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham test a Wii CPR program.

Heartening or horrifying news, depending on your outlook — the American Heart Association has pledged $50,000 in funding for a student project to develop a CPR teaching program for Nintendo’s motion-controlled Wii.
A biomedical engineering professor at the University of Alabama at [...]



Two Near Future Augmented Reality Technologies That Could Change The World

June 28th, 2009 at 12:13 pm » Comments (0)

From Diesel’s “Liquid Space” fashion show
Augmented reality is a technology futurists and scifi authors like Vernor Vinge have been talking about for decades. Now the tech has matured and is entering the market. Two videos of new products show you the near future. (Videos after the jump)



Playing Nintendo Wii Can Help Relieve Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease

June 12th, 2009 at 3:05 pm » Comments (0)

Parkinson’s patient uses the Nintendo Wii with guidance from her occupational therapist 
The games console, which simulates sport and other physical activities like dancing and guitar hero, could potentially improve symptoms of the degenerative illness, experts say.



7 Virtual Reality Technologies That Failed

June 6th, 2009 at 11:08 am » Comments (0)

Virtusphere 
There was a time when people were calling home virtual reality the wave of the future. Now most people just call it goofy and expensive. Here are 7 virtual reality technologies that didn’t work, and never will. (Pics)



Will Video Games Come Alive In The Future?

May 30th, 2009 at 9:10 am » Comments (1)

Avatars with emotions 
Anyone who’s played through a game like Microsoft’s Fable II (who can forget your virtual dog?), BioWare’s Mass Effect (with its robust roster of non-playable characters) or seen Sony’s upcoming Heavy Rain (whose developer, Quantic Dream, promises a new type of relationship between player and character) may have wondered to themselves whether gaming, [...]