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The Air Force Connects 2,000 PS3s To Create A Supercomputer

February 1st, 2010 at 8:24 pm » Comments (0)

Did you know that the PS3 was military ordnance? The Air Force Research Laboratory has been given a $2 million to build a Playstation 3 cluster out of about 2,000 PS3s. Their goal? To create a Neuromorphic system designed to find examples of images stored in a massive database using systems that “mimic human nervous [...]



Wiiwaa: Video Game That Uses Stuffed Animal As Game Controller

December 30th, 2009 at 11:17 am » Comments (0)

Wiiwaa
Wiiwaa is a new interactive video game which uses a small stuffed animal as the game’s controller.  The game is design by Zoink Games exclusively for the Nintendo Wii.  (Video)
 



Mom Calls 911 Because Son Wouldn’t Quit Playing Video Games

December 22nd, 2009 at 11:05 am » Comments (0)

Police say a frustrated Boston woman called 911 because her son would not quit playing the video game  Grand Theft Auto and go to sleep .
 



Using A Wiimote As An Alternative To Scientific Sensors

December 17th, 2009 at 8:23 am » Comments (0)

The new science Wii!

Laboratory-grade measuring instruments can be pricey, but some enterprising scientists are finding that the Nintendo Wii controller can serve as an alternative:
The Wiimote can track just about anything: All that’s needed is an LED light. Hydrologist Willem Luxemburg of Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands demonstrated a hacked water-level sensor made [...]



Project Natal – Meeting Milo

December 8th, 2009 at 3:15 pm » Comments (0)

Meeting Milo
Serious groundbreaking technology here. I have always said that motion controls for gaming, no matter what tech you used to derive your motion control, was a complete dead end for gaming, unless someone developed a revolutionary method to make it essential for gaming.



General Motor’s ‘Car Hero’ – A Digital Joyride To Attract Generation Z

December 5th, 2009 at 10:21 am » Comments (0)

General Motors Co, battling for survival for much of the past year, has cut loose designers to sketch out a vision of the ultimate youth car of the future — a virtual one-wheeled wonder that would match wits with its driver. (Pics)
 



IC-CRIME: Video Game Technology To Help Forensic Scientists Solve Crimes

November 29th, 2009 at 9:38 am » Comments (0)

North Carolina State University’s IC-CRIME’s laser scanner technology
In hit TV crime drama show ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation’, and its two spin-offs, the criminologists use the latest technology to solve grisly murders and other crimes.
 



Exercise With The Wii As Good As The Real Thing

November 17th, 2009 at 8:04 am » Comments (0)

Wii boxing
People could expend more energy playing the Wii Sports games or doing aerobics and yoga with the Wii Fit than during a brisk walk, the researchers found.
 



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 [...]



Play Half-Life With Real Guns

August 11th, 2009 at 5:51 pm » Comments (0)

Playing Wii this way is crazy to say the least
Who needs a Wii when you can play Half-Life with real guns?



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 [...]



Palin-Autographed 360 On Auction

August 6th, 2009 at 4:52 pm » Comments (0)

Making money this way..sheesh they must be desperate
An enterprising eBay user in the small Canadian town of Vimy, Alberta has a foolproof plan to get rich quick. Sell a videogame console autographed by Sarah Palin for $1.1 million.



Wink Glasses

July 30th, 2009 at 8:04 pm » Comments (0)

Seriously if you need this just put the controller down
The ultimate eye preservation apparatus has been created for gamers who thrive on three-day marathon sessions. The device, called Wink Glasses, was created by Japan’s Masunaga Optical Manufacturing to force computer users to blink to avoid eye strain.



Sony Considers PSP Phone

June 28th, 2009 at 7:24 pm » Comments (0)

The iPhone needs to watch its back with the creation of this product.   If the PSP wasn’t cool enough adding phone capabilities would make it unbeatable
The newest version of Sony’s PlayStation Portable isn’t even on sale yet, but the company is already looking ahead to what’s next, according to Reuters.



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.



XBox 360 Project Natal Delivers Real Controller-Free Interaction

June 2nd, 2009 at 12:02 am » Comments (0)

Project Natal
A planned camera controller for Xbox 360 promises 3-D motion recognition that will turn your entire body into a game controller. (Videos)



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, [...]



Weapons of the Future (Videos)

May 29th, 2009 at 9:55 am » Comments (0)

The Last Stand sponsored by Gears of War 2 – Part 1: Attack
Here are two videos about weapons of the future.  These videos were produced by Microsoft to go along with the release of their Gears of War 2 video game.  In part 1 of this documentary, sponsored by Gears of War 2, we speak [...]



Microsoft To Launch Hands-Free Games Using 3D Camera Technology

May 25th, 2009 at 8:05 am » Comments (0)

 
The Microsoft Xbox 360 uses 3-D camera technology
The ultimate computer game that banishes handheld controls and allows players’ gestures to dictate the action on screen is to be launched by Microsoft.



How Future Computer Games Will Simulate Real Smells Of War

May 17th, 2009 at 12:05 pm » Comments (0)

Jars holding the aromas. Realistic smells could soon be added to video games.  
It is one of the most memorable lines in movie history. As the air around him is rent by explosions and the whiz of bullets, Colonel Kilgore stands nonchalantly with hands on hips, sniffs the acrid breeze and declares: ‘I love the smell [...]



Video Games Can Improve Vision

March 30th, 2009 at 2:01 pm » Comments (0)

 
Video games may be fun, but do you think playing too much is bad for you? Well, think again. A new study says that playing video games can actually improve your vision.



Second Life Continues To Grow Despite Stories Of Its Demise

March 14th, 2009 at 5:12 pm » Comments (0)

 
 A Second Life avatar in WWF’s Conservation Island.
Linden Lab chief executive Mark Kingdon shakes his head when he sees news stories heralding the demise of former Internet darling Second Life.



True Motion Golf And Tennis

February 27th, 2009 at 7:14 am » Comments (0)

Now you can see how bad your swing really is face to face or at least a computer image of yourself looking back at you
EA Sports boss Peter Moore has officially announced details on the publishers’ first titles set to support Wii MotionPlus functionality, with Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 and Grand Slam Tennis the [...]



Full Body Game Boy

February 14th, 2009 at 10:55 pm » Comments (0)

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This guy took the idea of a Game Boy to a whole new level by transforming himself into one. In the video you can hear him describe a bit of how he did it – with a lot of cardboard and a laptop hidden inside to control the screen. Not the most advanced setup, and [...]