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- Sifteo Cubes make me want to play with bricks again
- Blimpus. Create your own super inflatable character
- For Hardcore Guitar Geeks
- Meet the New Ghostbusters
- Stay Cleaner Than Clean With These Bacteria Soaps
| Sifteo Cubes make me want to play with bricks again Posted: 01 Mar 2011 12:01 AM PST
In today’s gaming area, innovation is pretty hard to come by. Motion controls found in our three consoles are pretty much steal the limelight and I guess we owe it to the reality that gaming is indeed a business and businesses are playing things safe. So while they rake in the money, it’s a tad harder to find more innovative ways to keep people entertained, until we found out about a set of Sifteo bricks for USD $150.00. Whoa nelly, coming soon this 2011. The bricks pretty much combine our childhood with todays wireless and accelerometer technologies. Each pack comes with three bricks with up to six being used for a single game. The package also contains a wireless USB receiver that transmits data to the bricks so you will need to have your computer nearby for the games to work. Here are the requirements: Windows XP/7 or Mac OS X 10.5+ Have a look at the videos and see how versatile the bricks actually are: from learning math and languages to frantic puzzle games, there’s something for your one year old, your teenager and even for you. Oh and I love how they include 3 bricks inside a “Sifteo Cube” box. Pun! I also can’t wait for the modding community to get their hands on these.
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| Blimpus. Create your own super inflatable character Posted: 28 Feb 2011 05:03 PM PST
Who doesn’t love inflatable characters? They’re odd looking, artistic, and just plain fun. What’s better? Creating your very own, custom-designed one! Blimpus, a new project by Core 77 artist and designer, Mike Serafin, are blank, vinyl, canvas’ with two feet to keep them upright. According to the creator, the inspiration for the Kickstarter project is: “As designers we pretty much want to put graphics on EVERYTHING. We’ve done t-shirts, posters, skateboards, and anything flat and easy to print on. But now we want to explore beyond flatland and into the round, bulbous world of inflatable characters as custom, collectible art. What we’ve created is a blank, inflatable canvas with a big silly head to paint on and feet to stand on. They’re a bit over two feet tall, with stubby legs and they’re made of an ink-receptive PVC vinyl.” So grand. There are three options for those that desire a Blimpus of their very own, There are three options for Blimpus:
With an initial launch of 500 if the project’s $7,500 goal is reached, additional Blimpus’ will be available for purchase provided the demand is there. There are 5 options if you want to back the project and receive a BLIMPUS of your own. For a mere $20, one will get their very own, blank, Blimpus, with the ability to customize it however you wish. Not too much to ask for something so excellent. Currently, with 28 days to go, the project has $785 pledged with 20 backers. You can contribute here. Will you contribute to the project to get a Blimpus? If so, which option would you choose and why?
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| Posted: 28 Feb 2011 03:15 PM PST
The wonders of technology never cease. You are looking at the Kitara “digital guitar” — a whole new type of instrument that does for guitarists what synthesizers did for pianists. Nothing less than a full digital audio controller, the Kitara from Misa Digital Instruments is designed for musicians who want to include audio synthesis or sampling in their music, but do it in a whole new way. The device is built in the shape of an electric guitar, but instead of strings, it has an 8-inch touchscreen where guitarists traditionally strum, and a full set of 24 frets, each with six buttons. It comes with a library of one hundred sounds built in, but more will be available over time, and you can create and edit your own sounds with the Kitara as well. Combine sounds you’ve assigned to the touchscreen’s virtual strings to create and produce sounds never before possible, or you can control any MIDI-compatible device. I’m sure there’s a learning curve involved even for seasoned guitarists because no longer having tactile feedback on your guitar is bound to be jarring. But the possibilities opened up for inventive musicians by the Kitara are mind-boggling. Misa Digital will have the Kitara digital guitar available to purchase beginning in April, or you can pre-order it now. It starts at $849 for the standard edition, or $2,899 for a solid aluminum special edition.
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| Posted: 28 Feb 2011 02:35 PM PST “The franchise rights alone will make us rich beyond our wildest dreams!” Remember that scene near the beginning of Ghostbusters? Peter Venkman’s eyes lit up at the moneymaking possibilities opening up to him and his friends after their first successful encounter with a ghost. It seems like an oddly prescient comment considering the video game franchise, which is taking a turn away from those original actors toward a whole new four-person crew. In the new Sanctum of Slime video game, a new, inexperienced team takes over for the team from the films. And yet, the more things change, the more they stay the same. This “new” crew has fresh faces, but their bios sound awfully familiar. You can tell the game’s developers designed these new characters to fill the group’s pre-established roles. (And I assume we’re meant to get to know them because they’ll probably be the “stars” of future Ghostbusters games.) Atari‘s supplied concept art and details for each one, so take a look and let me know what you think.
Alan Crendall is the crew’s level-headed workhorse, steady but fast-thinking, who always has his team members’ backs. Functions as their de facto leader when a plan is needed in a hurry. I always thought of Venkman as the original team’s leader, but this Crendall guy’s description sounds more like the blue-collar Winston Zeddemore.
Samuel Hazer is the happy-go-lucky scientist of the group, aka the new Ray Stantz. Unlike other members of the team, he has some experience as a student of the paranormal — knowledge that comes in handy in the field.
Bridget Gibbons is the token “tough chick,” the wisecracking female who spends most of her time poking fun at others, but becomes all business when it’s go time. Yep, she’s a female Peter Venkman.
Gabriel Sitter is the team’s resident egghead, a technical genius who’s always looking to develop new technologies that the Ghostbusters can use in their work. Might as well be a clone of Egon Spengler. It was inevitable that future games in the Ghostbusters franchise would have to move away from the original crew — because wrangling those four actors and their schedules for any sort of project probably requires an act of God — but I sure wish the devs had chosen to inject some creativity and new blood into the franchise. Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime will hit Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and PCs everywhere on March 23rd.
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| Stay Cleaner Than Clean With These Bacteria Soaps Posted: 28 Feb 2011 05:51 AM PST “I am only here for your money. I don’t want to shake anyone’s germy hands!” Can anyone tell me who said that?1 If you have a penchant for washing your hands, and you have an appreciation for all things microbiological, then CleanerScience’s Etsy shop will be a treat for you. This shop’s tagline “…Making Science a Little Cleaner” is the perfect description of the soaps on sale. This shop specializes in soaps in Petri Dishes, with each soap representing a bacteria culture. The idea is very simple but brilliant, and the soaps are actually very cool to look at! For those concerned with the safety of the items, you will be happy to note that the soaps are made with a naturall hypo-allergenic coconut oil base. Different soaps have different scents, but you can also request for unscented ones. The person behind the soaps is Sara Jezierski, who says that she had the idea for the soaps after she took a class in immunology. Indeed, the idea of using “bacteria” soap to wash off real bacteria has something to it. From the infamous E. coli to red blood cells (yeah, they’re not bacteria, but they’re still cool) – you can find the perfect soap to match your mood (or health problem). I have no problems in gathering enough motivation to wash my hands – it’s the opposite, in fact – but if you need something to entice people to use soap and wash their hands, these will certainly do the trick.       If you order, you will get a tag with each soap, which starts with “This petri dish soap is designed to look exactly like what you're trying to wash off: bacteria! This particular soap is modeled after [bacteria name]…” To order – and I don’t see why you wouldn’t want to, visit the shop. 2 They deliver worldwide!
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