Archive for January, 2011

We know, we know: we’re all getting a little bit sick of all the Minecraft love. It’s a great game, sure, but it’s not the second coming. Minecraft married to a sexy Kinect hack, though? I think I hear the 8-bit trumpeting now.
Look at what we have here. Nathan Viniconis has managed to use the […]

As the army of proper Android tablets begins their march towards consumers, and Apple prepares it’s next 10-inch iPad, we’re likely to see some unkind words get tossed around. We’re all aware of Motorola’s consistent mockery of Apple products, starting with their “Droid Does” campaign with Verizon, and moving into their recent Xoom teaser video.
It […]

Thanks to Hollywood, most Americans have a rather grand idea of the sort of cutting-edge technical sophistication employed by the United States government. The reality is actually a lot more dire. Consider the slowness and backwardness of your average corporation’s intranet: most of those computers are still running a ten year old Windows operating system. […]

Fruit Ninja isn’t just a popular iOS app any more, these guys gave it a shot in real life. If you aren’t familiar with the game, you basically use swipe movements to cut assorted pieces of fruit in half as quickly as possible while avoiding bombs.
In the videos by The Misunderstoods a pair of guys […]

We have all seen footage of the mushroom clouds produced by an atomic bomb explosion on land. In water the bomb is just as devastating, but the dust cloud emanating from it is replaced by an enormous wave of water.
We hate to think what happens to sea life when one of these bombs goes off, […]

Technology and the height of fashion don’t often go hand-in-hand. Apple devices, smartphones, and PMPs may count as a fashion accessory, but the latest processor, fastest SSD, or a next-gen graphics card don’t. That hasn’t stopped the Japanese trying to think of novel ways to make certain components fashionable, though. While the well-known bits of […]