Kinect 3D Sex Games

This isn't hardly surprising news, but it is my duty to report on tech revelations, but I'm sure you saw this one coming years ago...

Austrian company, ThriXXX is pushing the way forward in utilising the X-Box's Kinect motion tech hardware. It may look primitive now, but give it a few more years lads!


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Demoscene.tv

Thanks to a friend for these Amazing videos which are actually completely coded by programmers and then when viewed they are executed on a computer in real-time using an e.g. an .exe file.

This first video uses a programming/mathematical technique known as recursion which is also used to code fractals.




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iPad Car Modification

Invasion Of The Giant Pliers

On Street View, something weird is going down at the corner of Compton Rd and Whitehall Rd in West Bromwich, UK.
Giant pliers from space are invading earth!!

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Norwegians Don't Like Street View

When Google's Street view came to the streets of Bergen, Norway, some locals gave it a traditional viking welcome.

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Nick Gentry Floppy Disc Art

"Throughout history, information has always been recorded on physical objects. Important documents, favourite songs, videos and more were stored on mountains of tapes, polaroids, cassettes and disks. As media is rapidly absorbed into the World Wide Web the rich variety of formats of the past are becoming obsolete."

This represents a big shift away from physical, real world objects, driving towards a human existence that is ultimately governed by billions of intangible data files. This release of information from the physical form allows personal data and identities to now be revealed and infinitely shared online. At the same time many of us consider individuality and privacy to be more precious than ever. Will humans be forever compatible with our own technology?

Each floppy disk used in the paintings has a history and story of its own. It represents the increasing pace of the modern life cycle, where objects are created, used and disposed of quicker than ever.

To challenge this notion, as these personal artefacts of life are cast aside, the obsolete are now given new life and a renewed purpose by using them as a medium for art." - Text from his website...

See more of Nick's disc art HERE.

The iPad Is Here!

Apple's long-awaited tablet is here which has now officially been named the iPad.
It is to be a mobile video-watching, book-reading, game-playing, photo-perusing, music-listening, web-surfing, and email-emailing device. It looks like an oversized iPhone, and behaves like one; working in both portrait and landscape modes

Pricing begins at $499 - that'll get you a non-3G iPad with 16GB of storage. A 32GB version costs $599, and a 64GB version, $699. Want 3G? That'll be $130 more.

Specs:
Weight: 1.5Lb
Screen size: 9.7"
16GB of working memory
32GB or 64GB of storage space
802.11n WiFi
Bluetooth.

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USB Alien With Illuminated Tongue

A perfect Xmas gift for an Aliens geek!

It's cool and creepy at the same time! The inner mouth pops out randomly and lights up in red. It's not cheap at US$67, but hey, Xmas is around the corner. Get it HERE.
Size: 138 x 85 x 240 mm
Cable: 1 metre

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FlashHarp USB Harmonica

Just when you thought the USB had every sort of combo thrown at it, along comes the FlashHarp USB Harmonica. At 3.75 inches, it's small but fully functional. At around US$50 it's not cheap, but if you ever wanted to save some stuff and then play the blues, this is for you.

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Andy Gilmore

Andy Gilmore makes psychedelic-ish, retro-futuristic art that seems to be all the rage today. (Especially with folk/electronica/indie/bass music labels nowadays)

"Born, raised and based in Rochester, New York, Gilmore applies the understanding of one practice with the other - applying the proportions of harmony to form and colour - colours as chords - and scales as tonal gradations, in order to create these geometric works of art."


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UK Internet Ranks 25th - 'Not Fit For The Future'

Research sponsored by Cisco has ranked the world’s broadband networks, with the UK performing poorly in 25th place.

The research was based on 24 million speed tests performed in 66 countries. The ratings focused on both download and upload speeds, as well as latency, combined with broadband penetration to create an overall index of quality.

Sitting atop the table was South Korea then Japan, whose super-fast broadband was already judged to be fit for future applications such as streaming High Definition video.
At 25th, the UK came behind Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia to name a few. In fact both Bulgaria and Latvia had “ready for tomorrow” rated networks.
We’ll still be lagging just a tad behind South Korea, a country which is talking about having widespread 1Gbps by 2012. Yes – 1000Mbps. Makes you want to cry into your router…

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Minoru 3D Webcam

The world's first 3D webcam. You'll have to wear a pair of those cardboard specs to see the effect, but it enables you to have all your webchats in 3D. You can get them HERE for £39.95.

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Pyramid PC Custom Case Mod

If you've seen Stargate then you'll recognise this creation by Modder Gup. It features a moving side panel and built in lights which can all be operated by remote control. Inside the Pyramid you won’t find mummies, but you will find a 5" screen with an Intel T7200 Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB of DDR2 Ram and a 160GB hard drive. Check out the video below which shows the design and development stages all the way through to the finished product.

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The Evolution Of Handheld Gaming Consoles

Mattel LED-based Handheld 1977

Milton Bradley Microvision 1979

Nintendo Game & Watch 1980

Epoch Game Pocket Computer 1984

Nintendo Gameboy 1989

Atari Lynx 1989

NEC Turbo Express 1990

Sega Game Gear 1990

Sega Nomad 1995

Neo Geo Pocket Colour 1998

Bandai Wonderswan 2000

Nokia N-Gage 2003

Nintendo DS 2004

Sony PSP 2004

Game Park XGP 2008

iPhone 2009

Recycled Ink Cartridge Lamps

Ink jet printers tend to go through ink cartridges at incredibly fast paces. Millions of ink cartridges are thrown away each year or recycled, or occasionally you find a method to refill them, although most printer manufacturers warn you not to mostly because they make significantly more money from the ink than from the printers themselves. But there’s other ways to recycle them.


One crafty Etsy seller, Boxlightbox, has managed to find a great use for all the empty cartridges his company was discarding- he turned them into lamps. There’s the $35 single bulb lamp above or the big daddy $200 chandelier. They actually look pretty good! Available in all your favorite inkjet colors like matte black, cyan, light-cyan, magenta, light-magenta, yellow, light-black, and light-light-black. The chandelier actually has the colors arranged just like they are in the printer itself.

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WiFi Micro SD Card

Remember the Eye-Fi card that made waves some time ago with its ability to offer Wi-Fi connectivity alongside a sizeable amount of memory whenever you plug it into a non-Wi-Fi-capable device?
Well, technology has advanced to a point when Wi-Fi connectivity is shoved into something much smaller - a microSD memory card this time round. Just in case you just crawled out from a rock or something, a microSD memory card is no larger than your fingernail, 11 x 16 x 0.7mm to be precise, which makes this feat all the more amazing.

What's next? A toothpick with MP3 that uses your teeth as a sound amplifier?

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World Championship Nintendo Game Sold For $17,500

A rare Nintendo World Championship gold cartridge, has been sold for $17,500. Originally, the seller was asking for $25,000. His justification? The fact that only 26 NWC Gold game cartridges have ever been produced. Crap thing is that it's just painted with gold paint and doesn't have any real gold bits...

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Zoomquilt 2

This is just a quick video to show you what Zoomquilt is. Please click HERE for the full experience, where you can go forward and backwards at various speeds or even just stop to admire the detail!

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