Join Antec Three Hundred Two gaming chassis
Gamers are known for their meticulous attention to detail when it comes to their rig – they more or less know where each screw lies, and what components they need in order to eke out that extra bit of performance. Well, for gamers who prefer to take the DIY route and build a gaming machine that is good enough to pummel your friends’ benchmark scores into submission, Antec might have a decent solution for you in the form of the Antec Three Hundred Two gaming chassis.
This is considered as the next generation of gaming chassis with high-performance cooling advantages and extensive expandability, all without breaking your bank account in the process and getting the other half upset at spending “frivolously” (that depends on whose point of view it is now, isn’t it?).
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iON Goggles captures your outdoor memories in Full HD resolution
Zeal Optics has just released their latest video recording implementation – the iON Goggles, where this nifty device that you wear while you ski down a breathtaking slope will not only offer you protection against the glare of the sun, but also sports a built-in Full HD capable video camera to capture that fleeting moment as you slalom down, in addition to the ability to shoot still images – preserving such memories in a digital format (and subsequently, print, if you so desire) for you to revisit later in life.
According to Joe Prebich, director of marketing at Zeal Optics, “We’ve arrived at Outdoor Retailer this year with the most diverse goggle portfolio on the market that takes full advantage of technology. The addition of HD video and photo built into an incredible goggle like iON is a perfect new offering for the market. We know that iON is going to change the way you see the mountain because we blend the way you ride with the way you live.”
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Training Wheels Eliminator
One of the joys of parenting would be to be there when your little one grows up, handling different stages accordingly – it is basically a learning process. Kids these days might lean more towards video games as their entertainment mode of choice, and I would strongly suggest exposing your progeny to more physical based activities like hiking, flying a kite, and even riding a bicycle. Of course, there is that initial fear period to overcome as balancing on two wheels seems impossible for a kid, and this is where training wheels come in. For parents who want to make do away with training wheels, you can always install the Training Wheels Eliminator.
This gyroscopic bicycle wheel will teach children to ride a bike without training wheels, where you replace a bike’s front wheel with it, sporting an internal, powered gyroscope that spins independently in order to generate a force (gyroscopic precession) that stabilizes the bicycle. Whenever the rider starts to topple over due to a loss in balance, the gyroscope precesses, or turns, while guiding the handlebars in the right direction of the fall in order to maintain stability. This encourages kids to lean improperly away from a fall, while preventing them from developing incorrect riding habits.
You can choose from 12″ and 16″ models which retail for $99.95 and $139.95, respectively.
Combination Bottle Lock
Sipping on some wine is always pleasurable, especially when you want to unwind, and there is soothing music playing in the background. Of course, having a companion while doing so is also a good thing (for those who do not want to be alone but rather, prefer to be around people), but sometimes, it can be rather hard trying to estimate just how many bottles of wine can you and your mate finish in one sitting – too much wine and you might tip over drunk, too little and the “glow” doesn’t happen. Well, with the £14.95 Combination Bottle Lock, it does not really matter any more – just drink enough, and when you are done, lock your bottle up!
It is one of the more creative methods of ensuring your bottle of wine or spirits remain locked up from other “thirsty” people at home who cannot be bothered to spend their own money on booze, but prefer to freeload on your generosity instead. Once you set the combination, it is an effective bottle stopper, and I do not think anyone would be foolish enough to use the brute force method just to crack open this bottle of wine.
The Floating Flamer – Swim Over and Get Me a Cheeseburger!
I’m guessing that most of us have already enjoyed the pleasure of a water lounger and a floating ice chest and of course who hasnt enjoyed a swim up bar? Oh the pleasures of the water, sun and the sand. What could be better than all that you ask yourself… and now you actually have an answer… The Flaming Floater! Now just wait, before you guess what that means, let me tell you.
Imagine if you will, a hot summer day at the lake, your friends are gathered together, swimming and having a few beers and you launch an incredible floating grill… steaks and hamburgers, hot dogs for the kids, your buddies hanging around the grill, waist deep in the inviting water. How cool are you? Literally? Continue reading » The Floating Flamer – Swim Over and Get Me a Cheeseburger!
Command & Conquer coded in HTML5
There are moments in life when we look at a particular object and think, “Now why didn’t I think of this before?” I am quite sure that many of us who spent our teenage years in the mid-1990s would have played the game Command & Conquer at some point in time or another, where the almighty tank could be stopped by something as simple as sandbags, and had hours and hours of fun honing our RTS skills in front of the computer. Well, a hardcore coder decided that playing the game today on a legacy system is just too mainstream, and coded the entire Command & Conquer in HTML5, where the entire thing runs on 69k of Javascript.
Aditya Ravi Shankar built the clone as part of his attempt to improve his coding skills, where he gave himself an entire month to do so, building the game in the browser while going through the original game’s files in order to get sprites, sounds and specs just the way it was. According to Shankar, “In hindsight, I might have wanted to take smaller steps and make a tower defense game instead of jumping directly into an RTS. Trying to do the whole thing in under a month all by myself wasn’t the smartest idea.”
Still, he got the job done, and there were some glitches here and there during testing, such as tanks getting stuck in the sea, and it works best in Chrome or Firefox. If you want to help improve Shankar’s work, check out the source code here.
Popar Books – Reach Out and Grab you… really!
So here we go, even our books are becoming high tech, I can see it now, gone are the days of the quiet library. No longer will we feel the evil eye and hear the stern Shhhhhh… of the librarian. Someday, and that day may be here sooner rather than later, the library will sound like an arcade, with all the bells and whistles, lights flashing and spinning, books just begging to be read… literally. But I have to say, I’m alright with it, in fact I’m okay with anything that gets my kid to read. A high tech library… can you imagine it?
Well Popar Toys sure can, Popar Toys is using Augmented Reality (AR) technology to create an immersive learning experience that will allow its users to see the books printed pages blossom with incredible virtual 3D objects and animations that will seem to just jump off the pages. The “magic” works by way of a webcam and Popar’s specially coded books and cards, that when held up for the camera, seem to “come alive” around its user, right on your computer screen! Check out the video after the jump… Continue reading » Popar Books – Reach Out and Grab you… really!
Hot Pockets extruder makes for one lazy Xbox 360 gamer
Gamers are known to be a lazy bunch already – where they are willing to survive on nothing but fast food deliveries and Coke, just to make sure that their gaming experience is interrupted as little as possible. Modding guru Ben Heck has come up with something interesting for the sloths among the Xbox 360 crowd – the Hot Pockers extruder that is attached to the Xbox 360 game controller. This unique plastic carrier comes with a manual slider that is able to snugly hold a Hot Pocket, and you can move it forward easily as you eat.
When attached to the top of the game controller’s charge and play plug, you get the ideal device which allows every Hot Pockets lover to enjoy a tasty snack without skimping on their gaming time. Even better is, you need not stop the game, and neither are there dishes to wash up after you are done with your food. How about that? Hopefully you do not mind the crumbs and perhaps, a little bit of grease around your controller during the more frenzied moments of gaming while eating.
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