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- Human Hamster Balls Are the Future of Arcade Gaming
- Curious what Na'vi Tastes Like?
- Lady Gaga & Beyoncé Psycho B*tch Telephone Dance Instructional
- Real Life Hurt Locker: The Technology Behind Bomb-Proof Suits
| Human Hamster Balls Are the Future of Arcade Gaming Posted: 14 Mar 2010 07:00 AM PDT Arcade gaming just got about a million times cooler. VirtuSphere offers an interface that captures the players movements in 360 degrees, and then translates these movements into a video game. Rumors of the technology first emerged back in 2006, but the real life application has only recently just surfaced. Says PopSci, "The system sees where and how fast you're running through a sensor panel it sits on top of. A series of cameras inside the ball track when you spin around, and reorient your in-game avatar. The demo that VirtuSphere had on the Game Developers' Conference floor was a simple ...more Related: |
| Curious what Na'vi Tastes Like? Posted: 13 Mar 2010 03:00 PM PST Another Oscar winner featured today, but in the form of a masterfully sculpted cake. Avatar cleaned up with three Oscars, to Hurt Locker's six. This fat little Na'vi is was created for the That Takes The Cake cake competition (aka 2010: A Cake Odyssey) in Austin, Texas. Previously, Presenting the Avatart, Just in Time for the Oscars. Related: |
| Lady Gaga & Beyoncé Psycho B*tch Telephone Dance Instructional Posted: 13 Mar 2010 11:00 AM PST Lady Gaga's most recent music video, "Telephone", costarring fellow megastar Beyoncé, was just posted yesterday on YouTube and has already amassed 8 million views (and is RAPIDLY climbing as you read). Personally, I think the video is pretty incredible. BUT, before you hit play below, be warned. Gaga's latest is most likely NSFW. Related: |
| Real Life Hurt Locker: The Technology Behind Bomb-Proof Suits Posted: 13 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST If you happened to see big time Oscar winner, The Hurt Locker, you may have learned a thing or two about bomb defusing. The protective suits worn by the bomb diffusers are indeed real, not just faux Hollywood costumes. Dvice decided to look further into the technology behind the bomb-proof suits and how they work. They interviewed Pravit Borkar, a ballistics engineer at HighCom Security, a firm that manufactures such bomb-proof suits. First, check out The Hurt Locker's opening sequence, the infamous slow-mo explosion scene. Borkar comments on the scene: "'You see that the technician gets ...more Related: |
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