Interesting story on Gizmodo about a 3D printer Kickstarter campaign gone awry. This follows a long, infamous list of failed Kickstarters. In fact, the list is so plentiful now, that it has begot its own subreddit: shittykickstarters. That said, I just received my Freewrite the other day, and while some people are panning it as a 500 …
The folks at Nintendo must be the most patient, forward-looking, revenue-eschewing peeps in the industry. Apparently the NX won’t come out until next year. Ditto with the new Zelda. Via Wired. Is Nintendo officially the new Duke Nukem?
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Well, that was predictable.
In case you missed it, Time magazine (yes, those things your great uncle still reads) recently had a ridiculous cover about VR. And, because internet, people are having a field-day with it. Per usual, Forbes’ David Thier’s comments on the matter echo my own, so go read his post. Five years from now, this shit …
Years ago, when MS first released their disjointed HP touch based desktops and clunky swiveling screen pen-enabled laptops, I remember thinking how awkward it would be to reach out and get fingerprints all over my monitor. Fast forward ten-ish years and, while the fingerprint thing is still an issue, the more I’ve used touch controls …
Story here, CO Engadget. Ouya missed a great opportunity due to poor execution. Products from major players have since swooped in to scrabble up the missed opportunity. That said, I don’t think Ouya did particularly bad given the amount of time they had to ship, I think they simply bit off more than a small …
I bought a Google Cardboard headset today. This one, to be specific. With the Google’s release of Cardboard for iOS (and the good reviews about it), I figured it was a good time to check it out. It’s hard to beat the price (considering Sony/Oculus will no doubt set us back multiple hundreds of dollars), but there’s …
There’s been a lot of talk recently about AI being super-scary and that it represents one of humanity’s greatest risks. This has been mentioned, with almost hyperbolic sincerity, by Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking. While that might happen someday, the current state of AI is simply not there. Google search, while impressive, isn’t “thinking”. At …
First of all, check out the giant Kuratasu Starter Kit robot selling on Amazon.JP for 120 million yen right now. Then do the auto-translate feature of Chrome and enjoy these important bullet points on the product description: Weight about 5 tons, height 3.8m engine driven human four-legged giant toy robot (weight, height, changes in both optional) …
I’m guessing the reviews for this anime robot on Amazon.JP are hilarious Read More »