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Apple’s mobile devices can be great for games, but the lack of actual buttons or analog sticks can be a real pain. Fling’s iPad Joystick is looking to fix that.
It’s a thumbstick that you stick to the iPad’s screen with a suction pad, turning it into a joystick for the device. It still doesn’t solve the problem if accessorising - namely, you shouldn’t need to lug stuff around with you to play portable games with - but those using emulators or playing certain arcade titles may appreciate the surely finer controls.
The iPad Joystick goes on sale later this week.
What’s more nerdy? The fact that the restaurant is called the Miracle of Science Bar & Grill or that their menu is re-fashioned into a Periodic Table or that I really want to take a road trip to eat there?
The Miracle of Science Bar & Grill is in Cambridge, MA and wait, I’m going out on a limb here, probably a hotbed for the MIT crowd. Yelp seems to find the joint pretty decent (the bouncer was reading Plato’s Republic, the skewers are delicious) so when the weather warms up, you will find me there. I’ll take a B2, Tc, and G, please.
One of our trusted Best Buy sources has come through with several documents that provide additional details on the retailer’s new Buy Back program. The new protection plan, which allows consumers to sell back their devices for a percentage of the its original MSRP, will launch covering phones, laptops, netbooks, tablets, and TVs priced under $5,000 on January 5th; the service will be expanded to “other product categories” sometime during fiscal year 2012. To heighten awareness, commercials and advertisements will begin hitting the airwaves and print media beginning on February 6th.
The pricing structure for television “buy backs” will vary from that of computers, tablets, and smartphones. TVs under 6 months old can be turned in for 50% of the original full-retail price; 6 to 12 months, 40%; 12 to 18 months, 30%; 18 to 24 months, 20%; and 10% during the third and fourth years of ownership.
All “buy backs” will be issued in the form of Best Buy gift cards and the company is positioning the program to its sales staff as “protection against obsolescence.” Hit the jump to see a few more images and be sure to let us know what you think.
Based on a mid-century Austrian design, the Snow Cycle ($1,950) is just the thing to liven up your next trip to the slopes. It features powder-coated galvanized steel frame, a unique front elastomer/spring suspension, an adjustable t-bar steering column, a padded saddle with leaf spring cushioning, adjustable-binding, mini skis for your feet, and the ability to reach a top speed that’s probably way faster than you need to be going
Judging by the piles of snow visible from the windows of Uncrate HQ, it’s officially acceptable to begin shopping for winter toys — and the Porsche Design Bobsleigh (£170; roughly $265) is near the top of our list. As a more affordable alternative to Porsche’s Aluminum Sled, the Bobsleigh features a more aggressive design, a low center of gravity for ease of steering, superior directional stability, and an included carrying bag. Just go easy on the non-caloric, silicon-based kitchen lubricant.
Whether you’re planning a camping trip — brrrr! — or just worried about losing power, the Eton Raptor ($TBA) can keep you informed. It features a AM/FM/WB digital radio, 10 station presets, a digital clock display with alarm, a chronograph, an altimeter, barometer, and compass, an auxiliary audio input, an 1800mAh rechargeable battery, an LED flashlight, a solar panel for charging, and a bottle opener, all packed into a slender, splashproof carabiner body. Just think of it as your digital Swiss Army knife.
If you’re planning on training up for Winter X Games 15, do yourself a favor and protect your face and respiratory tract with the ColdAvenger ($50-$60). This advanced cold weather mask employs a patent-pending ventilation design to mix inhaled cold air with exhaled warm air, keeping the temperature inside the mask up to 40º to 60ºF warmer than the outdoors, while still allowing for easy breathing during exertion and keeping your face dry. Sure, you’ll look a little like a Star Wars extra while wearing it, but that’s a small price to pay for warmth.
The tech is coming from the University of Southern California’s Institute for Creative Technologies, where a team has built a toolkit, dubbed the Flexible Action and Articulated Skeleton Toolkit, which lets them quickly harness Kinect’s various image processing and motion-sensing powers to whatever bits of code they desire. This middleware, with some tweaks, lets FAAST quickly facilitate “integration of full-body control with games and VR applications,” via a clever processing server that streams the user’s skeleton pattern, including body position and gestures which can be mapped onto keyboard controls.
In many ways, the Nerf gun is the go-to toy shooter. While BB guns will shoot your eye out, and water guns require a warm day and open space, Nerf’s foam ammo is safe for limbs and fragile furnishings. Nerf has been around for 40 years (the first product was a small foam ball), and foam ballistics have come a long way in that time. They now sport advanced features like lighted scopes and battery-assisted automatic fire
Though Nerf balls had been around for years, this was the first Nerf weapon that the company produced. Its ammo was three Nerf arrows with an average shooting distance of 60 feet, so it’s also one of the farthest-shooting toy weapons the company has made. It’s a classic addition to any Nerf arsenal.
Nerf combines its original ball with a powerful gun, creating this Nerf-fan favorite. It can unload 15 balls in less than 6 seconds.
Nerf-ball guns can only take one type of ammo. This puts users at a tactical disadvantage, rendering them helpless in the event of an empty magazine. The Nerf Crossbow was the first Nerf gun that could fire two different types of Nerf weapons (arrows and darts). It’s capable of shooting both about 40 feet.
When speedy shooting is paramount, this blaster’s automatic rotating chamber fires eight darts 50 feet at a rate of about 0.81 seconds per shot. Nerf nerds hail it as one of the most accurate and powerful foam-shooting pistols ever.
Many assume that heavy artillery is needed to get serious power out of a Nerf gun, but this little, single-shot gun proves them wrong. The pistol’s 50-foot range equals that of its bigger cousins, making it a great backup blaster for ninja missions or for when your primary gun runs out of ammo.
The PowerClip took cues from Hasbro’s SuperSoaker division. Pump the gun a couple of times and it builds up enough pressure to send Nerf darts soaring 78 feet, at the rate of 9 darts per second.
While early Nerf guns were cartoonish and unrealistic, the N-Strike series was heavily influenced by real weaponry. This was the first N-Strike series, and is notable for its versatility—it can shoot three different types of ammo from three discrete barrels: small darts for precise hits and rapid-fire shooting and a massive missile dart for long-range mortarlike assaults. Its best feature: The gun can be disassembled and used as three individual guns.
This revolver-style Nerf gun is the company’s best-selling blaster of all time. Reloading is easy: The six-dart chamber flips open for easy access to the auto-advancing barrel, and it can shoot the darts as fast as you can pump the handle and pull the trigger.
The biggest, best, most powerful Nerf gun ever. The battery-powered Vulcan is basically a fully-automatic foam-spewing machine gun, complete with a 25-dart clip that it can unload in less than 10 seconds. And if the batteries die, you can still pump and shoot the old-fashioned way. Some drawbacks: Chasing down all those darts for reloading is far from fun, and some of our commenters have noted that the belt jams easily.
When it comes out this Fall, this blaster’s 35-dart cache will give it the highest dart capacity of any Nerf gun. The gun instantly transitions between single fire and slam fire when you pump it while holding the trigger. And unlike the Vulcan, the Raider’s rapid-fire setting doesn’t require batteries.
The Holiday Season inspires many new artists and designers, who seem to always raise the bar in terms of creativity and thought. Here you can find some beautiful and extremely creative Xmas Trees, which are inspiring to all. They include such trees as the one made of 5 gallon water bottles, the one built on top of a reindeer carousel, an ice-sculpted one from Austria, some colorful and bright ones from Singapore, among many additional Christmas creations.
For those who want a little different taste of the regular Christmas trees they are used to, there are some bizarre Xmas tree designs that are found worldwide. Some are lit with LED, one is stacked with Sushi, a few were created using regular pencils and several are a little difficult to explain, such as the Barbie head one. These may not be up your alley in terms of creating within your own living room, but the Christmas tree is a big part of the holiday celebration no matter how you twist the holiday tradition.
While Christmas is a bright and beautiful holiday, one must change things around a bit to keep the excitement alive and have everyone look forward to it each year. The following X-mas trees were brought to life by creative minds that have discovered different ways to display a Christmas tree and still keep it beautiful, colorful and entertaining. This included various Xmas trees from around the world, weird ones you wouldn’t usually expect to see, a few scary ones and even some environmentally friendly Christmas trees. Maybe you will get a fantastic idea from the following holiday trees and come up with your own personal weird, offbeat Christmas tree designs.
Geeks also have the Christmas spirit, even though they may have irregular ways to decorate their tree during Christmas. Here are some of the geekiest Christmas trees from around the ‘net, which show that geeks really know how to keep the Holiday spirit alive. A few worth mentioning are the stunning Pac-man Christmas tree, the tree projector, the LED battery tree, the math tree and you can see all the rest are just as geeky.
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