Tag Archives: 3d

Michael Krone created this awesome 3D printed gun that shoots an endless stream of paper airplanes. Everything was printed except for the power source, which is innards of a cordless screwdriver.

Times are tough. Tough enough that some people not only don't own any gaming consoles, but they don't have even own a TV that would allow them to even pretend they own a gaming console.

With the purchase of C3 Technologies, Apple now owns three mapping companies, two of which specialize in 3-D mapping technology.

A leaked photo of the iPhone 5 with two cameras has spawned rumors that Apple's next iPhone will support 3D. However, if you look closer at the photo, something... isn't quite right.

In 2010, 3-D TV was cited as being the "next big thing" in home entertainment. Why hasn't it caught on with consumers?

Wow. Lytro has just invented a camera that will change photography in a way we haven't seen since the 1800s. Even if you aren't a photography nut, this is some really brilliant technology.

Kinect hacks are emerging at a rapid pace; it�s hard to recall a mass-market gadget so quickly adapted to new uses. As Bruce Sterling points out, �Microsoft accidentally invented a primo piece of art-installation hardware.� It's this kind of DIY innovation that keeps tech feral.

The ease with which the Microsoft Kinect can be torn down�and the familiarity of the software driving it�has quickly proven a feature and not a bug for hackers. Hacking commercial gadgets is nothing new of course; but the pace at which hacks now appear, as well as the appeal they generate, is something to watch.

Perhaps the hottest heavily-armored digital chica in gaming history, Metroid’s Samus Aran has become known as a kick-ass pioneering female who needs the help of no man. The moment that Samus was revealed as a woman at the end of Metroid changed my life. And I’m clearly not the only one who was inspired by Samus’s robotically-coiffed tactics. Using 179 ...

The geek life is an ironic state of affairs. Most of us, and I’m speaking from at least seconds of research, have some sort of vision problem. Studies show that hours of staring at the computer screen can cause serious vision impairments, which hasn’t exactly worked out for us up until now. Bad vision meant an impaired 3D experience. Not ...