We wish paralysis on no human being, but that doesn’t mean we can’t envy them! Frankly, the Gravitonus created Alternative Computer Control System (ACCS) looks pretty amazing. The ACCS system constantly monitors the body position, temperature, and pressure on different body parts. The ACCS is already being effectively used with Spinal Cord Injury patients, and could revolutionize the way disabled ...
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Nvidia officially releases 320MB GeForce 8800, puts your card to shame
As time goes on, your 128MB graphics card is looking weaker and weaker. Every report that comes out just puts salt in the wound that is the fact that you can’t play F.E.A.R. at full anti-aliasing. Sorry, ready for more salt? Nvidia has officially launched the 320MB GeForce 8800. While this is the “budget” card compared to the 640MB version ...
Read More »Atari Wall Hooks: Bringing back the joystick
Talk about nostalgia. These Hang & Play Atari Wall Hooks bring back a lot of memories of a lot of sleepless nights in front of my 13-inch TV. And what a cool piece of decoration and design to showcase in your home. Make your house reflect who you are. And who are we? We are nerds. Through and through. Which ...
Read More »Superman Returns Alienware Notebook: Just don’t put it near Kryptonite
Alienware might be expensive, but they have some seriously kickass systems. The hardware they shove into their Area-51 laptops makes our computers cower in shame. And now this. A notebook faster then a speeding bullet. It’s a bird. No, a plane. It’s the Alienware Superman Returns Notebook. Talking about things that are super. The hardware specs on this thing, like ...
Read More »Super Rub’a’Dub is game adapted from Sony ducky demo
Nostalgia is responsible for many people buying things they really don’t need. While the new game that will be released onto the Playstation Network is probably pretty fun, we can’t help but think that rubber duckies could have been replaced by some other item. You read right, that demo that everyone saw of the ducks getting poured into a small ...
Read More »Pop-up Analog Joystick for cellphones
The reason a lot of us have never really got into the whole “cellphone gaming” thing is because of the lack of a decent navigation control option. How can you truly control a game with one hand and no mouse. Which is why this concept of a Pop-Up Joystick is such an interesting idea. Some people might think it’s just ...
Read More »Guitar Hero coming to the Wii
So it’s finally been announced. Activision’s Guitar Hero, one of the most popular games of the last few years, is on its way to the Wii. The information given is very little since it was only briefly talked about in a conference call from Activision CEO Mike Griffith. All the details known for now are from Mike Griffith’s mouth: “The ...
Read More »The Mario-phone that never was
You thought Mac was the only media handling company to think about delving into the mobile business? Think again. The above design shows a phone subitted by Nintendo in 2001 to the U.S. patent office. The patent title was “Electronic apparatus having game and telephone functions”. The patent was not approved until June of 2006. The name on the patent ...
Read More »Is PCI-E for laptops overboard? The Magma ExpressBox thinks not.
This is the Magma ExpressBox that lets all of your crazy gamers to have a PCI-E graphics card hook up to your laptop. If you are really seriouly excited right now, please stop and go buy a desktop. Gaming is nice, but hardcore gaming (HalfLife, FEAR, Oblivion…) needs more than a laptop. It just isn’t right! Those games deserve a ...
Read More »New quiter Xbox 360 DVD drive doesn’t sound like jet engine
While we are all waiting for the new, upgraded Xbox 360s to make their way into the market (speculation, but still fun to think about), Microsoft has quietly begun to ship a new DVD drive with the Xbox 360. This new drive is the BenQ VAD6038 drive and it’s main function is to be quiet. With the sound of the ...
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