Kategorie: Technology
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Daily Deal – Rising Storm 2: Vietnam, 50% Off
Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday’s Deal: Save 50% on Rising Storm 2: Vietnam!* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends March 16th at 10AM Pacific Time Website: LINK
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Now Available on Steam – The Bonfire: Forsaken Lands, 20% off!
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Bonfire: Forsaken Lands is Now Available on Steam and is 20% off!* Build, discover, craft and survive.Build your settlement in a snowy encampment, survive monster attacks and manage resources to uncover the secrets of the ancients. *Offer ends March 16 at 10AM Pacific Time Website: LINK
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Now Available on Steam – My Lovely Daughter, 10% off!
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy Lovely Daughter is Now Available on Steam and is 10% off!* My Lovely Daughter is an alchemist simulator that explores the depth of a father’s grief and how far he will go to resurrect his daughter. *Offer ends March 15 at 10AM Pacific Time Website: LINK
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3D Printed Smartphone Device Puts Blood Pressure Monitoring at Your Fingertips
Reading Time: 3 minutesResearchers from Michigan State University have developed 3D printed smartphone device that is able to monitor the user’s blood pressure. The device uses a sensor that calculates blood pressure at the touch of a fingertip. A team of researchers from Michigan State University have developed a 3D printed smartphone device that enables people…
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PipeCam: the low-cost underwater camera
Reading Time: 3 minutesFred Fourie is building a low-cost underwater camera for shallow deployment, and his prototypes are already returning fascinating results. You can build your own PipeCam, and explore the undiscovered depths with a Raspberry Pi and off-the-shelf materials. Materials and build In its latest iteration, PipeCam consists of a 110mm PVC waste pipe with…
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Pogue reviews this week's No. 1 most downloaded app: Sky Guide AR
Reading Time: 4 minutesWelcome to David Pogue’s Rated:App series. Each week, I’ll install whatever is the No. 1 bestselling app on the iOS or Android store and review it, to save you the effort in case it’s a turkey. This week, the No. 1 bestselling app on the iPhone app store is an augmented-reality stargazing…
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Now Available on Steam – Hatsune Miku VR / 初音ミク VR, 20% off!
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHatsune Miku VR / 初音ミク VR is Now Available on Steam and is 20% off!* World famous virtual singer Hatsune Miku invites you to her VR music game! Aim for the perfect score as she sings and dances to some of her most iconic songs. *Offer ends March 15 at 10AM…
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Pong embedded in a vintage Sony Watchman with Arduino
Reading Time: < 1 minutePong embedded in a vintage Sony Watchman with Arduino Arduino Team — March 8th, 2018 There’s perhaps no other game more classic than Pong, and likely none that require fewer control inputs, making it perfect for “porting” to a Sony Watchman. While an amazing piece of tech when introduced in the…
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The World Needs More Talented Women In Tech
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday, on International Women’s Day, HTC VIVE is supporting the 5th Women In Tech (WIT) conference in Stockholm with 1,300 WIT participants and several thousand on the waiting list. There is clearly an appetite for this as the +1,000 ticket sold out in 100 seconds! The mission of WIT is to inspire…
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Blasting back to old-school arcades, with Operation Warcade
Reading Time: 4 minutesFor a period in the 1980s mounted guns on arcade cabinets were hugely popular, with the feel of those guns and the rapid-fire feedback giving players a real sense of immersion through the machine’s CRT monitor. Today, Ivanovich Games is bringing back the arcade experience inside your HTC Vive – literally. We…
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Now Free on Steam for a Limited Time – Amnesia Collection
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAdd Amnesia Collection to your account permanently and play for FREE starting now for a limited time! The Amnesia Collection includes both Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs. Once you click „Install Game“ both games will remain in your account after the free period, so don’t miss…
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Weekend Deal – Project CARS 2, 50% Off
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSave 50% on Project CARS 2 as part of this week’s Weekend Deal*! The ultimate driver journey! Project CARS 2 delivers the soul of motor racing in the world’s most beautiful, authentic, and technically-advanced racing game. *Offer ends Monday at 10AM Pacific Time Website: LINK
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Vitamix Uses Carbon 3D Printing to Reimagine Nozzle Production
Reading Time: 4 minutesVitamix partners with The Technology House to use Carbon’s 3D printing technology to transform part design and production. The blending equipment leader will mass produce a micro-fluidic nozzle that is 10 times more durable, uses 30 percent less material, and is 33 percent more economical. Earlier this week, a wide range of…
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Coding is for girls
Reading Time: 5 minutesLess than four years ago, Magda Jadach was convinced that programming wasn’t for girls. On International Women’s Day, she tells us how she discovered that it definitely is, and how she embarked on the new career that has brought her to Raspberry Pi as a software developer. “Coding is for boys”, “in…
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Baker Creates Life-Size Kim Kardashian Cake With 3D Printing
Reading Time: 3 minutesA Kim Kardashian double has commissioned a baker to create a life-size cake of the celebrity. The cake took ten days to make and 3D printing was used to create Kim K’s face. Whether you love or hate the Kardashians, you’ve got to be impressed by a life-size cake made to look…
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HTC Vive Debuts Lineup of Ready Player One VR Experiences
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn March 29th, virtual reality will further cement its place in pop culture with the theatrical release of Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One. Throughout this past year, Vive Studios has been collaborating with some of the top developers in virtual reality to create one-of-a-kind VR adaptations set in the film’s universe. Steven…
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3D Printing and Distributing the Fittle Puzzle to Help People in India Learn Braille
Reading Time: 3 minutesFittle is the world’s first 3D printed braille puzzle which is open source. It helps visually impaired people in India learn to read braille quickly and efficiently. In India, 22 million people are visually impaired and many of them can’t find work. The ability to read braille offers them a chance to be…
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Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus review: The best Android phones around
Reading Time: 12 minutesSamsung’s Galaxy S9 is the best Android phone you can buy despite some hiccups. More Samsung and Apple. Apple (AAPL) and Samsung. Every year the tech behemoths play the same tit for tat game with their flagship smartphones: the Galaxy S series and iPhone. But with their handsets coming closer and closer…
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Interview with Evelyn Hriberšek: Creating Mixed Reality Art
Reading Time: 5 minutesEvelyn Hriberšek’s EURYDIKE interactive art piece puts you in the dark; figuratively and, at times, literally. We caught up with the artist after experiencing the extended run of EURYDIKE. Evelyn Hriberšek is no stranger to the workings of augmented reality. An early pioneer of the technology, her efforts brought her to chair…
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Daily Deal – Battlefleet Gothic: Armada, 75% Off
Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday’s Deal: Save 75% on Battlefleet Gothic: Armada!* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends Friday at 10AM Pacific Time Website: LINK
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Marina Abramović and Anish Kapoor to Present Two Virtual Reality Artworks at Art Basel in Hong Kong
Reading Time: 5 minutesHTC VIVE, Art Basel’s Official Virtual Reality Partner, is delighted to announce the first public presentation of two virtual reality artworks by Marina Abramović and Anish Kapoor from 29-31 March 2018 at Art Basel in Hong Kong. Rising by Marina Abramović and Into Yourself, Fall by Anish Kapoor are produced in collaboration…
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Now Available on Steam – Northgard, 25% off!
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNorthgard is Now Available on Steam and is 25% off!* Northgard is a strategy game based on Norse mythology in which you control a clan of Vikings vying for the control of a mysterious newfound continent. *Offer ends March 14 at 10AM Pacific Time Website: LINK