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If your real view sucks, then the virtual ceilings and windows from Sky Factory can give you something a little better to look at. They make use of backlighting balanced with natural sunlight to achieve their optical illusion. They look pretty good, but are bound to be expensive considering the fact that they must be custom-built and it takes four to six weeks for Sky Factory to get the job done. [ Read more → ]
Lucas Arts has announced that although they are providing Force Unleashed for new consoles and semi-antiques alike, they will not be making a PC version of their soon to be popular game.
Lucas Arts states its reasons for the decision:
If we made the game for high-end PCs, someone with a low-end PC would have a watered down experience, they would have to turn all the settings down and it wouldn’t be the same game. On the other hand if we made that game for as many people as possible then it’s not taking advantage of what those $4,000 systems can do.
On the surface a DIY Electric Unicycle sounds like a dangerous, dangerous idea. Rodger Cleye’s design, however, looks pretty tame. For one thing, it does not go terribly fast, and for another, it has gyro-stabilization to help keep you on and a safety lanyard to shut it down in case you fall off. [ Read more → ]
As video cables get longer, signal loss can start to become apparent. This is the reason why our monitors have been shackled to our components and you don’t see people getting too creative with spreading out their equipment. That could change, however, with the Visionware Hi-Wirez HDMI cable. It is a powered HDMI cord that is designed to minimize signal and it comes with a price tag that would make the folks at Monster Cable blush. [ Read more → ]
There are a few places that cell phones don’t belong; restaurants, planes and trains immediately spring to mind. On a flight to Dallas, Joe David Jones decided that his phone call was more important than the comfort of his fellow passengers. To cut a long story short, the airline staff asked him to hang up; he told them to “kiss my ass” and when he got to the airport, Dallas police cited him for disorderly conduct. [Dallas News via Crunch Gear]
If your real view sucks, then the virtual ceilings and windows from Sky Factory can give you something a little better to look at. They make use of backlighting balanced with natural sunlight to achieve their optical illusion. They look pretty good, but are bound to be expensive considering the fact that they must be custom-built and it takes four to six weeks for Sky Factory to get the job done. [ Read more → ]
