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"The world’s first intelligent textbook" comes with its own artificial teacher.
A new biology textbook called Inquire is being called “the world’s first intelligent textbook.” We’ll take that to mean that all the extra human cognition that goes into reading, interpreting, and teaching—like drawing larger parallels between abstract concepts, reading between the lines—will be spe
Disney Research’s REVEL turns your whole body into a touch device.
In Aldous Huxley’s 1932 Brave New World, “Feelies” are augmented movie theaters equipped with technology that manipulates the audience’s sense of touch. A sex scene, for instance, can be felt as much as it can be watched—i.e. the sensation of silken fur on a bearskin rug as lovers copulate on it. No
Papo & Yo trailer details alcoholic abuse and escape in the favela for anticipated PSN launch.
Papo & Yo is the forthcoming magical-real, semi-autobiographical adventure puzzler by Vander Caballero, a former EA Montreal developer who broke off to form his own studio called Minority. Here, a cinematic splicing augments the game’s deeply personal narrative: how the young Vander coped with his f
You can now detect radiation in nature with your iPhone. Phew.
New environmental sensors for the iPhone let consumers take stock of their surroundings. The nitrate sensor can tell if food is really organic, or if your garden needs more fertilizer. Three other sensors for radioactivity, humidity, and electromagnetic fields will increase the quantification and di
It’s 1990 all over again. There’s a new Neo Geo console.
Everything old is new again. This Christmas season, you’ll be able to get your hands on a new/old/newold Neo Geo console that features a station, a handheld (with 20 games) and a joystick. That means you’ll be able to play Metal Slug and King of Fighters and not feeling of the attendant guilt for do
PAUSE: A cross-stitch love letter to the golden age of Nintendo.
At Snarky Little Sticher’s Etsy shop, these cross-stitched videogame characters are available for pixel art with a warmer touch.
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