Using a system of both visible and infrared light, a new device from researchers at the Disney Institute and Carnegie Mellon may give us yet another reason to endlessly toy around with our iPhones. SideBySide is comprised of a camera-less mobile device that breathes life into animated images that, w
Or don’t I? That looks terrifying. [Appshaker] (via) -Jason Johnson
In a recent interview, prominent indie developer Jonatan Söderström, better known as cactus, called the creativity and relevance of recent indie games into question. I’ve also grown tired of indie games in general, not easily being interested or impressed by what I see posted on blogs. Nothing real
We can’t really put our fingers on it, though. Wait… There it is. -Drew Millard [via]
A column from the Washington Post recently argued that sports should be offered as an academic pursuit, alongside more traditional departments, such as science, business, and the humanities. Why shouldn’t we let kids major in sports? Aspiring athletes should be able to pursue their real interest, as
In Mercedes’ dystopian vision, we will all be blurs being sent nowhere, trapped in a pixelated dungeon of our own design. Luckily, you can be saved by driving a Mercedes. Or something. Play the game at Mercedes-Benz’s official UK site. Fair warning, they’re going to try to trick you into giving them
As a team of two Russian and one American astronauts blasted through the Earth’s atmosphere towards the International Space Station on Monday, they had their eyes not on the control panel, as you’d expect, but on Angry Birds. This wasn’t a case of being distracted by mobile games. The astronauts dan
Huffington Post reports that a Carmen Sandiego movie is going to happen, and Jennifer Lopez is producing it. Early plot reports make the forthcoming adaptation of the beloved computer game sound pretty formula-tastic: According to Deadline, the movie’s concept will be “‘National Treasure’ meets ‘The