It’s hard to imagine that taking your phone out of your pocket would ever be considered “too much effort,” but should that happen, there’s a device disguised as a necklace that can project new messages directly onto your hand, or the ground in front of you. While the prototype is actually the size o
When I was in school, the periodic table was distinctly un-fun—a photocopied chart of elements and atomic numbers to be memorized in rote fashion. Toca Boca’s Science Lab for iPad, out tomorrow, looks like the greatest argument for the gamification of learning to date. (Putting aside how problematic
Videogames are addictive, mood-altering, controller-smashing, grotesquely violent activities. That’s why we love them! But should we be concerned that gaming is fostering a legion of future sociopaths? Of course we should. But a study published by the University of Glasgow suggests that there is no
With Sony and Microsoft set to reveal and/or release their next big systems into a strange and fragmented landscape, Nintendo knew they had to get creative. So they did what any self-respecting entertainment company must do: They devised a giant metal ball that shoots lightning to the tune of Super
