Another awesome Google Glass app (Glassware, as Google would put it) has been synthesized. Nest for Google Glass, created by James Rundquist would allow users to announce that they’re coming home (or heading outside) to make their Nest units change the climate of their home, or make an exact goal for the temperature by changing it. The app is both unofficial and not fully developed, but as with most Glassware concept apps, their source code is publicly available to allow for continued development.
Via: Glass Nest, GitHub, and Slashgear
It only took 32 master builders, 5,335,200-bricks, 17,000 hours, and lots of planning to bring a 1:1 ratio, full scale X-Wing fighter from the Star Wars universe, then transfer it to Time Square for a three-day public exhibit. As a result, it’s the world’s largest Lego model weighs a massive 45, 979.61 pounds (this weight includes some supporting steel infrastructure, interestingly). Its dimensions are 11 feet high, 43 feet long, and has a wingspan of 44 feet — if there was ever a real X-Wing fighter, this must be the closet thing there is. To add to the grandeur, it’s actually quite a beautiful construction.
Big news, straight out of Redmond. The Xbox One is the new gaming console from Microsoft. Boasting an octa-core processor based on AMD’s Jaguar design and 8GB of RAM to go up against the Sony PlayStation 4, plus USB 3.0 ports, 500GB of hard drive storage, WiFi Direct, and 5 billion transistors for calculations — it’s a beast. 7.1 surround sound, 1080p and 4k video resolutions are supported, along with 8GB of DDR3 RAM, a 500GB hard drive, a Blu-ray / DVD, HDMI 1.4 out and USB 3.0 ports.
For its 50th birthday, Lamborghini decided to blow their own whistle and make some noise, by releasing the Lamborghini Egoista Concept supercar, which has a 600 horsepower, 5.2-liter V10 engine. Named after the Italian word for “selfish”, this unique concept is centered around a single-person, carbon fiber and aluminum cockpit — while being completely removable — and as a result is designed around the driver, with racing seat, four-point restraints, and a heads-up display, with LEDs all around. While it will never go on sale and will only be available for test drive to the highest friends of Lamborghini, it is an amazing design that looks more like a fighter jet than anything else. That being said, the wheels and body are made from anti-radar material — very convenient, indeed.
Finally, the release date for the next Total War game is upon us. Rome 2 will see a Sept. 3 worldwide release on Windows PC for $59.99, and as an added plus, pre-order customers will receive the strategy game’s first downloadable content for free, dubbed the Greek Culture pack, composed of Athens, Epirus and Sparta. Eight main playable factions will be available in Rome 2, with a ninth available as a day-one free DLC, as the Pontus.
Here’s the Acer Aspire R7, the absolutely crazy laptop with a 3rd-generation 1.8GHz Intel Core i5 processor, 6GB of DDR3 RAM, 500GB SATA hard drive with 24GB SSD, Intel HD Graphics 4000, a full HD display, Dolby Home Theater speakers, and Acer’s own Screen Grasp technology which lets you grasp and manipulate things on-screen.
“This is what I have been trying to do for literally the last 12 years,” explains Professor Robert J Wood, Charles River Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. “Now that we’ve got this unique platform, there are dozens of tests that we’re starting to do, including more aggressive control maneuvers and landing.”
There’s no doubt Google Glass is the hottest gadget that isn’t a smartphone that people talk or wonder about. Ever since the initiation of developers and Explorers — as Google calls the individuals who pay $1,500 for a developer unit and are hand-selected by Google — units of Glass have been floating around in the wild. Enter the LG press event in New York City, where among many familiar faces (and some new ones), I encountered Glass in-person, and also had the chance to make quick use of it.
The next Call of Duty title is coming November 5th, including Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, but also PlayStation 4 and the next Xbox as its main platforms. Besides the fact that Infinity Ward, creators of the Modern Warfare series of Call of Duty games, are responsible for Ghosts, it begs to ask the question: what happens after the Captain Price scene in the previous Infinity Ward title? More importantly, when are we getting new info about the upcoming game. That bit is actually confirmed for the May 21st unveil of the new Xbox. Teaser trailer after the break.
There’s no reason to be hateful towards the front-facing camera on your smartphone — it’s compressed to a size where the geometry of taking excellent photos is nearly impossible. Not anymore however, thanks to the above sensor that will be mass-produced this summer. The new OV2724 front-facing camera sensor shoehorns a 1080p sensor into a component that’s just 5mm by 5mm by 3.5mm and can record video at 1080p HD at 60 frames-per-second.
