Soundscape VR and Silica Sol
Back in March 2020, Soundscape VR unveiled its newest world which is inspired by the deserts of the southwest: Silica Sol. For those not familiar with Soundscape VR (SVR), CEO and Lead Developer, Eric Alexander, created a virtual reality experience that fully immerses you into the music experience. Eric has stated that Burning Man was…
How Technologies Can Improve Children’s Skills
The development of technologies provokes a lot of arguments as for their benefits and harm, and the most favorite topic to discuss is the influence they have on children. There’s even no need to read reliable sources to understand that smartphones, tablets, and other gadgets cause addiction, distract kids from study, worsen their communication skills,…
Ecocapsule: Efficient Design Creates Housing Solutions
As seen on their webpage, Ecocapsule “is a portable house offering an unmatched dwelling experience. With its immense off-grid life span, worldwide portability and flexibility it is suitable for a wide range of applications: from an independent research station or a tourist lodge to an emergency housing or a humanitarian-action unit.” Why It Matters There…
Apple Admits Purchase of Sensor Company PrimeSense
Rumors first emerged in July that Apple were looking to buy PrimeSense, a company focused on motion control systems and responsible in part for the first Kinect model. While they still have not commented on any specifics, stating that they “generally do not discuss [their] purpose or plans” they have at least confirmed the news….
Google’s Chromecast: Make Your TV Smart
Google’s Chromecast is marketed as “the easiest way to enjoy online video and music on your TV.” So the question is: is it? Many people today don’t own the new smart TVs that Sony, Panasonic and LG are putting out, so Google came up with a brilliant idea. Most TVs, smart or not, do come…
Focus Headset: New Tech Claims to Overclock Brain Power
If you have ever wanted to give your brain a jolt of electricity to make it run in overtime, then you are in luck. The Focus Headset claims to overcharge the power of your brain by doing just that. By attaching small, built in, electrodes to your head, the Focus Headset claims to be able…
Google Makes Up 25% Of Internet Traffic
During the past month, Google broke an internet record. A recent study by DeepField, an analytic firm, showed that Google accounts for about a quarter of all internet traffic in North America (and they grew fast: in 2010, they were only at 6%). At first, I found this quite unbelievable. But the facts prove it,…
Iris Scans are the new School I.D.
I will admit, I lost my ID twice as a college student (and I’m only counting the times I lost it fully and had to buy a new one, losing it for an hour, day, week… yea that happened plenty more times then I’d like to admit). I can’t imagine being in elementary school and…
Apple Seeks to Acquire Company Behind Kinect
Apple has now set its sights on the Israel-based 3d sensor company, Primesense. If you’ve never heard of Primesense, that’s okay. But I guarantee you have heard of their flagship motion sensing product, the Kinect. That’s right, the company behind the technology that Microsoft will be shipping out with all of it’s Xbox One consoles,…
Bionic Ear Created by Princeton Researchers
Research done at Princeton University is bringing the world of Terminator and cyborgs ever closer to us. The Princeton scientists work in cybernetics has resulted in a 3-D printer and a bionic ear, which. Its success, the inventor predicts, will lead to bionic supplements to the human body that empower humans and connect them to…
Atlus’ Parent Company in Trouble
The parent company of one of the most successful niche gaming development companies has found themselves caught in troubled water. After posting a loss of over $14 million in it’s second fiscal quarter of 2013, Index Corporation has found themselves undergoing “civil rehabilitation proceedings.” Which is essentially the equivalent of U.S. Bankruptcy and restructuring. This…
Geeks Anonymous: BlackBerry 10 Update, OUYA Set to Release
Cue the coffee machines and pull the plastic from over the baked goods because we finally have quite the crowd here at Geeks Anonymous. Sounds a bit twisted, but I am happy to see all the new faces share my addiction. It so happens we are never short of a supply because the tech news…
Google Launches Hangouts Capture Tool: Taking Screenshots was Never this Simple
Google has just released a new app for its popular video chat service, Google+ Hangouts. The new feature allows users to take screenshots whenever they want with just one click. Hangouts is a popular app that lets users video chat with multiple people just like a conference call; but sometimes users want to save a…