DIYer Warrior_Rocker wanted to make his classic SNES controller wireless, so he decided to hack in a USB Logitech receiver and transmitter so the controller could work with modern devices. Read more…
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Hack Wireless Into a SNES Controller with a Logitech Receiver
Given how important it’s been to our development, mankind will always be drawn to open flames. But if you’re tired of buying tea light candles in bulk for a little bit of accent lighting, Fabien Gerlier’s Caviar might be better suited to adding accent lighting to your home. Made of sintered bronze, the lamp stays lit without ever burning away. Read more…
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This Bronze Candle Will Burn Forever and Never Melt Away
When you think about it, keeping a fridge full of drinks perpetually cold at a store is a tremendous waste of energy given the product may not be sold for days. But the only alternate solution is to somehow chill drinks at the time of purchase, which is exactly what a new refrigeration technology called V-Tex does—without the need for gallons of liquid nitrogen. Read more…
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An On-Demand Vending Machine That Chills Drinks in Just 45 Seconds
The work of photographer Mark Willis combines advanced imaging and fabrication technologies with archaeological exploration, often producing breath-taking images, 3D models, and highly accurate virtual environments from ancient sites in the U.S. Southwest. Read more…
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36-Gigapixel Image Captures Ancient Petroglyphs in Texas
There are plenty of gaming PCs designed to replace consoles , but if you’re short on space that normally means accepting something underpowered like the Ouya . But this little guy, called the Gigabyte Brix II, is both powerful and petite. Read more…
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This Gaming PC Is Smaller Than a Controller But Still Packs a Punch
Trying to create a large-scale, private cloud array can be a headache, since it often involves bringing disparate networking, server and storage systems together in one not-so-happy union. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a box that could do most of the hard work? Nebula thinks its newly launched Nebula One controller will do the trick. The rackmount device’s Cosmos OS quickly turns ordinary servers from the likes of Dell or HP into a unified cloud computer that centers on the more universal OpenStack platform, and which can also talk to Amazon Web Services . IT admins have a single interface to oversee the whole lot while skipping any outside help, and can scale up to a hefty 1,600 processor cores, 9.4TB of memory and 2.3PB of storage. You’ll have to ask Nebula directly about pricing, although we suspect it’s counting on the classic battle between time and money to clinch a deal — the weeks saved in setup and maintenance could represent the real discount. Filed under: Desktops , Misc Comments Via: SlashGear Source: Nebula
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Nebula One turns servers into simple, private clouds with OpenStack (video)
After showing us tons of awesome looking games, straight up denied us the console. We have specs , we’ve seen the controller, but we haven’t seen the box yet. Or triangle, or orb, or whatever this non-existant hardware might look like. Oh and no price or release date, either. We don’t even know when Sony will tell us more. Sony stoked our excitement, and there’s no way to be satisfied. What a bummer. More »
Ever since Microsoft acquired Skype and confirmed the end of Windows Live Messenger , a merger has been a tiny dot off on the horizon. Now Microsoft has pinned down when the two will become one : this April. More »
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Microsoft Is Finally Merging Skype and Windows Live Messenger This Spring
Game development has exploded over the last few years, and now it seems like everyone is making a video game. You’ve got big studios full of hundreds of people. You’ve got small teams making incredible games. There are more people in independent game development than ever. This is an amazing thing, because everyone brings their unique experience and sensibilities to game design. More »
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A Beginner’s Guide To Making Your First Video Game
It’s likely no surprise that online retailers can change prices depending on your location, browser history, and operating system. But what’s really going on here? Let’s take a look at the tactics retailers use to dish out different prices to you, and how you can check to see if it’s happening to you. More »
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How Web Sites Vary Prices Based on Your Information (and What You Can Do About It)