You might remember back in November last year that Mad Catz unveiled their new professional gaming mouse the Mad Catz Cyborg M.M.O. 7. If you have been patiently waiting for it to arrive your wait is now over, the Mad Catz Cyborg M.M.O. 7 gamin mouse is now available to pre-order, priced at $130.
The Cyborg M.M.O. 7 gaming mouse is equipped with an array of
adjustable panels and weights to help make the mouse perfect for any
individual, perfectly fitting your hand and playing style.
It also equipped with 13 programmable buttons (plus std left and
right) that
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If you have any NES controllers lying around and enjoy a little
gaming, you might be interested in this new hack that has been created
by Paul Rickards. Who has taken a standard NES controller and modified
it to work on the iCade games on the iPad.Rickards admits the hack happened as a accident, while playing around
with iMAME on his iPad together with his homebrew Commodore 64
keyboard. Which is connected to his iPad via a modded USB connection, he
accidentally struck a key. Which then prompted iMAME to say "enabling
iCade mode”
After investigation he discovers the iPad would recognise USB
connected controllers. So to make the NES controller work with the iPad,
Rickards manufactured another USB keyboard using Arduino, but instead
of using a keyboard matrix, u
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Artist Tyree Callahan has taken a 1937 Underwood Standard typewriter
and transformed it into something a little special called the Chromatic
Typewriter. That allows you to type a painting on to paper, using
colours rather than the traditional letter associated with a typewriter.
The Chromatic Typewriter is a 2012 West Prize Entry.
Callahan explains:
"The 2012 West Collects "West Prize Competition” is off and
running. The little Chromatic Typewriter is out in the world and the
feedback has been great. I’ve decided to re-type my artist statement
with the thing. It ought to be equally decipherable as any other I’ve
read lately.
I’m super excited about it. The reaction to the piece has been
pretty special. It seems to be making a lot of people happy and it has
started some great discussion
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Apple has started to curb the amount of MacBook Pro laptops that it
currently has in stores with many nearly out of stock, which nearly
always indicated that a refresh of some kind might well be immanent. So
if you are thinking of purchasing a new MacBook Pro it might be worth
holding fire for just a little while longer.
Other indication that suggest a refresh is immanent is that new
references for all MacBook Pro models have appeared in Apple’s inventory
system for the 13 inch, 15 inch, and 17 inch screen sizes.
The references seem to suggest that
Apple will continue to supply 2 x 13 inch models, 2 x 15 inch models,
and 1 x 17 inch model of MacBook Pro. But rather than a huge overhall
the expected changes are thought to be fairly small and only upgrades to
their processors and the Bluetooth 4.0 technolo
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Today is the day future video game historians will mark as the apex of the battle over used game sales. It will take more than your online
passes and one use DLC codes to intimidate Gamestop, publishers? You
like single use codes packed in with new copies of games? Gamestop’s got
your single use codes right here. If by here you mean the inside of
every used copy of the game.
Yes, Gamestop is apparently offering the
same bonus Catwoman content which should theoretically be the sole
domain of mint copies with "pre-used” copies of Batman Arkham City,
essentially making the whole code thing an exercise in futility.
Questions such as where did Gamestop get the codes abound. Rest assured
though, it’s not like Gamestop would take them from new copies in order
to boost higher-margin used game sales. Then maybe sell those ga
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Computer scientists at the Sarland University have developed a new wireless braking system for bicycles, and instead of cables and levers to activate the brakes, it is all done with a range of wireless devices.
The wireless braking system for bicycles is made up of a a wireless transmitter
on the hand grip and a motorized disk brake caliper, when the hand grip
is squeezed, the data is transmitted to the caliper and the brakes are
applied.
The developers of the technology are testing
it out on bicycles, and intend to use it for something else when it is
fully developed, the idea is that the technology could be applied to
trains, cars and also planes.
You might remember last year we featured the CubeStormer a Rubik’s Cube solver that was built from Lego and became the Worlds Fastest Lego Mindstorms RCX Speedcubing Robot. Well the team are back and have now created a new design using a Samsung
Galaxy S II smartphone to process the calculations and has
now halved the record set by the original CubeStormer. Watch the video after the jump to see it in action.
The next generation Lego CubeStormer II
has been built by Mike Dobson and David Gilday, and is capable of
solving Rubik’s Cube at amazingly fast speeds. Its been constructed
using four Lego Mindstorms NXT kits, and a Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone as its "brain.”
If you thought you would be able to happily surf the web on your new
Kindle Touch 3G device you might be a little disappoint to learn that
Amazon is no longer offering an open 3G web access through its new
Kindle Touch 3G reader.
When the new Kindle Touch 3G was launched last week there was a
little confusion over the wording used to explain the web surfing
features of the new device, which said ”experimental web browsing is
available via Wi-Fi.”
After a lot of speculation on the Kindle forums Amazon has now clarified the situation explaining:
"We apologize for the confusion. Our new Kindle Touch 3G enables
you to connect to the Kindle Store, download books and periodicals, and
access Wikipedia – all over 3G or Wi-Fi. Experimental web browsing
(outside o
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If you have been enjoying the new Gear of War 3 game you might be pleased to know that its first DLC download called Horde Command Pack will be arriving on November 1 st.
The new Horde Command Pack includes three new maps, new weapons,
skins and new characters : Onyx Guard, Big Rig Dizzy, Bernie. Together
with new fortifications for Horde mode. The maps are Blood Drive,
Azura and Rustlung, Blood Drive goes back to the classic maps style
tradition of Gears which is sure to please long term fans of the series.
Official details of the new maps and fortifications
Blood Drive: The Jacinto Medical Plaza was overwhelmed by evacuated
citizens after the government-sanctioned Hammer Strikes, and the ensuing
riots quickly turned this saf
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