Yikes. Injustice: Gods Among Us, the Justice League video game that gives you the chance to pit your favorite heroes against each other in surprisingly brutal battles, continues to set itself up for pounding after pounding by the public. First, there are the dicier story elements of the NetherRealm Studios and DC Comics collaboration. Avoid […]
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Create And Deliver Snail Mail Handwritten Cards With Felt App
In this age of instant communication, where texting is replacing phone calls and now even Facebook private messaging has started to outpace email usage, there remains a small thrill at receiving a personal letter addressed to you through traditional mail. Felt, an app available for iPads, seeks to recapture that sentimental sensation by offering a […]
Stirring Ad Campaign Displays Different Images For Kids And Adults
There’s little we can add to what’s said or shown in this video by Fundación ANAR, or Aid to Children and Adolescents at Risk, to get across the impact and necessity of this type of campaign to help those who might be too scared to ask for it. With the help of the advertising agency […]
Digging Deeper Into The Bitcoin Mine
Unless you’ve been living in a self-imposed media blackout throughout 2013, you’ve seen and heard bitcoin become a mainstream news topic. With its higher profile comes an inevitable increase in popularity and acceptance as payment. For example, DWI Attorney Jay Cohen of Houston, TX now accepts bitcoin. In Cypress, the world’s first Bitcoin ATM is […]
Photographer Takes Apart Tech For Introspective Art Installation
When I was a kid, I liked to take things apart. Remote control cars, calculators, bicycles. I’d sit down with whatever tools I could find that would work and make what was whole into many separate pieces. Part of that was to stave off a curiosity about what was happening inside of these machines. Another […]
3D Printers? Yeah, We’ve Got That
It feels like there’s a story about 3D printing in the news every day lately. The once science-fiction concept of creating complex solid objects out of raw materials on demand has the potential to disrupt just about every form of industry in the world. One of the biggest blockades has been acceptability. While some universities have […]
From Techfiction To Techfact With Iron Man
Techcitement touched upon some of Tony Stark’s wardrobe the other day, but we didn’t deal with one of the coolest aspects of the armor — the predictive nature. A lot of what was far-out science fiction in 1962 is science fact today. The first thing you need to be aware of is that in the […]
Aisha Tyler To Gamer Trolls: GFYS
If you don’t know who Aisha Tyler is, shame on you. Here’s a quick rundown of her expansive resume: She’s an actress, comedian, author, talk show host, and runs a successful podcast. Currently, she’s the voice of gorgeous, sasquatch-handed Lana Kane in Archer, which has wrapped up its fourth hilarious season. Tyler also emceed the Interactive Awards […]
YouTube Says It’s Replaced TV; Dreamworks Pays $33M For YouTube Teen Network
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt certainly doesn’t lack confidence. Last night, Schmidt made the assertion to a large room full of advertisers that internet video doesn’t need to concern itself with supplanting standard television watching because he says, “That’s already happened.” Having recently surpassed the one billionth unique visitor landmark, YouTube has a reason to […]
Send A Haiku To Mars
Later this year, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN) is scheduled to launch on an exploratory and scientific mission for NASA, with support by the University of Colorado Boulder. As part of the spacecraft’s mission, it will act as the first spacecraft to focus primarily on the state of the upper atmosphere, the […]