Hasta La Gadget!

Stargates can transport you from one planet to another planet on the other side of the galaxy and now it looks like this technology has finally been shrunken down to cufflink size.

These cool Stargate cufflinks are from Etsy seller CufflinksForMen and they look like they are active and ready to go. If you wear these, you will not only be the sharpest dressed in the room, but you’ll also be able to do cool tricks like transport small objects from one wrist to another.

Hey, I think I just discovered how magicians do their magic tricks, which probably means that some magician’s guild wants me dead now.

Last year, Microsoft Research made headlines with its IllumiRoom concept, which extends video from a console or media player to the walls and objects around the TV. A company called Catopsys is working on an similar but theoretically much better version of IllumiRoom called Immersis.

Immersis displays videos from a computer via a DVI connection. Similar to IllumiRoom, Immersis uses a projector with a proprietary 180º fisheye lens and a projection mapping algorithm to create an immersive effect. That is, it analyzes the dimensions of the projection surface or surfaces and adjusts its projection to fit the surface(s).

But while IllumiRoom requires that videos and games be made specifically for the technology, Catopsys claims that Immersis will work with practically any game that uses a real-time 3D engine. It can also display 360º videos and 360º photos that are based on Google’s Photosphere format. That being said, Catopsys will also release plugins for Unreal Engine and Unity so that developers can tailor their games to Immersis.

Another advantage of Immersis is that not only can you use it to extend video that’s being fed to a TV, monitor, etc., you can actually use Immersis as your only video output device. This makes the projection more seamless, which is great if your TV is a lot smaller than the area around it.

Pledge at least $500 (USD) on Kickstarter to get an Immersis developer kit or at least $1,100 to get the retail version as a reward.

[via Slash Gear]

Thinking about starting the new year with more storage? If we could make a suggestion we would advise you to go SSD this year, but for those of you with limited budgets that are simply craving for more teras, the new line up of 6TB hard drives are quite appealing. But which one should you get, which brand, and why? To help you with this daunting decision – because your data is precious after all – our good friends at Hot Hardware have written a full roundup for three of the top 6TB hard drives, the Western Digital Red, Western Digital Green, and the Seagate Enterprise. Follow this link to read the full report, and good luck!

When you are busy on the go and need a lot of juice, powerbanks come in handy. But sometimes one isn’t enough, and if you have more than a couple charging them with all those cables can get messy real quick. Koonhome, a Chinese company known for their smartphone cases, just answered this challenge with their all-new stackable powerbanks. The modules are available in 3,000mAh and 6,000mAh and they magnetically click on top of each other and can be charged with a single Micro USB cable. They come in various colors and you can grab one, two or more on the go whenever you need them.

Only available in China at the moment but it looks like they are shooting for international distribution, hence their appearance at CES 2015.

Via Liliputing

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