Flashy technology has always been a staple of science fiction films -and there’s not much flashier than the gesture-controlled computers seen in Minority Report. At the time the movie was released, those must have seemed positively outlandish. Now, though?
Now we’re rapidly approaching a point where such outlandish technology is becoming commonplace, and it’s got the potential to completely change how we compute.
One of the primary things that currently separates man from machine – aside from the obvious factors – is the fact that, software aside, machines are incapable of growth. Oh, certainly, software can learn – quite effectively, too. But no matter how advanced the software gets, the hardware is still going to stay the same.
DARPA – the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency – is looking to change that.
I’ve always been more than a little startled by the rate at which technology advances. Just think about it: less than four decades ago, all the modern amenities we take for granted – smarthones, computers, the Internet itself – did not exist. The amount of technological innovation and advancement we’ve seen in the past few years has been quite frankly startling, and a struggle for many to keep pace with.
Since 2012, ROBLOX – the world’s largest creative online community – has experienced positively explosive growth. In the past six months alone, it’s generated over 13.4 billion page-views and engaged users for 339 million hours. It shows no signs of stopping.
On Friday, I took the chance to have a brief sitdown with the organization’s CEO, David Baszucki. Here’s what he had to say.
Thunderbolt connections are not just
Mac exclusives anymore, and DIY PC users can now have another reason
to claim their systems are “better than Apple” with the help of
Asus. The firm’s new Z87-Deluxe/Quad motherboard offers two of the
very latest Thunderbolt 2 ports alongside a smorgasbord of
similarly-premium features.
I make no secret of the fact that I’m a huge fan of Razer and all its products. They make some of the best gaming peripherals currently on the market, and I absolutely love my mouse and keyboard. Even so, there’s one nagging little elephant in the room I don’t much care for: it’s called Razer Synapse.
Earlier this month, KIXEYE launched Vega Conflict, a new, open-world (or rather, open-galaxy) browser-based sci-fi RTS. I had the opportunity to sit down with some of the fine folks from KIXEYE’s Australia studio for an interview about the studio, the game, and the future.
If you’re a tech geek with a penchant for waving around how much money you’ve got, have I ever found the product for you: it’s a fully-functional, 32” touchscreen computer built directly into the surface of a coffee table. It’s also better than some people’s desktops.
Among the many other announcements dropped by Microsoft at this year’s Gamescom 2013, the Richmond-based studio detailed its plans for the Xbox One’s Independent Games Program. It’s called ID@Xbox, and it’s going to eventually culminate with development kit capability for every Xbox One.
Though useful for movie-watching on its
own, EPICT’s pico-sized, battery-powered EPP-100 has the potential to
do quite a bit more on the wall of your choice with an additional
peripheral or two. Know the device’s persisting limitations before
ordering one, though.
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