Lord of the Flies is
a dystopian novel by Nobel Prize-winning English author William Golding
about a group of British boys cast-offs on an uninhabited island who try to
govern themselves with disastrous results. Published in 1954 when McCarthyism and the "Red Scare" of the Soviet Union was at its height.
Flash forward almost 60 years to the day, and American are anxious once
again – but this time it’s not the Russians, it’s our own government.
MIT is at it again. This time, researchers have developed something known as an "M-Block." Basically, they’re tiny magnetic cubes that can move on their own and permanently stick together. In other words…they’re the first step towards self-constructing robots.
Awesome, right?
ITALCEMENTI, ALESSI and LPWK Design Studio have partnered up to find a
designer who can take their innovative mortar mixture and create a
brilliant centerpiece with it to become a mass produced product!
That’s right music lovers, innovators and entertainers- It’s almost time
for Moogfest 2014, and the crew is looking for 5-10 awesome new
multimedia experiences for the festival!
Most of us already went through the (horrible) experience of noticing a scratch in our car’s paint. Whether we hit a wall opening our door, inadvertently got a scratch by passing to close to a tree’s branch, or someone bad intentioned made a scratch on purpose, it always feels bad – specially cause it looks bad. Fortunately, an innovation made by a Brazilian Institute is likely to put an end to this issue.
About a year ago, researchers at the Boston Children’s Hospital used video games to help children deal with out-of-control emotions, teaching them to regulate and reign in their anger. Today, I’d like to ask a very simple question: could the same tactics be applied to adults?
Games studio KIXEYE – best known for developing web-based strategy games like VEGA Conflict and War Commander – today expanded its horizons, taking a deep dive into the mobile realm with Backyard Monsters Unleashed. I got the chance to sit down with KIXEYE’s Bryan Lam and Caryl Shaw to discuss the title.
I’ve long held that video games are a powerful educational tool in the right hand, and now one more organization is proving that notion correct. In a collaboration with EA and Maxis, non-profit Glasslab recently finished developing an education and formative assessment mod known as SimCityEDU.
Internationally recognized baby goods brand Chicco is looking for
designers from all around the planet to create innovative mealtime kits
for parents and their hungry little kiddos for a big cash prize!Chicco,
the biggest baby brand in Europe, hopes to receive a wealth of new
designs for what they call a “Smart Baby Lunch.” Such a kit would
include the following components:
You probably heard about driverless cars before, specially Google’s attempt of this. It has always been a goal to all auto-related inventors, and is nowadays closer to become a reality. Let’s meet CaRINA, a driverless car developed in Brazil which is hitting the roads these days for testing and further development.
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