Hasta La Gadget!

Life getting to be too much for you? Get away from everyone and everything by escaping into this DIY personal movie theater. It’s like a trip to the actual theater without all of the hassle and the crowds.

Forget spending thousands on a home movie theater. Just make one for just your head. This experience completely removes you from all the annoying distractions of the outside world. According to the Redditor who hacked this together, all you need is a smartphone, a razor blade and a cardboard box big enough to cover your head.

That’s it. You are done. Now you have your own private theater where no one can find you. Don’t forget the popcorn.

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I’ll admit I’ve been out of the loop when it comes to the new Robocop movie the last several months. Last time I mentioned it here, Hugh Laurie, the guy that played House, was set play the CEO of OmniCorp. It looks like while I wasn’t paying attention they made a few changes.

Nowhere in the trailer do we see Hugh Laurie, but you do see that bad motherfu**** himself Samuel L Jackson. It’s hard to tell from the trailer, but it appears that Jackson is playing the Chief Executive A-Hole of OmniCorp. The trailer also shows a Robocop who is more human than he was in the old-school 80s flick.

Notably, Robocop isn’t doing the robot at each turn. He appears to be quite fluid and has an auto-retracting face shield. The trailer also shows that while Robocop thinks he’s in control, he actually doesn’t have as much free will as he believes. I’m particularly glad to see not a single Ford Taurus in any of the scenes.

This red-sided house, rotting on a quiet street of York, Alabama, was once a symbol of the town’s struggle with blight. But over the past two years, with the help of the citizens who invited him there, artist Matthew Mazzotta has disassembled the abandoned structure and rebuilt it—as a tiny home that unfolds into an open-air theater. It’s like the circle of life, for architecture.

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While MoviePass was in early beta, it got more than a small amount of pushback from theaters that didn’t like someone changing the price formula without their explicit say-so. The company just found an end-run around that conspicuous obstacle. It’s releasing both an iPhone app and a reloadable card that, when combined, let MoviePass’ effectively unlimited subscription model work at just about any US theater. The app unlocks the card for a specific showing; after that, it’s only a matter of swiping the plastic at a payment kiosk like any old credit card. It’s not as sophisticated as NFC or Pay With Square, to be sure, but it should keep the rude surprises to a minimum. Both the iOS app and the card require an invitation to the $30 monthly service if you’re eager to get watching movies today. If either is too limiting, there’s promises of both an Android app and wider availability in the future.

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MoviePass launches iPhone app and card combo, takes unlimited viewing to all US theaters originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Oct 2012 10:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Booming 64-track soundtrack at the cinema making you yawn? Already jaded about 4K , 3D and high frame-rates? If so, a company called CJ Group out of Korea may be able to blast you from your stupor — it’s bringing so-called 4D to nearly 200 theaters stateside. That extra ‘D’ won’t let you warp spacetime, but instead will bring your other senses into play with seats that move and thump, smells from things like flowers or gunpowder, and artificial wind, rain and lightening. All that extra stimulation could bump the freight of a seat by around eight bucks, and movie house owners will need to shell out half of the $2 million cost to retrofit each salon. But CJ Group claims it’s been hugely popular in markets like Asia and Mexico, so theaters there have quickly recouped the cost. Of course, you wouldn’t want all that strang and durm on certain films, but lots of cinematic squealers could use a good dose of extra lipstick.

4D technology coming to 200 US cinemas to help you feel and smell the action originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 09 Jul 2012 16:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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