Technology

Mini RPi MAME Cabinet

Mini RPi MAME Cabinet

Sprite_tm’s miniature MAME cabinet that runs off a Raspberry Pi and even has a 128×32 OLED marquee along the top. Recently, I got one of the Pi’s myself exactly because of that reason: it’s always useful to expand your toolset with something powerful and cheap. I didn’t get it for a specific reason other than […]

Holiday Gift Guide 2012: Aerial Drones

Holiday Gift Guide 2012: Aerial Drones

Today’s hobby drones are pretty amazing. They are packed with features and have a level of automation and sensors never before available to the amateur. Prices have dropped to the point that this technology is accessible, even if you aren’t a government, university, or serious hobbyist willing to spend more than they should. It’s about time to consider the perfect gift for that geeky someone special in your life with a need for speed or a secret desire for air reconnaissance. See the slldeshow.

Minecraft Augmented Reality App

Minecraft Augmented Reality App

Can’t get enough of Minecraft? Wish you could bring your creations with you wherever you go and interact with them in the real world? Now you can with the Minecraft Reality app by Mojang. That’s right–get chunky 8-bit style graphics rendered in hardware accelerated real-time 3D and mapped over your smartphone’s field of view to […]

What Should Kickstarter Do?

What Should Kickstarter Do?

There’s a brewing dispute over a $157,571 fully backed Kickstarter “smARtDUINO: Open System by former ARDUINO’s manufacturer”. The Arduino team just posted some of the issues up (check out the comments as well) – some trademark, some about who/what may have, or may not have worked with the Arduino factory and how this Kickstarter was promoted to its backers. The big question is, what should Kickstarter do?