How to build your own TARDIS

In this very amusing video from German teacher Sillysparrowness we get to watch as she goes about building her own personal TARDIS. I have to admit that half of the reason I’d like to own my own home instead of renting an apartment is so I could do the same. Then I remember I really . . . → Read More: How to build your own TARDIS

Public Alerts on my Google Maps? YES PLEASE!

This could prove to be mindbogglingly useful for a lot of people. Not the least of them myself. #seb #Google #Neato #Technology

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Google adding Public Alerts to Maps, keeps you in the loop in times of worry You can’t deny that Google often hands out marvelous tools for . . . → Read More: Public Alerts on my Google Maps? YES PLEASE!

New force feedback system allows more subtle effects using less power

This sounds like it's a really cool piece of tech that could make force feedback in controllers, phones, and tablets a lot better while also reducing power requirements. Here's hoping we see it in the next generation of game consoles. #seb #neato #computing

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New force feedback system allows more subtle effects using less power

This sounds like it's a really cool piece of tech that could make force feedback in controllers, phones, and tablets a lot better while also reducing power requirements. Here's hoping we see it in the next generation of game consoles. #seb #neato #computing

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Older brother stands up to bullying dad for gender stereotyping.

Here’s one of those stories that’ll make you feel a little better about your fellow humans:

Dear Customer who stuck up for his little brother, | Up and down we go..

Eventually, I helped the brothers pick a game called Mirror’s Edge. The youngest was pretty excited about the game, and then he specifically asked . . . → Read More: Older brother stands up to bullying dad for gender stereotyping.

Young girl on the marketing of kid’s toys.

Consider this an antidote to the faith-in-humanity-destroying collection of tweets I posted the other day. Young Riley wants to know why marketing people think girls are only interested in pink princesses:

Damn good question indeed. Perhaps she’ll grow up to make some changes in how toys are marketed some day.

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The quest for Absolute Zero temperature comes a step closer to reality.

Sometimes I can’t help but be awed at what physicists are accomplishing in the lab.

How cold is cold enough? Eliminating entropy picokelvins from absolute zero

When you think about the temperatures associated with “cold,” you probably imagine a cold winter day, or a block of ice (32 °F, 0 °C, or 273.15 K). This . . . → Read More: The quest for Absolute Zero temperature comes a step closer to reality.

Here’s a little holiday timelapse to enjoy.

Here’s a little holiday timelapse to enjoy.

“Portal: No Escape”

This is an awesome short film inspired by Valve’s awesome First Person Puzzle game Portal, which you should really play if you haven’t already. Check it:

Found over at /Film.

The improvements in video game technology…

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… over the past 40* or so years, basically in the time I’ve been alive, are really quite impressive when you stop long enough to think about it:

I sit down some evenings and play a video game with anywhere between 4 and 1,400 strangers — depending on the game — at the same . . . → Read More: The improvements in video game technology…