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- What’s Your Favorite Horror Game?
- Building The Ultimate Breath Of The Wild Playhouse
- A New Approach to the Human-Brain Interface
- New Amazon Patent Plans To Make All Toxic Gamers Play With Each Other
- The 55 Best Christmas Movies of All Time
- Existential Troopers
- Dad Builds 50-Foot Long Pirate Ship for Halloween
- The German-Japanese Village Where The Most Fearful Weapon Was Tested
- Is This Shower Hack Really X-Rated?
- No, That’s Not A Painting, That’s An Air Purifier!
- A Mason’s Hidden Portrait Found After 900 Years
- Should Daylight Saving Time Be Ditched?
- An Honest Trailer for <i>National Treasure</i>
- The Native Alaskan High Kicking Contest
- Japanese University Offers Ninja Studies Degree
| What’s Your Favorite Horror Game? Posted: 03 Nov 2020 07:39 PM PST
Spooky season might be over, but that doesn't mean we can no longer engage in spooky activities! There's no harm in playing a thriller or a horror game or two. Unless you easily get spooked, and the blazing eyes of the moving animatronics in Five Nights At Freddy's keeps you awake at night, then, maybe not all horror games. Maybe some games inspired by fictional creatures are right up your alley. If you're looking for a good discussion of different horror games, if you're looking for a new game to play, or if you're just interested about spooky games in general, check out IGN's Game Spook podcast here. Image via IGN  |
| Building The Ultimate Breath Of The Wild Playhouse Posted: 03 Nov 2020 07:39 PM PST
If my parents made me such a cool playhouse as a child - wait, scratch that. If someone builds me such an epic game-inspired playhouse or a small hut for my own shenanigans, I'll probably admire them for the rest of time. Watch Once Upon A Workbench as he builds a playhouse inspired from the 2017 Nintendo Switch game Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. The playhouse looks exactly like the house you can buy in Hateno Village! |
| A New Approach to the Human-Brain Interface Posted: 03 Nov 2020 07:39 PM PST
How does the brain work? Nobody knows for sure. But we know that through the signals that our brain sends and receives, we can move, speak, and do many tasks within the day. Sophisticated imaging technologies like functional magnetic resonance can give you some clues. But it'd be great to have something more direct. For decades, technologists have been trying to get brains to interface with computer keyboards or robot arms, to get meat to commune with silicon. A team of scientists on Wednesday have revealed promising results on a new approach to the brain-computer interface. It involves mounting electrodes on an expandable, springy tube called a stent and threading it through a blood vessel that leads to the brain… In an article published in the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery, the Australian and US researchers describe how two people with paralysis due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (better known as Lou Gehrig's disease) used such a device to send texts and fool around online by brain-control alone. Now that's phenomenal work. Learn more details about this method over at Ars Technica. (Image Credit: sbtlneet/ Pixabay) |
| New Amazon Patent Plans To Make All Toxic Gamers Play With Each Other Posted: 03 Nov 2020 07:38 PM PST
It is a common experience to be matched up with or against a toxic player in an online game. Of course, we don't like it when it happens. But we're not quitters, and so we just bear with it until the match ends, and we hope that there will be no toxic players in the next game. But what if that can be a reality? Where all the non-toxic players can enjoy the game, while the toxic ones get to play with each other? It seems that these will soon come true if this new patent from Amazon pushes through. Instead of just giving them the boot, Business Insider reports that the system would instead give the most toxic gamers a taste of their own medicine by putting them all in the same matches with each other. Then, all the people who would otherwise ruin your game end up harassing and trolling each other instead. [...] But this new patent would track gamers throughout all of their matches, minding the names they call teammates and opponents as well as other metrics for their behavior. Similar idea, but more ambitious in terms of how people get sorted. It's sort of like a gaming version of the algorithms already used and abused by real-world law enforcement, but with vastly lower stakes — and no one is actually prevented from playing the game as a result. What are your thoughts about this one? (Image Credit: Olichel/ Pixabay) |
| The 55 Best Christmas Movies of All Time Posted: 03 Nov 2020 07:38 PM PST
We've reached the point where Christmas season begins as soon as Halloween is over. There are three houses on my drive home with holiday lights up already. In fact, I spent Halloween evening watching a Hallmark Christmas movie (and now I feel as if I have seen them all). If you want some help getting into the Christmas spirit, you could pull up a movie from Christmases past, using a handy list from Esquire. It's a very arguable list; some of them are just horrible, others appear to be ranked by how much "Christmas" is included in the film. However, you probably will agree that the top fifteen or so deserve to be there. Otherwise, you might find a movie you've never seen and be intrigued enough to try it out- quite a few have trailers posted. Check them all out here. -via Digg |
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| Dad Builds 50-Foot Long Pirate Ship for Halloween Posted: 03 Nov 2020 07:38 PM PST
Tony DeMatteo of Churchville, New York loves Halloween. Every year, his Halloween celebrations get bigger and better. He's been on a pirate theme since, three years ago, his daughter asked for a Pirates of the Caribbean-style Halloween. This year, he went all-out with a mock ship that is 50 feet long and 20 feet tall. It took him only a week and $3,000 in materials to build. CNN describes his amazing project: "I have no background in this, I just do it for fun for my kids, and that's what makes it so great," Tony DeMatteo told CNN. "It's also been a rough year for a lot of people so we decided this would be a perfect opportunity to put a smile on people's face and just give them a sense of normalcy." The father of three said he was motivated to build the pirate ship by his children, whose faces "light up with excitement" whenever they see Halloween decorations. -via Dave Barry |
| The German-Japanese Village Where The Most Fearful Weapon Was Tested Posted: 03 Nov 2020 07:36 PM PST
The Allies were using jellied gasoline as an incendiary weapon at the beginning of World War II, but a shortage of the necessary ingredient latex drove the search for a substitute. That's when napalm was developed. We tend to associate napalm with the Vietnam War, but the fearsome fuel that stuck to whatever it touched was also used in World War II and the Korean War.
To do that, the military built an entire village in the Utah desert, filled with creepily authentic reproductions of German and Japanese houses. Read about the testing village and the destruction it enabled at Amusing Planet. |
| Is This Shower Hack Really X-Rated? Posted: 03 Nov 2020 06:59 PM PST
Hey, the mom just wanted to help out her kids who wanted to bring their iPhones in the shower. If her kids' iPhones get broken,that would be expensive. Facebook users however, called her innocent shower hack 'x-rated' for the other purposes the hack might also have, as Daily Mail details: Mum-of-three Kelly explained her sons had always taken their phones into the shower with them to play music so she decided to install a car phone holder onto the wall to make it easier. 'I was forever telling them they were going to drop it and I wasn't getting them a new one. Until I came up with this fab idea,' Kelly wrote. But some were concerned the new addition could be used for less innocent activities. 'Have you questioned why they need to take their phones in the shower?' one person asked.' 'Easy way to take nudes, thanks mum,' another added. Kelly was disgusted with the online 'backlash' she received and said: 'I didn't put this up for backlash and not all kids do that. Geez.' Image via Daily Mail |
| No, That’s Not A Painting, That’s An Air Purifier! Posted: 03 Nov 2020 06:58 PM PST
Designers never stop making new innovations, huh! On the latest edition of appliances trying to be as unobtrusive as possible, here's the Sauberair FLAT purifier, an air purifier that's designed not only as a functional home appliance, but also a great addition to one's home decor. The purifier has a thickness of 3 ½ inches, which makes it possible to be disguised as wall decor, as Yanko Design details: By serving a more defined aesthetic purpose instead of just looking decor-friendly, Sauberair FLAT's approach to tech is similar to the one found in Samsung's TVs with their Ambient Modes, that displayed the pattern on the wall behind it, to cloak its appearance instead of looking like a massive black square when switched-off. The sleek air-filters come in three variants. A 'LITE' version that requires you to manually switch it on, a 'PLUS' IoT-enabled version that uses automatic air-sensors to detect and filter air when it senses a quality-drop, and perhaps my favorite, the 'BT PLUS', which not only runs automatically, but even comes with integrated Bluetooth speaker, making it perhaps the only air purifier to be able to pump out fresh air as well as fresh beats! All variants rely on the same format, and fit into the same 3½ inch framework. Designed to be sleek enough to mount on the wall, the purifier's intakes and exhausts are built around the sides, keeping the front-face intact for your art. The purifier hangs directly on your wall, although you can choose a standing version too. The art sits within a wooden frame (available in three colors – brown, white, and black) and can easily be removed to reveal the purifier beneath. Image via Yanko Design |
| A Mason’s Hidden Portrait Found After 900 Years Posted: 03 Nov 2020 03:17 PM PST
I'm sure the anonymous mason would have wanted his peers to find out about his masterpiece sooner than 900 years after, but hey, people found it! A portrait carved in the early 12th century at Santiago de Compostela has been discovered by a British art scholar who claims that it was never meant to be part of the cathedral's decorations, as the Guardian details: "You find this in medieval buildings," Dr Jennifer Alexander told the Observer. "They're usually in dark corners where only another stonemason would find them. This one is in a bit of the building where you'd have to be a stonemason to be up there to see it. It's tucked away in among a whole set of capitals [the top of a column] that are otherwise plain. "It's just such a charming connection between us and the person that carved it. It's almost as if it was designed just for us to see it by those people working on the building. Of course, this stonemason probably had no idea that he'd have to wait so long to be spotted." Despite the supreme talent of such craftsmen, they were completely anonymous, their names lost to history. This is the closest the mason got to signing his work. Image via the Guardian ' |
| Should Daylight Saving Time Be Ditched? Posted: 03 Nov 2020 03:15 PM PST
Countries which observe Daylight Saving Time have switched their clocks back to standard time once again because it's November. For almost a century, countries in Europe as well as North America have followed this practice of setting clocks forward by one hour. But is it time to end this practice? This system's twice-a-year transitions have become increasingly unpopular. Scientists have been calling attention to the damaging effects of the time changes—which include a general reduction in mental and physical well-being, as well as a potential increased risk of serious complications, such as strokes and heart attacks, soon after the shifts. There is also evidence of increases in traffic fatalities and harmful medical errors shortly following when clocks are moved forward in the spring. In many countries, this might be the one of the last instances in which people make the adjustment. Governments around the world have been in discussions about scrapping the seasonal clock changes and sticking to one time—either permanent standard time or permanent daylight saving. In the U.S., many states are considering, or have already passed, legislation to adopt one of the two. Hawaii and most of Arizona decided to adopt just standard time more than 50 years ago. Last year the European Parliament voted to abolish the time shifts, but the member states of the European Union have yet to agree on how to implement the decision. More about this over at Scientific American. How about you? What do you think about Daylight Saving Time? (Image Credit: pasja1000/ Pixabay) |
| An Honest Trailer for <i>National Treasure</i> Posted: 03 Nov 2020 02:55 PM PST
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| The Native Alaskan High Kicking Contest Posted: 03 Nov 2020 01:29 PM PST
Pictured above is a Native Alaskan participating in a high kicking contest from 1950. The object is to kick a leather ball hanging from several feet off the air. The ball is gradually raised until only the winner is able to reach it. The Smithsonian Institution describes the legend that led to this sport: High-kick competitions were once part of Kivgiq, the Messenger Feast. As each man entered the qargi he tried to kick an inflated animal bladder or ball suspended from the ceiling. An Iñupiaq story tells of a young woman who owned two balls; the larger was the sun, and the smaller the moon. The sun ball fell (or in one version was dropped by Raven) and burst open, bringing light to the world. The circular designs seen on this ball represent the sun and commemorate this ancient story. -via Weird Universe | Photo: University of Alaska at Fairbanks Archives |
| Japanese University Offers Ninja Studies Degree Posted: 03 Nov 2020 01:29 PM PST
This past June, Mie University in central Japan graduated its first ninja. That's right, Genichi Mitsuhashi, who is pictured above, holds a master's degree in that field. He's chopping wood because farm work was part of a ninja's lifestyle. The Japan Times quotes him: "I read that ninjas worked as farmers in the morning and trained in martial arts in the afternoon," he said. So Mitsuhashi grew vegetables and worked on his martial arts techniques, in addition to copious ninja study in the classroom. About three students per year enroll in this program, which was created in 2017. It is focused on the history of ninjas, not the practical skills of ninjas. That didn't stop Mitsuhashi from studying on his own, though. -via My Modern Met | Photo: AFP/JIJI |
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