Loftus Versfeld Stadium Google Earth now includes a 3D tour that takes you flying over all the World Cup stadiums in South Africa. Google If you can’t make it to South Africa for the World Cup, you can at least take a virtual tour of all the stadiums before you watch the 3-D action. Google [...]
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Xbox’s Project Natal Is Finally Official, Dubbed Microsoft Kinect
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Nintendo 3DS Nintendo Today Nintendo officially announced the Nintendo 3DS, the first mobile game console to get on the 3-D wave. On the outside, the 3DS looks just like the the standard DS clamshell we’ve come to expect since the device first launched in 2004 but with one big difference: One of it’s screens has [...]
High-Tech Soccer Gear Makes the Best Players Even Better
Eyes on the Ball Fans can match many World Cup matches (and gear like this) on ESPN’s new 3-D network. Claire Benoist This month, more than 700 million people will watch the finals of the FIFA World Cup, the planet’s most popular sports event. Soccer is mainly about stamina and coordination, but players rely on [...]
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Nintendo 3DS official shot Nintendo We’ve just spent some hands-on time with the Nintendo 3DS, the 3-D version of the company’s classic DS platform unveiled earlier today at E3. While at first it’s tough to shake the idea that it’s little more than a gimmick, the 3-D effect does work. And perhaps most importantly, it [...]
Working Microbarbershop and Microchessboard Win Sandia Design Awards
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Kinect: Good With Kids, Bad With Couches
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NREL Improves On Swamp Cooler Tech to Create 90 Percent More Efficient Air Conditioner
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