IGF announces shortlist for Best Student Game | Free Games, News. The 15th Independant Games Festival award shortlist already contains plenty of weird and wonderful indies. Now the IGF's organisers have announced their contenders for the best student game of last year. It's a strong list of quirky, experimental and mostly free games that are well worth trying. More importantly, a quick search shows that we haven't covered the excellent Zineth before.
This just won't do! Here's the list: ATUM (NHTV IGAD)Back to Bed (Danish Academy of Digital Interactive Entertainment) Blackwell's Asylum (Danish Academy of Digital Interactive Entertainment) Farsh (NHTV IGAD) Knights of Pen & Paper (IESB - Instituto de Ensino Superior de Brasilia & UnB - Universidade de Brasilia) the mindfulxp volume (Carnegie Mellon University Entertainment Technology Center) Pulse (Vancouver Film School) Zineth (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) I'm ashamed to admit that I've only played a few of these. Finally, Zineth! LuminAR bulb lights path to augmented reality (w/ video) (Phys.org)—Are we moving closer to a computer age where "touchscreen" is in the room, but it is the counter, desktop, wall, our new digital work areas? Are we moving into a new form factor called Anywhere? Do we understand how locked up we are in on-screen prisons, and that options will come?
The drive for options is strong at the MIT Media Lab, where its Fluid Interfaces Group has been working on some AR options, the "Augmented Product Counter" and the "LuminAR. " The latter is a bulb that makes any surface a touchscreen. You can even use it to replace the bulb in a desk lamp with the MIT group's "bulb" to project images onto a surface. The LuminAR bulb is small enough to fit a standard light fixture. The LuminAR team, Natan Linder, Pattie Maes and Rony Kubat, described what they have done as redefining the traditional incandescent bulb and desk lamp as a new category of "robotic, digital information devices.
" The LuminAR bulb can be a standalone unit. DeRev. Oculus Rift: Step Into the Game by Oculus. FORM 1: An affordable, professional 3D printer by Formlabs. Are you frustrated that low-end 3D printers don’t have the quality to make the true beauty of your designs real? Do you dream of having the power and resolution of a truly professional machine on your desktop? We’ve created an easy-to-use system that rivals the output of high-end printers at a fraction of the cost.
Our reason for starting this project is simple: there are no low-cost 3D printers that meet the quality standards of the professional designer. As researchers at the MIT Media Lab, we were lucky to experience the best and most expensive fabrication equipment in the world. We’ve been hard at work for over a year, and with your help, we’re ready to take the Form 1 into full-fledged production. We’ve gone to extraordinary lengths to design a complete 3D printing experience: Read on for more details on what you’ll help bring into the world (and onto your desktop) if you support this effort. For most designers, the extruded plastic (i.e. Great hardware is only half the battle. The Next Web - International technology news, business & culture. Team Fortress 2 poised for Linux support, beta update suggests | News. Mail Notifier - An awesome email notifier for Windows. Computer program can identify sketches. (Phys.org)—Computers are good at speed, numbers, and massive amounts of data, but understanding the content of a simple drawing is more difficult.
Researchers at Brown and the Technical University of Berlin have produced a computer application that can identify simple abstract sketches of objects almost as often (56 percent of the time) as human viewers (73 percent). First they took over chess. Then Jeopardy. Soon, computers could make the ideal partner in a game of Draw Something (or its forebear, Pictionary). Researchers from Brown University and the Technical University of Berlin have developed a computer program that can recognize sketches as they're drawn in real time.
It's the first computer application that enables "semantic understanding" of abstract sketches, the researchers say. The research behind the program was presented last month at SIGGRAPH, the world's premier computer graphics conference. They ended up with a set of 250 object categories. Planetary Annihilation - A Next Generation RTS by Uber Entertainment Inc. You can also support the project via PayPal at planetaryannihilation.com. 9/13 Update #11: The final 24 hours- A New Reward Tier, The Key, New Shirts, and an invite to the Final Countdown 9/12 Update #10: Some helpful information about Rewards 9/11 Update #9: The final mile of the Kickstarter marathon! View all updates Over the past few updates, we've enhanced some of our reward packages with bonus items and announced Add-Ons that you can purchase along with your pledge.
Here's a summary of the additional items that you can get: For the $95 tier and above: Limited edition, in-game "Alpha" Commander model PA Commanders Miniature Set- Three high quality 3-4 inch miniatures, including Progenitor and Alpha Commander For the $500 tier and above: Markus Persson's tweet: Luke Plunkett's article: video: We all know that the RTS genre has taken a hit. Create custom or randomized maps with our procedural planet creator. Internet of Things Projects. APDUINO Project enables you to quickly and easily monitor and control your sensors enabled devices without programming....
Read more XY Tag, a successful and still-running Kickstarter, looks like one of the best-designed location trackers to hit... Read more Products/bluetooth-wireless-tag-xy-tag I remember the first time I stayed in a hotel that used magnetic key-cards instead of old-school... Read more Growing up, there were LEGOS and then there were... Read more Who’s the most underappreciated character on Star Trek? Read more Products/voice-controlled-smart-home-systems-ubi Put together the words ‘gun’ and ‘internet,’ and what comes to mind? Read more Do you recall the ViewMaster toy by FisherPrice? Read more A few weeks ago, I got a call from my sister. Read more Products/wifi-telepresence-robots We all know it’s important to inspect fire extinguishers regularly, to make sure they’re accessible, have enough... Read more Read more Read more Products/smart-sensor-earbuds-dash Read more Read more.
Ubi - The Ubiquitous Computer - Voice-Activated & Always On by Team Ubi. ***Update: Ubi and SmartThings will work together to provide a complete voice-controlled home automation platform (checkout the Update tab above for videos). Check out SmartThings here. *** New Video: Ubi & SmartThings Ubi is a voice-activated computer that plugs into a wall outlet. "Look ma, no hands! " We believe people want to do things when they're at home - they clean, they fold laundry, they cook, they eat, they spend time with loved ones. Ubi is short for ubiquitous computer because it's always on, always listening, always ready to help. Ubi listens to its environment and senses it through sound, temperature, light, pressure, and humidity. Ubi can be used for potentially hundreds of applications. We see a huge potential for Ubi to assist those who have visual, hearing, or mobility impairments.
We're serious about making this technology of our dreams easily available to everyone. Ubi is available in arctic white or midnight black. TemperatureHumidityAir pressureAmbient light. Disposizioni per lo sviluppo dei servizi elettronici e digitali (C. 4891 Gentiloni Silveri e C. 5093 Palmieri). - Google Documenti. OpenUrban by Reed Duecy-Gibbs.
BioMedical Engineering OnLine. OUYA: A New Kind of Video Game Console by OUYA. We just added game streaming through OnLive! Final Fantasy will be on OUYA...and we have an exclusive game! And VEVO has agreed to put their music videos on OUYA, XBMC adds a streaming media app, with TuneIn and iHeartRadio adding music! We're honored by all of you who are backing us -- THANK YOU. We are focused on delivering for you, first come first served. We can only promise OUYA by March to our Kickstarter backers. Engadget! There's something about a big HD TV and digital surround sound that fills up a living room. We get it – smartphones and tablets are getting all the new titles – they're "what's hot.”
You busted your ass just to find out the princess was "in another castle. " Let’s open this sucker up! We're handing the reins over to the developer with only one condition: at least some gameplay has to be free. OUYA is a new game console for the TV, powered by Android. We've packed this little box full of power. That doesn't mean OUYA is an Android port. And developers agree: Decentralize the web with Diaspora by Daniel G. Maxwell S. Raphael S. Ilya Z. We're fully funded! Check out some of the other great projects on Kickstarter Diaspora - the privacy aware, personally controlled, do-it-all distributed open source social network We are four talented young programmers from NYU’s Courant Institute trying to raise money so we can spend the summer building Diaspora; an open source personal web server that will put individuals in control of their data.
What is it? Enter your Diaspora “seed,” a personal web server that stores all of your information and shares it with your friends. Diaspora knows how to securely share (using GPG) your pictures, videos, and more. For a little more detailed explanation, checkout this blog post. What is the project about? We believe that privacy and connectedness do not have to be mutually exclusive. Why are we building it? This February, Eben Moglen, Columbia law professor and author of the latest GPL, gave a talk on Internet privacy. Why do we need money? Our Promise. Want more info? Check out more videos here. gTar: The First Guitar That Anybody Can Play by Incident. Thanks to your overwhelming support, our Kickstarter is now over!
Don't worry though, you can still get a gTar. Head over to www.incidentgtar.com for more information or to place an order. What people are saying about the gTar: "If you're ever picked up a guitar for the first time and tried to play a favorite song, you know how discouraging it can be. The gTar completely changes that. " -Drew Houston, Dropbox founder/CEO "The gTar by Incident is disruption defined. " - TechCrunch "The proof is in the pudding. "欲しい！ We've also been featured on: CNN, Rolling Stone, Wired, Mashable, PC Mag, Create Digital Music, and out of the six finalists at TechCrunch Disrupt NYC 2012, we were selected as the runner-up. If you're a fan, please take a second to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, or on our blog! Update #8: Last Call + T-Shirt Designs (!!) Update #7: New Video Update + Demo Update #6: New Color/Pick Guard Option at $350k! Update #5: Shipping United States: Free Canada: $10 Rest of the World: $60.
Go Further. Final Frontier Design's 3G Space Suit by Ted Southern. L8 SmartLight :: The SoundLess Speaker :: for Phone/PC by L8 SmartLight. Mashable - "This unusual and useful box can silently notify you of just about anything that happens on the Internet... you’ll be surprised at all it can do" CNET - "One box and 65 LEDs make getting your e-mail, smartphone, and social-networking alerts a whole lot more fun with a whole lot less noise. " ANDROID RUNDOWN - "The incredible amount of uses for this device are what really make it one of the best KickStarter projects I have seen". Designboom - "The L8 smartlight serves an a illuminated notification system and customizable light display... " Ubergizmo - "if sounds, drop down or pop up notifications aren’t enough to capture your attention, then this Kickstarter project dubbed the L8 SmartLight might be something worth checking out...
" Trendhunter - "Another distinct feature is that instead of communicating with sound, such as an alarm clock, this device solely communicates with symbols, which is ideal for the hearing impaired. " Additionally, the L8 includes some sensors: It’s light: Robot News Regarding: Sir, You Are Being Hunted. By Jim Rossignol on June 29th, 2012 at 2:00 pm. So for the past two years I’ve been multi-classing with game dev studio Big Robot, and we’ve been doing some stuff, which we’ve talked about before on RPS. The thing we’re most excited about, though, is what we’re working on right now, which is called Sir, You Are Being Hunted.
It is a procedurally-generated first-person, open world game, with some sneaking, some shooting, some tweedpunk adversaries, and plenty of fleeing in terror. We’re now making excellent progress towards something playable, and have a few images to show for it. More on this below. Right now we’re working on two fronts. The villages also look pretty good: Remember that none of this stuff is hand-placed. Someone commented a while back that it was “disingenuous” of me to say that the game is “lo-fi”, because it looks good. An artificial gentleman catches up with me: A hunter engages another hunter patrol: And what would the guard robots be guarding? Oh, mystery! Gaikai ported to Chrome Native Client, which is a bigger deal than it sounds. Gaikai, the streaming game service, can let you play games in a browser window. That's impressive, but it's nothing new. Gaikai's service typically uses Java, which means you'll have to install Java, update it, and possibly even grant it permissions before you play a demo of a game.
Each one of those clicks and every second you wait is another opportunity for you to decide you'd rather not play anything. But at Google I/O 2012 this week, Gaikai demonstrated a version of the service that doesn't require any download or installation at all. Gaikai CEO David Perry told us last month that he was looking for a way to eliminate Java from the equation (among many, many other things), and when we spoke to him today, he said that Gaikai can run at 60 frames per second using NaCL, with no limitations that the company's aware of. Related Items web streaming streaming games browser chrome chrome os java native client nacl gaikai david perry Chromebox Series 3 Samsung Google.
Discover Projects » Technology. Platform. Revolights. join the revolution. by Kent, Adam & Jim. Dear Kickstarter Supporter, Thanks for checking out our project. We hope you are as excited about revolutionizing the bike light industry as we are. With your help, we will morph the Revolights bike lighting system into an innovative solution used worldwide. We recognize these lights are different, but we're from the Bay Area where different is, well, sometimes better. People aren't used to wheel mounted lights, but simply put, we intend to change that. Today we have a product (patent pending); a product we're proud of and believe in, but it's not complete! Our goal here on kickstarter is clear... we must further the revolution; the bike lighting revolution.
What is the Revolights bike lighting system? (Battery holding device and battery are not pictured, but they will be located on the hub. Where's development at? What's the money for? How long are we thinking this will take? A bit about why we are doing this, and why we believe... Let's use a few stats to paint a picture… In 2008 [1]: Twine : Listen to your world, talk to the Internet by Supermechanical. The Kickstarter is over, but if you missed out on backing us, not to worry. You can still join the thousands of other awesome Twine owners by pre-ordering on Supermechanical. It's the next best thing to being an original backer!
Follow us on Facebook or Twitter. Want to hook up things to the Web? Maybe you want to get a tweet when your laundry's done, or get an email when the basement floods while you're on vacation. Even if you're good with electronics and programming, these are involved projects. Twine is the simplest possible way to get the objects in your life texting, tweeting or emailing. Twine lets you create Internet-connected systems and objects anywhere you have WiFi. Twine is a wireless module tightly integrated with a cloud-based service. The Spool web app makes it simple to set up and monitor your Twines from a browser anywhere. Because the hardware and software are made for each other, setup is easy. Holiday note: Remee - The REM enhancing Lucid Dreaming Mask by Bitbanger Labs. B9Creator - A High Resolution 3D Printer by Michael Joyce.
Light Table by Chris Granger. Tōd:Connect Real World Actions to Mobile Devices and the Web by Rowdy Robot. The Pocket TV: Makes any TV a Smart TV by Infinitec. CLANG by Subutai Corporation. Euclideon “still alive” with new Footage | XBIGY Games. SOEmote implants your facial expressions, movement, and voice onto your EQ2 avatar. Pair - Stay connected with that special person in your life. This Gizmo Lets You Draw A UI On Paper, Then Turns It Into A Touch Screen. Duolingo | Learn English, Spanish and German for free.
MIT Creates Amazing UI From Levitating Orbs. Impossible Software. Leap Motion. Chameleon - A Better Home Screen for your Android Tablet by Gabor Vida - Teknision. Google Drive vs Google+ Photos vs Picasa Web | shahidhussain.com. Wuala - Secure Cloud Storage - Backup. Sync. Share. Access Everywhere.
Google Research Sign-Up Survey. Facebook. Learn to code.