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  • Leviathans Unboxing Video
    Well, it's taken some time but Leviathans is finally available for pre-order. There will be a limited number available for sale at Gen Con, and the game should hit shelves in August or September. Catalyst sent me an early copy of the Core Box Set so I could give you a sneak peek at this massive game of alternate history/steampunk battle.
    3 hours ago
  • Gallery: Rayguns and Robots! Will Zap Your Eyes With Retro Sci-Fi
    The constant rebooting of science fiction franchises -- Alien, Battlestar Galactica, Total Recall -- left gallery owner James Monosmith missing the classics. To fill that void, he's holding a show called Rayguns and Robots! dedicated to art influenced by the sci-fi stylings of the 1940s and 1950s. Get a sneak peek at the cool artwork that will be on display in Seattle.
    4 hours ago
  • Think the iPhone is Cute? Check Out this Cell Phone Nesting Doll
    The nine nesting cell phones in Kyle Bean¿s Mobile Evolution are a new take on an old toy, by a young artist interpreting an evolving industry. From 1984 to about 2010, as mobile phones gradually took over the world, leaps in cellular technology allowed phones to shrink, while processing power exploded. Bean, a British artist, was interested in the phenomenon, and started collecting old phones from a local junk shop. Placing them beside each other, he drew an unusual parallel ¿ to him they looked like the old Russian nesting dolls, or Matryoshka dolls, that have been resurging in new variations.
    14 hours ago
  • Foxconn, Here We Come! Dragon Innovation Teaches Startups How to Get Stuff Made
    So, your Kickstarter project went viral and raised a cool six figures. There's a mob of eager funders already checking their watches, demanding to know when you'll ship. Pull it off and you¿ll be a design star. Fail and you're in for a highly public facepalm. You were only planning on making a couple dozen units, you say? The closest you've gotten to manufacturing in Asia is ordering take out? Whoops....
    18 hours ago
  • Geeky Gifts for Your Geek Dad!
    Ever since becoming a writer for GeekMom, I've found that there are geeky gifts lurking around every corner, you just have to know YOUR geek. Read about some last minute suggestions for Father's Day.
    20 hours ago
  • Custom Accessories for Lego Fanatics
    I think Lego fans out there can all agree: Lego is pretty darned awesome. But there are times when avid builders want to take it a step beyond what comes in the box.
    06.14.12
  • Download the GeekDad Song For Free For Father's Day
      To celebrate Father's Day this weekend, you can download the GeekDad song for free! Just click the Download button on the player above. If you're viewing this post in a feed reader, just click here for the free download: The GeekDad Song This song was co-written with the magnificent GeekDad Z. from the Hipster, please! blog. If you like ...
    06.14.12
  • Celebrate Robotics at Touch Tomorrow Festival
    Live in, or even near, Massachusetts? Then I've got weekend plans for you! The Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) landed the prestigious role of being the first university to host a NASA Centennial Challenge and they decided to celebrate with a family-friendly festival of robotics, Touch Tomorrow, on Saturday June 16th.
    06.14.12
  • Feminist Take on Games Draws Crude Ridicule, Massive Support
    Pop culture critic Anita Sarkeesian launched a Kickstarter campaign a few days ago in hopes of raising $6,000 to make a series of feminist-critique videos about the roles women play in videogames. She ended up getting a bit more than she bargained for: She raised more than $120,000 while generating wrath among the online hordes, who have been harassing her in the crudest possible terms.
    06.14.12
  • How Engineers Disappear Into the Twitter Collective
    Earlier this year, Twitter purchased at least two companies solely for their engineering talent: blogging company Posterous and security startup Whisper Systems. In each case, Twitter wasn¿t looking to buy a product or service. It was merely looking for brains. Both sets of engineers have been consumed by the Twitter collective.
    06.14.12
  • Pentagon's Prosthetic Plan: Tap Spinal Fluid to Fuel Fake Limbs
    A military-funded group of MIT researchers have already designed the brain-implant portion of a neurally mediated prosthetic limb. Now they've come up with the fuel cells that'll power the system ... by squeezing energy out of the patient's own spinal fluid.
    06.13.12
  • Suits Recruits Brings Fans in for the Big Law Experience
    USA Network is bringing back its legal drama Suits for a second season this Thursday, featuring the colorful cast of characters at the Pearson Hardman law firm. The network is welcoming fans back from the show's hiatus with the chance to work as interns for the fictional firm on a pending lawsuit with an online story-game, Suits Recruits, that offers a very real $50,000 bonus to two lucky players.
    06.13.12
  • First Look at Star Wars: The Clone Wars' Upcoming Hellride
    The new trailer for the show's upcoming fifth season is darkly propelled by sibling Sith terrors Savage Opress and Darth Maul, whose cyborg comeback capped off the action-packed CGI series series' last fourth season with creepy intrigue. See it now.
    06.13.12
  • House of Marley: Headphones and Earbuds With Exceptional Sound
    The House of Marley makes earbuds, headphones and audio systems all inspired by Bob Marley. How do they do that? By focusing on delivering high quality products through an environmentally friendly and cause-minded company. Using reggae as the benchmark for their audio testing, they strive for a rich bass sound that won't distort or loose integrity at higher volumes. Their aim is to balance that rich bass so the highs aren't drowned out and every voice and instrument is clear and discernible.
    06.13.12
  • Hey, Apple: Please Do Your Design Magic on iOS 6 Maps
    Now that Apple is ditching Google as the back end for the iOS Maps app, we're hoping that they'll give topography the Jony Ive treatment. While we applaud the super-hot flyover mode, we wonder if they've gone far enough. As the examples above show, it's worth remembering that map tiles can look like anything.
    06.13.12
  • Only 4 More Days: Disaster Looms!
    Earth is DOOMED! The good news: several corporations have developed FTL space flight and have the means to pick up Earth's population and deliver them to distant planets. The bad news: it may be the end of the world, but that doesn't mean the corporations aren't still trying to make a profit. As CEOs of these corporations, you're trying to build the biggest customer base (er, I mean, rescue the most survivors), develop technologies, and explore the universe, all while Disaster Looms!
    06.13.12
  • Volkswagen Star Wars Kid Needs Heart Surgery
    Max Page, the seven-year-old boy who played a pint-size Darth Vader in the most popular ad shown during the 2011 Super Bowl, is having heart surgery on Thursday to correct a congenital birth defect.
    06.13.12
  • Natural Experiments Show Media's Effects on Families
    I interviewed UCSD economist Gordon Dahl about one of his natural experiments ¿ the data-driven observation that an unexpected home-team football loss leads to a spike in domestic violence in the team's home city ¿ for my book, Brain Trust. A recent review by Dahl in the journal Family Relations uses the natural experiments to discover how media affects families.
    06.13.12


 

 

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