Moist Production

June 12th, 2008 by Jonny in Creative

I came across moistproduction.com through a post on geekologie. Jason Freeny does all kinds of cool artwork including this:

Go check out the site for more work.


BMW Fabric Car

June 11th, 2008 by Jonny in Cars

Yesterday BWN unveiled a new concept car. It, the GINA Light Visionary Model, uses a plastic-coated lycra material stretched over a metal frame. The; steering wheel, gauges and headrest all move into place after you sit down in the car.


(Images from BMW via www.wired.com)


iPhone 2.0

June 10th, 2008 by Jonny in Apple, Technology

iPhone

At WWDC 2008, Steve Jobs showed off iPhone 2.0 in his Keynote. Go to www.apple.com/iphone for more information.


Roam Disney on Google Earth

June 10th, 2008 by Jonny in Software, Technology, Web

You can now take a virtual tour of Disney World, Orlando, Florida, through Google Earth. Visitors can travel around the parks and hotels, whilst: information on the 1500 attractions, photos, videos and booking deatils appear on the side of the screen.


Call of Duty: World at War

June 9th, 2008 by Jonny in Games

COD 5

Today Activision released details on the upcoming game in the Call of Duty series. It will be developed by Treyarch and will take players back to WW2. The game will feature a co-op mode and vehicle elements.


Qore Available on PSN

June 6th, 2008 by Jonny in Games, Technology

From the Playstation Blog:

“Qore Digital Magazine

Qore Episode 001: June, 2008 ($2.99 Issue, $24.99 Annual Subscription)
Qore: Presented by The PLAYSTATION Network is a monthly interactive video production covering the world of PlayStation. Qore provides its audience with exclusive behind-the-scenes access to developers and their games, from both the SCE Worldwide Studios and the third-party community, where the audience member can control and direct the content.
File size: 1.53 GB”

Qore


Spread Firefox

May 29th, 2008 by Jonny in Web

Download Day - English


Boeing Fires Laser From Plane

May 19th, 2008 by Jonny in Technology

Last week the aircraft company Boeing fired a high-energy laser from a C-130 Hercules aircraft. This laser is part of an anti-missile system for aeroplanes to be completed and used in the future.


3M Mini-Projectors for Samsung Phones

May 14th, 2008 by Jonny in Samsung, Technology

Samsung is set to release mini-projectors (pictures above). Many of these projectors have been on there way for a while, but the wait looks soon to be over. They are going to be released later this year, but with a price tag of $200 - $400 dollars, who knows how many of these are actually going to get sold.


GTA IV, Xbox 360 Stats

May 12th, 2008 by Jonny in Games, Microsoft

GTA IV sold 6 million copies in it’s first week, over 60% of which were bought for xbox 360. Here are some statistics from xbox live released not long ago:

  • In the first week, more than 2.3 million people played Grand Theft Auto IV on Xbox LIVE
  • GTA IV is now the number one played game on Xbox LIVE
  • Over the weekend, we saw the Xbox LIVE service reach 1 million concurrent users
  • Gamers have unlocked more than 12 million achievements worth over 100 million gamerscore points in GTA
  • Grand Theft Auto IV set a new record for time played, with the average gamer spending more than four hours playing the game on LIVE in the first week alone