The massive controller measures approximately 12ft (w) x 5 ft (d) 3 in x 1ft 8 in (h), and weighs in at a whopping 265 pounds. It was built by Ben Allen, along with Stephen van ‘t Hof and Michel Verhulst. The controller cost over $6,000 (USD) to construct, and yes – it does play games. The thing is so big that it takes at least two people to play a game with it, as the armspan required to use the D-Pad at the same time as the A/B buttons is too wide for even the likes of Yao Ming. Read more [...]

"Back in the old days, starting a fire in a fireplace was a trick, something that had to be learned. I should know. I live in the tropics. And back in the olden days, man didn’t even know how to start a fire period. Now what do we have? Fireplaces that are Wi-Fi connected and can be controlled with mobile apps. The tech was developed by New Zealand-based fireplace manufacturer Escea and is currently available in their two latest models, the DX1500 and DL850. Both fireplaces can be operated Read more [...]

SOPA: Stop Online Piracy Act PIPA: Protect IP Act We have seen how a lot of huge companies lost customers (Godaddy.com lost over 37,000 Domains) and how others were hacked (Sony Pictures). We also witnessed Wikipedia's act yesterday along with many other websites! لقراءة الموضوع بالعربية إضغط هنا، شكراً تيدوز! It's really a very dangerous operation... Hackers even agreed on launching own satellites to beat censorship! Voting will start on Jan 24th.. Will Read more [...]

We have previously posted about Google's Self-Driving Car and how it made it to the street, and now here's another sample of a french self-driving car that takes it to the road! Autonomous vehicle projects are picking up speed -- literally. Leading the pack is Google's famed robot car, which has logged thousands of kilometers driving on public roads. But there are projects also in Italy, Germany, the U.K., and reportedly China. Now we've learned about an interesting self-driving vehicle Read more [...]

Whenever you’re cruising through CES announcements and demos, you’re always looking for that one thing that ignites that spark of excitement in your chest, lights up your eyes, and makes you realize that we’re living in the future. Well, the Samsung Smart Windowwill deliver. The Samsung Smart Window is a window, but it’s a display. It’s a giant transparent touchscreen you can use as a window. It’s a see-through, window iPad. It’s amazing. It only takes a few features to drive Read more [...]

"I'm not a Facebook addict!" Wrote Eric Spitznagel in Sunday's New York Times Magazine, "Next to heroin and cigarettes, Facebook may be one of the most addictive things on earth. And now it finally has its own rehab support group! Ironically, the support group is also on the Internet. 'We could not resist the temptation to add a 'like' button,' says Dan Penguine, a founder of FaceAnonymous. Since going live in late July, he notes the site has received 3,000 'likes.'" Via [book of Joe] var Read more [...]

Putting solar panels on your house can be a big, costly construction project. Now imagine simply painting the roof and getting electricity from that. Image: Steven Puetzer/Getty Images At Notre Dame, professor of chemistry and biochemistry Prashant Kamat led a group that found a mixture of nanometer-sized titanium dioxide particles, coated with either cadmium sulfide or cadmium selenide and suspended in a water-alcohol mixture to create a paint-like paste that generates electricity when exposed Read more [...]

Hacker named "0xOmar" from group-xp, largest Wahhabi hacker group of Saudi Arabia claim to Hack lot of Israeli servers, lot of information about Israeli people including their name, address, city, zipcode, Social Security Numbers (Israeli IDnumbers), mobile phone number, home phone number, credit card number (including exp year, month and CVV), all belong to Israeli people only. Hacker says "We daily use these cards to solve our problems, purchasing VPNs, VPSes, softwares, renting GPU clusters, Read more [...]

Worried about Internet censorship by SOPA and PIPA ? Wait !! This News is for you , Hackers plan to take the internet beyond the reach of censors by putting their own communication satellites into orbit. Good guy hackers plan to launch satellites to fight the Stop Online Piracy Act and create a censorship-free Internet. According to BBC News Technology Reporter David Meyer, the plan, which was detailed this week during the Chaos Communication Congress (CCC) in Berlin, is in response Read more [...]

Pretty much everyone outside of Japan knows that Japan is a little weird, for better or worse. They’re pretty weird — or innovative, depending on how weirded out you are — when it comes to vending machines, offering a wide range of product through the automated box. Some vending machines over there work via an LCD screen rather than transparent glass, some serve up nothing but bananas, while others make hot ramen noodles and dump them in a bowl full of broth. Now, beverage company Asahi Soft Read more [...]

A new kind of car seat developed by the Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology inTokyo is able to identify the person who is sitting on it. The seat works by using a system of 360 pressure sensors, which through their combined effort can apparently remember what it feels like to be sat on by you as opposed to anyone a little bit thinner or fatter. It seems like it would be a pretty inaccurate affair, but tests have shown that it has a 98% percent recognition rate, which is pretty good considering Read more [...]

"Where were these back in the day when I wanted to stay up late reading under the covers?" Bookofjoe.com From websites: .......................... Light up a child's room with these nightlight globes or remove one to use as a light source. These portable nightlight globes stay lit for 30 minutes before fading to darkness to ease anyone into falling asleep. Multi-color nightlight lets you select your favorite color with a sliding lever or cycle through them all Portable Glo balls don't Read more [...]