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Remedy’s Supernaturally Beloved Games Are Coming to Hollywood

Annapurna is helping Control and Alan Wake come to new mediums and footing some of the bill for Control 2 to get made.

Games Justin Carter Aug 31

Image: Obsidian Entertainment / Image: Kojima Productions / Image: Remedy Entertainment

Open Channel: What Video Game From 2019 Needs Its Own Movie?

There were a lot of interesting video games that came out in 2019, with deep and complex stories that are begging for the big screen. Of course, seems like even the popularity of shows like The Witcher might not be enough to break the video game movie curse…but could one of 2019’s games finally succeed?…

Movies Beth Elderkin Dec 30

In This Sci-fi Horror Short, Only Control Can Hear You Scream

As we’ve seen in films like The Martian or Gravity, being alone in space can be terrifying—especially when something unexpected comes knocking at the door. The sci-fi short Control centers around a woman on a deep-space mission who’s struggling to cope from the sudden loss of her crew partner, only to discover that she might…

Movies Beth Elderkin Aug 16

Mark Zuckerberg Wishes He Could Control People Like Code

At this stage, we really shouldn’t be surprised by Mark Zuckerberg’s tendencies to behave like someone who thinks he is God. Yet somehow, he always manages to one-up himself. “There is an elegance to writing code that I miss,” he said today during a meeting with tech industry types in Lagos, Nigeria, according to CNN.…

Social Media Sophie Kleeman Aug 31

There Are Special Neurons That Tell the Brain It’s Time to Make Babies

Biologists already knew that one set of neurons play a big role in triggering puberty. A new study shows that these neurons don’t stop working once puberty ends, but keep running through adulthood, serving as a sort of reproductive timer. The neurons are found inside the arcuate nucleus, a part of the brain that also…

Tech News Diane Kelly Oct 6

How Gesture Control Actually Works

Gesture control sure is cool, even if it’s still a little bit of a gimmick. But how the hell does it actually work? https://gizmodo.com/heres-the-iron-man-ui-elon-musk-wants-to-use-to-build-1259695025 It might seem a bit like black magic but, perhaps unsurprisingly there’s an awful lot of science and engineering going on. In this video, researchers from Nottingham Trent University’s Interactive Systems…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Sep 26

Leap Motion Hack Lets You Drive a Boat With a Wave of Your Hand

The Leap Motion hacks just keep coming. The motion-controlled gadget still hasn’t hit our shelves, but eager engineers are already hooking their developer kits up to all the electronics they own. Electrical engineer Bryan Brown has created a hack that lets you control a model boat just a like a child flying an imaginary airplane…

Tech News Hal Hodson - New Sceintist Apr 12

Could This Smart Armband Take The Cameras Out of Gesture Control?

Gesture control is a tough nut to crack. Microsoft’s Kinect has proven that. But there are bright spots—like Leap Motion—that promise a futuristic world of hands-off finesse. Add Thalmic Lab’s muscle-sensing Bluetooth arm band “MYO” to that list. https://gizmodo.com/is-this-the-best-gesture-control-system-ever-5911894 Instead of watching your hands and arms directly—like current solutions do—the MYO sits on your bicep,…

Tech News Eric Limer Feb 25

Woman Gains Full Mind Control Of Robotic Arm, Just Like in Star Wars

This is truly extraordinary: Jan Scheuermann, a 52-year-old quadriplegic woman, has gained full control of a robotic arm. Not just simple commands, but truly complete control with “skill and speed almost similar to that of an able-bodied person.” According to the study—led by the University of Pittsburgh’s professor of neurobiology Andrew Schwartz—she achieved this incredible…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Dec 17

Robot Body Controlled By Human Thoughts Alone

For the first time, scientists have managed to use fMRI scans of a human to control the movements of a robot body. The link between man and machine allowed the researchers to control a robot in France from a brain scanner in Israel. New Scientist reports the momentous achievement, which is the culmination of research…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jul 6

Microsoft Can Detect Your Gestures Using Just Your Computer’s Audio

Kinect has drawn a huge amount of interest, not just from gamers but computer scientists, engineers and artists. Now, it seems Microsoft is branching out, because one of its latest research projects offers gesture control powered by just a computer’s speakers, microphone, and some inaudible sound. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-wants-to-turn-crazy-ass-kinect-hacks-into-bus-5862576 Called SoundWave, the nascent technology uses the Doppler…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe May 8

Apple’s Patented Magic Remote Is Only Missing Apple’s Patented Magic TV

Apple has filed a new patent application, an Apparatus and Method to Facilitate Universal Remote Control. In the application, Apple claims that current remotes are cluttered, so they propose using a touchscreen and loads of insanely great magic to fix this dreadful situation. According to the patent, the remote will have a discovery mechanism that…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jan 26

Hackers Can Unlock Doors, Start Some Cars Via SMS

Computer security researchers Mathew Solnik and Don Bailey from iSec Partners have discovered a way to unlock your car doors and start your car remotely using SMS sent from a laptop. The pair intercepted the wireless messages that flow between a car and a software-based remote control system like that from OnStar. It took them…

Tech News Kelly Jul 29

This Mermaid Swims Through Your Digestive Tract

Say hello to the Mermaid, a self-propelled endoscopy device used to photograph your digestive tract. The Mermaid was created by a team of researchers from Ryukoku University and Osaka Medical College in Japan. Not only is it kinda cute in a medical device sort of way, the Mermaid is a testament to Japanese engineering. It’s…

Gadgets Kelly Jun 23

Is Siri-Powered Voice Control Coming to iOS 5 This Fall?

Apple fans pleased with the changes in iOS 5 will be happy to discover voice control may soon land in their favorite mobile OS, too. https://lifehacker.com/ios-5-the-top-10-new-features-5808982 This tantalizing rumor comes from a reliable source of Robert Scoble who claims Apple was not ready to reveal its plans for voice recognition and control. Apple is supposedly…

Tech News Kelly Jun 7

Light Painting With an R/C Helicopter

You can’t go wrong when you mix long exposure photography with a moving object. It’s even better when you have control over that moving object and use it to do some light painting. Artist/coder Robert Hodgin showed off his light painting skills when he grabbed an R/C helicopter and used long exposure photography to capture…

Tech News Kelly Jun 1

Soldiers May Soon Be Able to Control a Herd of Robots With Their Heads

A new Army program, called Heads-Up Display for Control of Unmanned Ground Vehicles, is said to be developing an “eyeglasses-like display” that projects live video feeds from robots on the ground. That’s no breakthrough. But what is new is that our soldiers may even be able to drive these robots—using only the natural movement of…

Tech News Davey Alba May 14

Turn everyday objects into touch-sensitive controllers

Microsoft is developing a sensor system that could turn your house into a giant controller that lets you play video games and control appliances. The technology uses the electromagnetic fields from household wiring, appliances and nearby power lines to detect your motion. A wearable sensor uses your body as an EMF antenna and is sensitive…

Tech News Kelly May 10

“Man will pay the price for his pride if he believes technology can give him the powers of God.”

Earlier this month it was the Internet making people into Satanists. This week it’s technology in general that’s the problem. We’re becoming too god-like, see, and the Pope has predicted eternal damnation for the lot of us if we continue. https://gizmodo.com/vatican-claims-the-nasty-internet-is-creating-more-sata-5788388 “From the beginning men and women have been filled — and this is as…

Tech News Jack Loftus Apr 17

Sling Touch Control 100 RC has Wi-Fi, Touchscreen and Beauty

Alongside these little beauties, Sling has also unveiled the Sling Touch Control 100 which, although it sounds like some kind of pervo pantyhose, it ain’t. Shucks. And it’s only available via your cable or satellite provider. Double shucks. https://gizmodo.com/slings-trio-of-new-tv-placeshifting-devices-offers-lots-5441241

Tech News AddyDugdale Jan 6

control

Remedy’s Supernaturally Beloved Games Are Coming to Hollywood

Open Channel: What Video Game From 2019 Needs Its Own Movie?

In This Sci-fi Horror Short, Only Control Can Hear You Scream

Mark Zuckerberg Wishes He Could Control People Like Code

There Are Special Neurons That Tell the Brain It’s Time to Make Babies

How Gesture Control Actually Works

Leap Motion Hack Lets You Drive a Boat With a Wave of Your Hand

Could This Smart Armband Take The Cameras Out of Gesture Control?

Woman Gains Full Mind Control Of Robotic Arm, Just Like in Star Wars

Robot Body Controlled By Human Thoughts Alone

Microsoft Can Detect Your Gestures Using Just Your Computer’s Audio

Apple’s Patented Magic Remote Is Only Missing Apple’s Patented Magic TV

Hackers Can Unlock Doors, Start Some Cars Via SMS

This Mermaid Swims Through Your Digestive Tract

Is Siri-Powered Voice Control Coming to iOS 5 This Fall?

Light Painting With an R/C Helicopter

Soldiers May Soon Be Able to Control a Herd of Robots With Their Heads

Turn everyday objects into touch-sensitive controllers

“Man will pay the price for his pride if he believes technology can give him the powers of God.”

Sling Touch Control 100 RC has Wi-Fi, Touchscreen and Beauty

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