These 3-D Specs Cover You From Cineplex to Sofa
Photo: Jens Mortensen Theater loaners are lousy: Buy your own 3-D eyewear. Plus, in the home market, passive TV technology seems to be winning out over battery-powered active options, meaning these specs will cover you from cineplex to sofa. 1. Oakley 3D Gascan Oakley’s polarizing looks are always an issue. But there’s no denying the company’s optical precision. Some brands...
Read MoreWii Fit Used to Diagnose Concussions in Football Players
Filed under: Video GamesWith concussions becoming a focal point in sports medicine, doctors and trainers are searching for new ways to diagnose these dangerous injuries. According to The Washington Post, for the past year, athletic trainers at the University of Maryland and Ohio State University have been using Wii Fit to test the balance of football players in order to more accurately diagnose...
Read MoreSouth Korean Psychiatrists Dose ‘StarCraft’ Addicts With Antidepressants
Filed under: Video Games In a radical new study, South Korean psychiatrists at Chung Ang University, College of Medicine, claim to have reduced participants' desire to spend hours online playing 'Starcraft' by dosing them with antidepressants. According to Wired UK, 11 participants in the study took doses of Bupropion, which also reduces the desire to smoke, over a six-week period. These...
Read MorePeter Molyneux’s Milo, the Virtual Child, Gets Shown Off at TED
Filed under: Video Games You might not know this, but Peter Molyneux is a genius (well, according to Managing Editor Leila Brillson, since they are best friends). The man behind 'Black & White' and the 'Fable' series isn't content to hand gamers a controller, and tell them to mash buttons until the baddies are gone. He wants you to empathize with the characters, engage emotionally with the...
Read MoreElectronic Voting Machine Hacked to Run ‘Pac-Man’
Filed under: Computers, Video Games Electronic voting machines are notoriously buggy and hackable. Even the manufacturers of DRE (direct recording electronic) voting talliers have admitted so much. Some states have even gone as far as to ban the touchscreen devices. While they may not be great at recording votes (or leaving a paper trail), it turns out their outdated PC-like innards are perfect...
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