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clakclak · Post by **clakclak** » Tue, 24. Mar 15, 13:02

Morkonan wrote:[...]

A "Stinger Missile" is an anti-air weapon, so I didn't consider it.

I only had the thought for a brief moment. Than I realized what they where talking about.

burger1 · Post by **burger1** » Wed, 25. Mar 15, 22:57

X files returning for 6 episodes
http://www.ew.com/article/2015/03/24/x- ... c67de0d305

Boeing patents plasma shield
http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/23/boei ... ma-shield/

Halo online beta launching in Russia
https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/comm ... -in-russia

Morkonan · Post by **Morkonan** » Thu, 26. Mar 15, 00:46

X-Files, Plasma Shields and HALO?

The truth is out there, it's tough, and it's going to take a few good people with lasers in order to stop it from destroying humanity!

greypanther · Post by **greypanther** » Thu, 26. Mar 15, 22:04

So anyone else noticed the spoof of Google translate, which translates ordinary speech in to Gangsta?

Nothing new I now, but I find it mildly amusing...

http://gizoogle.net/

burger1 · Post by **burger1** » Sat, 28. Mar 15, 07:03

Free vive vr headsets to game developers
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/03/v ... -for-free/

clakclak · Post by **clakclak** » Thu, 2. Apr 15, 01:37

Russian media got fooled by EU media!! (Aprils fools day.)

The sad part is that you need a good amount of paranoia to belive this hoax completely OR you did not read the entire article, both is really bad if you are a journalist writting for a big agency.

EU newspaper’s April 1 joke

EU Observer article:France to sell Mistral warships to EU

burger1 · Post by **burger1** » Wed, 8. Apr 15, 19:21

New dues ex game revealed?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2kd7F3 ... e=youtu.be

Post by **X2-Illuminatus** » Thu, 16. Apr 15, 09:33

Reporter Ben Bloom from The Telegraph is sent to report live about Borussia Dortmund's press conference about Jürgen Klopp leaving the club, but notices just before the press conference starts that he doesn't speak German: Link.

OmegaKnight · Post by **OmegaKnight** » Sun, 19. Apr 15, 00:20

This system would make a cool sector for a space game.

burger1 · Post by **burger1** » Sat, 25. Apr 15, 23:17

Warp drive ?
http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/04/n ... arp-drive/

brucewarren · Post by **brucewarren** » Sat, 25. Apr 15, 23:31

Not convinced. Call me cynical but that website comes across as quite a bit loony.

They also come across as dodgy. I tried to go to the homepage and it started downloading crud.

If NASA had really done anything remotely like that they'd have been shouting it from the rooftops. They'd have been screaming "Give us the funding to develop this into a real warp drive!"

burger1 · Post by **burger1** » Thu, 30. Apr 15, 05:04

holographic robot interface - Some microsoft hololens stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSCrviBGTeQ

Tracker001 · Post by **Tracker001** » Thu, 30. Apr 15, 05:56

burger1 wrote:Warp drive ?
http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/04/n ... arp-drive/

Tau Zero Foundation (No Warp drive here , Researchers)

http://www.tauzero.aero/news

burger1 · Post by **burger1** » Fri, 1. May 15, 12:53

Turn your house into an augmented reality horror game
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/nigh ... val-horror

Bishop149 · Post by **Bishop149** » Fri, 1. May 15, 13:07

brucewarren wrote:Not convinced. Call me cynical but that website comes across as quite a bit loony.

They also come across as dodgy. I tried to go to the homepage and it started downloading crud.

If NASA had really done anything remotely like that they'd have been shouting it from the rooftops. They'd have been screaming "Give us the funding to develop this into a real warp drive!"

A "Warp" drive IRL usually refers to an Albecurrie drive . . . and no I'm pretty sure NASA haven't built one although there was some Maths published a while back that claimed the energy requirments might be a little more achievable than had previously been claimed.

I think what that article is referring to was those tests a while back that looked like they may have preliminary indications that a Quantum vacuum plasma thruster was feasible. This is basically a thruster that doesn't require any propellant at all to generate thrust, it just needs a continuous electrical supply. An FtL drive it ain't but would still represent a whole new era of spaceflight.

I dunno what came of it.

burger1 · Post by **burger1** » Sun, 3. May 15, 05:50

burger1 wrote:holographic robot interface - Some microsoft hololens stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSCrviBGTeQ

Hololens fov is much smaller than in the videos
https://youtu.be/FfC8RoQcez0?t=96

Tracker001 · Post by **Tracker001** » Sun, 3. May 15, 15:48

burger1 wrote:
burger1 wrote:holographic robot interface - Some microsoft hololens stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSCrviBGTeQ
Hololens fov is much smaller than in the videos
https://youtu.be/FfC8RoQcez0?t=96

WoW . That's a lot of bashing for a prototype in the comments . They're responding like this product is on the self for the general public .

Microsoft does however seem to be keeping this science fiction-esque gadget under wraps, at least in practical terms, as we still don’t know how much it will cost, or when it will become available to the public.

http://siliconangle.com/blog/2015/04/30 ... a-mystery/

burger1 · Post by **burger1** » Sun, 3. May 15, 16:05

Tracker001 wrote:
burger1 wrote:
burger1 wrote:holographic robot interface - Some microsoft hololens stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSCrviBGTeQ
Hololens fov is much smaller than in the videos
https://youtu.be/FfC8RoQcez0?t=96
WoW . That's a lot of bashing for a prototype in the comments . They're responding like this product is on the self for the general public .

Microsoft does however seem to be keeping this science fiction-esque gadget under wraps, at least in practical terms, as we still don’t know how much it will cost, or when it will become available to the public.

http://siliconangle.com/blog/2015/04/30 ... a-mystery/

Apparently it will cost much more than an xbox one.
http://venturebeat.com/2015/05/01/micro ... station-4/

Tracker001 · Post by **Tracker001** » Sun, 3. May 15, 16:41

What's an X-box

. Oh ya , those cubes that I took apart and used as out-board memory / processing and storage . So much for the warranty

I think the mapping of your environment / room you're in so the surfaces act as display position is the innovation . At the end of the day it is a tool just like the Gigabyte mainboard that I have other hardware plugged into so I can communicate to the interweb .

After taking a closer look . The displaying portion of the glasses is the lens behind the wrap-around lens . That are about the same size as the glasses that the half blind , like myself , wear .

For me so far it is a proof of concept public demo .

Apparently it will cost much more than an xbox one.

So less then a Mac

burger1 · Post by **burger1** » Tue, 5. May 15, 10:14

Fallout 4 being announced June 14, 2015 ? Apparently they are announcing an rpg, action game and a free to play game.
http://gamingbolt.com/fallout-4-what-if ... at-e3-2015

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