Red Dwarf Returns [Red Dwarf] (9)
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It's been hinted at earlier this month and now the Cat appears to be out of the bag: BBC's SF sitcom Red Dwarf is to return for a special one-hour episode to be filmed in October. The announcement came from one of the cast members, Robert Llewellyn (who played the android Kryten), at a personal appearance this weekend in Seattle. [Llewtube]
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Gavin said:
Holy moley. My nerd inside just went all wobbly. This is going to be amazing.
NASA confirms Windows virus reached outer space (12)
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Ah, Microsoft, but let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach. And you can't reach a whole lot higher than the International Space Station (ISS), which NASA this week revealed had a few extra astronauts on board last month - a Windows Virus known as Gammima.AG. This virus, which affects Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows ...
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Carlos said:
HACK THE PLANET (and space)
Peugeot 888 future car is a concept done right: shape-shifting and green (2)
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The Peugeot 888 is billed as the "personal vehicle for the future Metropolis." For designer Oskar Johansen from Norway, that means a car with space for two with room for luggage, as well as a nifty shape-shifting body. On the highway, the Peugeot 888 stretches itself out flat so that it's stable and aerodynamic. In the city, however, it scrunches up for easier parking and taking up less of the road in general. Just to ...
Turbine licenses cross-platform Havok engine for new MMO (1)
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Filed under: Business models, MMO industryLord of the Rings Online developer Turbine has just announced their official licensing of Havok Physics, Havok Animation and Havok Behavior 6 for their yet-unnamed MMO project. As you may remember, Turbine stated intent for creating their next MMO on PC and consoles, which would fall in line with this Havok engine which includes support for multiple platforms including the Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii.The Havok 6.0 suite ...
I Cannot Navigate Your Building's User Interface [Interior Design] (15)
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User interfaces for computers are modeled after familiar places like offices and houses (hence "folders" and "windows"). But in this design project, called Signterior, architect Nobuhiro Nakamura uses a computer-like interface to help people to navigate a large Shanghai office and shopping structure. I often think this is what the future would look like if I could travel to it: A bewildering world filled with signs and directions I can't parse. Check out a few ...
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puthali said:
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Alexander Williams said:
Looks like my idea of a dream office.
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JayCrossler said:
I don't think the future is going to be so stark and lifeless. I rather think that using vibrant displays and virtual overlays will put us in "sensory overload" environments that react to us.
Westerners Destroy, Japanese Create [Hirokazu Yasuhara] (4)
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Hirokazu Yasuhara has been lucky enough to work in both the Japanese game industry and the Western game industry. In Japan, he was the third member of the first Team Sonic and fleshed out the level design for the early Sonic titles. In the West, he clocked time at Naughty Dog, working on the Jak series. Now, he's currently senior design director at Namco Bandai Games America. In an interview with game site Gamasutra, Yasuhara ...
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MV said:
the full version of this article is really good.
