Walyou

Walyou

Link to Walyou

Mindblowing Nintendo Papercraft: Why Do I Want These Remakes?!

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 07:45 PM PDT

Castlevania Papercraft

Everyone’s crazy about pixel art, and nothing seems to escape the fad, but what happens when the opposite comes into fruition, and pixel characters become something more? Well, keep reading because this story is just about that.

This is an entirely new take on some classics from the times of cartridges on home consoles: some of our favorite games from way back when have been turned into stunning papercraft pieces that recreate some of the most recognizable in-game screens.

If you happen to like what you see, you should know that you can get these as prints over at Red Bubble. In the meanwhile, there’s a cheat sheet below in case you don’t recognize some of the games portrayed,

In order, we have Castlevania (the original), Contra, Dragon Quest, Kirby’s Adventure, Mega Man 2, Metroid (again, the first one), Super Mario World and Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link.

Source: Technabob

Be social! Follow Walyou on Facebook and Twitter, and read more related stories at Okami Papercraft That Is Heavenly Made and Extremely Cool Samus Aran Life-Sized Papercraft.

 

Luna, the gadget that turns your room into a smart planetarium

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 07:19 PM PDT

luna-personal-planetarium

If you wish to create an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. But, turns out the universe was already in your room anyways thanks to Luna.

Meet Luna, an app-enabled planetarium that projects the night sky inside the confines of your room, as if there were no walls or roof. Luna comes with a companion app from which it can be activated and deactivated from, but also zoom in on several stars, moons, and planets. Do you want to travel to a galaxy far away? Now it’s only a pinch away on your touchscreen.

Source: Geekologie

Be social! Follow Walyou on Facebook and Twitter, and read more related stories at Scientists Invent Harry Potter's Invisibility Cloak, Use Batteries to Power It and 13 Essential Harry Potter Collectibles.

Google Buys mDialog, Makes DoubleClick’s Video Advertising Even Better

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 01:55 PM PDT

Google DoubleClick

Google often buys other companies in order to improve its own products, and the acquisition of mDialog seems to fit that bill, as this company’s technology and employees will be used for making DoubleClick’s video advertising better.

On a post on Google+, DoubleClick announced that mDialog is now part of Google:

“We're thrilled to welcome mDialog to Google.

Together, we're committed to offering more ways for publishers to monetize live, linear and on-demand video content across all screens. While nothing's changing for their customers immediately, over time we'll work with the mDialog team to incorporate their technology and expertise into our DoubleClick product suite. This represents the latest of our ongoing investments in helping brands connect with high-quality video content, like Google Partner Select, our new marketplace for premium programmatic video.?”

Here is what mDialog had to say about Google buying them:

“We’re excited to announce that mDialog is joining the DoubleClick team at Google.

We will continue to offer our services, just as we always have, to programmers and distributors — meaning there are no immediate changes for our existing customers.

Longer term, we’re also very excited about combining mDialog with the DoubleClick platform for publishers. Together, we’re looking forward to offering content creators new and even better ways to make money from their live and on-demand content.

A special thanks to all our customers for helping mDialog along the way. We look forward to working with our Google colleagues to continue providing you with a great advertising experience.”

There has been no word on how much Google paid to acquire mDialog, nor what other plans the search giant has for the video advertising company it has just bought. Still, publishers using DoubleClick might soon discover that the way they monetize video content has somehow improved. The great thing about mDialog, and definitely one of the things that made Google consider acquiring it is the great number of platforms on which mDialog can integrate video ad tech. Among the most important devices, some worth mentioning are iPad, iPhone, Android, GoogleTV, Apple TV, Roku, and Xbox.

Google has been making so many acquisitions lately that it’s pretty clear that the company’s not heading in a single direction. That’s great news for us, the ones who are using its services.

Be social! Follow Walyou on Facebook and Twitter, and read more related stories about how Google’s acquisition spree reached into space and Google’s acquisition of Green Throttle Games.

Basic Scosche Rhythm+ Proves that Fitness Trackers Can Be Affordable

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 01:07 PM PDT

Scosche Rhythm+ Fitness Monitor 04

Do you want to buy a fitness monitor, but don’t want to spend a fortune on it? Scosche Rhythm+ might be what you’re looking for, as it performs only that functions, without any costly bells and whistles.

Rhythm+ is the successor of an armband heart monitor that performs an even simpler function. Unlike the original Rhythm, this one also has a lower price. The current iteration can be placed either around the wrist or your arm, where it measures your heart rate and transmits it to your mobile device. After a bit of magic, the companion app turns the collected data into some sort of visual feedback of your workout.

If Rhythm had a battery life of six hours, the current version adds two more to that. Besides that, it seems to resist both sweat and water up to 1 meter. Another aspect that has changed from the previous version is the lack of music control, which no longer adorn the face of the device.

Scosche used a PerformTek biometric sensor for tracking the heart rate of the wearer. Apparently, the same technology is used by LG’s fitness-tracking earphones, which should be launched in Q3.

Luckily for us, there’s no discrimination regarding the mobile operating system on which the companion app runs. There are both iOS and Android versions of the app, and as long as there’s less than 100 feet between the Rhythm+ and the smartphone or tablet, the device should be able to transmit the data via Bluetooth 4.0 or ANT+.

Rhythm+ works with such fitness apps as Endomondo and RunKeeper, which is great, as you won’t have to buy additional gizmos to ensure compatibility between the two.

Even though there are striking similarities between Scosche Rhythm+ and Mio Link, the former is waterproof and costs $20 less, facts that make it an obvious winner.

This heart rate monitor has a price that starts at $79.99. For that price, you’ll get the device itself, one small and one large armband, a USB charger and a free 12 month membership for MapMyfitness, a fitness app that would typically run you down $30 a year. All in all, the Rhythm+ heart rate monitor might be a great choice for the ones looking for a simple device that performs a single function, and performs it well.

Be social! Follow Walyou on Facebook and Twitter, and read more related stories about the fingertip heart rate monitor (which is otherwise known as a pulsoxymeter) and the StrapHand pedometer from Nike.

Comments system

Disqus Shortname