Delete your accounts, get real work done
I'm fascinated by these discussions. I love social media, I love my many points of digital connection, but I know some of it is pure noise. How do we get down
Realising the promise of STEM education
Professor Jan Van Driel has written about the need to coordinate efforts to promote more kids to take up careers in the STEM (science, technology, engineering
Robots won't replace us because we still need 'that human touch'
So says Australia's Chief Scientist Alan Finkel in a new piece for The Conversation.
10 years of Bioshock: The genius of Rapture
A lot of 10th anniversary talk around Bioshock, a game worthy of such reflection. There's good Remastered edition options out there. If you haven't played it,
Samurai Jack, art in a cartoon, gets its complete box set
Every frame of Samurai Jack is an artwork. One of the great animated series, and this year it got its conclusion with a Season 5. And with that it now
Uber to trial flying vehicles in Sydney in 2023
That's some long-term planning, but it's an interesting concept that should be trialled at some point.
The secret designer's studio built on the underside of a bridge
This has to be seen to be believed. An incredible use of unused space, taking a lot of design work in itself to create -- complete with a metal dolly roller
The grand ambition of Dreams, led by Siobhan Reddy
A fab Rolling Stone Glixel interview with Media Molecule's Studio Director (and Australian) Siobhan Reddy. The maker of Little Big Planet is taking on one of
We should welcome our swarming robotic interfaces
If you think all interfaces are based on touchscreens, keyboards or mice, here's something to reshape your thinking.
Blizzard built StarCraft: Remastered from scratch. From. Scratch.
Interesting to learn that Blizzard had lost most of the old code and assets for StarCraft, so when it decided to create a 'Remastered' edition they had to go
No, smartphones are not destroying a generation
Media loves a good scare campaign, and parents are prone to worrying about whether the 'new thing' in society is hurting their kids. This piece on Psychology
Event business launching Australian esports league
Is this an esports league or a marketing exercise?
Buy a custom romantic game for the one you love
Kotaku reports that a new division of an established Australian studio is offering custom games to offer up a very special message of love.
Apple's iOS ARKit demo leaps into A-Ha's "Take On Me" video
As others have dubbed it, it's Augmented Reality's "A-Ha" moment.
How Lily Robotics disintegrated before launch
Wired goes deep on what went wrong with the sexiest 'self flying' camera drone ever conceived, the Lily drone.
How should we design driverless cars?
Great question, excellent design challenge. When we don't have to think about a standard driving position, should we even be thinking of the car as a
PVP pinball
Great carving machine work to create a modern-yet-old-school take on 2-player pinball. Literally PVP pinball as you aim to knock the ball over the top into
THIS is how you Comic Sans: the Inkwell font
A gorgeous family of handwriting fonts. Incredibly diverse for a single type family, but it makes sense.
Pokemon Go cracks $1.2 billion in a year
Pffft... that flash in the pan augmented reality Pokemon game only made a little more than a billion in a year. And by 'a little' more I mean around $200
Ethereum mining hurts gamers right in the wallet
Graphics card prices are getting pushed higher because of folks looking for a piece of the cryptocurrency mining action.
