Finally, your lovingly prepared SNES model is getting some well-heeled new friends to hang out with. Cubeecraft is a website wholly dedicated to the paper-based recreation of cultural icons, and it’s prepared a pair of exquisitely detailed clones of the NES and Dreamcast. While some such projects might require patience and finesse, putting together the above templates doesn’t even ask for any glue or tape. So what are you waiting for, grab your scissors and run to the links below for full 150dpi printouts — just be sure to make the time for some imaginary Contra action afterwards.
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Papercraft NES and Dreamcast cost less, play just as many cutting edge games originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Just as it’s starting to seem like MEMS motion sensor technology is gaining more widespread use, we’re now hearing rumblings of activity from the developers of its eventual successor: NEMS (Nano-Electro-Mechanical Systems). To contextualize this discussion (and to give laypeople a shot at understanding), MEMS sensors are the magic behind the Wii MotionPlus as well as a stunning tech demo recently conducted on a Toshiba TG01. The nascent nano version promises even greater sensitivity, and now scientists from TU Delft in the Netherlands claim they have successfully measured the influence of a single electron on an 800nm-long carbon nanowire. Just detecting such an event is a feat in itself, while the ability to measure its effects can be used in a huge range of ways: from transportation and medicine to ultra-sensitive gaming controllers. While accurate comparisons between the Dutch breakthrough and current generation sensors cannot yet be drawn, we can confidently say that this marks an important step toward making our dreams of playing a nanoscale piano a gargantuan reality.
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NEMS takes step forward, MEMS looking nervously over shoulder originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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After the extravagant aesthetics of the World of Warcraft-branded mouse, SteelSeries has returned to its roots with a pair of ambidextrous high-definition mice. The laser-powered Xai grabs the major price tag of just under $80, and in exchange offers a 10.8-megapixels per second sensor, up to 5,001 CPI, and a design engineered in accordance with the whims of professional gamers. Most intriguing is the built-in LCD menu system, where you can fully configure the mouse and then store those settings within the peripheral itself, making for a consistent experience across multiple computers. The Kinzu is the slightly smaller, LCD-deprived optical brother of the Xai, and will set you back a more conservative $34.99 when the two mice, alongside a freshly polished new gaming surface, become available in August.
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SteelSeries adds Xai and Kinzu to gaming mouse family originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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If you have the dominant high-def optical storage format — which can serve both movies and games with equal aplomb — built right into your consoles, shouldn’t you be leveraging that synergy? Well, the assimilation is now complete, as Watchmen Director’s Cut launched today with The End is Nigh Parts 1 and 2 for PlayStation 3 in tow. The price of admission here is a penny under $50 before tax / shipping — and considering both parts of the game cost $30 total on their lonesome, that’s none too shabby of a deal. It’ll be interesting to see what film and tie-in game make the merge next — anyone up for a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory re-release?
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Watchmen Director’s Cut movie / PlayStation 3 game Blu-ray combo now available originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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div style=text-align center;a href=httpwww.lge.comproductsmodeldetailw2363v.jhtmlimg hspace=4 border=0 vspace=4 alt= src=httpwww.blogcdn.comwww.engadget.commedia2009093sep09_lgw63x.jpg adivnYou can’t exactly accuse LG of lacking audacity — the company that today unveiled the eccentric a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090903eyes-on-lgs-color-pop-monitors-just-called-coke-in-the-southColor Popa displays has also updated its a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090406lgs-new-w53-smart-monitors-pack-more-intelligence-per-pixelconsumer monitor linea with a gamer-centric Full HD entry that has everything but humility. The 23-inch W63 touts a new Thru Mode, which sacrifices image processing to deliver zero-delay visuals, a 1,0001 (real) contrast ratio, 2ms response time, 300 nits of brightness, two HDMI inputs and picture-in-picture functionality. There’s even a Tru Light equalizer-like thingy at the bottom of the screen that pulsates in time with the sound of your glorious battle triumphs and Skype message pings. Only question left is, can anyone actually tell the difference between two milliseconds of delay and none at allbr nbr na href=httpwww.menafn.comqn_news_story_s.aspStoryId=1093267230Reada - LG press releasebr na href=httpwww.lge.comproductsmodeldetailw2363v.jhtmlReada - W63 product pagepFiled under a href=httpwww.engadget.comcategorydisplays rel=tagDisplaysa, a href=httpwww.engadget.comcategorygaming rel=tagGamingapp style=padding5px;background#ddd;border1px solid #ccc;clearboth;a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090903lg-w63-enters-gaming-monitor-arena-claims-to-be-the-bestLG W63 enters gaming monitor arena, claims to be the besta originally appeared on a href=httpwww.engadget.comEngadgeta on Thu, 03 Sep 2009 184400 EST. Please see our a href=httpwww.weblogsinc.comfeed-termsterms for use of feedsa.ph6h6a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090903lg-w63-enters-gaming-monitor-arena-claims-to-be-the-best rel=bookmark title=Permanent link to this entryPermalinka a href=httpwww.engadget.comforward19150457 title=Send this entry to a friend via emailEmail thisa a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090903lg-w63-enters-gaming-monitor-arena-claims-to-be-the-best#comments title=View reader comments on this entryCommentsa
div style=text-align center;a href=httpblog.onlive.com20090902onlive-opens-the-beta-programimg hspace=4 vspace=4 border=1 src=httpwww.blogcdn.comwww.engadget.commedia2009093sep09_onlibeta41.jpg alt= br adivnCan we find some charitable souls amongst our readers If you’re the sort of person who’ll give up his or her valuable time to a worthwhile cause that demands hours of daily gaming, far less showering and more meals based around the expansive Frito-Lay product line, OnLive will most certainly want to hear from you. Beta testing of the nascent a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090324onlive-killed-the-game-console-stargame streaminga service has just been opened up to the masses, and the quick and deadly among you will already be signing up via the read link below. Just to make sure we’ve conveyed this accurately — there’s a company out there that wants to a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090325video-onlive-streaming-game-demonstratedstream free gamesa to your TV, so tell us, why exactly are you still here readingbr br [Via a href=httpwww.joystiq.com20090902onlive-beta-program-is-on-liveJoystiqa]pFiled under a href=httpwww.engadget.comcategorygaming rel=tagGamingapp style=padding5px;background#ddd;border1px solid #ccc;clearboth;a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090903onlive-goes-onbeta-wants-you-to-help-by-playing-gamesOnLive goes OnBeta, wants you to help by playing gamesa originally appeared on a href=httpwww.engadget.comEngadgeta on Thu, 03 Sep 2009 092300 EST. Please see our a href=httpwww.weblogsinc.comfeed-termsterms for use of feedsa.ph6h6a href=httpblog.onlive.com20090902onlive-opens-the-beta-programReada a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090903onlive-goes-onbeta-wants-you-to-help-by-playing-games rel=bookmark title=Permanent link to this entryPermalinka a href=httpwww.engadget.comforward19149594 title=Send this entry to a friend via emailEmail thisa a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090903onlive-goes-onbeta-wants-you-to-help-by-playing-games#comments title=View reader comments on this entryCommentsa
div style=text-align center;a href=httpbenheck.com09-01-2009swapped-xbox-360-controllerimg hspace=4 border=1 vspace=4 alt= src=httpwww.blogcdn.comwww.engadget.commedia2009092sep09_bhecpad.jpg adivnIf you’ve spent any time on emEngadgetem before, you’ll be aware that we’re big fans of Ben Heck and his tireless a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090705ben-hecks-latest-portable-xbox-360-adds-sleek-white-finish-jasmoddinga, a href=httpwww.engadget.com20080411video-the-ps3-laptop-in-actiontweakinga and a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090326ben-hecks-xbox-360-controller-monitor-lights-up-your-latencyhackinga (or is it Hecking) of console hardware. The latest feather to his cap comes in the form of a customized Xbox 360 controller, which sees its D-pad and action buttons swapping places in an effort to help a handicapped gamer get his proverbial groove on. The trigger buttons are also flipped, but the empièce de résistanceem is the inclusion of four extra action buttons along the bottom of the controller that make a href=httpwww.engadget.com20080605ben-heck-and-edimensionals-access-controller-for-one-handed-gamone-handed gaminga totally feasible. Check ‘em out after the break.pa href=httpwww.engadget.com20090902ben-heck-realigns-xbox-360-pad-for-improved-awesomeness rel=bookmarkContinue reading emBen Heck realigns Xbox 360 pad for improved awesomenessemappFiled under a href=httpwww.engadget.comcategorygaming rel=tagGamingapp style=padding5px;background#ddd;border1px solid #ccc;clearboth;a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090902ben-heck-realigns-xbox-360-pad-for-improved-awesomenessBen Heck realigns Xbox 360 pad for improved awesomenessa originally appeared on a href=httpwww.engadget.comEngadgeta on Wed, 02 Sep 2009 103400 EST. Please see our a href=httpwww.weblogsinc.comfeed-termsterms for use of feedsa.ph6h6a href=httpbenheck.com09-01-2009swapped-xbox-360-controllerReada a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090902ben-heck-realigns-xbox-360-pad-for-improved-awesomeness rel=bookmark title=Permanent link to this entryPermalinka a href=httpwww.engadget.comforward19148175 title=Send this entry to a friend via emailEmail thisa a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090902ben-heck-realigns-xbox-360-pad-for-improved-awesomeness#comments title=View reader comments on this entryCommentsa
div style=text-align center;a href=httpwww.siliconera.com20090824nintendo-developing-a-squishy-football-controllerimg vspace=4 hspace=4 border=0 src=httpwww.blogcdn.comwww.engadget.commedia20090826aug09_ninpatfut.jpg alt= adivnReady for your daily dose of absurdity Nintendo has filed for patent protection of yet another a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090811nintendo-patent-filing-reveals-inflatable-cushion-controller-forinflatable ideaa, this time throwing up a spongy football accoutrement for your Wiimote. The ball has a strap to keep you from actually throwing it, and in-game trajectories are calculated on the basis of the angle and force of your pseudo-throwing motion. If you’re thinking the Wiimote can do all this even without a plush attachment, you’d be right, but then you’d a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090603project-natal-video-hands-on-impressions-and-further-detailsjust look sillya jumping and juking in front of your TV without a a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090626official-star-wars-light-saber-and-blaster-accessories-for-licenproper accessorya in hand.br br [Via a href=httpwww.joystiq.com20090825nintendo-patents-football-controller-looks-a-lot-like-a-footbalJoystiqa]pFiled under a href=httpwww.engadget.comcategorygaming rel=tagGaminga, a href=httpwww.engadget.comcategoryperipherals rel=tagPeripheralsapp style=padding5px;background#ddd;border1px solid #ccc;clearboth;a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090826nintendo-kirfs-nerf-with-soft-football-patent-attemptNintendo KIRFs Nerf with soft football patent attempta originally appeared on a href=httpwww.engadget.comEngadgeta on Wed, 26 Aug 2009 093100 EST. Please see our a href=httpwww.weblogsinc.comfeed-termsterms for use of feedsa.ph6h6a href=httpwww.siliconera.com20090824nintendo-developing-a-squishy-football-controllerReada a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090826nintendo-kirfs-nerf-with-soft-football-patent-attempt rel=bookmark title=Permanent link to this entryPermalinka a href=httpwww.engadget.comforward19140981 title=Send this entry to a friend via emailEmail thisa a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090826nintendo-kirfs-nerf-with-soft-football-patent-attempt#comments title=View reader comments on this entryCommentsa
div style=text-align center;a href=httpwww.industrygamers.comreleases1306img hspace=4 border=1 vspace=4 alt= src=httpwww.blogcdn.comwww.engadget.commedia20090826aug09_mw2con.jpg adivnIf Infinity Ward’s own a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090713modern-warfare-2s-prestige-edition-includes-fully-functioningPrestige Editiona of Modern Warfare 2 isn’t enough to satisfy your lust for a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090623hori-s-tekken-6-xbox-360-ps3-joystick-aint-a-bad-way-to-burncustom hardwarea, Mad Catz is ready to pick up the slack with no less than ten MW2-branded peripherals. The crown jewel to the set will be the Combat Controller, which will have a couple of extra buttons, but more importantly, is likely a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090721infinity-ward-lending-a-hand-on-modern-warfare-2-rifle-controllethe gamepad Robert Bowling was tweeting about last montha. Come this November, you’ll also be able to talk smack via a a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090323video-sanwas-throat-mic-for-city-bred-sissiesThroat Communicatora on the 360 or a more mundane Bluetooth Headset on the PS3, add Skinz to your controllers and Microsoft console, and even your neglected PC can be enriched with an Elite Keyboard and Sniper Mouse combo.br nbr nstrongUpdatestrong emIGNem has been first to preview the full plethora of goods, and we’ve got the video for you after the break (Thanks, quasar).br nbr n[Via a href=httpwww.joystiq.com20090825mad-catz-detailz-mice-controllers-throat-communicator-for-moJoystiqa]pa href=httpwww.engadget.com20090826mad-catz-doles-out-modern-warfare-2-peripherals-for-young-and-o rel=bookmarkContinue reading emVideo Mad Catz doles out Modern Warfare 2 controllers for young (and old) whippersnipersemappFiled under a href=httpwww.engadget.comcategorygaming rel=tagGaminga, a href=httpwww.engadget.comcategoryperipherals rel=tagPeripheralsapp style=padding5px;background#ddd;border1px solid #ccc;clearboth;a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090826mad-catz-doles-out-modern-warfare-2-peripherals-for-young-and-oVideo Mad Catz doles out Modern Warfare 2 controllers for young (and old) whippersnipersa originally appeared on a href=httpwww.engadget.comEngadgeta on Wed, 26 Aug 2009 045700 EST. Please see our a href=httpwww.weblogsinc.comfeed-termsterms for use of feedsa.ph6h6a href=httpwww.industrygamers.comreleases1306Reada a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090826mad-catz-doles-out-modern-warfare-2-peripherals-for-young-and-o rel=bookmark title=Permanent link to this entryPermalinka a href=httpwww.engadget.comforward19140901 title=Send this entry to a friend via emailEmail thisa a href=httpwww.engadget.com20090826mad-catz-doles-out-modern-warfare-2-peripherals-for-young-and-o#comments title=View reader comments on this entryCommentsa
