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Tactical Mech Action Game DUAL GEAR Delayed
The release of the Indiegogo funded tactical turn-based action mech game Dual Gear has been delayed until 2018, according to an official press release sent out by Orbital Speed Studios, an indie game company out of Bangkok, Thailand headed by veteran game developer Pongpat Pongsakorntorn. Dual Gear completed its Indiegogo…
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President Donald Trump Sets NASA Goal of Landing Americans on Mars by 2033
As part of President Donald Trump’s continued “Make America Great Again” promise, he has now signed a the NASA Transition Authorization Act which grants NASA $19.5 billion in funding for fiscal year 2018. The US president has has also asked the space agency to create a plan to send a…
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uArm Swift Desktop Robotic Arm Lets You Be Tony Stark for Only $209
You may not have Tony Stark’s billions, his genius or his workshop full of tools, but this new $290 desktop robotic arm called uArm Swift can help with any project and be better at it than most third arm options. Sure, it may not actually be as advanced as J.A.R.V.I.S.…
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Disgruntled No Man’s Sky Owners Raising Money For Charity
No Man’s Sky will probably go down in history as one of the worst video game launches and I cannot see the studio ever being taken seriously again. Also, Sean Murray’s vague responses were partly to blame and his disappearance from social media channels has only exacerbated the situation. Clearly, those…
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Add Wireless Charging To Any Of Your Devices With This Sticker
Technology changes, it’ something that brings us new hardware and updates our old ones with a whole host of abilities. A Kickstarter campaign looks to bring a new wave of technology to your old favourites by adding wireless charging to any device you want, all thanks to a sticker. The stickers…
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Dreams Of Robot Rumbles Could Soon Become A Reality!
When you watch anime or cartoon you often see giant robots decking it out to see which one will survive the onslaught of metal. This could soon come to life thanks to the startup MegaBots raising over $2.4 million to help fund the sport of robot-fighting. MegaBots cofounders Gui Cavalcanti,…
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Amazon Could Be Billed For Childrens Unauthorized In-App Purchases
When it comes to “free” apps we’ve all had that experience where you get into a game or just a general everyday app only to find features or fun locked behind the paywall. The infamous paywall is a series of mini-transactions that are hidden behind the title of a “free…
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Australia is Spending Millions on Cyber-Security
In this day and age, cyber-security is a huge issue for countries and companies alike, and everyone wants to upgrade and protect their systems. The latest to join this barrage of countries if Australia who recently announced a new strategy in cyber-security. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull launched the new strategy in…
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UK University Wins Funding for Robotic Stem Cell Factory
We as the human race are in an almost neverending fight with nature, although there really isn’t any doubt who will in the end. That doesn’t mean that we can’t put up a fight and make the best of everything until then. One of the main areas that we fight…
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Star Citizen Goes Live For Alpha Backers
Star Citizen was originally designed as a crowd-funded game. This means that after some initial work all the funds for the project are raised by people ‘pledging’ money in order to help Chris Roberts finish his dream video game which will see players flying around a universe with their friends…
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Squadron 42 Reveals Voice Actors And Footage
Star Citizen is not only one of the most crowd funded games in history but is easily one of the most anticipated, with the ability to go from piloting a ship and ordering your friends to pilot the ships turrets to boarding and fighting your way through someone else’s ship…
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Successful $73,000 Kickstarter Campaign Plagued by Money Issues
Financially backing a Kickstarter for any amount always involves a certain degree of risk as the final project may never come to fruition or match your expectations. Ideally, backers should see themselves as financial investors which allows you to access certain equity perks in exchange for money. While there has…
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Most Funded Kickstarter In Europe Yet To Ship Products – Two Months Behind
Kickstarters are great way of supporting and helping to realise your dreams with everything from building the mythical city of Minas Tirith, to creating new smart watches for your phones and even to buy a kickstarting website. So what happens when these go wrong? Torquing Group, a start-up based in…
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Bartesian Is the New Kitchen Aid for Alcoholics
Technology is here to make our life easier, at least that’s the intent and that becoming alcoholics also want to benefit from new inventions. Okay, that might be a bit harsh to say, but it’s honestly not a good start for you when you buy a machine to mix cocktails…
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Musk Donates $7 Million to Future of Life Institute for AI Risk Research
It is no secret that Elon Musk, founder of Tesla, PayPal and SpaceX, as well as other people, is concerned where the current unsupervised and at times reckless efforts in AI will lead us. Maybe we won’t see an evil Google robot army, by choice or accident, but there is a…
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