A HORRIFYING EXPERIENCE. On July 13, game developer Red Meat Games released its fifth virtual reality (VR) project, Bring to Light. It was particularly appropriate to release it on Friday the 13th, since the developers designed the VR horror game to quite literally push players to their terror limits with the help of a biometric sensor. PUMP UP THE TERROR. In Bring to Light, […]
Are You Up For This VR Horror Game?
Iceless Skating Rink
This is the iceless skating rink that can be set up in a basement, garage, or backyard for year-round enjoyment. It’s comprised of durable polymer panels that mimic the slickness of ice, yet remain solid when set-up outdoors in warm weather or indoors at room temperature. Unlike similar artificial ice platforms that require sprays to lubricate the surface, these panels […]
Cycling On Water?
Among other things, Josep Rubau has designed cars for Volkswagen, and was the creator of the Tramontana supercar. Now, the Spanish industrial designer is CEO of RedShark Bikes, a company that sells a pedal-powered prop-driven trimaran which he invented. There are actually three versions of the RedShark trimaran – the recreation-oriented Fun, the rough-and-ready Adventure and the high-performance Sport. The […]
Managing Illness Through Gamification
Gamification is gaining recognition as a powerful tool for contexts far removed from gaming itself, and the approach has been used for applications as varied as advertising, to recruiting, to rewards programs. Litesprite hopes to expand the gaming approach to a rather important sector: health. Litesprite’s mobile application, Sinasprite, helps patients proactively manage their chronic illnesses, including mental illnesses (anxiety, […]
How Fifa Is Intending To Offset It’s World Cup Carbon Footprint
Soccer fans all around the world have been waiting for the last four years to see their favorite players compete in the World Cup. The month long event will kick off on June 14th and come to a close on July 15th. As the largest single sport competition in the world, millions of spectators will be traveling from around the […]
Train Your Body And Mind With Smartfit
Whether you’re an everyday fitness enthusiast, an athlete seeking to up their game, rehabbing from an injury, or the parent of a child looking for ways to improve their cognitive and physical capabilities, SmartFit’s training solutions can help you meet your goals. SmartFit offers unique gamified programming that is designed for individuals and groups as a way to improve cognitive, […]
Lumo Run Here To Fix The Way You Run
It seems like athletes and fitness fanatics have an overwhelming number of wearables to choose from these days, ranging from smartwatches to fitness trackers to shoes that can keep track of how well they are performing. Choosing which one works best for you often comes down to a matter of personal preference, but if you’re a serious runner, a device called the […]
Nissan’s New Self Driving Robot Draws Soccer Pitches
Nissan’s Propilot technology is at the heart of its self-driving efforts, but for its latest demonstration it is working on a much smaller scale. Over the weekend, the company unveiled a roving robot that uses the autonomous driving technology to draw up different soccer pitches to exact dimensions, whether that be for five-a-side pickup games or larger fields for professionals […]
Isolated Intimacy
These lovely, self-contained “Slow Cabins” in remote Belgium may look like another version of a tiny home, but an entrepreneur is using them for a very different purpose: Isolation and intimacy. In a world that is moving at blinding speed these days, these remote sanctuaries lay waiting in secret locations for guests who won’t even know where they’re going until […]
Gym Powered By The People Who Uses It
This gym in California is powered by people! Thanks to SportsArt’s line of innovative ECO-POWR equipment, Sacramento Eco Fitness is powered by its members as they work out. According to the gym, one cycling class produces enough energy to run two of its fridges for 24 hours. The savings were immediately noticeable – the business’ electric bill went from $680 […]