After a failed petition to the U.S. government to build a Death Star, someone has taken up the cause to fund the construction project using the popular crowd sourced funding website Kickstarter. Thankfully, to help keep costs down and to help make the project a reality open source hardware and software will be used. Along with “enough chicken wire to protect reactor exhaust ports.” I can’t wait.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/461687407/kickstarter-open-source-death-starOpen Source Death Star Kickstarter
Star Wars the Old Republic – Beta
Recently I was included in the weekend stress test for Star Wars the Old Republic. And I must say I enjoyed it thoroughly. I’ll try to capture some of my…
An Unofficial NASA TV Commercial by a Citizen Scientist
This is what happens when you take a great song like Genesis by Justice and add NASA.
3D Anaglyph of Jupiter Mech
We at UPT love giant robots— especially mechs. We also love 3D and anaglyphs. This is an anaglyph test I did a few years ago when I first learned how…
Nine Inch Nails “Hesitation Marks” Free Album Stream on iTunes
Apple Inc. and Nine Inch Nails are providing a free iTunes stream of NIN’s newest album Hesitation Marks prior to its release. Click on the album art, open the album in iTunes, and get it while it’s hot.
Hawken Beta Gameplay Footage
I got into the Hawken beta last month, played it once and hadn’t played it again. It’s not that I didn’t like it, but something about it didn’t excite me….
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