As the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) – which can be best described as the CES of video games – wraps up today, it will cap off a monumental week that is perhaps more important than any other E3 in history; the rise of virtual reality is on the horizon and it’s going to start with…
With so many cool things coming out each week, it can be hard to wade through all the rock-awesomeness. With ‘Cool Tools’, we’ve done the hard work for you. This week we saw everything from a sleek new home security platform from Nest, a couple of convenient ways for learning how to code on-the-go, a…
Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects group has taken 100 year old technology and slapped it on a slab of sand to change how we interact with software and hardware. Project Soli consists of a small chip with a gesture control sensor to control devices without actually touching them. It’s a ‘gesture radar’ small enough to fit on a watch, keyboard, monitor or tablet, and functional enough to control sliders, buttons or 3D objects with pinpoint accuracy.
Of all of the minor annoyances that occur in the workshop, the need for an easily-adjustable bright light while working with both hands certainly ranks high up there – especially when looking for ‘that missing screw’ ends up taking just as much time as a project assembly itself. Of course, the best solutions for these…
After years in development, those who have always wanted a solid, native version of Mcneel’s lightweight Rhino modeling environment on their Mac are finally in luck. Released on Monday, the new Rhino 5 for Mac marks the first time that the company has brought their NURBS-based modeling tool to the Mac, ever. While the young…