Brazilians are among the world’s biggest fans of Twitter.
Now the microblogging site has become the setting for a battle of wits between police and residents of Rio de Janeiro over a drink-driving campaign known as Operation Lei Seca, or “dry law”.
Anyone who has had too many beers but wants to drive home can turn to a page on Twitter, where those who have seen the distinctive branded police vans warn others which routes to avoid. In turn, the traffic police are logging on to foil the efforts of the techno-literate, often setting up in unexpected locations elsewhere. Penalties include having your licence suspended, being fined and having your car towed away. There has also been an advertising campaign to raise awareness.
Now, i’m not a fan of drinking and driving, and i’m not really a fan of Twitter either. I used Facebook for a bit but got bored, but I do find a sort of Unnecessary genius in their plan. Maybe Apple should get on the case. If your on your way home, your driving, your drunk and need to avoid the police. There’s an app. for that.
The latest one is a bit more manly. To be honsest, my money would usually be on Star Scream. This is a nice fun video with some good imagination, check out his Matrix/Limbo dancing around 0.45-ish
Yesterday Sony unveiled Move.Me, a software application that allows hobbyists and academics access to the Move controller to do things like operating robots remotely. Today, we see the Move operating a robot remotely. And dare I say it, it looks like it might be good. Just as I start to decide that Sony never come out with anything original and are completely guilty of copying Nintendo all day long, they’ve done something first for once.
While not quite as impressive as some of the things we’ve seen hobbyists do with Microsoft’s Kinect, moving a robot around remotely using motion control is certainly a thing. Until now we’ve had to rely on keyboards and mice to move our robots around remotely over the internet. Surely this ushers in a new age of not being tethered to the computer to get mechanical beings to do our bidding.
And before you start winging, no, wireless mouse/keyboard doesn’t count.
Panama defender Luis Moreno is facing sanctions after he kicked an injured owl that had landed on the field during a match for his Colombian club Deportivo Pereira against Atletico Junior.
The owl, which serves as a mascot for the Atletico Junior team and lives in the stadium, was being treated Monday at a local veterinary clinic in Barranquilla.
The bird had been expected to recover from a minor fracture to its right leg, but Radio Santa Fe reports that the owl has now died.
Pereira club president Francisco Javier Lopez said the player would be punished and he could also face sanctions from Colombian football’s governing body. Not too mention the RSPCA, and PETA no doubt, who actually have something genuine to whine about now.
Brand new footage of EA’s latest stint in its Battlefield franchise has emerged. This intense few minutes seems to suggest a far more enclosed Battlefield than ever before – we’re feeling claustrophobic just looking at it.
I can climb a ladder pretty fast, but this is just crazy! Here is a ladder race in which the participants have to climb a three story building using just a ladder.
It’s a Kinect-controlled 2D/3D hybrid shooter staring a resurrected string puppet cowboy seeking revenge against his killers, and it looks like loads of fun, as you’d expect from the developer behind The Maw and ‘Splosion Man.
Microsoft has just released some new Gears of War 3 multiplayer screen-shots, and they look manly.
The images show off all the Gears of War multiplayer brutality we’ve come to know and love. The detailed characters can be seen shotgunning, executing and impaling each other in a number of impressive looking arenas.
CVG got its hands on the Gears Of War 3 beta last night in San Francisco, and were very impressed, the game was more mature – and more gruesome – than previous Gears titles.
Microsoft has confirmed a September 20 global release date for Epic’s Gears of War 3.
Aleandre Farto‘s explosive etching technique involves precision detonation of plaster and brick to make enormous, smoky murals. This video, with music by Orelha Negra, demonstrates the technique.
Here is a great video that shows off the fact that you can pretty much do anything if you train hard enough. I really wish I could do most of the stuff in this video.
