Nintendo DS is Good for Women Gamers
June 17, 2007 | Author: Rich | 391 Views | |
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Filed under: 800HighTech, Geek News, Products, Random, Software
The Nintendo DS portable game player is helping Japanese women in Tokyo maximize skin care health. Japanese women soon will be using the Nintendo DS game machine for helpful beauty tip such as taking extra fluids and monitoring skin tones. The dual screened touch panel Nintendo DS has been a big hit with older people and women with new kinds of games such as brainteasers and virtual pet games. The gaming crowd has largely been made up of young men fond of shooting and sports games.
The Nintendo DS skin care software works by the user inputting their daily body temperature and weight by marking a graph that shows up on the touch panel. The beauty navigation software asks questions that the player answers regarding criteria such as skin tone and smoothness, as well as exposure to sunlight and hours of sleep. Advice on a daily regimen for healthy skin pops up on the screen, including directions to drink more water, or to eat apples and ginger, food that had a reputation for warming up the body. Hormonal balance is key for avoiding wrinkles and age spots, and body temperature and weight fluctuations are good indicators for any hormone swings, which can get awry from overwork and stress, according to Konami.
Fastest and Most Powerful Laptop Yet!
June 13, 2007 | Author: Rich | 1,085 Views | |
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Many notebooks have tried to claim the title of being the world’s fastest or the world’s most powerful laptop or even a desktop replacement laptop, but the Stealth Series is the true holder of this title. The Stealth Series Notebooks are a 17-inch extreme laptop notebook that packs quite a wallop under the hood, including a Intel’s Core 2 Duo desktop processor, Dual NVIDIA 7950GTX, up to 4GB of RAM, up to three hard drives in a RAID 0/1/5 array, 7.1-channel audio, built-in stereo speakers, the ability to house dual optical drives, integrated TV tuner, 1.3-megapixel webcam, and a flash card reader to boot. You’ll also find an array of ports and connectivity options, including WiFi, Bluetooth, FireWire, 56k modem, USB 2.0, and DVI / S-video outputs. All these components require the 11.9 pound laptop to have a 12-cell Li-ion will last much over an hour under full strain. We know you’re wondering, so if you’ve been eying a mobile gaming rig - this is it!
Microsoft XBox 360 Joins the Military Robots
May 25, 2007 | Author: Rich | 1,403 Views | |
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US Army has started implementing Microsoft’s newest gaming system, the XBox 360, to help train soldiers with simulated combat and war games. The United States military has always been aware of the synergy between gaming and its new weapons systems. On a side note I read that when the Department of Defense was designing the new Air Force jet F22 Raptor, it brought in the expertise of young gamers to give suggestions on the layout and configuration of the interface to make it more intuitive for the Airmen of the future.
Recently, the US Army conducted its first live-fire exercise, Experiment 1.1, using Future Combat Systems (FCS) technologies and equipment. The military exercise was apart of the most comprehensive Army modernization effort and was held at Oro Grande Range at Fort Bliss, Texas. This included a robot designed to take out snipers and code named the RedOwl. The inventory of military robots and unmanned vehicles doesn’t stop there though. The XBox controller is used to control and maneuver robots. The controllers are not completely wireless however. It looks like the controller goes to a pack on the soldier which communicates wirelessly to the robot. Not only does having a wired controller save on batteries, it simplifies the system, by only having one wireless system versus two, which cuts down on points of failure.
Sony PSP Portable Gaming Player
May 4, 2007 | Author: Rich | 4,637 Views | |
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I was surfing the net on my PSP the other day and thought ‘Why not check out the HighTech Blog and see how it comes up on here.’ To my dismay it did not show up too well, so I added a theme for mobile users. However, on mobile phones you may still have some display issues. Oh well I tried. Anyways, I thought this would be a good time to introduce a portable gaming device that we offer that can do just about everything and display our blog and site well!
Blog now supports viewing from Sony PSP, Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii!
Sony PSP
Let’s start off with the leader portable gaming pack, the Sony PSP. Sony PSP gaming system is the first truly integrated portable entertainment system designed to handle multiple applications‚ music, video, photo, internet, and wireless connectivity, with games as its key feature. The PSP system features an unmatched library of entertainment content, combining more than 135 games and more than 430 feature films, TV programs, and videos on UMD from major studios and record labels, as well as downloadable content from the internet.
20 inch Multimedia Laptop with 2 Video Cards
April 11, 2007 | Author: Rich | 1,227 Views | |
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:: 20 Inch Multimedia Laptop w/ 2 Video Cards ::
Earth-Shattering PC Performance in a Multi nVIDIA GPU Solution
- 2 512MB DDR3 nVIDIA GeForce GO 7950 GTX
- nVIDIA nForce4 SLI Cole Logic features intelligent hardware and software solutions
- 20.0″ Wide Viewing Angles WSXGA+ Active Matrix Display with Super Clear Type Screen
- 150GB SATA 150 3.0Gb/s 8M Cache 7200RPM with Hardware RAID up to 400GB
- 4 Built-in 2ch Speakers and 1 Built-in Sub woofer
- Built-in 3 Mega Pixel Digital Web Cam
















