When I found Buckyballs, a bunch of pebble sized balls made from rare earth magnets, it wasn’t long before I had to get it. And when I did, I had nothing but fun for weeks. And I still have fun to this day. Recently, the company who sells Buckyballs have brought out a new product, Buckycubes.
Buckycubes is made of the same material as the Buckballs, and is said to be just as fun, if not more. I just recently purchased the Buckycubes, so I haven’t had long to play with them. However, the short amount of time I have had, they are quite amusing to toy around with. For $24.99 at ThinkGeek, this really wasn’t a bad purchase.
Although it is too soon to say so, I think the Buckyballs are the best of them all. With the countless amount of shapes that can be made, the one challenge I have for myself to accomplish is to make the triforce out these cubes.
Every now and then, you hear about how video games can cause damage to a person, physical and mental. It has been that way for many years. However, there is some good that comes out of playing those games. Researchers from the School of Optometry and the Neuroscience Institute, at UC Berkeley, have found that playing video games could help adults cure amblyopia, also known as lazy eye.
After about 40 hours of gameplay, 2 hours a day, participants showed a 30% increase in their visual acuity. Dr. Roger Li, lead researcher for this study, stated that “This study is the first to show that video game play is useful for improving vision in adults with amblyopic.” The participants were split into 2 groups. Half the group played a first-person shooter, Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault. And the other half played SimCity Societies, a non-violent game. The research group also showed an improvement in their 3-D depth perception.
Even though there were no improvements after the 40 hours, it is still on the early stages. Dr. Li wants people who suffer from amblyopia to realize that since this research is in its early stages, not to try and self-treat this disorder.
Learn about kinetics, the art of making things go. This traveling road show is looking for the funding to bring a larger than life scale model of the game Mousetrap to a town near you. While I think this is pretty incredible I’m not sure if the attraction of a single mousetrap will be enough cheese to lure people to come and see it. Perhaps a coupling with a life-size version of Monopoloy as well? About time people learned about fiscal responsibility. Still looks neat.
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We here at the CaffiNation send our deepest thoughts and well wishes to the people affected by the Japanese Tsunami and Quake. The first segment in our show is dedicated to providing correct and sensible information on what we know and where you can help. one of the biggest problems with the news cycle of Mainstream sources is that they frequently pull in content and skew it off course. We will try to give you only best information.
Beyond tragedy the world continues to go on. So we have a good does of fun and uplifting nonsense as per usual. Nonsense is needed at any time, keeps the reality in perspective. The world is full of people who will lament the sorrows that are around and ask why other’s aren’t doing more. So what you can. Don’t be that guy. We have a ton of good, fun and offbeat stories to talk about. from T shirt rounds to Grilling goodies, Lego of course makes its almost weekly appearance, as does a Mario interlude, and some awesome video game news. We have a couple angry birds, a few nesting dolls and some beverages to review.
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All craics aside, today’s show is full of crazy awesome tech. goofs aside you’re going to learn about Zelda triforce Rugs, amazing beer steins, Mario in art. In short a few of my favorite things.
When I found Buckyballs, a bunch of pebble sized balls made from rare earth magnets, it wasn’t long before I had to get it. And when I did, I had nothing but fun for weeks. And I still have fun to this day. Recently, the company who sells Buckyballs have brought out a new product, Buckycubes.
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