The “Break it Down” Blog

“Gamer” Stereotypes Slowly Changing

Having been a gamer for over 20 years it was not until recently that I began to notice gaming become more popular and main stream.  While it is not something I’ve really spent a lot of time thinking about it seems pretty obvious that casual games have found a way to get people into gaming [...]

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HUD from Contact Lenses with Embedded LEDs

Pictured above is a prototype contact lens developed by Electrical Engineering Assistant Professor (Assistant?! More like… crazy-awesome) Babak Parviz out of the University of Washington. While I don’t believe the prototype can currently project a full-view HUD ontop of what you are looking at, Parviz is focusing on embedding LEDs into the lens to get the [...]

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Wisdom of Crowds… By Yourself

Quick “interesting news” post, scientists have found that the “wisdom of crowds” effect that is so commonly referenced with Web 2.0/social networking sites actually exists within each of us (assuming you are atleast of average intelligence). More specifically, if you take a crowd of people and ask them a question, the average of the answers is [...]

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