30 new aquatic levels added to Angry Birds Space

by vinayak mathur

angry-birds-space-pig-dipperRejoice, Angry Birds fans. Just like clockwork, Rovio has updated its Angry Birds Space game with an ambiguously titled Pig Dipper episode bringing thirty new galactic-aquatic levels to your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Android devices. This episode introduces a new planet called Splash that features pigs in boats – how bizarre is that?.

Also look for strange aquatic extraterrestrial life and water-based physics allowing for some nice trick shots. The game adds power-up specific leaderboards and amuses with the stuff like inflating the pigs with Pig Puffer and creating black holes with Space Egg, to name a few. I wonder if the giant fish is the boss…

Rovio writes:

SPLASH! The Angry Birds have landed in the weirdest galaxy yet! All the planets are filled with water, strange aquatic life and worst of all — Bad Piggies in boats! Use the unique physics of these water planets to set up some fun trick shots! Also, check out the brand-new power-ups: Flock of Birds, Space Egg, and Pig Puffer! HINT: Make sure to check how Ice Bird and Pig Puffer react to water!

The water-based physics provides for some fun trick shots to send the birds careening through water. This content update is free to those who’ve purchased the game. With this update, Angry Birds Space contains a cool 150 gravity-defying levels.

Amitabh Bachchan joins Facebook gets 8 lakh Likes in 30 minutes

by vinayak mathur

The Shahenshah of Bollywood Amitabh Bachchan has been quite pro-active on social media. He has been on the micro-blogging site Twitter and has over 3.3 million followers! He had recently launched his tumbler blog and now looking to get a significant presence on social networking site Facebook.

Amitabh Bachchan’s Facebook page became live on August 21, 2012 at 9:30 AM and will be a one stop destination for his fans to connect, interact, engage with the ace actor. It will also provide up-to-date information about Amitabh’s upcoming movies, exclusive pictures, videos, as well as exclusive pictures from Amitabh Bachchan’s private collection and a welcome video by Amitabh on the new official Facebook page.

Speaking on the launch of his official page, Amitabh Bachchan said “I feel that my official Facebook fan page was long overdue. Facebook is a powerful tool that helps bring people together and allows us to embrace being a part of a larger community. I have been encouraged by the overwhelming reception to my tumblr blog, and this is another avenue to reach out to my fans, not only in India, but globally.”

Amitabh’s Facebook page has a Timeline view, which goes right from his birth to now. It also has interesting pictures of some of his most talked about work in movies like Sholay, Kaala Pather et al

Within just half an hour of the going live, Amitabh Bachchan Facebook page had close to eight lakh likes. He even tweeted about this feat and shared his excitement and nervousness about being on Facebook.

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Apart from Amitabh, Aamir is another B’Town celebrity who has been quite active on Facebook. The perfectionist Khan has over 5 million likes for his Facebook page and has even indulged in a video chat with his patrons.

30 Geeky Gadgets you would love to own

by vinayak mathur

Victorinox Secure Pro USB Drive

The un-hackable Victorinox Secure features AES256 technology, together with Victorinox patented unique MKI’s Schnuffi Platform Single Chip Technology. Victorinox actually offered a £100,000 prize to a group of expert hackers to crack the drive during the company’s launch event and they were unable to do so. The Secure Pro is currently available with storage capacities between 8GB and 32GB (via Victorinox)

Lego Star Wars Alarm Clock

This super geeky clock is made of 21 Lego pieces and features Japanese Quartz movement and a crescendo alarm that gets louder and louder until you turn it off. (via Thinkgeek)

Sudoku Toilet Paper

Honestly, I don’t know how to play Sudoku but I think Sudoku fans will like this. Pull down the roll and start filling in the sudoku puzzles. (via Ozgadgets)

Yoda And Darth Vader Lightsaber Chopsticks Set

Check out Chopsabers, a Lightsabers merge with Japanese culture. May the Force be with you at every meal! (via Starwars)

Halo Helmet

For you Halo fans out there, this helmet is modeled after “authentic” Spartan Mjolnir Mark VI head gear. This Halo Helmet is made out of “high impact” polystyrene, similar to the assembly of a motorcycle helmet. (via Kotaku)

Star Wars Death Star Planetarium

This Death Star Planetarium will convert your room into a personal planetarium. It will project the stunning beauty of milky way galaxy on the ceiling of your room. (via Starwars)

R2 D2 Trashcan

Here’s a detailed model of R2-D2 that acts as your garbage can. The can is avaliable in full-size which stands at 24 inches tall or Desktop model which is smaller. (via Thinkgeek)

Mus2

Lebedev’s Mus 2 is a cordless computer mouse that looks like a cursor. Despite of its cursor shape, it fits very well in your hand and it is very easy to use. Also, this optical mouse has 800 dpi optical sensor resolution , a frame speed that could reach 2300fps. (via Art Lebedev)

Tetris Table

Jared Kohn created a this table inspired by the game Tetris. This colorful Tetris table looks cool on our backyard garden. (via Jared Kohn)

Social Media Pillows

According to Craftsquatch’s shop on Etsy, the pillows are 100% handmade and you need to allow 7-10 days for your item to be shipped because they’re made to order. (via Craftsquatch)

The Wearable Keyboard

This unusual wearable gadget is built into a pair of fashionable designer jeans by Erik De Nijs. It has a built-in keyboard, mouse, and computer speakers that play audio. (via Erik De Nijs)

The Darth Vader Toaster

Yes, the Sith Lord makes evil toast with an image of Darth Vader. This is the only toaster that takes toast launching to a whole new…the dark side. (via Starwars)

The Tetris Couch

These stylish couch is basically a set of many small couches of different dimensions. Stefano Grasselli make sure is vary in their sizes and shape along with different colors to match the interiors of your living room. (via Stefano Grasselli)

Pacman Sofa

The Pacman Sofa sets is covered in a stain resistant coated fabric and comes in different of colors.

Key Bag

This funky bag was created using 393 randomly arranged old computer keyboards keys. (via Joao Sabino)

Space Invaders Cutting Board

LiveJournal user Capt. Sideburns has posted the results of his experiments in creating a Space Invaders cutting board. No silly colors, he just use the plain graphic in walnut blocks put together into maple to make a pixel art butcher block. (via Capt. Sideburns)

The “PacM” Chair

Jose Jorge Hinojosa Primo has come up with an awesome chair that send shivers to all of us that once played the popular maze game. The “PacM,” as the designer calls his chair presents a unique, nostalgic and very stylish furniture. This cool chair is only an artist’s rendering but it would be ideal for a game room. (via Jose Jorge Hinojosa Primo)

Lego Minifig Foosball Table

One of the coolest foosball I ever seen. This LEGO Foosball Table features custom mini-figs and an genuine “faux” oak woodgrain finish. (Mt.Dew Monkey)

Text Talk Vinyl Shower Curtain

This shower curtain from Bed Bath & Beyond is a fun addition to your bathroom. Almost all emoticons are clad on the Text Talk curtain, including many I’ve never even used.(via Bed Bath & Beyond)

ICade: IPad Arcade Cabinet

iCad from Thinkgeek, is more than just a docking station for your iPad. You can play your favorite arcade games in this retro styled, handcrafted wooden tabletop arcade cabinet. (via Thinkgeek)

IP Address Door Mat

Only nerds would recognize that this figures is nothing but IP address, and for geeks ideal home is one’s own machine and one’s own IP address. (via Nicole and Tyler)

Superman Hanger

This stylish Superman Hanger is designed by Roman Ficek and available at ComuniStar – a Slovakian company that manufacture unique modern interior and furniture accessories. (via Roman Ficek)

Iceblox Ice Cube Puzzle Tray

Serving drinks with Tetris shaped ice-cubes is absolutely going to get your visitors to notice the drinks and they will surely for more of them. (via Thinkgeek)

8-Bit Hanger

I like the retro style of this 8-bit pointer. This this low-res hook will able to hold some of your other stuffs like bag, shirt, caps, earphones, etc. (via Meninos)

Layers Frame Horizontal

Picture in 10 x 15 cm will fit in this cool picture frame. (via Meninos)

Reddit Alien Soap

Reddit has partnered with soapmaker, Soapier to make the Reddit Alien Soap. Its 10 ozs of high quality vegetable glycerin soap and comes in 2 different fragrances, orange and bacon! Digg users can try it too :)  (via Soapier)

Interactive Drum T-Shirt

A drum kit built right into your T-shirt! Tap the drums on this shirt and they actually play through the embedded speaker. This electronic and innovative shirts not only help you appear to be a wannabe rock star, it also help you become somewhat geekier than rock. (via ThinkGeek)

USB Webcam Rocket Launcher

While you’re chatting with your buddies on MSN, this Webcam USB Rocket Launcher allows you to do more than just share videos and pictures. With this cool gadget you can wage war on your chat buddy by taking control of his rocket launcher. But beware because he’ll be in control of yours.

Super Mario Bros Wall Decals

This is an official Nintendo licensed product. The graphics are so life like, it’s like actually watching Super Mario Bros. game on pause. (via Blik company)

Yoda Plush Backpack

Star Wars fanatics will surely love this backpack. This legitimately licensed Yoda backpack rests comfortably at your back while storing your school work or anything you want to take on the go. (via Thinkgeek)

Acer launches 30 new notebooks in India

by vinayak mathur

Acer has launched around 30 new notebooks under Aspire range’s S, M V3, V5 & E series. The company feels that this new range will help in catering to the diverse customer needs and also help the company’s bottom line.

Under the M series, Acer has launched Acer Aspire Timeline Ultra M3, which is a slim and light, which measure just 20 mm and weighs less than 2.3 kg. This is the first Ultrabook inspired by Intel with dedicated NVIDIA GeForce GT640M graphics and is powered by the second Generation Intel Core processors and cost upwards of Rs. 51,999taxes.

Moving over to the V5 Series, this series is 30 percent slimmer and 10 percent lighter than the traditional notebooks. The laptop in this series are powered by second Generation Intel Core processor family and configured with NVIDIA GeForce GT Series graphics and come in varied screen sizes. This series starts at Rs 27,999taxes.

The Aspire V3 series is powered by the second Generation Intel Core Processors and comes with up to 2GB NVIDIA GeForce graphics. To helps users to enjoy gaming and movies, this series comes with Dolby Home theaterV4. The price range of V3 series starts at Rs 37,999taxes.

Commenting the new range of products, S Rajendran, Chief Marketing Officer, Acer India said, “Being true to our new brand tagline ‘Explore Beyond Limits’, the new range of notebooks will allow users to discover and experience new age computing. With this Aspire range, we will comfortably address the requirements of both the premium and the value conscious customer. We expect this new range to significantly contribute to our overall business revenues.”

30 billion dollars needed to do Scrooge McDuck money swim

by vinayak mathur

How much money does one need to pull off the famous Scrooge McDuck money swim ? The Billfold tackled the question and came up with a giganto number.

Using an estimate on the height of coin piles and a bit of calculus and graphing, Billfold came up with the formula y=-x2-1x+5 (where x an y is one inch). According to them:

When the area under the curve is calculated (from x=-3 to x=5), it yields roughly 46 square inches. The assumption will be made here that one cubic inch is roughly one ounce of gold. To convert that into a dome shape the value is simply cubed, which becomes 97,366 ounces. Given that 1 ounce of gold is roughly $5.00, it can extrapolated that each large pile of gold in the vault is worth $486,830.

$486,830! But if you adjust for inflation as Scrooge McDuck was first drawn in 1947 that would mean 5.2 billion dollars in one pile. And if you guesstimate how many pile are in the room, the final tally comes out to 31.2 billion dollars. That kind of money means only the six richest people in the world could pull off this stunt.

[The Billfold]

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