The Laser Dance Matrix is the brainchild of Applied Sciences. It's a DDR (Dance Dance Revolution) pad matrix for getting down up, up, right, back style. But instead of relying on pressure sensitivity as most pads do, the Laser Dance Matrix senses foot position based upon breaking the proper laser beams (we're assuming in the correct places, though you might be able to cheat). Dancing occurs right on the floor.
The prototype is USB compatible, though it requires a separate power source for all those badass, entirely invisible laser beams. We wish that Xbox 360 wasn't so hard on third party manufacturers, otherwise we'd be happy to trade the Matrix for their one supported break-your-neck-plastic style pad.
Hit the link to vote on whether or not Applied Sciences should sell the unit. Click "yes" and that we want the preassembled units. Because I'm lazier than I am cheap. – Mark Wilson
Product Page [via Kotaku]
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Sony will release five new Bravia HDTVs this summer, ranging in size from 26in to 40in.
Surprisingly, with many manufacturers opting for full 1080p sets, all of Sony’s new tellys will be 720p, placing them squarely in the entry-to-mid level arena. That said, all will come with a very useful three HDMI inputs – barr the 26-incher with two, and that’s still generous on a sub-32in TV, which usually only get one.
The models are KDL-26S3000U (26in), KDL-32D3000U (32in), KDL-32S3000U (32in), the KDL-40D3000U (40in) and the KDL-40S3000U (40in). Each has an integrated tuner and supports Bravia Theatre Sync, which allows a single remote to control numerous Sony products simultaneously. No prices yet. -Martin Lynch
[Engadget]
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At first glance, we thought the Portable GameCube Advance was the product of console miniaturizer Benjamin Heckendorn, who has shrunk some of our favorites into nearly portable packages.
But the Portable GameCube Advance is really the work of a random email tipster...surely not just a Photoshop rendition...but an entirely ready-to-go product complete with external OLED display and MP3 playback that will be in stores any day now.
Hit the jump for a picture of the music functions in action.
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Aperio Technologies has made "the world's first terapixel image". However, it actually consists of one picture copied 225 times—that off cancerous breast tissue. As a digital pathology imaging company, one could interpret the image as Aperio flexing their digital muscle while raising awareness for an (obviously) important issue.
The picture is a 144GB .tif (using JPEG compression). And you can zoom online using the link below. Without one big image to play with, the scale of one trillion pixels is still tough to grasp. Let's just call it a lot of pixel and call it a day. – Mark Wilson
Photo Page [via therawfeed]
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YouTube is in hot water again as the Premier League want its cut from all those footie clips that find their way onto the service.
In a lawsuit filed in New York, the Premier League has claimed that YouTube has ‘knowingly’ lifted video of games and encouraged folk to come watch it on the site. Viacom is already suing Google-owned YouTube for a $1bn (£500m) for allegedly showing 160,000 clips of its TV shows without paying for the privilege. The lawsuit said:
“YouTube bills itself as “the leading destination on the Internet for video entertainment” and boasts millions of monthly visitors to its website. In the operation of its website, YouTube copies and electronically disseminates, on a massive and wide-ranging scale, content including the valuable intellectual property of the class.”
It’s hard to feel sorry for the Premier League though since its been practicing price gouging of its own through the clubs, on fans, for years.-Martin Lynch
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