| Today's Top Stories | | #1 | Immersive Michael Jordan simulator is the world's coolest basketball court | | | By Tim Moynihan, Wired | | | If you've' played with the Wii, the Kinect, or PlayStation Move, you've already blurred the line between games and real-life action. But you've never experienced anything like the immersive, genre-bending installation called "The Last Shot"—unless you're Michael Jordan. More»
Why This Matters: The author calls it an "amazing setup" and it does actually seem incredible, and not just because of the headline. Lifesize LED walls surround you and put you right at the center of a half-court pro game rendered in detail via Red 4K. You will have pre-selected (via iPad) which moment from Michael Jordan's career you want to live out. Depending on what you choose, every detail (including the design of the parquet floor underneath your feet) changes to place you right there in 1982 vs. Georgetown or in '98 against the Jazz at Utah, etc. No need to get a life or chops of your own anymore. -Cynthia Wisehart |
| | #2 | This app turns your iPad into a sketch board for your Mac | | | By Jacob Kastrenakes, The Verge | | | There are a ton of fun sketching apps for the iPad, but none of them offer the power of some drawing tools that you'll find on the desktop. Today, a small developer is trying to bridge that gap. It's releasing an app called Astropad that allows you to use your iPad as a sketch board that transfers over to apps on your Mac. That means you can load up Photoshop, grab a stylus, and start drawing on your iPad while using all of the tools and brushes that you'd normally have access to. More»
Why This Matters: If you're the kind of person who likes OneNote, you might like this screen-sharing app. I'm getting it. -Cynthia Wisehart |
| | #3 | Orange tree waste turned into high-performance acoustic insulation | | | By Karen Sprey, Gizmag | | | Researches in Spain have developed new, high-performance acoustic insulation material from the trimmings of orange trees. More»
Why This Matters: But grapefruit trees won't work? -Cynthia Wisehart |
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