Month: January 2021

Turn your staircase into a flaircase with this LED system

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If you live in a house with stairs and have to traipse up and down at night, it’s best to have some sort of light that guides you. Although a cell phone can work just fine, or you could likely activate bright overhead lighting, creator MagicManu devised an automatic and progressive solution to illuminate his path instead.

MagicManu’s system knows when someone is there using PIR sensors arranged at both ends, and only activates if it’s dark enough thanks to a photoresistor. The entire setup is controlled by an Arduino Nano, while two potentiometers adjust light sensitivity and duration of ignition.

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The Latest Update to the Flipper Zero Lets It Flip-Flop Between Any of Its Three Frequency Bands

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According to the incredible success of it’s initial crowdfunding round, most of the internet seemed to have gotten wind of the Flipper Zero back when we covered the kick-off of the Kickstarter, some 6 months ago.

This slick, fine-looking device is touted as a digital Swiss Army knife of sorts — an open hardware platform with peripherals chosen to enable it to poke, probe, and prod nearly every physical interface you are likely to see in a commercial, consumer-grade product.

Designed to get you some insight on your wireless smart light, or reveal the hidden detail of an IrDA transmission, it’s a portable pentesting tool for the discerning hardware “phreaker” on the move.

Electronic transfer tattoo with a crease amplification effect

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Electronic tattoos can have applications during health and movement sensing on human skin. Nevertheless, the existing versions are nonconformal, sticky and multi-layered. In a new report, Lixue Tang and a research team in biomedical engineering and nanoscience in China achieved the multilayer integration of an 800 percent stretchable, conformal and sticky electronic tattoo. The construct allowed the crease amplification effect, which amplified the output signal of the integrated sensors by three times. The team showed the possibility of transferring the tattoo to a different surface to formed a firm attachment without solvent or heat. The researchers used a straightforward method to fabricate the tattoo based on a layer-by-layer strategy with two materials used to fabricate the circuit mode within the tattoo. The three-layered tattoo integrated one heater and 15 strain sensors for temperature adjustment to monitor movement and to remotely control robots.

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TechsnGames Awards Best GTA V Mods For You To Try

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The best GTA mods can range from adding some graphical overhaul, to creating a whole new bizarre game by adding zombies, superheroes, and a lot more. There’s a community of GTA V modders out there always creating some subtle tweaks from core gameplay and aesthetics, to complete and bizarre overhauls.

Indeed, a ton of mods available online makes it hard to even know where to start. So, for starters, we at TechsnGames gathered together this list of some of the best GTA V mods available – highlighting some of the greatest creations for you to try. These mods will definitely make your GTA V gaming experience crazier, prettier, richer, and so much more interesting.

Unfortunately, putting GTA V mods isn’t that simple and easy. There are two essential files that you need to download first: GTAV LUA Plugin and Script Hook V.

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Report: Tencent raising billions to buy EA, Take-Two, or others

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Sources tell TMT Finance that Tencent is raising billions to buy out a new game company. Insiders believe Tencent could force a hostile takeover of Grand Theft Auto parent company Take-Two Interactive, or possibly make a deal to buy out EA.

The more likely scenario sees Tencent buying a South Korean developer, sources say. Targets include NetMarble, South Korea’s biggest mobile game maker, and Nexon, the developer behind Dungeon Fighter. Tencent is already the third biggest shareholder in NetMarble with a 17.6% stake and could force a hostile takeover by acquiring more stake in the company. Tencent also has exclusive rights to publish Nexon’s Dungeon Fighter in China, showing the giant has existing connections with both firms.

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Exceeds Expectations: New Atari VCS Tear-Down & Ryzen-Powered Console

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We’re taking apart the brand new Atari VCS console from 2021 / 2020. The Atari VCS remake is a small gaming box with an AMD Ryzen SOC and, just maybe, some potential.

We’ll be separately reviewing this Atari VCS to see whether it’s worth it. The box is actually pretty interesting, as it can be customized with a new OS and is somewhat upgradeable by the user. It’s a lot more than we expected under the shell — but our expectations were that it’d house a Raspberry Pi-style PCB. In reality, the VCS has had a lot more effort go into it than we expected, so that’s a good start. We’ll have to test it and use it for the review to determine whether it makes any sense to buy, of course.

‘Ocarina Of Time’ Has Been Remade In Unreal Engine, And It’s Painfully Beautiful

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I’ve seen a lot of Unreal Engine 4 remakes of classic games in my time, and I feel like so many of them miss the mark. While it’s always awesome to see my favourite games with a fresh coat of paint and enhanced graphics, a lot of these Unreal Engine remakes feel like they’re missing something. They’re technically impressive, of course, but they’re lacking that little extra flair – that art direction or unique style that made the very game its remaking such a timeless hit.

Not this one. YouTuber and Nintendo superfan Yianni Papazis has rebuilt the legendary N64 classic The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time in Unreal Engine 4, and it is stunning. This is, without doubt, the most impressive Unreal Engine remake I have ever seen, one that stays true to the bright colours and strange characters of the original game while looking like Nintendo could have released it for Switch yesterday. It’s achingly beautiful, and I mean that most sincerely.

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