Category: Healthcare & Fitness
Released: Dec 04, 2008
Price: $0.99

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EyeTraining is a excellent tool to relax your eyes and strengths your focus! EyeTraining contains three parts: - Training- EyeYoga- Testing Area Use TRAINING to strenght your focus while you keep on focus on the displaying �E�s�.There is a sheet with different sizes of an �E�. Shake or animate this sheet to make it more diversified. EYEYOGA is a great way to relax your eyes. All you have to do is focus the �E� and follow to the next �E� when it is poping up. This works well aslong as you have different sizes and places of objects! This exercise will takes around 2 minutes. Do it with ur left eye first and after the first two minutes close your left eye and keep on focus with your right eye!This is one of the best way to relax your eyes! Try to repeat it every day! Under TESTING you�ll find a kind of a game. Hit start and the first �E� is shown on the display. Click the right button with the direction of the �E�. (Up, down, left, right)This exercise is good for focus your eyes and for your ability to respond as well.



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img src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/12/gallery_gizmodo/gizmodo_t.jpg'/img: Photo: Eliot Van Buskirk/Wired.compNEW YORK – Popular technology blog Gizmodo has set up shop in a Manhattan art gallery to showcase some of the rarest and most intriguing gadgets from the past hundred years or so, including never-released Apple prototypes, the first Sony Walkman, a flying aerial surveillance camera and more./pp The Gizmodo Gallery opened Thursday at the Reed Annex (151 Orchard St.), but we snuck in Wednesday night to photograph the most fascinating stuff on display here. The show runs through Sunday afternoon, giving New Yorkers, tourists and gadget freaks a chance to gaze upon important pieces of our technological history, and interact with some more recent gadgets. /p img src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/12/gallery_gizmodo/dragan_t.jpg'/img: Photo: Eliot Van Buskirk/Wired.compNico Reyes of the Reed Annex sits blissfully unaware of the Draganflyer X6, a flying surveillance device that "makes crane shots obsolete," according to its creators. That may be the case, but we can't fight off our initial impression that this could be the last thing we will ever see. /pp With an expert at the remote control, the aerial carbon-fiber shutterbug navigates tight indoor spaces with ease according to Gizmodo editorial director Brian Lam, who said the beast is capable of holding steady in winds of up to 18 mph. A "failed motor logic" system keeps the system in operation even if two of the motors crap out. /pp Lam said the Draganflyer X6 accepts a night-vision camera or HD camera in addition to the vanilla flavor, and communicates its location to the remote using a GPS. As great as this gadget is for filmmakers and photographers, its potential application as a weapon is a bit worrying in a Terminator sort of way. /p img src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/12/gallery_gizmodo/sony_walkman_t.jpg'/img: Photo: Eliot Van Buskirk/Wired.compHere's the portable audio player that started it all: the original Sony Walkman, on loan from Sony's archives in Tokyo. Initially panned by critics, the Walkman became a worldwide sensation, eventually selling 340 million units. /pp Oddly, the device that kicked off the portable-audio revolution includes two headphone jacks for sharing music mdash; surely, unintentional prescience on the part of Sony, which could never have predicted the later connection between portable music formats and music sharing. /pp Model Alyssa Miller holds the original-model Walkman./p img src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/12/gallery_gizmodo/apple_tablet_t.jpg'/img: Photo: Eliot Van Buskirk/Wired.compLegendary Silicon Valley design firm Frog Design lent Gizmodo a couple of Apple prototypes to display, including this MacBook Tablet mock-up, modeled here by Paulo. /pp Apple and Frog Design conceived this prototype using their Snow White design language, according to Gizmodo's Brian Lam. Although this portable tablet computer never saw the light of day, echoes of its design can be seen in the Apple IIc. /p img src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/12/gallery_gizmodo/atari_t.jpg'/img: Photo: Eliot Van Buskirk/Wired.compAtari never released a portable version of the Atari 2600 game console, but if it did, it may have ended up looking a lot like this Atari 2600 VCSp, seen here in the hands of writer Lisa Katayama. /pp The Atari 2600 VCSp is the work of hacker extraordinaire Benjamin Heckendorn (better known online as Ben Heck). This model is the first Heck ever made; he went on to build scores of vintage gaming mods that earned him a following among geeks and fans of vintage gaming. /p img src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/12/gallery_gizmodo/tenori_t.jpg'/img: Photo: Eliot Van Buskirk/Wired.compThis double-sided MIDI controller allows musicians to build loops of sound by pressing LED buttons arranged in a 16-by-16 grid. /pp This a href=" http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/10/tenori-on-lite-.html "video/a explains how it works, but the gist is that you control which loops play, and when they start and stop, by activating and deactivating the lights. /pp Unlike some of the other gear on display, the Tenori-On will be playable by gallery-goers who can listen to their own performances through a pair of headphones. /p img src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/12/gallery_gizmodo/dyson_level_t.jpg'/img: Photo: Eliot Van Buskirk/Wired.compGizmodo’s Brian Lam told us that the original Dyson vacuum cleaner was initially crippled in the U.S. market because manufacturers were worried it would cannibalize the multimillion-dollar market for replacement vacuum bags. /pp Luckily for inventor James Dyson, this version of his design was manufactured in Japan starting in 1983, giving Dyson the financial wherewithal to start making them himself. Twenty five years later, the descendents of the original Dyson are probably the world's most coveted model mdash; itself something of an accomplishment. Who would have predicted that vacuum cleaners could become such a hot topic? /pp Gizmodo's Matt Buchanan wields this original Dyson./p img src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/12/gallery_gizmodo/death_star_t.jpg'/img: Photo: Eliot Van Buskirk/Wired.compOne of the largest Lego sets ever released, this Death Star was destroyed on its way from Lego to the Gizmodo expo. Luckily, the company introduced Gizmodo to Lego enthusiast Jonathan Lopes of Brooklyn. /pp The self-described "Lego nerd" arrived on the scene to perform a reverse Luke Skywalker on the Death Star, rebuilding it in time for it to be displayed Thursday morning mdash; no small feat, considering that it's made from 3,800 pieces and that he worked only from a picture of the fully assembled version. /p img src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/12/gallery_gizmodo/apple_phone_t.jpg'/img: Photo: Eliot Van Buskirk/Wired.compAnother Apple prototype loaned to Gizmodo by Frog Design, this early '80s conception of an Apple phone featured a handset and a monochromatic screen and stylus, allowing the device's potential owner to sign checks electronically over phone lines. /pp When Apple finally released its first phone in 2007, it didn't even come with a stylus, and the screen was much smaller. /pp Gizmodo's Matt Buchanan picks up the handset. /p img src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/12/gallery_gizmodo/thanko_t.jpg'/img: Photo: Eliot Van Buskirk/Wired.compOne of the most useless pieces of electronics we have ever laid eyes on, Thanko's USB tie and gloves provide you with heat or cool when they're connected to your computer's USB port mdash; perfect for commuting and outdoor sports, assuming your USB cable is long enough. /pp The gloves heat up, while a compact fan located in the necktie's knot generates a gentle breeze mdash; worthwhile in theory, if not in practice. As Gizmodo's Matt Buchanan points out, "All USB gadgets are awesome in some way." /p img src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/12/gallery_gizmodo/picturephone_t.jpg'/img: Photo: Eliot Van Buskirk/Wired.compWhen this Bell Labs Picturephone debuted at the 1964 World's Fair, many of those who saw it in action, paired to an identical model in Disneyland, probably thought that every phone would feature video by the year 2000. They were close; instead, nearly every modern computer is capable of live videoconferencing, while home phones still largely resemble the models of the past. /pp A 1956 version of the Picturephone was capable of transmitting one picture every two seconds. This one apparently improved on that frame-rate by adding another two lines to the connection. This (nonfunctional) unit was borrowed from the ATT Archives and History Center. /pp Adam Lam uses the Picturephone pictured here to attempt contact with gadget freaks of the past, or so we imagine. /p img src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/12/gallery_gizmodo/zeiss_t.jpg'/img: Photo: Eliot Van Buskirk/Wired.compGoggles that let you watch video on a little virtual screen have been around for years, but many of them are plagued by poor image quality, low resolution and headache-inducing optics. /pp This pair, from the widely respected camera-lens manufacturer Zeiss, is an exception, with 640x480 resolution and an individual diopter for each eye that allows eyeglass-wearers to use the goggles. Battery life is four hours mdash; enough for all but the longest films. /pp In this shot, Gizmodo's Matt Buchanan watches a video stored on a video-capable iPod Nano. /p img src='http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2008/12/gallery_gizmodo/brian_lam_stomping_clear_t.jpg'/img: Photo: Eliot Van Buskirk/Wired.compWe wondered why two hunks of red foam and metal were included in the gallery, until Gizmodo editorial director Brian Lam took a break from overseeing the construction of displays to demonstrate them. /pp With each step, a thunderous, robot-stomp sound emanated from his slippers, and by the end of his demonstration, we were convinced that they did in fact belong in the gallery. 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Gameplay
In Left 4 Dead, the dreaded zombie apocalypse has finally occurred, and most of humanity has turned into a ravenous swarm hungry for succulent human flesh. A handful of survivors are immune to the zombie virus and, armed with weapons real and makeshift, must battle their way to a series of safe houses that ultimately lead to salvation and rescue. It's a thrilling tale of survival and horror, punctured by plenty of bullets and explosions.

In Call of Duty: World at War, you don't have much time to pat yourself on the back after crushing the Third Reich, because after the credits roll you find yourself facing hordes of Nazi Zombies. So you and three others must defend a bunker against unending waves of Nazi zombies, with each successive wave more challenging than the previous one. You gain points for killing zombies and repairing barricades and these points can be spent to purchase weapons, ammo, and to unlock rooms to the bunker. However, there is no salvation at the end of this game, as the zombies are a metaphor for the inescapable nature of death. You can fight to prolong your life as long as possible, but eventually the zombies will get you.

Winner: Left 4 Dead. There's a lot more depth and adventure to it. Plus, the fact that you can win makes it slightly less morbid.


Setting
If there's one weakness to Left 4 Dead it's the limited number of scenarios. Still, each of the four scenarios in the game has five levels that cover everything from forests, cities, sewers, and even an airport. There are 20 level totals, which is a boatload compared to Nazi Zombies' lone level, which is set in a drab bunker in the middle of a torn-up battlefield. Think of it as a concrete tomb.

Winner: Left 4 Dead. Not much of a contest here.


Zombie Variety
It's easy to feel sympathy at times for the zombies in Left 4 Dead. Clad in the clothes they were wearing when they got infected, you encounter former cops, soldiers, stylish young women, grandpas, and more. In the airport levels, it's not unusual to blast zombie pilots and TSA personnel, as well as a flight attendant or two. You run into the whole fabric of society, all now the walking dead. On the other hand, there aren't many qualms about blasting the zombies in Nazi Zombies, especially when they're wearing Wehrmacht uniforms. Take that, Fritzy!

Winner: Left 4 Dead.


Zombies Behavior
Nazi Zombies adheres to the original zombie concept, which is basically a shambling, walking corpse with poor coordination. Sure, the zombies get faster and tougher the further you get into the game, but ultimately they look and move like zombies should. Left 4 Dead goes for a more modern, revisionist take on zombies. These zombies are less like walking dead and more like enraged people. They sprint at you, leap over fences, and have a rage and purpose to their movements. Then there are the boss zombies, like the corpulent boomer that vomits on you, or the lanky smoker with his frog-like tongue. It's just not what you expect when you think zombie.

Winner: Nazi Zombies. What can we say? We like old fashioned zombies.



Single-Player Gameplay
It's possible to play Left 4 Dead by yourself, as the game will provide three decent bots to fill out the rest of your team. These bots are competent enough that you could make it through the scenarios on the default difficulty level, but at advanced and expert it becomes very difficult. Nazi Zombies, on the other hand, doesn't offer bots to help you out, and that makes things a lot harder, not to mention less fun. You definitely need to be playing with at least one other player in Nazi Zombies to really enjoy it.

Winner: Left 4 Dead.


Weapons
Since it is set during World War II, Nazi Zombies naturally features an arsenal of weapons appropriate to the era. There's the M1 Garand, the StG44 (the first major assault rifle), German "potato masher" grenades, and more. They're all solid weapons, and the only departure from reality is the ray gun, a sci-fi weapon straight out of 1940s movie cereals. And the bunker does have a handful of explosive barrels outside, but once you use them up, that's it.

Left 4 Dead relies on more generic weapons. Sure, the assault rifle looks like an M16 and the submachine gun looks like an Uzi, but they're referred to as merely "assault rifle" and "submachine gun." Then there's the shotgun, the combat shotgun, the hunting rifle, and the pistol. There are no proper grenades, but Molotov cocktails and pipe bombs make short work of the zombie horde. And Left 4 Dead also lets you use objects in the environment as weapons, such as gasoline containers and propane tanks. There's no shortage of mayhem, here.

Winner: Left 4 Dead. Sure, World at War's ray gun is cool, but give us exploding propane canisters any day.


Production Values
Left 4 Dead is built on the Source Engine, which originally powered Half-Life 2. Granted, Valve has added many improvements and features over the past four years, and the graphics have a very clean and crisp look to them. Call of Duty: World at War is built on the gorgeous engine that powered last year's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, and it offers plenty of eye candy itself. Both have great audio effects when it comes to weapon noises and zombie moans, but Left 4 Dead adds top quality voice acting and a rich script.

Winner: Left 4 Dead. This one is mainly due to its edge in the sound department.



Overall Winner
Left 4 Dead.

On paper, Left 4 Dead is the superior zombie game. Of course, that makes sense, since it's an entire game while Nazi Zombies is merely a bonus mode tacked onto the end of Call of Duty: World at War. Still, that's not to say Nazi Zombies isn't fun; it takes a little while to build up, but once the German zombies amp up the pressure you'll be caught up in the undead-killing action. But keep in mind that both games are a blast if you play with others online. And the upside is that both will prepare you well for whenever hell does fill up, and the dead do end up walking the Earth.

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Etta James blasts her way through a sad song, but it's not good enough. Leonard Chess taunts her and claims she's not "woman enough" for such a song. Didn't anyone ever walk out on her and leave her heartbroken? Take that and put it in the song, he suggests. She steps up for another take, and -- although she has tears in her eyes now -- it sounds pretty much the same. The main trouble with Cadillac Records is that no one took aside writer/director Darnell Martin with the same advice. Scene after scene, Cadillac Records is thin, flat and rote.

Like all biopics, the new film skims over years and years of history in a brief fling. All the moments are historical; they describe what happened, but not who they happened to. Sometime in the 1940s -- the movie is rarely very clear as to what year it is -- Leonard Chess (Adrien Brody) runs a junkyard and decides to get into "race music." He moves from a club to a record label and signs Muddy Waters (Jeffrey Wright), a blues guitarist straight off the plantation. There are a few nice, early scenes showing these two men touring together, sharing meals and getting the stink-eye from local rednecks, but the movie shies away from developing this friendship.

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You’re probably thinking, ”What the flock is FLOCK!?” Well, today you’re going to find out because we have a little surprise for you in the free issue of Qore today. Below are a couple of videos that show some of the quirky and original gameplay you’ll see in the game.

I want to introduce you to one of my co-workers, Robby Zinchak. Don’t let his young looks fool you. He’s an up-and-coming associate producer extraordinaire who’s ready to answer all your questions regarding this truly unique, downloadable game. Just don’t ask him to show you his ID. (Just kidding Robby.)
Hi! This is my first time posting here, so I figure I should introduce myself first My name is Robby, and I’m the Associate Producer on FLOCK! here at Capcom. As mentioned previously on this blog, the new episode of Qore (available today!) includes both a video feature on FLOCK! and a fully playable demo!
The premise of FLOCK! is simple: you’re a UFO (the ‘Flocker’) which seeks to abduct animals. Through the levels, you’ll abduct these cute animals by herding them into your Motherflocker (yes, really, we named the ship that :P). But it’s not a simple point A to point B operation – all sorts of peril and surprises lie between the animals and their destination. For instance, in one level you’ll play, there are crops between the sheep and the ship, so you’ll have to make crop circles with your UFO’s depressor beam to make a path for them to cross (finally we know the true purpose behind all those crop circles!). Through the game, you’ll have to contend with numerous challenges. Among these challenges, your flock will face pits, scarecrows, water, bridges, and even trampolines that’ll send them flying!
The full game also includes co-op gameplay, so you can bring a friend in to help you herd the animals. In co-op levels, you’ll have to work together to get your objectives met. For instance, one player may need to lift a gate while another player herds the animals through the gate. It’s a lot of fun, so look forward to it! One of our more unique features is the ability to create your own maps with our built in map-editor. We use the same tool to make the official levels, so you’ll have a lot of flexibility and power in the kind of maps you’re able to make. Plus, you can even upload your maps online where you’ll be able to share them with other players.
Each of the levels (over 50!) is replayable – there are bonuses to beating the map quickly and also beating the map perfectly by collecting all animals. As you beat levels, you’ll unlock new abilities to use and items to place in the editor. Sometimes you’ll need to unlock something later in the game that’ll help you beat a level earlier in the game perfectly. Between all the levels and modes included, we think you’ll be getting a lot of gameplay value out of this downloadable game!
So, hopefully that’s a good introduction to FLOCK!. Don’t forget to download the FLOCK! Winter Qore Demo — you’ll be among the first to ever play the game! It includes a full six levels, with three of the four animals unlocked to play with. We’ve even included the level editor to make your own levels! I’ll keep an eye out for comments here and reply where I’m able to. Keep your eyes out for more FLOCK! news in the coming weeks – we’ll have lots more information coming soon!


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div class="image"a href="http://pixhost.ws/avaxhome/big_show.php?/avaxhome/72/fd/0009fd72.jpeg" target="_blank"img src="http://pixhost.ws/avaxhome/72/fd/0009fd72_medium.jpeg" id="external_img_654706"//a/divbr/ div class="center"bThe Company of the Future/bbr/ Harvard Business School Press | 2002-01-15 | ISBN: 1578516579 | 224 pages | PDF | 3,5 MB/divbr/ In "The Death of Distance", veteran journalist Frances Cairncross presented a disturbingly accurate vision of how new communications technologies would change our lives. Now, she turns her incisive eye on how the Internet will forever alter the role of management and the structure of the organization. Inspired by Cairncross' acclaimed "Economist" survey, this book argues that we've grossly underestimated the power of the Internet to change the way companies behave. We're entering a volatile period of fundamental organizational change from which will emerge a new type of company - one that will require a new set of leadership and management skills to run it.

So you remember those rumors a few weeks back that Russell Brand was signing up as Johnny Depp's 'heir apparent' in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise? Well, it looks like Brand might be playing a charming drunk, but it's not going to be as part of the Sparrow clan. The Hollywood Reporter announced that Brand has started putting together a remake of the 1981 Dudley Moore comedy, Arthur, for Warner Brothers (with an eye of making it a starring vehicle).

The original starred Moore as a boozy playboy who will only inherit his massive fortune on the condition that he marries an heiress selected by his family. When he falls for Liza Minnelli (in the form of a working class woman) he turns to his valet (John Gielgud) for help when forced to choose between money and love.

After making a splash in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Brand started lining up plenty of projects for 2009, including, Bedtime Stories, Julie Taymor's The Tempest, and Get Him to the Greek (which reunites him with the Sarah Marshall crew). The timing really could not be better for Brand to take a little vacation stateside since he seems to be having a tough time in his native land.

When Arthur was first released, the film was a bit hit, and snagged Oscars for Supporting Actor and original music. But, I would be willing to guess that a lot of Brand's fans weren't born when the original was released and won't know the difference. Although, for me, the only true love able drunk on the big screen is Nick Charles..if anyone can make this remake work, it's Brand.

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New podcast released:

The PSP Show #84 - Sony Media Manager 3.0 (MP3 9.8 mb 10 minutes 40 seconds)
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there we go, I’m back, and managing to get one in before the end of the month - you lot should know by now I sometimes go walkabout (the secret is to check my Twitter for activity).

Anyway, that just means there is a lot to catch up on in the news, so pay attention in class, there’s new game releases (LocoRoco 2, Super Stardust Portable and Patapon 2), news on the latest firmware and the scanline issue in the PSP-3000, the descending levels of piracy, and the potentially climbing levels thanks to the Datel Lite Blue Tool.

And rather than a game review, I’m casting my eye over Sony’s Media Manager 3.0, a free utility released this month to check your PSP files under control and make your life easier.

http://psp.thepodcastnetwork.com/200...ia-manager-30/

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