Command & Conquer coded in HTML5
January 24, 2012 – 9:57 pm | No Comment

Remember the classic RTS known as Command & Conquer? Well, an enterprising coder, Aditya Ravi Shankar, actually recreated the strategy game using nothing but HTML5, where it runs on 69k of Javascript. Why did he set out on such an adventure? For starters, Shankar’s attempt was a self-mandated undertaking in order to improve his coding skills, where he gave himself a one month window to rebuild the game in the browser, and had to comb through the original game’s files in order to obtain all the right sprites, sounds and specs. According to Shankar, “In hindsight, I might have wanted to take smaller steps and make a tower defense game instead of jumping directly into an RTS. Trying to do the whole thing in under a month all by myself wasn’t the smartest idea.” As part of Shankar’s recreation of Command & Conquer, it included buildings, terrain, combat, tiberium harvesting and regrowth, in addition to the ability to sell and repair buildings. You want fog of war? It has that, too, in addition to a pannable map, different cursors, …

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Indoor Personal Mobility Robot rides like a Segway

Submitted by admin on January 14, 2010 – 3:11 amNo Comment

09204d815332027.jpg Indoor Personal Mobility Robot rides like a Segway

The Indoor Personal Mobility Robot isn’t the first robotic wheelchair we’ve seen, but it’s decidedly the most Japanese-looking. Just look at those cutesy eyes!

Developed by the University of Tokyo as a prototype for what could later be the real deal, the Indoor Personal Mobility Robot should be familiar to anyone who’s spent some time on a Segway, though here you’re sitting down. The seat of the wheelchair has sensors in it so that it knows when someone is occupying it, and, once you’re on the round cushion, your movements — leaning forward, back and turning side-to-side — will signal to the chair where you want to go.

Really, though, the main draw of the chair would be its looks, as it’s though that it would be a great aid to the elderly and anyone who’d need to get around the house. (Well, a house with no stairs.) Could its bug-like antennae eyes win over our seniors? Who knows!

Check out a video of the chair in action below:

DigInfoNews, via CrunchGear

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