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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Riding the most advanced unicycle ever built

Submitted by admin on April 9, 2010 – 9:41 pmNo Comment

Yesterday we got a chance to take a ride on the Honda U3-X Personal Mobility Prototype. Never heard of it? It looks kind of like a unicycle from the future, and it works similar to a Segway. With a limp.

After turning on this sleek and relatively lightweight (22 lbs) piece of metal and plastic, you fold out a simple seat and a couple of footrests. Sit down, put your feet in place, and moving is as easy as leaning in any direction, thanks the same balancing technology in Honda’s Asimo robot.

It’s not exactly hotrodding — maximum speed is 3.7 mph, or about the same as a leisurely walk — but it’s virtually effortless. When it’s time to juice up, you can plug it in to any outlet, and a charge lasts about an hour. Coolest aspect: Honda’s omnidirectional wheel tech, which doesn’t need to actually turn the wheel when you want to move sideways.

But what’s a ride on this thing actually like?

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