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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Video: Japanese Baby Robot Affetto
February 9, 2011 – 10:15 am | No Comment
Video: Japanese Baby Robot Affetto Japan has a new, creepy baby robot. Following kid-like humanoids M3-neony/M3-synchy , M3-Kindy and Noby and a bunch of similar robots, we can now give you the Affetto (Italian for “affection). The Affetto is the brain child of Prof. Minoru Asada (who also developed the M3-Kindy and Noby from last year). In contrast to aforementioned robots, Affetto at this point is just a robotic head that’s supposed to look like that of a one to two-year old child. It can move its eyes, jaws, eyebrows, and lips, ...
This robotic baby head is absolutely terrifying
February 8, 2011 – 3:19 pm | No Comment
This robotic baby head is absolutely terrifying Feel like being creeped out? Just check out this horrifying robotic baby face, which comes to you straight out of Japan.
Terminator robotic hand of doom is now a reality
January 26, 2011 – 3:17 am | No Comment
Terminator robotic hand of doom is now a reality The iconic metal hand left behind by the time traveling robot terror known as the Terminator just got one step closer to reality.
The Best Lego Builds of the Year [Bestof2010]
January 2, 2011 – 10:22 am | No Comment
The Best Lego Builds of the Year [Bestof2010] We've seen some remarkable and imaginative projects this year employing the iconic blocks, here are a few of our favorites. 1. In Soviet Russia, Lego Can't Even Make Its Own Products Right For Its Ads This is one of the best series of adverts I've ever clapped eyes on. Last month, Lego Russia released a series of ads showing some of ...
Korea now using robots to teach their kids English
December 29, 2010 – 4:43 am | No Comment
Korea now using robots to teach their kids English Apparently there's a real shortage of affordable English teachers in South Korea, so they're now testing a robot called Engkey to connect their students to cheaper teachers in the Philippines.
Smule’s Experimental New Money Model: Street Performance
December 23, 2010 – 8:07 pm | No Comment
After you’ve made a series of iOS App Store hits like I Am T-Pain , Glee Karaoke , Leaf Trombone , and Magic Fiddle , what do you do next to further bolster that yearly revenue? You could make another iPhone app, sure — or you could follow in the footsteps of countless mimes, jugglers, dudes-painted-to-look-like-robots and breakdancers before you, and turn to the streets . So that’s what Smule did. Lookin’ to bring in some extra cash for their Q4 reports (read: looking to have some fun and ...
Happy German worker robot smiles when assigned extra work
December 23, 2010 – 5:31 am | No Comment
Happy German worker robot smiles when assigned extra work Sometimes there's a pretty thin line between happiness and smugness, and this smiling new workerbot from Germany's Fraunhofer Institute reacts in ways that just might rub its human coworkers the wrong way.
Watch a Chevy Volt Get Assembled in 2 Minutes [Video]
December 1, 2010 – 8:21 pm | No Comment
Watch a Chevy Volt Get Assembled in 2 Minutes [Video] The Chevy Volt! The Car of the Future! Watch as robots and humans put one together in harmony, in just two beautiful time lapse minutes. [Wired]
Future battles to be fought by armies of robots
November 10, 2010 – 1:30 am | No Comment
Future battles to be fought by armies of robots In the future, armies of robots will fight each other on the behalf of humans looking to avoid the messiness that combat entails. And why not?
Daily Crunch: Plot Points Edition
October 8, 2010 – 1:53 am | No Comment
Daily Crunch: Plot Points Edition CEATEC 2010: Hands-on With Fujitsu’s “Social” Teddy Bear Robots (Video) Is There Room In Your Life For The Awesome Prizm Full-Color Graphing Calculator? Moleskine Celebrates Pac-Man’s 30th Anniversary Limited Edition Notebooks Herman Miller’s Sayl Chair: Live Unframed Wheeled Sequel To Skitterbot Isn’t Nearly As Creepy Read more crunchgear