http://theinternetnerd.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:10:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's that time again, time for another top 10 count down. In this installment, Machinima's Steve and Larson count down the ten greatest video game engines of all-time. They include: the Infinity Ward, Gamebryo, iD Tech engines and more. Continue reading to see them all. More here: Top 10 Video ... http://theinternetnerd.com/2012/02/04/top-10-video-game-engines-of-all-time/ Thanks to heated sheets of carbon nanotubes, underwater invisibility cloaks on a large scale could be closer to reality than you think. In technical terms, "Ali Aliev and colleagues at the University of Texas in Dallas embedded a sheet of carbon nanotubes into aerogel, a foam-like material; when electrically ... http://theinternetnerd.com/2012/02/04/underwater-invisibility-cloak-creates-a-mirage/ There's nothing wrong with owning a non-Apple laptop, but when you're in a lecture hall filled with MacBooks, it does make you seem a bit out of place, or so this image wants you to think. Click here to see more funny school pictures, courtesy of Schoolfailblog .org. Continue ... http://theinternetnerd.com/2012/02/04/spot-the-laptop-that-doesnt-belong/ Researchers at Igarashi Design Interfaces Project in Tokyo, Japan have developed smart headphones, called "Universal Headphones", that "automatically switch channels when placed in the wrong ear." Continue reading for a video demonstration. The new "Universal Headphones" solve the mix-up problem by placing a proximity sensor on one of the ... http://theinternetnerd.com/2012/02/04/researchers-develop-smart-headphones-that-can-detect-which-ear-the-buds-are-in/ Photo credit : RhymeSyndicate Historically speaking, "Japanese animation dates to 1917, and many original Japanese cartoons were produced in the ensuing decades, the characteristic anime style developed in the 1960s - notably with the work of Osamu Tezuka - and became known outside Japan in the 1980s." This is ... http://theinternetnerd.com/2012/02/04/if-star-wars-was-an-anime/ Pick up lines rarely work these days, or so we heard, but if you're going to attempt one, be sure it's not one of these weird winter-themed examples. For example, putting pneumonia and chills together is something best left for your physician, and not a potential crush. Continue reading ... http://theinternetnerd.com/2012/02/04/weird-pick-up-lines-geeks-shouldnt-use-this-winter/ Researchers at National Taiwan University have built a real-life transformers-inspired robot that boasts wheels that "fold in half to form crude legs so it can go where no wheeled robot has gone before." Continue reading for a video. [via Geekologie ] View post:  Real-Life Transformers Robot Has Wheels That Turn ... http://theinternetnerd.com/2012/02/04/real-life-transformers-robot-has-wheels-that-turn-into-legs/ What could be better than enjoying great food with awesome company, adding in some sweeping water views, or so we'd like to think. These cool floating restaurants will provide just that, and possibly more. Continue reading to see a few of the world's coolest. [Sources 1 | 2 | ... http://theinternetnerd.com/2012/02/04/worlds-coolest-floating-restaurants/ That's right, "it's not just flat stones that can skip across the surface of water; despite their spherical shape, water-bouncing balls can jump across ponds just as seamlessly." This super ball was developed by Tadd Truscott and his team at Brigham Young University in Utah." Video after the break. ... http://theinternetnerd.com/2012/02/04/researchers-develop-super-ball-that-can-skim-across-water-like-a-skipping-rock/ The FC Mobile II makes "retro NES excitement available at your fingertips, gracing all its glory with a 2.5" Active Matrix LCD Screen and auto-fire buttons." It's currently on sale for just $45.59 shipped (normally $59.99). Product page . Continue reading for a video demonstration. Then, plug the FC ... http://theinternetnerd.com/2012/02/04/fc-mobile-ii-nes-portable-with-light-gun-goes-on-sale/