The Geek Church

They say that one of the biggest water wasting activities is long showers. Yes, I am guilty of this. Even hotel bathrooms warn us to use water sparingly. This is actually where Paul Priestman, director of U.K. design firm Priestmangoode, got the idea for the Waterpebble.

The Waterpebble is, for lack of a better word, a pebble-shaped device that is made for the floor of the shower. Some sort of special sensors in the Waterpebble can sense how much water has flowed past it and down to the drain, and shows this amount with an indicator light.

The green light means that your shower is the proper length. As long as it is still on, you are saving the Earth. The yellow light is, of course, a cautionary alarm, as you have used just enough. As you might have guessed, a red light means that you should stop your shower now.

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The Samsung Beat R1 has got a pricetag now.

Ah, that Motorola QUENCH (CLIQ XT). It’s coming to North America.

Check out this Junaio 2.0 Augmented Reality App, available now. Speaking of augmented reality, you should see this iKat. Both are augmented reality advancements.

Here’s an interesting game that can be played with Twitter, the Tweet Defense. Here is an MMO game for Twitter known as BackChatter.

Microsoft is planning on releasing some 3D games. Not a big shock there, but these 3D games could be coming to Windows phones.

The MSI Wind12 U230 is available today.

Here’s a Scrabble-like game for the iPhone known as Words with Friends.

This one Study at Stanford University has shown that students are “addicted” to their iPhones. Uh-oh.

Samsung has put a price on their point-and-shoots that were unveiled at PMA.

Sony has announced seven new LCD TVs.

Check out this Water-Scraper. Would you live there? I would.

Welcome to the ExiTool, in case you need to cut yourself out of the seatbelt.

It today’s reading, Balak hired Balaam, but he sort of didn’t do what he expected. In fact, just the opposite. However, Balak got what he paid for, it just wasn’t what happened.

Go ahead and read Numbers 23-24, Proverbs 20, and then the entry here.

Since its release quite a while ago, the Nintendo Wii has been offering gamers the chance to play with the use of full body motion to make gameplay more interactive. Some players also find the Wii very helpful for getting an actual workout to exercise and improve their own health. In recent years, we’ve seen fitness games and products released for the Nintendo console such as WiiFit and game developers like EA Sports have also joined the fitness gaming genre. Now EA is preparing to give us their latest fitness development.

Last year, EA Sports released a fitness game called Active, which included jumping, arm motion and cardio-style workouts for those gamers looking to get more exercise. Now EA offers a new follow-up called Active 2.0. At this time, it is still in development but upon its release in the fall, it will be compatible with the Wii, PS3, iPod and iPhone. The program for Active 2.0 promises to deliver “true fitness” through a new wireless control system using leg and arm straps with motion sensors, a heart rate monitor and an online hub to track and share information from exercise.

However, available sources do not explain how the iPod and iPhone will be involved in the use of this new fitness gaming program. Furthermore, it is also interesting that Active 2.0 seems to have excluded the X-Box 360 as a game console for compatibility. Personally, I have to wonder how well EA Sports will do in keeping their promises concerning this new development. Unanswered questions about iPod and iPhone use and 360 compatibility could be just cause for reasonable doubt about the credibility of Active 2.0.

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Hello, gamers, if you’re a fan of sports games, celebrity athletes and the Nintendo Wii, then you’re reading the right article! EA Sports and Nintendo Wii’s Motion Plus have come together to offer you a new gaming experience in golfing. That being said, this game is, of course, starring golf superstar Tiger Woods.

Recently at this year’s Game Developers Conference, EA Sports unveiled a new game called Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf 11. As the new sequel in this game series, Golf 11 is very similar to the last one, Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf 10, which came out last year and was well-received as an impressive and well-developed game. However, the new sequel will give players a unique game feature called “True View”.

True View is a new feature for the game camera that allows gamers to play from the golfer’s perspective when swinging the club. Once this new camera mode is activated, point the Wii remote downwards and the game camera lets you see through the eyes of your character. While looking downward at the ball, the player will aim at the “zero point” on the ground to drive, chip or putt. The Wii MotionPlus-enhanced Wii remote makes this possible by providing greater accuracy in the game movements. These movements are easily seen as they are shown on the game screen, precisely capturing your use of the golf club.

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