Friday, August 15, 2008

ausTech news Episode 98: OLYMPIC BRAIN CONTROL

Episode 98: Olympic brain control!

I finally get my hands on the OCZ Nia, which is billed as a brain input device to control your gaming controls with it - if its true as they say, it's a revolution in how you control your games! I sit down and ponder about this, as I try it out. In the first week, I give my impressions so far as well as videos of using it.

Nvidia may have a problem with faulty laptop graphics cards brewing up, and more are covered in this weeks episode of ausTech news. dive in!


Remember you can always subscribe by clicking the podcast icon in the top right, or by putting this link into your iTunes/podcast program: http://feeds.feedburner.com/AustechNews - Its easy and free to subscribe, and gives you the show as soon as we make them!



You can have a listen using the player here:




If you'd like, you can download this show straight away (32:12, 18.4mb), by clicking here (if you get a prompt, you want to save it to your computer)

Lastly, we are also on digg, if you would like to vote for us on there!:
http://digg.com/podcasts/ausTech_news


Shownotes:

GTA IV for PC Announced!
joystiq.com - source

Nvidia admits - we have a problem
engadget.com - source

Nvidia begins the price wars
overclock3d.net - source

John Carmack nothankyou.jp's wii development
kotaku.com - worth it for the funny internet meme!

Microsoft talks about plans for new OS - Midouri
overclock3d.net - source

Internode unleashes new plan updates
internode.on.net - source

OCZ Nia Discussion
See below for more information. The Day three video is below in last post, as well!


Tip of the week:
Colourize it
A great way to easily upload photos and tweak their colour.
A more powerful feature however, i to be able to modify the entire css and
html /images of a forum layout, and alter its colours.
A quick and easy way to personalize your website!
http://beta.colorizeit.com/
Video of the week:
OCZ Nia - Day 7
Watch me try out the OCZ Nia device, as I continue to learn to make
use of it. I use the mouse only to aim, and keyboard to change the weapon
in some parts.
Go watch on youtube or...





Our email address is austechnews@gmail.com . However feel free to leave a voice mail for feedback and comments on the show as well. Thanks for supporting the show and listening to it!

No comments: