Nyko Zoom for Kinect to hit Stores August 23

You might recall us talking about the Nyko Zoom for Kinect last month. The thing broke cover at E3 and promises to make it easier to play your Kinect games on the Xbox 360 in smaller rooms. The Zoom for Kinect is a clip on lens system.

The lens system zooms in on the user and allows the gamer to play with only about four feet of space. By default, the Kinect needs the user about eight feet from the sensors. I can tell you if you are closer than that the minimum distance, the odds of things working smoothly are slim.

We already knew most of the details on the Zoom for Kinect this side of the launch date. Nyko has announced that the Zoom for Kinect will launch on August 23. The device will sell for $29.99 and should make many fans of the Kinect that don’t use it much because of the accuracy issues in small spaces very happy.

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Apple Patent Details File Sharing Between Devices By “Pouring” Content

A new Apple Patent discovered by the Patently Apple website has unveiled a new method of sharing data between devices Apple has been working on that allows user to “pour” data from one device to another.

As expected from Apple its not going to just allow you to slide or bump devices together to transfer photos or data but is looking at something more funkier. As you can see from the image below the Patent covers a method of data transfer that uses the accelerometer and a pouring motion to tip images into one device from another as if under the influence of gravity.

Apple’s patent FIG. 1B illustrates an iPhone (device 110) in motion relative to the iPad (device 120). Here, the user has rotated their iPhone above the iPad’s interface (122) in a manner similar to tipping a glass of water. This angular motion can be detected by one or more onboard motion sensors.

As shown in FIG. 1B, detached objects 114a-114d could be animated to simulate the effect of gravity by “sliding” toward the lowermost portion of interface 112 as device 110 is rotated. The animation of the objects creates the appearance that the objects have mass and are reacting to forces of a real world, physical environment. In FIG. 1C, we see that the iPad could interpret the rotation of the iPhone as a pouring motion as an indication of the user’s intent to transfer the files represented by selected objects 114a-114d.

As with all Patents the registering of one doesn’t necessarily mean a company will actually adopt thedesign or concept into their products.But its interesting and refreshing to see Apple is still thinking out of the box when it comes to next generation features.

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iPhone 4 Gaming Add On Looks Awesome

We have featured a number of different gadgets that can be added on to your iPhone or iPad to give you some extra controls whilst playing your favourite game, the latest one is from designer Alan Li and it is the coolest one we have seen so far.

As you can see from the photos it is basically a case for the iPhone 4 that adds some gaming controls as well as a built in speaker, have a look  at the photos below.

This looks like a great concept, and we hope some manufacturer picks Alan’s design up and puts it into production, as it looks like it would be an awesoke accessory for iPhone gaming.

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WORLD's First 3D PRINTER

Objet has just launched a new compact office friendly 3D printer which is capable of jetting 2 materials at the same time to create advanced composite materials in one part, during a single print run.

Allowing designers and engineers to be able to create prototypes which will closely resemble their end-product with 60 different build materials available to choose from providing the capability to create up to 14 different materials in a single model part. Simulating anything from rubber to transparency to rigid ABS-grade engineering plastics. Watch a video demonstration after the jump.

The layers created by the Compact Objet260 Connex 3D Printer are 16-micron and its tray size is 260 x 260 x 200 mm it also includes easy-to-insert materials in fully sealed cartridges which are REACH compliant. more information about the new compact Objet260 Connex 3D printer is available from the Objet website.

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