Portal 2

Recently released Portal 2 is the sequel to the popular game Portal where your character uses a portal gun to complete a wide array of puzzles and platforms, by manipulating how things move through the portals. Basically the main idea of the game is to shoot holes in the walls and floors to create portals that you can walk through or push things through. Coinciding with its interesting concept the trailers look interesting and it has the potential to be a very fun game, that challenges the mind and your skill with your system of choice.

A big problem with the last game was that if you fell to far, anything above a few feet, you died and had to restart, but  in this game your character gets new boots which allow your character to fall great distances just in case you miss your target or portal and fall. Another big change to the game is the introduction of the platform which is where the floor moves to help you get to higher place and form pathways that were not possible in the previous game.

This game released on April 19th at exactly 7 A.M. Pacific Standard Time to Stream, a website where you can purchase games for PC, Mac for $50.00. it is also available for PS3 and Xbox 360.

For more information visit their site: http://www.thinkwithportals.com/

or visit http://store.steampowered.com/ to purchase the game for your computer.

Robotic Arms, Prosthetics of the Future

Artificial Muscle-operated Arm (AMO) is the future of prosthetic limbs. Instead of the current prosthetic arms which just hang at your side, this machine reads your brain waves then translates those signals into signals that the arm can read allowing you to move your prosthetic arm. As of now it can only move the arm not the fingers, but considering that it was built by college students at the Ryerson University in California.

"Independent finger movements require many more sensors," one of the creators, Thiago Caires said. "For example, while not impossible, it's still quite difficult to grab a key and unlock a door"

The mechanics behind this arm will revolution how disabled people cope with the loss of a limb by allowing the machine to act like the normal limb. The technology behind the arm has a lot of potential. This also has the potential to allow you to place your mind into a machine, and also opens up the avenue of an iron man type machine, which could create super-soldiers.

For more information visit: http://www.robaid.com/bionics/brain-controlled-artificial-muscle-operated-amo-arm.htm

or

http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/05/amo-arm-pneumatic-prosthetic-does-mind-control-on-the-cheap/