tremors
Latest
Violinist fiddles with a smart bow to help his brain surgery
It's common for brain surgery patients to stay awake. That's how surgeons know everything is going smoothly, after all. When concert violinist Roger Frisch started suffering from tremors that are only a problem when he's playing, however, Mayo Clinic doctors had to resort to some rather unusual technology to find out if they were installing the necessary brain pacemaker correctly. The surgical crew gave Frisch a bow equipped with a motion-tracking sensor and asked him to fiddle during the operation; the team knew it had electrodes in the right spot when the musician's performance was steady.
Daily Mac App: Tremors
Who says we're not topical here at TUAW. For our Daily Mac App, I bring you Tremors. Developed by TUAW's own Michael Jones, this $2.99 app helps you monitor seismic activity around the globe. It leverages USGS data, but it includes quake data from all over. Tremors had no trouble locating today's Virginia shake-up, seen above. What's more, it offered that in terrain, roadmap view, satellite and hybrid modes. When you zoom in using Satellite, you can see these quakes had epicenters right in the middle of someone's backyard. A handy list-view lets you see where each quake has happened and when. It surprised me how many quakes took place around the world in just the last few hours. Virginia looks piddling in that list, although I'm told that it's all about how the plates are laid out, not about just the magnitude and distance from the epicenter. Anyway, Tremors is a cool app to explore and hopefully very few of you will have to get up close or personal with any of the seismic activity reported there in.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Blu-ray arrives November 9, with bonus streaming movie
Michael Cera fans can smile, as Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is coming to Blu-ray November 9, and appears to be getting the premium treatment with plenty of extras. Check the press release after the break for a full list of the special features exclusive to this Blu-ray, but beware as it's long, with plenty of time dedicated to explaining the story's journey from comic book page to screen. Of course, since it's a Universal disc it's also getting the pocket BLU BD-Live integration that allows remote control and content access from computer or mobile device, and viewers choice of either Tremors or Pitch Black as a free streaming movie for a short time. Not that many people checked this one out in theaters, but we imagine its video game-style look will fit very well on the HDTV this winter.
Tunneling travel video appears for Champions Online
We told you about it in our expansive hands-on previews of the game, but now you can see it for yourself. The latest travel power video for Champions Online is here, and it's Tunneling! Now you can pop up behind your enemies Tremors-style, the maul them with whatever powers you've happened to choose.Just don't do it to us, because that's totally not cool.Burrowing, or Tunneling if you like, can be a lot of fun and is surprisingly faster than you'd think for a movement power that involves digging through the ground. Between this and swinging, we get the feeling that players are going to be dropping in and popping up all over the place come launch day in July. Check out the full video after the break.
