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James Cameron-backed Planetary Resources to search the universe for Unobtainum Apr 24th 2012, 08:25 Planetary Resources will reportedly announce later today that it's developing and selling low-cost spacecraft to mine asteroids close to the Earth. The space exploration and natural resources venture is led by X-Prize creator Peter Diamandis and NASA's former Mars chief, Eric Anderson -- with cash backing from James Cameron, Eric Schmidt and Larry Page amongst others. Within a decade, the company hopes to kickstart a 21st century gold rush by selling orbiting observation platforms to prospectors with significant rewards -- a 30-meter long asteroid could hold as much as $50 billion worth of platinum at today's prices. The company's own teaser materials promised that the project would add "trillions of dollars" to the world's GDP, which sounds like a film we saw recently. James Cameron-backed Planetary Resources to search the universe for Unobtainum originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 24 Apr 2012 04:25:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  Reuters  | Email this | Comments Google Docs bumps up free storage to 5GB, primes servers for Drive? Apr 24th 2012, 08:03 Is space at a premium in your Google Docs folder? Good news from Mountain View, then, as it's just stealth-increased the storage allowance for its cloud-based document editor. Unfortunately, anyone that's already plumped for a paid extension of their Google Docs storage won't see an extra 5GB on top. This new storage limit also tallies with what we're expecting to see from Google Drive -- presumably pretty soon. [Thanks Kenji] Google Docs bumps up free storage to 5GB, primes servers for Drive? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 24 Apr 2012 04:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments Transformer Prime gets power of reincarnation with Team Win Recovery Project 2.1.2 Apr 24th 2012, 07:41 Known affectionately as Twrp, this handy utility allows you to backup and recover your Android world even as you flit effortlessly between different custom ROMs. Two-point-oh worked great on a limited selection of devices, like the Nexus S, Kindle Fire and TouchPad, but this latest update brings improved support for Honeycomb tablets and ICS handsets like the Galaxy Nexus, while also doing its thing on the Transformer Prime for the first time. Team Win has even introduced a OpenRecoveryScript function, which lets apps influence the recovery process in order to preserve even more consciousness across rebirths. Now, if only we could root karma. Transformer Prime gets power of reincarnation with Team Win Recovery Project 2.1.2 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 24 Apr 2012 03:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  RootzWiki  | Email this | Comments Cargo-Bot is a deceptively simple iPad puzzle game, made on the iPad (video) Apr 24th 2012, 07:19 After flinging avian creatures no longer provides a suitable outlet for your mental acumen, you may wish to graduate to a more challenging level of iPad gameplay. Might we suggest moving crates? Seriously, though, while the premise behind Cargo-Bot may seem effortless, it's actually nothing of the sort. In the game, players must program a crane to properly situate boxes, but with the help of loops and conditional variables, it rewards players for discovering the most efficient method. We definitely dig the idea behind Cargo-Bot, but what makes it truly unique is the fact that it was programmed entirely on the iPad with Codea -- which also makes it a first of its kind. Go ahead and check out the free app for yourself in the source below, but if you need a bit more convincing, just hop the break for a quick premise of the game. Continue reading Cargo-Bot is a deceptively simple iPad puzzle game, made on the iPad (video) Cargo-Bot is a deceptively simple iPad puzzle game, made on the iPad (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 24 Apr 2012 03:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  Cargo-Bot (iTunes)  | Email this | Comments

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