It’s been a while since we ventured into the area of science. I am doing just about everything possible to get him off this “electricity kick” he is living. One day Brennan drew 23 pictures of high and low voltage electric lines. That was quite a day. Tomorrow, I intend to try out this new airplane, descriptively called “the Hooptie”. Here are some photos of it:
So, your first thought is probably “that flies?” It sure does. It’s actually pretty fast and travels a long distance, all things considered. It took all of a few minutes to build. Needed a few things:
- Tape
- a 3×5 index card
- a straw
To build was very simple:
- Cut the index card into three 1 in wide strips.
- Make 1 strip into a circle and tape on the inside and outside
- Take the other two strips and make into a circle, also taping inside and outside.
- Cut the flexy part off the straw.
- Attach the hoops to the straw at either end. I bent the bigger hoop a little bit so that it would sit upright. Look at how it is attached in the first picture on the left.
Using it is pretty simple too. Throw it hard and watch it zoom.
I’ll post a video of results tomorrow when he wakes up.
Dana
Why would you want to play a game on the ps3 where you fly flower petals through a field? Well, that was the same question that I asked myself before I logged on the PlayStation Network and downloaded Flower by thatgamecompany. Being skeptical, I downloaded the movie to see Kelli Santiago, President of thatgamecompany, talking about Flower as an attempt to pull emotion from the player. Normally, that would have been strike 2 for me – flowers and then emotions. Then, I watched the video and saw it was a game with really great visuals and was onl going to cost me $10. Ok, I am in for $10 – I’ll support an indie game maker for that.
Now, I am 9% of the way into the game per the PS3 trophy I just won and I have decided that it is blog-worthy. The game starts with a single flower petal in a very dreary apartment which is perhaps in Beijing. It might not be Beijing but from my visit there, the view out of the window looks alot like it with the cranes and smog. As you navigate to the single flower with the very simple SIXAXIS control, your eyes appear to shut and then open to a wide open, sunny, green field. Again, you are flying a single flower petal in this open field.
As you move about the field, everything you touch seems to come to life and the chain of petals flying behind you grows as you touch each flower. While the vibrant colors are beautiful on an HD TV, there is nothing at all conventional about this game from what I can tell so far – there is no score, no lives, no death. It is unusual and I wonder if the general public will take to it. At a minimum, I hope everyone at least tries it.
