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Forum Projects (1 Comments) (link)  Tuesday, 29-July-2014  18:13:40 (GMT +10) - by Agg Catching up on some more projects and reviews from the forums: Kommandant33 is working on making a PC all rusty mcfee03 reviewed the Gigabyte P15F laptop ginger_nuts is building a chilled test bench Ameel is making a 10-channel Fan Controller jompenleet has finished a Phantom 820 build and ASIGN_Baz has finished his backyard observatory Tuesday Morning (7 Comments) (link)  Tuesday, 29-July-2014  01:01:04 (GMT +10) - by Agg Illegal downloading is in the headlines once again, with a leaked discussion paper from the Federal Government. A UMR Research study cited in the draft paper found that an estimated 21 per cent of all Australians over the age of 18 had engaged in online piracy. Furthermore, when Game of Thrones’ fourth season premiered in April, more people in Australia illegally downloaded the program than anywhere else in the world. Australia accounted for 11.6 per cent of the piracy, and Melbourne was the worst-offending city on the globe, according to TorrentFreak. Meanwhile in Sydney, a cartoon character has been arrested. But after police spoke to the man the found that all the “weapons” were plastic fakes and he was dressed as “Spiderman” as part of a charity fundraising campaign called Superhero Week. He was wearing the costume to work to help raise money for Bear Cottage at Manly, a hospice for children. Deadpool, not Spiderman.. ArsTechnica report on a magic fighter pilot helmet. In addition to providing the navigational and targeting information typically shown in a combat aircraft’s heads-up display, the HMDS also includes aspects of virtual reality, allowing a pilot to look through the plane. Using a collection of six high-definition video and infrared cameras on the fighter’s exterior called the Distributed Aperture System (DAS), the display extends vision a full 360 degrees around the aircraft from within the cockpit. Sniper spotted this video of a couple of Aussies setting up to play Doom on an ATM. Playing Doom on an NCR Personas ATM using the OEM PC and display, plus an i-Pac controller for mapping the side buttons, and eventually, the PIN pad. Seems to be more info here on Hackaday. Amazon are jumping onto the 3D printing bandwagon with a new 3D printing section (affiliate link). 3D Printers make a variety of objects using a laser that move along an X, Y and Z axis to build an object in three dimensions. 3D printing is considered the future of print and manufacturing, and is set to dramatically change the way we buy and produce products in the future. Browse our selection of 3D printed jewelry, home decor, tech accessories, toys & games, and more. No matter the occasion or budget, there is something for everyone in our gallery of 3D printed products. It'll be interesting to see where they go with this. Discussion here. From Marc: Thought you might like to know that the Australian gaming/streaming group ‘We Play’ will be hosting a live webcast on the 9th of August in support of the Childs Play charity. It is a day-long event where we play games, get drunk, cook lunch and laugh at each other whilst raising money for a worthwhile charity. There's a Facebook Event here, a Youtube Stream here and a Childs Play Event/Donation Page here. Monday Afternoon Reviews (0 Comments) (link)  Monday, 28-July-2014  13:25:49 (GMT +10) - by Agg Motherboard & CPU: Intel Core i7-3960X vs Core i7-3930K 3-way SLI Gaming-Performance on OCAholic. Biostar Hi-Fi Z97WE on OCClub. Cooling: Noctua industrialPPC Series fans on Vortez. Enermax Liqtech 240 CPU Cooler video review on HWHeaven. Gamer Storm Maelstrom 240 AIO Liquid CPU Cooler on Tweaktown. Storage: Kingston SSDNow V310 960GB SSD Upgrade Kit on NikKTech. OCZ RevoDrive 350 480GB Solid State Drive on APHNetworks. ADATA SP610 SSD Review (512GB) on TheSSDReview. Crucial M550 2.5" SATA SSD Full Capacity Roundup on PCPerspective. Input Etc: GAMDIAS HERMES Ultimate Black Mechanical Gaming Keyboard on NikKTech. Logitech Illuminated Living Room Keyboard K830 on Techgage. Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog Flight Stick on Tweaktown. Portable & Prebuilt: Lenovo ThinkPad W540 Mobile Workstation Laptop on Tweaktown. x86 on Android: A quick look at Asus' Memo Pad ME176C tablet on TechReport. Kingston MobileLite Wireless G2 on LegitReviews. Cases: Streacom NC1-GK NUC Chassis on TechPowerUp. Corsair Carbide Series Spec-01 Mid-Tower on eTeknix. Cooltek W1 Windowed on OCAholic. Silverstone Raven RV05 on BenchmarkReviews. Misc: HIS R7 260X and R7 250X video cards on PureOC. XFX XTS 520W on PSU HWareHeaven. OlliOlli PC Game on Tweaktown. GamesterGear Cruiser P3210 Gaming Headset on Tweaktown.

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