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Radho walk through video review of my UberStax

UberStax

Radho did a walk through video review of my UberStax universal game piece holders. This is a new product I invented as a gaming accessory and listed it on Kickstarter in the fall of 2015 and are now available for sale through game retailers. Funds were successfully raised for the creation of the injection moulds …

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Google’s AlphaGo AI defeats one of world’s top Go players

AlphaGo is an artificial intelligence (AI) program created by Google and got its fourth win against a master player in the final match of this year’s DeepMind Challenge which was held in Seoul this March.

It won against Lee Sedol, a nine-dan ranked professional player and one of the world’s best Go players. Sedol managed to win just one (out of a possible five) of the matches against the program, failing to take home the $1 million prize that was up for grabs. The prize was instead donated by Google to UNICEF, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) charities, and other Go organizations.

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My First Kickstarter Campaign – UberStax!

UberStax

I’ve always wanted to try something on the very popular crowdfunding website known as Kickstarter. It’s an amazing way of presenting a fresh idea to a community who are looking to support innovation. This is my first Kickstarter project, and something I’m very excited about!

It’s called überStax, an accessory for anyone playing table top games. Young, old, families, and gamers. After designing numerous prototypes over the course of a year, I created a simple universal piece that snaps together with other pieces, becoming a purposeful ‘rack’ used to place cards, tiles, miniatures, or other game pieces during any gameplay.

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Gaming: A Tool to Boost Cognitive Abilities

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For centuries humans have been quite successful at developing training programs designed to push the envelope of physical fitness. Want to lift 300 lb. weights? There are plenty of different training programs you can follow. Want to run a full marathon? A quick search on Google will show you several guides that’ll help you get in shape for that.

But what about our mental ability? Is there a proven regimen specifically designed to increase our cognitive capabilities?

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Glowing earphones that beat along with your music and heartbeat

Other than comfort, sound quality, aesthetic value, and a few nifty features here and there, it’s safe to say headphone technology hasn’t seen many changes during the past few decades. So when Glow, LLC, a San Francisco-based tech company, launched a Kickstarter page for their unique set of earphones, they literally unleashed a bright new feature that turned quite a number of heads online.

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