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The much anticipated Tesla Model 3 has finally been reviled last night. Watch the recorded livestream event below. As of 10:00pm PT last night (3.31.16), Tesla had over 130,000 pre-orders, according to theverge.com
UPDATE: pre-order count by Elon Musk.
Now 232k orders
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 2, 2016
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These are both really great starting points for what's to come in the near future for Nintendo. Miitomo is Nintendo's first mobile app and My Nintendo is an evolution of Nintendo's first rewards system, Club Nintendo. I'm really loving the new My Nintendo logo! They've split My Nintendo into a 3 point system, Miitomo Points, Platinum Points, and Gold Points. They've got some really easy ways to grab some Platinum Points right off the bat, so start exploring the page. There's no physical rewards yet, but I'm looking forward to what's to come, fingers crossing for cloud based game purchases to carry over onto the NX!
Download the Miitomo App Here: http://appstore.com/miitomo
Link Up My Nintendo Here: https://my.nintendo.com/
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Niantic has officially posted on Twitter and their blog the first look at Pokémon GO. Battles, Pokemon Eggs, Gyms, and more all confirmed, click the link for all the details! Click here for the official post.
Last weekend the YouTube user Eric F posted "leaked" footage from CEO John Hanke's SXSW Gaming Panel presentation. Niantic hasn't taken it down since it was posted, check it out while it's up!
@NianticLabs #PokémonGO facebook: Niantic
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This October for $399, you can pick up a PlayStation VR, announced today at the Game Developers Conference (GDC). Sony claims that by the end of 2016, PlayStation VR will have over 50 available games. Granted they won't all be AAA titles, I'm still excited to make this purchase. What about you? Is VR here to stay? I hope so!
PlayStation VR update from Andrew House, President and Group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc #GDC16https://t.co/2dYE4ucALE
— PlayStation (@PlayStation) March 15, 2016
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Today is a very important day for fans of the Back the the Future trilogy. Today is the actual day Marty McFly, Doc Brown, and Jennifer arrive in the future. 4:29pm Pacific to be precise, all of the movies now officially take place in the past!
My favorite announcement today was Nike's 2015 Mag sneakers with "power laces"! 30 years in the making, Nike hand delivered a pair to Michael J. Fox himself. In 2011 Nike released a version of the shoe, no power laces and all pairs were auctioned off via ebay. All proceeds went to the Michael J. Fox Foundation, raising almost 5 million dollars! Check out the 2011 model and story here.
Details and specs on the sneakers are pretty scarce at this point. Seems as though more news will be announced through social medias as we get closer to spring. We were left with this from Nike's site:
"Availability
The 2015 Nike Mag is a limited edition release. It will only be available via auction, with all proceeds going to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. The specific details on the auctions will be posted to Nike News and via Twitter @Nike in spring 2016. "
Michael J. Fox models the first self-lacing @Nike Mag pic.twitter.com/bgPWM5CKBE
— michaeljfox.org (@MichaelJFoxOrg) October 21, 2015@Nike @MichaelJFoxOrg New.Nike.com
More Back to the Future Day Links:
Pepsi Perfect Toyota USA Jaws 19 The Hundreds Mondo Tees Puente Hills Mall Michigan State Police WereGoingBack.com
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MegaBots Inc. created a 15 foot tall, two manned, long range paintball firing robot named the MK II. They had no one to play with, so they called out the Japanese company Suidobashi Heavy Industry, makers of the Kuratas. The Kuratas is a single manned robot, coined "the world's first giant boarding robot", equipped with a BB Gatling cannon, water bottle launcher, and firework shooter.
MegaBots Inc. instigated a battle via YouTube earlier this year, the video went viral and Suidobashi Heavy Industry had to answer back! CEO Kogoro Kurata of SHI accepted with his own video, proclaiming that there needs to melee combat to call it a real dual, lastly he stated that MegaBots organize the dual and the Kuratas will be there! MegaBots Inc. fired back by launching a Kickstarter this week. Claiming they need to upgrade the MK II with speed, self balancing technology, better armor, make it hand to hand combat ready, and a movie quality paint job!
MegaBots Inc. assembled an amazing team of intelligent and creative advisers. Grant Imahara from Mythbusters and ILM, Peter Diamandis of X-Prize, Trey Roski & Greg Munson the founders of BattleBots, and lastly a sponsor by Autodesk!
Fund the project now on Kickstarter! Check out all the videos below!
megabots.com suidobashijuko.jp @MegaBotsInc @megabotsinc SHI facebook
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The Lexus automotive company released a teaser yesterday announcing Slide, a real hoverboard! It's 2015, that's the year Marty McFly takes one for a spin in Back to the Future II, so we should all them by now right!? I initially thought this was just a gimmicky ad campaign to get a younger generation interested in Lexus. But according to USA Today, Lexus claims to have a working prototype. The working board apparently works similarly to the Hendo hoverboard, which uses electromagnetic repulsion on copper plated flooring. Again, according to USA Today, the Lexus Slide works in a similar fashion. The board uses magnets with liquid nitrogen cooled superconductors that hovers over concrete with similar embedded plates like the Hendo's copper plating. So everything must be done in a controlled environment. A new ad campaign is set to start filming in Barcelona Spain, I'm assuming that's where this "controlled environment" skate park will be.
Now this is most information that I could find about the board, but Lexus wants us to keep checking in on their social media outlets ( #lexushover ). Their site says they'll have weekly updates, sounds exciting! Lastly, check out Hendo's website too, I'll provide it below.
lexus-int.com hendohover.com Source: usatoday.com