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太平洋戦争中の空襲で身体に障害が残ったり、肉親を奪われたりした人たちの会報がこの夏、復刻された。戦後76年。国は軍人・軍属には延べ60兆円もの補償をしてきたが、空襲など民間被害者は救済の「蚊帳の外」…
Ảnh minh họa. (Nguồn: nytimes.com) Nghiên cứu mới về bầu khí quyển của Sao Kim kết luận rằng sự sống sẽ không thể tồn tại trên hành tinh này vì nồng độ nước trong bầu khí quyển quá thấp trong khi acid sulphuric lại là thành phần chính trong các đám mây bao phủ bầu trời. Cho tới nay, hành trình đi tìm một hành tinh khác phù hợp với sự sống của loài người vẫn chưa cho kết quả khả quan. Tuy nhiên, một nghiên cứu công bố năm 2020 về việc phát hiện khí phosphine trên Sa...
Tetris. We can only imagine how many more AA batteries might’ve been sold in the ‘90s if Nintendo’s portable game machine had ended up pulling double duty as a pint-sized productivity powerhouse. To get his hands on the WorkBoy, Robertson did some serious sleuthing. The device was meant to be an officially-licensed accessory produced by Fabtek Inc. and designed by Source Research & Development. Robertson located and interviewed Source Research and Development founder Eddie Gill, who in turn pointed him to Fabtek founder Frank Ballouz. Ballouz allowed Robertson to experiment with his st...
It may be one of only two prototypes in existence on December 28, 2020, 17:05 9 comments In context: After the Game Boy launched in 1989, it accumulated several accessories. A few were somewhat sensible, like attachable screen magnifiers. Others were not so practical such as the Game Boy Printer. The WorkBoy is arguably the most useful (and most rare) device ever created for the handheld. Gaming historian Liam Robertson has uncovered a never-released accessory for the Nintendo Game Boy that can turn the handheld gaming console into a full-fledged PDA. Rob...
To sign up for our daily newsletter covering the latest news, features and reviews, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or you can bookmark the Gizmodo Australia homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix. In the early ‘90s, Nintendo surveyed the massive success of the Game Boy and thought, what if you could also work on this thing? Enter the WorkBoy, an accessory that converted Nintendo’s handheld system into a sort of early PDA. But despite a lot of evidence of the WorkBoy’s existence, it vanished before ever making it into the hands of pro...