The Pentagon temporarily grounded the entire F-35 Joint Strike Fighter fleet after one of the advanced jets suffered an engine oil leak and declared an in-flight emergency.
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SteamBoy Project is a Portable Steam Machine
A teaser video for SteamBoy Project posted to YouTube gives us a first peek at a Portable Steam Machine.
Developed by SteamBoy Machine Team, a third party not affiliated with Valve, the video shows off brief, close-up shots of a portable device with the Steam Controller’s signature round track-pads, and Xbox 360-style A, B, X, and Y buttons. The screen is positioned between them, similar to the Wii U’s GamePad.
Hardware details about the device aren’t final, and it’s not clear whether it will be able to play games independently or by using Steam’s in-home streaming feature. But the SteamBoy team told The Escapist that the device should feature a Quad-Core CPU, 4GB RAM, a 32GB built-in memory card, and a 5-inch 16:9 touchscreen. It will also connect to the Internet via WiFi and 3G, and will be able to play “the majority of current games in Steam.â€
“I think people will get shocked by SteamBoy potential and possibilities,†SteamBoy Machine Team said in a press release. â€SteamBoy is the first device that allows [you] to play Steam games on the go, you will keep playing your favorite games at the bus, the office, the school or the doctor’s waiting room.â€
SteamBoy Machine Team said that the device is slated for release in 2015.
At CES 2014, Valve announced 12 of the companies it’s partnering with to create Steam Machines, designed to play or stream Steam games using SteamOS. At E3 2014, Alienware revealed the $550 Alienware Alpha, which is identical to its Steam Machine prototype, except it runs Windows 8.1, and uses a custom made UI instead of SteamOS.
Are you interested in accessing your library of Steam games with a portable device? Let us know in the comments below.
| Emanuel Maiberg is a freelance writer. You can follow him on Twitter @emanuelmaiberg and Google+. |
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Netflix brings The Magic School Bus into the internet era with a new series
Netflix made a big push into educational video when it picked up Scholastic’s TV shows, and we now know that this effort has paid off — The Magic School Bus has been "remarkably popular," Netflix tells the New York Times. It only makes sense, then,…
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Moms And Tykes Should Eat More Fish Low In Mercury, Says FDA
Many mothers-to-be and breastfeeding women were turned off of fish out of mercury concerns. A study finds many of these women now eat too little fish, so two agencies are recommending they eat more.
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Google to Buy Satellite-Image Firm
Google said Tuesday that it had agreed to acquire satellite company Skybox Imaging for $500 million.
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Nintendo: That Amazing Zelda Footage Was In-Engine
The breathtaking footage Nintendo showed today for its 2015 Wii U Zelda is real, a Nintendo rep tells me. I asked if it was pre-rendered. No, they said. It’s in-engine. It’s not a gameplay angle, for the most part, but what you saw is coming from Wii U-level hardware, it seems.
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This is why car chases are bound to become obsolete
This hilarious Volkswagen commercial shows why car chases will become as obsolete as those old movies that depend on telephone landlines to make their plots work.
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