The Zone

We finally managed to get our hands on one of those miniscule projectors that you can fit into your pocket. As you can see above, it really is small enough to fit into your pocket. From the few test spins that we've taken we've managed to ascertain that the RCG Virtual Vision 5100 Pocket Projector has a built-in fan (so it should stay cooler than its fan-less compatriots), its based on a 10 Lumens LED lamp (so it should save oodles on electricity) and on top of having a built-in speaker also has touch-sensitive controls. For a full review check it out in the latest issue of HWM.

This is the closest we'll ever get to a Half-Life feature film. The brilliant folks at Purchase Brothers recently made the first chapter to their Half-Life: Escape From City-17 episodic series (we assume it's episodic seeing that Part One is firmly etched on the title, though the little teaser towards the end may just be a red herring) available on their official website and YouTube.

Truly a sight to behold. Amazing work, guys!

Deep within a former nuclear bunker, one of Sweden's largest ISPs, Bahnhof has created a server farm that's comes straight out from a science fiction movie. Named Pionen, the facility is fleshed out with two submarine engines for a total of 1.5 megawatt power output, a 'cool' 1.5 megawatt cooling system while triple redundancy over fiber and copper lines protects its customers from Internet outages and the apocalypse!

Its interior is bedecked with waterfalls, smoke machines and a whole lot of cool textural effects on the walls, floors and even ceilings! Definitely a cool place to work at!

Lionhead Studios have reportedly received countless requests for a copy of the Fable II map of Albion on the community forums, and with the help of their in-house artists has came up with a 4000x4000 render of the Albion map, available for download at their official website here. It's a whopping 40MB file, so printing it out as a huge wall poster is no problemo!

Fancy taking a panaromic picture but can't stitch it yourself in Photoshop? Let this nifty piece of kit do it for you! Gigapan Systems has released its latest Gigapan Epic (not related to the image above) which has taken an impressive shot of President Barack Obama's inauguratio ceremony using just a compact digital and funky algorithim.

Check out the panaromic image here