new games https://www.coolthings.com Fri, 19 Oct 2012 17:16:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://www.coolthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/cropped-coolthings-favicon-512-32x32.png new games https://www.coolthings.com 32 32 360 Ball Brings Tennis To A Round Court https://www.coolthings.com/360-ball/ https://www.coolthings.com/360-ball/#comments Sat, 29 Jan 2011 17:49:54 +0000 http://www.coolthings.com/?p=19268 New sports are fun when you discover them early.  Everybody still sucks at them, so you have a shot of winning a few games before your actual lack of athleticism rears its ugly head.  If you like the idea of swinging a racquet, the 360 Ball just might become your new after-work pastime (at least, on those days you don’t decide to just drink a lot of beer). Based on tennis, the game is played in a round court with […]

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]]> https://www.coolthings.com/360-ball/feed/ 1 Computers Know Everything, Even How To Avoid Landmines https://www.coolthings.com/computers-avoid-landmines/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:10:47 +0000 http://www.coolthings.com/?p=11099 Sick of military games showing children even wilder ways to kill? A new game, Landmine Lookout, goes the other way, teaching young lads in war-torn countries how to help keep everyone alive. Developed by students and faculty from Michigan State University (MSU), the game looks to educate children on the finer points of avoiding unexploded landmines. Obviously not for the majority of people, it’s designed for use in areas ravaged by years of wars, with landmines intended to catch enemies […]

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