Favorite iPhone Apps

Bejeweled 2. Especially the Blitz Round.

^^Cool! Thanks. I'm gonna go update mine al an!

Eeeeeeexcellent.

Wootwatch - If you buy shit at woot.com
i.TV - Your tv guide, netflix queue and movie tickets in one app
City Transit - Service Advisories ftw
Colberts The Word - Nuff said
pUniverse - Nerd alert. Helps you identify star constellations (if you can ever see them in Brooklyn)
Tower Madness - Tower Defense done right

Anyone have this thing yet?

Mind Control, for Fun
By WARREN BUCKLEITNER NYT December 29, 2009, 2:47 pm
KidTech

One of the most talked about toys this holiday season is the Mindflex game ($80) from Mattel. But what is it, and how does it work?
Mattel’s Mindflex game.

After you round up eight batteries (four C’s in the base, plus four AAA’s in the headset), you attach soft alligator clips to your ear lobes and slip a headband over your forehead.

Now that your head is wired, the toy’s microprocessor can start detecting your electrical resistance, or G.S.R. (Galvanic Skin Response). This is the same current used in standard lie detectors. Your Galvanic powers, which exist in any living person, also drive your iPhone screen and computer touch pad.

The microprocessor amplifies the variable current, which is hardwired to a tiny fan motor/Bernoulli Blower. So your G.S.R. level determines how high or low a ping-pong-size foam ball hovers in the air. The science is hardly new, but putting it in a toy is.

The illusion is that you’re controlling the height of the ball with your mind, which, in a way you are. Relaxing makes your G.S.R. change, slowing the fan and causing the ball to drop. Think about your income taxes and the ball might spring up.

As the ball hovers, you can move the fan around a track, creating 3-D maze that is very challenging, on par with a hard marble maze. The combination of mental concentration and fine motor coordination makes this toy not for everyone, which is reflected in the first batch of online ratings.

Yes, the novelty effect is huge, and Mindflex would undoubtedly make an effective sobriety test for your New Year’s party. But only a real mind reader will know if the toy will outlast the first set of batteries.

yeah they are great favorites.