Top 10 Revelations That Rocked E3 2011
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By Chris Kohler
- June 10, 2011 |
- 12:52 pm |
- Categories: Console Games, Portable Gaming
J.J. Abrams Champions Sense of Mystery in Era of Information Overload

Left to right: Gabriel Basso, Ryan Lee, Joel Courtney and Riley Griffiths portray DIY filmmakers who witness a horrifying event in Super 8.
Image courtesy Paramount Pictures
Whatever happened to the ignorance-is-bliss school of going to the movies? That’s what J.J. Abrams wants to know as his new sci-fi thriller Super 8 heads for theaters.
Opening Friday, the ’80s-inflected story about a group of child filmmakers who get tangled up in a mysterious conspiracy has been shrouded in secrecy, encircled with a trail of bread-crumb teaser clips that conceal more than they reveal.
That’s precisely the p...
Final Space Shuttle Mission Will Feature iPhones
NASA’s final shuttle mission will feature outer space’s first iPhone, tricked out with an app to measure spacecraft radiation levels, orbital location and altitude.
The iOS-based software, called SpaceLab, will come pre-loaded on two iPhone 4s. Testing the software isn’t mission-critical, but it may lead to terrestrial commercial devices being repurposed for space in the near future.
“When Apple added gyros to the iPhone, it suddenly became a small avionics platform,” said Brian Rishikof, CEO of Odyssey Space Research, the company that designed SpaceLab. “You can imagine using it to do b...