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Krypton Radio for Android Is Here!

Apr 092013

4.3 Billion Years in the Making!

Okay, no, that’s the Earth. But we’re pretty excited to be offering you the very first Krypton Radio Simple Player for Android phones and tablets!

And when we say simple, we mean it. There’s a button. That’s it. It doesn’t get any easier to take Krypton Radio with you wherever you go! Just download the free app from Google Play, and press button! If you want to use other things on your phone after pressing the button, you can – Krypton Radio plays in the background until you come back to the app to press the button again to turn it off.

We’re going to be fixing it up and adding neat features month by month.

And the best part is that it’s FREE!

Krypton Radio was already one of the few, if not the only, general sci-fi radio station on Planet Earth. And now, it’s the only one with its own Android Player.

Our gift to our loyal listeners and readers - that’s you!

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U.S. Navy To Build Humanoid Robot Firefighters

Sci / Tech, Science Fiction, Star Wars No Responses »

Oct 152012

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The resemblance to C3PO is purely coincidental. Not.

The CHARLI prototype runs for about half an hour on the battery packs you can see here at its waist. ASH, its planned successor, will have to be a lot more powerful than this to operate fire hoses.

The United States Navy is working with Virginia Tech University to develop a new humanoid robot firefighter designed to fight shipboard fires that bears a passing resemblance to C3PO.

It will be able to reduce the risk of deaths and injuries because it will tackle flames in thick choking smoke. It will also be able to go where humans go, ladders included, and will even be able to respond to human gestures.

Officially it is being called the Autonomous Shipboard Humanoid (ASH). The battery-powered robot is being developed by scientists at RoMeLa (Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory) at Virginia Tech University and is a follow on from a previous version called CHARLI or Cognitive Humanoid Autonomous Robot . Professor Dennis Hong, the founder of the robotics program that created CHARLI, said that the new bot is already on its feet and walking and will begin testing on a navy ship early next year – but that that doesn’t mean it’s finished. It still needs protection from extreme temperatures, an array of sensors, some artificial intelligence to help it navigate, and some behavioral programming specific to fighting fires, as well as a decent pair of robotic hands. We note that though CHARLI can walk, its stride is less than half the length of its own feet. It’ll have to do a lot better than that if it’s going to function in an emergency situation. That said, they are working on a heavier model that looks far less fragile that CHARLI.

ASH will be able to throw fire suppression grenades (presumably foam type), and use fire hoses and extinguishers. We can assume from that that it’s going to have considerably more body mass than CHARLI-1, shown in the video insert. We can’t imagine something as light as CHARLI handling a fire hose and not being knocked off his feet in the process.

CHARLI-1 is being touted as the first U.S. built autonomous humanoid robot, and was intentionally patterned after C3PO from Star Wars in the way it was built. The prototype runs for about half an hour on a set of batteries it wears like a fanny pack at its waist, which you can see clearly in the photograph. Its successor ASH will probably have a bigger set of batteries, since it’s to be used in saving lives.

Getting this working by any time next year sounds like a tall order, but ASH already has hand-eye coordination that’s seen as a huge breakthrough in robot technology.

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Zombie Baseball Comic Sensation “Sullivan’s Sluggers” Available Now

Books, Comics, Fandom, Fantasy / Horror, Internet, Mobile Devices, Net Culture, Sci / Tech, Science Fiction No Responses »

Jun 282012

Record-breaking Undead Baseball Comic To Debuts

Krypton Radio Newswire

Baseball, Zombies, It doesn’t get any better than this.

Record-breaking Undead Baseball Comic Debuts

Press Release – New York, NY –Kickstarter sensation Sullivan’s Sluggers, the pending graphic novel from creators Mark Andrew Smith and James Stokoe, will debut as a series of single issues with issue #1 premiering today exclusively on comiXology — the world’s largest digital comics platform with over 75 million downloads to date. Earlier this month, Sullivan’s Sluggers took the internet by storm with a Kickstarter campaign that outperformed even the most wild expectations. Now, fans won’t have to wait one more day to experience a taste of the Sullivan’s Sluggers graphic novel with Sullivan Sluggers #1on comiXology today.

Sullivan’s Sluggers quickly became an internet phenomenon after its Kickstarter campaign surpassed its initial goal of $6,000 and almost hit $100,000 in the 30-day campaign. The graphic novel was also optioned for adaption to the silver screen before the Kickstarter campaign even ended. Created by Mark Andrew Smith and James Stokoe, the team behind Sullivan’s Sluggers didn’t want to wait until the graphic novel was printed to get it into the hands of fans, so they approached comiXology to serialize the graphic novel over six single issues.

“We’re excited to be able to bring Sullivan’s Sluggers to comiXology before the graphic novel comes out in print,” said comiXology co-founder and CEO David Steinberger. “It was great for comiXology to be counted among the early incentives for the book’s backers during the Kickstarter campaign and now we can’t wait to let the rest of the world in on this bloody great comic.”

“ComiXology is the premier place for digital comics,” said co-creator Mark Andrew Smith. “Releasing Sullivan’s Sluggers with comiXology’s unique one-two punch reading experience of CMX-HD and in their revolutionary Guided View gives fans something different than with the print graphic novel. From shopping to reading, there just isn’t anything else out there that touches comiXology.”

Sullivan’s Sluggers tells the story of a down and out minor league baseball team and their Coach, Casey Sullivan, as they face off against a terrifying legion of undead monsters in an epic fight for survival. When America’s favorite past time becomes one team’s ultimate nightmare, hilarity, horror and one killer comic ensues.

Available across iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire, the Web and the comiXology retailer digital storefronts, Sullivan’s Sluggers #1 (of 6) is out now.

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Game Insight Announces Dragon Eternity Cross Platform MMO For IOS, Android And Web

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Jun 262012

MOSCOW and SAN FRANCISCO, June 25, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Game Insight, a world leader in developing and publishing mobile games, has revealed its new free-to-play, cross-platform massively multiplayer online (MMO) game, Dragon Eternity. This exciting fantasy-themed online game will offer tons of quests to conquer and a vibrant world to explore.

In Dragon Eternity, players join one of two opposing factions as fledgling adventurers in service of their nation; Vaalor or Sadar. The lush fantasy realm of Adan is at war, beseiged by armies of monsters, bandits, and even darker forces that dwell in ancient dungeons. These savage foes guard vast treasures and riches, lying in wait for any would-be heroes foolish enough to explore the dangerous depths.

“Dragon Eternity is, by far, one of the most ambitious and exciting projects we’ve taken on,” said Alisa Chumachenko, CEO at Game Insight. “Our experience developing and publishing titles for multiple platforms on a global scale has given us a unique toolset to bring players an incredible gaming experience on their platform of choice.”

Dragon Eternity challenges players to take up their weapons and take on hundreds of quests and battle hundreds of enemies, including elite-class and epic-level boss monsters. Fortunately, over time, players can acquire dozens of sets of rare armor and items, master multiple schools of magic, and lead a beastly menagerie of companions into battle, including fire-breathing dragons.

Aside from offering hundreds of quests and monsters to conquer, Dragon Eternity will also include a full suite of non-combat crafting professions, multiple tiers of player-versus-player (PvP) head-to-head battles, rare item collections, and numerous social elements, such as the ability to buy and sell items on an auction house, as well as to form long-term player clans. Though Dragon Eternity is still in development and will ultimately offer simultaneous, cross-platform multiplayer on Android and iOS devices as well on Web, the Web version of the game is currently in open beta and has already garnered more than 1 million beta testers worldwide.

Visit the Dragon Eternity Web site: http://www.dragoneternity.com

Comic Series “American Flagg” Now Available For Digital Media

Comics, Fandom, Internet, Mobile Devices, Sci / Tech No Responses »

Jun 072012

Krypton Radio Newswire

Press Release: comiXology -New York, New York — Dynamite Entertainment and comiXology have teamed up to release legendary comic creator Howard Chaykin’s classic American Flagg! digitally across the entire comiXology platform — including iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire and the Web. Long considered a classic, this exclusive digital release also includes a brand new forward by bestselling comic creator and novelist Warren Ellis — only available on comiXology. The forward, along with first arc of the American Flagg series marks the beginning of a new era for this groundbreaking masterpiece as it moves into the digital age.

“Bringing the work of a master creator like Howard Chaykin to the forefront of the digital realm defines what comiXology is at it’s very core” says comiXology CEO and Co-Founder David Steinberger “Being able to distribute lost classics to new readers is something we’re striving to continue as we push forward in 2012.”

Lauded for its status as a cult classic and unparalleled in it’s impact on today’s comic scene, Howard Chaykin’s American Flagg! brings it’s unique indie spirit to comiXology and is available for download as individual single issues and as a completed Graphic Novel.

“There are few great comic works as influential and well respected as Howard Chaykin’s American Flagg! The work is, in my opinion, one of the most important works from the 1980’s. Howard was ahead of his time with American Flagg! He was a visionary, and Flagg!, as well as The Shadow and other works show why he is one of the most respected creators in comics.” saysDynamite President and Publisher Nick Barrucci “Offering American Flagg! digitally is ideal in bringing the classic series to a new generation of readers. We couldn’t be more excited about having both this incredible series by Chaykin with a new forward by Ellis available digitally on comiXology.”

A monumental achievement in modern sequential art, American Flagg tells the story of Reuben Flagg and the world he inhabits following the devastating events of the Year of the Domino. In a future where planet Earth has been torn asunder by a wave of natural disasters and civilization is forced to plot a new course for itself as the United States government flees to Mars, Flagg must deal with all the remaining factions left behind.