Monthly Archives: July 2015

Family, Photo-A-Day, Travel

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Photo-A-Day #3737

Allison is down the Cape now and she and I took Eva to Science School today and we also took Andrew along. We dropped Eva at school and then went to find a parking spot. Andrew was tired so he was not being too cooperative. We went over to the aquarium. He didn’t want to go. However, when we got there he forgot that he didn’t want to go and enjoyed watching the harbor seals swim all around their tank. He seemed to lose them the moment either one went under the water however.

Inside the aquarium there are some tanks that have species of fish that are native to Cape Cod or invasive species that have been found here. I never knew that the lionfish made it all the way up here. Seems like they would be a more tropical fish but they can survive in these waters and apparently have no known predators but they prey on 50 species of fish native to New England. The aquarium has a tank with them in it.

The fish in the picture is the oyster Toadfish because when it hides it looks like an oyster. The tank this guy was in was full of them, mostly hiding out in pipes. This guy kept coming closer and closer to my camera.

Press Release, Toys

Anki OVERDRIVE gets a release date of September, 20 2015

Anki OVERDRIVE Keyart

The most incredible thing that I saw at Toy Fair 2015 was Anki OVERDRIVE. I had heard nothing about it previously and when I experienced it I was completely hooked. It was amazing. Imagine your favorite racing video game with real physical cars but you drive them with your mobile device. So, in addition to physically driving the cars you can also digitally upgrade them with more armor, power, speed and weapons. The other cool thing is that not only are you able to race the track on your own you can race again a virtual opponent who drives the physical car! Anki OVERDRIVE cars have AI and they can race the track against you.

Anki OVERDRIVE Commander Sever

With Anki OVERDRIVE you can participate in more challenges than just racing against yourself or a friend or the computer AI driver. You are connected to a whole community of other Anki OVERDRIVE drivers. The community of Anki Drivers can see all sorts of challenges on the Anki Facebook Page. It is a very engaging space where Anki asks drivers questions and give fun facts about all the drivers and what they’ve done each week. Right now the Facebook page is putting up all sorts of Game Stats for their first version of Anki but they are gearing up for that September 20, 2015 release of Anki OVERDRIVE. Here’s a look at the new Starter Pack which is retailing at $150.00

Anki OVERDRIVE Starter Kit

Starter Kit Includes – (2) two robotic supercars – Skull and GroundShock, (4) straight track pieces, (6) 90 degree curved pieces, (2) riser pieces, (1) four-car charger, (1) tire cleaning kit

The new track is amazing. It is all magnetic and can be easily set up and reconfigured over and over. And the cars, oh man the cars. Each of the Anki cars are so cool. they are sleek and fast and light up, spin around and are just amazing. I could not believe how fast the cars were going around the track and still staying on. I thought for sure that they would go flying off the track but they didn’t. They drove with such precision. I cannot wait to drive them again. I may have to pick up one of the older cars because they can work with some of the modes of the new Anki OVERDRIVE. You can read more about this new amazing toy below. Continue reading Anki OVERDRIVE gets a release date of September, 20 2015 →