{"id":77998,"date":"2015-07-03T15:30:30","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T13:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=77998"},"modified":"2015-07-17T17:17:18","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T15:17:18","slug":"a-truly-legit-fallout-pip-boy-3000-and-it-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/77998-a-truly-legit-fallout-pip-boy-3000-and-it-works","title":{"rendered":"A truly legit Fallout Pip-Boy 3000, and it works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With all of the\u00a0<em>Fallout 4<\/em> news lately, such as a <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/77440-someone-tries-to-pre-order-fallout-4-with-bottle-caps.html\">fan pre-ordering the game with bottle caps<\/a>\u00a0and the awesome <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/77460-the-fallout-4-pip-boy-transforms-your-smartphone.html\"><em>Fallout 4<\/em> Pip-Boy Collector&#8217;s Edition<\/a>, this real-life fully-working Pip-Boy 3000 takes the radiated cake.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/92454819\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/92454819\">Space Apps Reno: Pip-Boy 3000<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/spaceappsreno\">Pip Boy<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you who don&#8217;t know, the International Space Apps Challenge is a two-day hackfest, hosted by NASA. The challenge hopes to lead to the creation of solutions that address global needs, all through collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>Last year&#8217;s challenge\u00a0asked participants to design and produce\u00a0wearable technology. Technology that can assist people with tasks, as complex as facility maintenance, or something as aiding us in our general lives.<\/p>\n<p>That sounds a whole lot like the Pip-Boy 3000 from the\u00a0<em>Fallout\u00a0<\/em>games.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_78056\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/YH8tRil-e1435928081870.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-78056\" class=\"size-full wp-image-78056\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/YH8tRil-e1435928081870.png\" alt=\"Pip-Boy 3000\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-78056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The the real Pip-Boy 3000. Image courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gameranx.com\/updates\/id\/28967\/article\/fallout-4-nasa-outdoes-everyone-with-functional-pip-boy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gameranx<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Team Reno agreed, and created a <a href=\"https:\/\/2014.spaceappschallenge.org\/project\/pip-boy-3000\/\" target=\"_blank\">legit Pip-Boy<\/a>. They incorporated\u00a0environmental sensors into easy use\u00a0cuff device.<\/p>\n<p>This version of the Pip-Boy determines if the wearer&#8217;s environment is safe.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_78060\" style=\"width: 578px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/mkTf4BU-e1435928221144.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-78060\" class=\"size-full wp-image-78060\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/mkTf4BU-e1435928221144.png\" alt=\"Pip-Boy 3000\" width=\"568\" height=\"321\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-78060\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All the environmental readings shown off. Image courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gameranx.com\/updates\/id\/28967\/article\/fallout-4-nasa-outdoes-everyone-with-functional-pip-boy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gameranx<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The device incorporates a\u00a0sensor HUD that displays humidity, altitude\/latitude\/longitude, atmospheric pressure, ambient temperature, object temperature (using infrared thermometer) and radiation readings relative to the user.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_78058\" style=\"width: 578px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DHTREvO.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-78058\" class=\"wp-image-78058\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DHTREvO.png\" alt=\"Pip-Boy 3000\" width=\"568\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DHTREvO.png 568w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DHTREvO-230x130.png 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-78058\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The map functionality in action. Image courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gameranx.com\/updates\/id\/28967\/article\/fallout-4-nasa-outdoes-everyone-with-functional-pip-boy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gameranx<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It also has real-time mapping, that is built into the iOS app for the device, with all\u00a0information actively being sent to the web.<\/p>\n<p>Amazingly, the unit was created\u00a0in a mere 48 hours.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_78062\" style=\"width: 578px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/KssFvns-e1435928322838.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-78062\" class=\"size-full wp-image-78062\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/KssFvns-e1435928322838.png\" alt=\"Pip-Boy 3000\" width=\"568\" height=\"351\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-78062\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It will keep you safe, especially from radiation poisoning. Image courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gameranx.com\/updates\/id\/28967\/article\/fallout-4-nasa-outdoes-everyone-with-functional-pip-boy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gameranx<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the future,\u00a0the Team Reno wants\u00a0to add heart rate monitor and other important\u00a0metrics to the HUD. They also want to include\u00a0some form of communication feature that will allow their Web HQ to push messages to the user.<\/p>\n<p>This is a great achievement for all gamers, especially\u00a0<em>Fallout\u00a0<\/em>fans who perhaps only want a Pip-Boy, a fully-working one with real-world applications, and have some money lying around.<\/p>\n<h4>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gameranx.com\/updates\/id\/28967\/article\/fallout-4-nasa-outdoes-everyone-with-functional-pip-boy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gameranx<\/a><\/h4>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Get Nuclear With More Fallout 4<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/77460-the-fallout-4-pip-boy-transforms-your-smartphone.html\">The Fallout\u00a04 Pip-Boy transforms your smartphone<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/77440-someone-tries-to-pre-order-fallout-4-with-bottle-caps.html\">Someone tries to pre-order Fallout\u00a04 with bottle caps<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/77284-fallout-4-arrives-november-10th-everything-you-need-to-know.html\">Fallout 4 arrives November 10th: everything you need to know<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Be prepared for the nuclear fallout, for real, with this Pip-Boy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":224,"featured_media":78000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[165,4228,2427,6316,14372,1453,5832,14614,1969,14448,14612],"class_list":["post-77998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-bethesda","tag-bethesda-softworks","tag-fallout-3","tag-fallout-4","tag-fallout-4-pip-boy-edition","tag-fallout-new-vegas","tag-nasa","tag-nasa-challenge","tag-news-2","tag-pip-boy","tag-pip-boy-3000"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77998"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78064,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77998\/revisions\/78064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}