Since we promised that we'd have our internet hamsters dig through the internets to get you videos of the Starcraft 2 Announcement at the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational, here's an update for you folks.

We have two more videos for you. First up, one showing how Terrans and Protoss violently interact. This video gives out details on the new Protoss strategies. The second one shows how dangerous the Zerg are now. For one thing the Zerg seem to have taken the time to read up on some Frank Herbert. Click on play, and you'll get what we're trying to say.


Catch the next video after the Jump

We don't know if you're familiar with Frank Herbert's God Emperor of Dune where the Ixians supply machines that operate with just a thought, but for sure this news tells us of the possibility of such machines existing.

Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging is a technology that enables neuroscientists to read brain scans and basically predict your thoughts: the next muscle you're about to move, your feelings, desires and behavior. In an experiment done by John-Dylan Haynes, a researcher at Germany's Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, he had a computer predict the pattern in people's reactions as read by a brain scan.

The pattern was then used to predict that person's next move. Why would anyone want to predict this? If you're paralyzed and unable to walk, talk or speak, a machine that predicts what you'd like to do next would be helpful.

However, Haynes' experiment gave its subjects only constrained choices, so that the computer will easily predict their decisions. Free will was not included, as the idea of people changing their minds would totally wreck the experiment.

As of now, science and technology are able to read a person's thoughts, but only if these thoughts are made from a very specific set of choices. Humans can rest easy. Our thoughts can still be free.

Take a stroll and make sure you're wearing that thick fur coat. The weather conditions have been reported to be extreme, and Capcom makes sure it's more than just a "blizzard" (oops, wrong developer). Yeah, Capcom's recent Lost Planet event in California was indeed on the "extreme" side of things, with over 1,000 attendees and lots of activities for the TPS fans.

Here's a vid for all of you guys who were snowed in and weren't able to go. Or if ever you were able to drop by, might as well watch some footage to help you remember what went on in that oh-so-icy night:

The event footage from Game Videos shows us quite a lot of the activities and highlights in the Capcom event. One of my faves is that ice sculpture/engraving of the "Dune" worm from the game. Isn't that just "cool"? There's also that Vital Suit made of LEGOs, an ice bar (as in the type where you order your drinks), and some clips of the Lost Planet multiplayer competition. In the meantime, keep your eyes peeled for the dev team.

Oh, Gears of bloodied, gore-infested War, how much do I love thee? Let me count the ways...one, two, three corpses...Okay, before you guys start thinking we've gone off our rocker, allow us to explain that bit of uncharacteristic touchie-feeliness we're exhibiting.

Given how much a lot of us have fallen for the killer title that gamers have taken to like locusts (pun intended), the dudes over at GamerHelp thought that instead of just ranting on how cool the game was, it was about time they enumerated the game's top 30 moments in a countdown we're sure fellow GoW fans will find most appealing. Here's the first five:

#30: The Berserker
Sure, a lot of us were laughing it out when we saw that vid of the berserker owning dear 'ol Marcus. The thing is, how many of us were screaming like schoolgirls when it was our turn to get owned by one of the game's ugliest residents?

#29 Hung corpses:
It worked for Predator, it worked for chainsaw movies, and it sure worked for the game. When you see dead, rotting people hung up to dry like so much hamburger meat...it's just creepy.

#28 Empty Beer Kegs
Just when you thought there was a respite to all that shooting and running, these kegs turn out to holding absolutely nothing. Grr, they will pay!

#27 The Junker
Part dune buggy and part Big-Foot, the Junker was one of the more memorable vehicles we got to ride in this particular freeway in-game.

#26 General RAAM
The game's main villain, you're gonna wish you see less of him and that swarm that's always hovering about him, all the more as he kills off...

Whoops, almost spoiled it there. You'll just have to read their site to see how the rest of their top 30 looks. Be warned: some of 'em are spoilers. Have fun.

Not familiar with the Freman Stillsuit? Didn't bother to read Dune? Well this development by researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science might just get us a few steps closer to Frank Herbert's water recycling suit.

The Team of researchers have apparently developed a new reverse osmosis membrane that promises to reduce the cost of seawater desalination and waste-water reclamation.

Reverse osmosis desalination basically uses extremely high pressure to force saline or polluted waters through the pores of a semi-permeable membrane. Water passes through, salt-ions and other impurities don't. Presto. Purified recycled water.

Developed by civil and environmental engineering assistant professor Eric Hoek and his research team, the membrane uses a cross-linked matrix of polymers and engineered nano-particles designed to draw in water ions but repel nearly all contaminants. The filter works at nano-scale.

Moreover, because the membranes repel particles that might ordinarily stick to its surface, the new membranes foul more slowly than conventional ones. The result is a process that is just as effective as current methods but more energy efficient and potentially much less expensive.

Initial tests suggest the new membranes have up to twice the productivity — or consume 50 percent less energy — reducing the total expense of desalinated water by as much as 25 percent. Yes, because of the high pressures required, this technology is currently applicable at an industrial level. But what if? Perhaps in the future we'll all be drinking our urine and our feces, just like the Fremen.