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Nathaniel Wattenmaker

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A Florida native, Nathaniel enjoys living in the coastal hamlet of Cape Coral. He holds a degree in History, he holds it because he isn't sure what else can be done with it. He's happiest when in the field hunting down stories of things made in America.  He'd love to hear from and play with DVICE readers on Steam, League of Legends or Xbox Live. He can be found on all three networks as Nintendubus. Speaking of networks, Nathaniel can be followed at his mostly inactive Twitter and much more active Tumblr.

Special device lets Swiss cows sext

Nathaniel Wattenmaker
Wednesday, October 3, 2012 - 1:46pm
 
You probably haven't received a text message from a cow lately. If you had, you could be in for an (unpleasant?) surprise. The new system, developed for the immense Swiss dairy industry, lets farmers maintain a direct SMS connection with a device implanted into a cow's genitals.

Pictured: 7 weird and wonderful custom PCs from Quakecon '12

Nathaniel Wattenmaker
Monday, August 13, 2012 - 8:13am
 
Quakecon's headlining event is the Bring-Your-Own-Computer (BYOC) LAN party. It's the largest annual LAN party in North America. This year's event brought nearly 3,000 machines together to share a two-gigabit connection in the Dallas Hilton Anatole. Besides the good games and good people, the BYOC also brings out the more creative types. There were a few amazing computer case-mods at this year's show. On the final day of the show, sponsor Modders-Inc brought seven incredible mods together, and we got to get up close with the one-of-a-kind machines.

Back to the future with Doom 3, John Carmack and the Oculus Rift

Nathaniel Wattenmaker
Friday, August 10, 2012 - 7:04am
 
In a journalistic sphere that's prone to hyperbole, the term "game changer" is one we hear too damn often. Then again, the opportunity to play Doom 3: BFG Edition in a 3D VR headset doesn't come along terribly often. At Quakecon, that's exactly what we got to do. Sitting down with John Carmack, id Software's Co-Founder and Technical Director, is an experience in itself. Carmack is a living legend who is credited, along with his team at id, for making first person shooters a thing with Wolfenstein 3D. Even as he approaches his 42nd birthday, his aura is that of a whiz kid whose enthusiasm is unmatchable. At Quakecon, Carmack showed us an engineering prototype of the Oculus Rift, the wildly successful Kickstarter project started by Palmer Luckey and the rest of Oculus.

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