Crazy Machines 1.5: Viva Media.www.viva-media.com Software, $19.99 The latest Crazy Machines release challenges students to brainstorm over 200 new challenges. They begin the game in Inventor's Training Camp where they sharpen sharp·en tr. & intr.v. sharp·ened, sharp·en·ing, sharp·ens To make or become sharp or sharper. sharp their skills by solving 100 puzzles or brainteasers. In part 2, called "New from the Lab," students are confronted with another 100 more challenging and mind-bending puzzles to solve. They build offbeat off·beat n. Music An unaccented beat in a measure. adj. Slang Not conforming to an ordinary type or pattern; unconventional: offbeat humor. contraptions, using unusual elements such as a funky funky - Said of something that functions, but in a slightly strange, klugey way. It does the job and would be difficult to change, so its obvious non-optimality is left alone. Often used to describe interfaces. toaster See intranet toaster and Video Toaster. (jargon) toaster - 1. The archetypal really stupid application for an embedded microprocessor controller; often used in comments that imply that a scheme is inappropriate technology (but see elevator controller). or old-time gramophone to work out solutions, for putting their machine creations to work. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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