Dr. Nano - iPhone Game Review

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Thanks to MissionCriticalStudios.com I have been playing a new iPhone game is called Dr. Nano. If you have ever seen the Fantastic Voyage, a 1966 science fiction film written by Harry Kleiner you will instantly have a good idea about the premise of this game. Dr. Nano wants to treat patients from the inside by shrinking down to a specified size and be inserted inside a body. In this 3D journey into the human body you become Dr. Nano responsible for saving life of your patient by elimination of pathogens in the bloodstream. This is a perfect game not only for those who enjoy biology or medicine in general, but also those who are big fans of iPhone's built-in accelerometer as this game takes advantage of it to the fullest! 

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The premise of the game is simple (and I like simple uncomplicated games you can get into fast) - you are Dr. Nano swimming inside of veins of to kill pathogens in the blood stream. Dr. Nano has a limited about of oxygen available to him (you can see remaining percentage clearly on the screen in the lower left) so you need to catch by colliding with the red blood cells to remain alive in the game as your oxygen depletes quickly when you swim. You can control how fast you swim by adjusting the thrust slider on the left side of the screen. Using iPhone's built-in accelerometer you control your movements by tilting your iPhone to left, right, front and back. iPhone responds to motion using a built-in accelerometer making the task of controlling this games a lot of fun! Thanks to this technology you are able to blast viruses, blood clots, deploy a stent, blast lethal parasites in Dr. Nano game and make your way through the human heart! There is a training session provided in at the beginning of the game so you can get a better handle on the game controls if you need it... 

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Each level gives you gives you clear Mission Briefing so you understand what is your objective for each level of the Dr. Nano game. Your progress through each level is clearly shown at the end of each mission. If you are not happy with results you can retry it before you continue to the next level. Your High Score is kept at the end of each game and you can access it anytime from the menu screen. 

All in all, if someone is a big fan of games, which take advantage of built-in accelerometer to control your movements within the game, you probably will enjoy it for hours and days to come. You will need plenty of skills and time to master all levels, pretty much quarantining a good challenge. They are two level to the game right from the start, Normal and Expert. If you need a little more challenge right from the start, I suggest choosing Expert settings. 3D Graphics are impressive, music and sounds effects add a great value to the overall game experience. It is simply a lot of fun and I am sure this game will only get better as time goes on and newer version are release to the public. I would give it 5 out of 5 stars! Games like this make iPhone a real gaming platform! 

There are two version of the game, the full version with 21 levels for only $2.99 and Dr. Nano Lite free version - both available through iTunes App store. Considering the amount work it was put into creating this game, it worth the cost. iPhone requirements are: 2nd Generation recommended, requires iPhone 2.2 Software Update and it has been tested with iPhone 3.0 OS. 

Ultimate iPhone App Organizer Hits The Web

I am one of those people who likes to have my iPhone Apps organized by pages where I have my favorite (most used Apps), Photography Apps and Communication Apps and lastly Game Apps. Each time I get a new App on my iPhone I dread the task of re-arranging them (since the newest App downloaded is always on the last page (in my case my Games page). I would love this tool called Movement to be available for an iPhone and I would be willing to pay for it as well. But it looks like you can only get it working on a jailbroken phone...

Have you ever wanted to rearrange your applications on your iPhone, but ended up messing up pages of apps? Well, now there is a solution for that, and it’s called Movement. Movement essentially lets your rearrange all of your applications on your iPhone or iPod Touch, straight from your Mac. Seems too good to be true, right? Of course, there’s a catch. It requires a jailbroken iPhone.

MG Siegler wrote about iTunes 9 a few weeks ago on TechCrunch, with the possibility of app organization, but it’s all up in the air right now.

Overall, Movement is very cool. It provides a tool that many iPhone and iPod Touch users want, but under a cost of jailbreaking your iPhone or iPod Touch. Movement is developed by indie Mac developer Jeff Stieler.

 

Niagara Falls and Niagara River.

Here are couple of panorama shots I have taken and stitched on my iPhone using AutoStitch App. 

Niagara Falls 

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Here is some info I found about the Niagara Falls:

The Niagara Falls are voluminous waterfalls on theNiagara River, straddling the international borderbetween the Canadian province of Ontario and theU.S. state of New York. The falls are 17 miles (27 km) north-northwest of Buffalo, New York and 75 miles (120 km) south-southeast of Toronto, Ontario, between the twin cities of Niagara Falls, Ontario, and Niagara Falls, New York.

Niagara Falls is composed of two major sections separated by Goat IslandHorseshoe Falls, the majority of which lies on the Canadian side of the border, and American Falls on the American side. The smaller Bridal Veil Falls are also located on the American side, separated from the main falls byLuna Island.

Niagara Falls were formed when glaciers receded at the end of the Wisconsin glaciation (the last ice age), and water from the newly-formed Great Lakes carved a path through the Niagara Escarpment en route to the Atlantic Ocean. While not exceptionally high, the Niagara Falls are very wide. More than six million cubic feet (168,000 m³) of water falls over the crest line every minute in high flow,[1] and almost 4 million cubic feet (110,000 m³) on average. It is the most powerful waterfall in North America.[2]

The Niagara Falls are renowned both for their beauty and as a valuable source of hydroelectric power. Managing the balance between recreational, commercial, and industrial uses has been a challenge for the stewards of the falls since the 1800s. 

(Source: Wikipedia)
Niagara River 

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Here is some info I found about the Niagara River:  

The Niagara River flows north from Lake Erie toLake Ontario. It forms part of the border between the Province of Ontario in Canada and New YorkState in the United States. There are differing theories as to the origin of the name of the river. According to Iroquoian scholar Bruce Trigger, "Niagara" is derived from the name given to a branch of the locally residing native Neutral Confederacy, who are described as being called the "Niagagarega" people on several late 17th century French maps of the area.[3] According toGeorge R. Stewart, it comes from the name of anIroquois town called "Ongniaahra", meaning "point of land cut in two".[4] 

(Source: Wikipedia)

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