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Posted on 20110604

Kinect hack turns your living room into a crazy one-man laser techno dance party (video)

via Engadget

We’ve seen it aid surgery, help make smarter robots, and even do some gaming stuff, but honestly, what good is a controller … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110604

YouTube embraces Creative Commons licensing, turns your cutesy kitty into mashup fodder

via Engadget

Sourcing material from the mecca of viral video has always been a bit iffy — who knows which rabid Beyonce fan will bite … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110602

Toronto artist turns abandoned bike into sculpture, City threatens fine for "storing bike on public property"

via Boing Boing

A Toronto artist repainted an abandoned bike that had been locked in front of a storefront gallery for years, sanding it and … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110602

DARPA Video Shows The Evolution Of The Hummingbot Nano UAV

via CrunchGear

We’ve been following DARPA’s Nano UAV program since 2009, and it’s really remarkable how it’s gone from clumsy to cool to … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110602

Google: Chinese attackers monitoring Gmail of activists, journalists, officials

via Ars Technica

Scammers based out of China have been hijacking the personal Gmail accounts of … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110602

Microsoft gives the first official look of Windows 8 touch interface

via Ars Technica

At the D9 conference today, Steve Sinofsky, President of Windows and Windows Live … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110601

Enough Is Enough

via SAI: Silicon Alley Insider

I believe that software patents should not exist. They are a tax on innovation. And software is closer to media than it is to … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110531

Billed as Simplest Writing Tool Ever, iA Writer Boasts No Features

via TAXI Daily News

[Click here to view the video in this article]

Japanese design agency Information Architects (iA) just launched the iA … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110531

A Human-Sized Pin Toy, for Cheeky Interactions

via TAXI Daily News

Bag designer Lulu Guinness created this human-sized pin toy as part of Clerkenwell Design Week in the UK and placed the … Read More >>

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Posted on 20110531

(Exclusive) YouTube’s New Strategy: Create a Network Of Networks

via TechCrunch

YouTube is now showing approximately 3 billion videos a day. A growing proportion of those are shown with ads—more than 2 … Read More >>

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