Tokyo: Dekinnoka 10 – Robot Pro Wrestling!
… Read More → "Robot pro wrestling"The event will take place at the Buddhist Hall in Tsukiji. Doors open at 16:30 and the action kicks off right on schedule at 17:30.
The Urban Flipper is a giant interactive pinball created by 3D projection mapping, projected onto the facade of the Célestins theater in Lyon. Created by French lighting design company CT Light Concept, the projection was displayed earlier this month during the Lyon Festival of Lights.
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It’s a good thing Lego’s promo pic for their new Friends set, which targets girls, shows a scene that includes power tools, a science set, a robot, and some math. Otherwise, we might be feeling some serious outrage at the insinuation that girls don’t like regular old Legos, and instead need curvy minifigs and pastel colors to have fun. via Dvice
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Sail technology has come a long way since the days tall ships were carried along by billowing clouds of canvas. In fact, new aerodynamic discoveries coupled with exotic materials have turned modern sails into veritable works of high tech art. Today, sailmakers know that the less a sail distorts (through stretching, shear, compression or shrinkage), the more force or drive remains available to power the boat – especially helpful when you’re in a close race for that final … Read More → "North Sails unfurls game-changing new sail technology"
The Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Corynne McSherry looks at the revised version of the Stop Online Piracy Act that is going to markup today, and finds that it does not address the substantive First Amendment issues raised by scholars who’ve weighed in since its introduction.
First, both bills would still result in the censoring of non-infringing speech. That is because they allow for the blocking of entire websites – even though the site may contain a great deal of perfectly legal speech. The Supreme Court has repeatedly affirmed, “broad prophylactic rules … Read More → "Why SOPA is unconstitutional"
“Guitar Pedals” by David Byrne is an interactive art installation of 96 guitar effects pedals that are connected to one another as well as to a guitar and amplifier (video by Todo Mundo). Viewers are invited to step on the pedals, creating layered guitar effects. via Laughing Squid
Kenton Varda, a software engineer for Google, is very into LAN parties. You might think you are into LAN parties, or that you know a guy who is really into LAN parties, but compared to Kenton Varda, you are not even close to having the slightest affinity for LAN parties. You see, Varda had a house built specifically to be awesome for LAN parties. A super sexy LAN party dream house, if you … Read More → "Google engineer has the most amazing house for LAN parties"
Police arrested a man who allegedly assaulted three people with a blue light saber at a Hayden Island Toys R Us Wednesday night.
A 9-1-1 caller reported the incident about 9:50 p.m. and said the man was inside the store, 1800 Jantzen Beach Center, swinging the “Star Wars” weapon of choice at customers, said Sgt. Pete Simpson, a … Read More → "Portland police arrest man after alleged ‘Star Wars’ light saber assault at Toys R Us"
…when Aston set out to build its radical One-77 flagship, it stepped away from its main manufacturing facility and constructed a small structure where it turned the assembly line concept upside down. Rather than move the car along a line as it’s constructed, there are seven workstations where craftsmen and parts revolve around each vehicle. The setup hews more closely to the golden age of bespoke coachbuilding than the brave new world of hyper-efficient mass-production. via < … Read More → "How Aston Martin builds the gorgeous One-77 supercar"
