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  Last Moment Robot will guide you through death's door

  By Aaron Souppouris on June 7, 2012 07:08 am + 33 comments

  Artist and designer Dan Chen has created the End of Life Care Machine, a robot tasked with Continue reading…

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  NYPL Biblion 'Frankenstein' App

  on June 7, 2012 12:02 am

  The New York Public Library's second Biblion iPad app, which collects primary sources, essays, and Continue reading…

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  NYPL's Biblion 'Frankenstein': annotating one of literature's greatest monsters

  By Adi Robertson on June 7, 2012 12:01 am + 2 comments

  Beyond the role libraries can play in community-building and accessibility, they remain fantastic Continue reading…

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  'Community' fan creates playable 'Journey to the Center of Hawkthorne' video game

  By Justin Rubio on June 6, 2012 10:37 pm + 35 comments

  To celebrate the grand finale of NBC show Community's third season, three episodes were shown on the Continue reading…

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  Solar Impulse completes first solar-powered interncontinental flight

  By Evan Rodgers on June 6, 2012 03:25 pm + 8 comments

  The Solar Impulse plane, which runs entirely on solar energy as the name implies, has completed its Continue reading…

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  Ray Bradbury, author of 'Fahrenheit 451,' dies at age 91

  By Laura June on June 6, 2012 11:40 am + 34 comments

  Ray Bradbury, one of the most famous writers of Science Fiction, died on June 5th in Los Angeles, at Continue reading…

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  Blip Festival 2012

  on June 5, 2012 09:30 am

  Emi Spicer and Sara Bobo contribute photographs of Blip Festival New York, one of the world's Continue reading…

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  Strappy NFC reader brings interactive smartphone ads to Tokyo subway cars

  By Amar Toor on June 4, 2012 06:41 am + 5 comments

  For the past few weeks, commuters on some Tokyo subway lines have been seeing a steady stream of Continue reading…

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  Digital music outsells physical media in the UK for the first time

  By Evan Rodgers on June 4, 2012 03:46 am + 5 comments

  The British Phonographic Industry has released a report showing that physical music sales have been Continue reading…

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  Watch This: PBS 'Off Book' series looks at Reddit

  By Evan Rodgers on June 3, 2012 06:43 pm + 15 comments

  There is a new episode in the PBS Off Book series about the famous content aggregator, Reddit. The Continue reading…