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Augmented Reality Sandbox uses Kinect for real-time topography and simulated water

By Dante D'Orazio on May 6, 2012 09:51 pm + 17 comments

If you long for a high tech twist to your sandcastle making, the Augmented Reality Sandbox might be Continue reading…
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Kraftwerk: from Düsseldorf experimentation to MOMA artwork in 42 years

By Evan Rodgers on April 25, 2012 01:20 am + 2 comments

Various styles of music go in and out of popularity, but when a band is featured by the Museum of Continue reading…
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Space Shuttle Discovery retires to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

By T.C. Sottek on April 19, 2012 08:09 pm + 47 comments

We were fortunate enough to be in attendance at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum today, Continue reading…
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The Louvre now offering Nintendo 3DS audio guides with built-in maps

By Amar Toor on April 11, 2012 04:57 am + 3 comments

Back in December, the Louvre announced plans to replace its audio museum guides with Nintendo's 3DS Continue reading…
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Google Art Project now has over 30,000 works including the White House Gallery

By Aaron Souppouris on April 3, 2012 05:04 am + 4 comments

Google just announced that its Art Project is expanding to cover a more diverse range of mediums. Continue reading…
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Life Online gallery gives the internet's origins the museum treatment

By Jeff Blagdon on March 29, 2012 02:15 am

When you consider how amazing the internet is, it's a little surprising that its beginnings don't Continue reading…
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Google will form partnership with Belgian 'paper internet' museum

By Adi Robertson on March 12, 2012 03:02 pm + 3 comments

A century-old museum designed to catalog and connect the world's knowledge is getting some help from Continue reading…
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Nintendo 3DS to replace audio guides at the Louvre

By T.C. Sottek on December 16, 2011 09:29 pm + 14 comments

Starting in March, The Louvre will begin to replace its audio guides with Nintendo 3DS consoles that Continue reading…
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Google donates £550,000 to help restore site of Turing's codebreaking project

By Adi Robertson on December 15, 2011 06:46 am + 10 comments

Bletchley Park, site of the Allied codebreaking program during World War II and current home of the Continue reading…