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  Google's secret X lab to reveal new project 'in the coming month'

  By Sam Byford on March 13, 2013 08:28 pm + 66 comments

  Google X is the secret laboratory where the company puts designers to work on some of their most Continue reading…

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  Brad Bird and Damon Lindelof's retro-future collaboration renamed 'Tomorrowland'

  By Sam Byford on January 29, 2013 02:40 am + 19 comments

  Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof and The Incredibles director Brad Bird have been working on a secret Continue reading…

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  25,000-LED light show coming to San Francisco Bay Bridge in March

  By Sam Byford on January 22, 2013 08:14 pm + 33 comments

  San Francisco's Bay Bridge already has a pretty complex lighting rig, but it's about to get a lot Continue reading…

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  Embodied Avatar project can detect lies with remarkable accuracy

  By Ben Kersey on January 18, 2013 05:44 am + 17 comments

  Detecting lies and deception is no easy feat for even the most seasoned agent, but once again Continue reading…

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  Acoustic Barcodes can use sound waves to create a binary ID on most surfaces

  By Justin Rubio on October 13, 2012 03:08 pm + 42 comments

  Chris Harrison, a PhD candidate in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon Continue reading…

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  German art student turns building into huge spider tank

  By Louis Goddard on September 27, 2012 06:32 am + 34 comments

  Spiders may not be the most popular creatures, but German art student Friedrich von Schoor appears Continue reading…

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  Students design 'Skube', a Spotify-powered music box — but will it be produced?

  By Louis Goddard on September 18, 2012 01:17 pm + 31 comments

  A group of students at the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design (CIID) has just shown off a Continue reading…

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  Skube music box pictures

  on September 18, 2012 01:16 pm

  Pictures of the Skube music box, designed by students at the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Continue reading…

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  'Sona' for iPad provides a touchscreen take on the classic 'Simon' game

  By Louis Goddard on August 10, 2012 05:14 am + 5 comments

  For his third-year project at the University of Art and Design in Lausanne, Switzerland, student Continue reading…

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  German art student builds Euro-to-Bitcoin vending machine

  By Louis Goddard on July 16, 2012 12:02 pm + 20 comments

  Despite growing popularity in the shadier parts of the internet, the anonymous, peer-to-peer Continue reading…