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A Samurai Can Also Fight An Animated Samurai [Video]
This is the coolest thing you’ll see online today. The video you see below is a recording of a performance called "Sword Dance and Shadowgraph" which was recently filmed in Tokyo, Japan. Taichi Saoteme fights a computer generated (animated) samurai projected onto the screen behind him. It’s pretty visually appealing. You guys catch the video,…
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How Computers Evolved From 1939 To 2010 [Infographic]
Here is an detailed infographic that shows all the major computing devices released in the last 71 years. The list starts from 1939 when HP released the HP200A Audio Oscillator that was used as a sound effects generator in the Disney Movie “Fantasia” and ends at the iPad in 2010. Grab a cup of coffee…
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BlackBerry Shows Off Awesome New PlayBook App Demos
There is something about the BlackBerry PlayBook that intrigues me. I don’t care for any of the Android tablets or HP’s WebOS TouchPad but I definitely want to see the PlayBook when it comes out. I may never choose it over an iPad because of the 7″ form factor but more choice is always better.…
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This Is How People Will Vacuum Rugs In Future [Kinect Roomba Hack]
We have Roomba – A robot vacuum cleaner that follows your controls. We have Kinect – A programmable motion sensing game control. Now put in a smart Japanese programmer and you get a super-cool and futuristic handsfree vacuum cleaner! [via Gizmodo]
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Are We Obsessed With Facebook? [Infographic]
A few days back I was surprised about 750 million photos uploaded to Facebook over a weekend. After seeing this infographic (see ahead), nothing about Facebook will surprise me anymore.
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The Word of The Year is “App” [A Year Late?]
The American Dialect Society has chosen “app”, short for application as the word of the year. The word “app” received 69 votes to be chosen over “junk”, “WikiLeaks”, “nom”, “trend”, “fat-finger” and “-pad”. Ben Zimmer, chair of the New Words Committee of the American Dialect Society , executive producer of VisualThesaurus.com and the “On Language” columnist for…
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The Chase Film: Intel’s Awesome New Mashup Video
This is one of the most innovative mashup videos I’ve ever seen. Kudos Intel! Official description and the video follow. To build excitement around the 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i5 processor, Intel is launching an action-adventure video titled “The Chase.” The spot demonstrates the performance capabilities of the new processors by creating an action-movie style…
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Smallest Hotel Room In China Makes Me Feel Lucky
Long time back I saw some meme over the Internet that talked about capsule rooms in Japan. Apparently that was true. The concept has now spread to China and Shanghai has got their first Capsule Hotel.
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The Evolution Of The Batmobile [Holy Infographics, Batman!]
CarInsurance.org made this awesome looking info graphic that shows the evolution of Batmobiles. Right from 1941. It’s the best thing I’ve seen, well, today. PS: I am officially in love with Infographics.
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Toyota’s Entune In-car entertainment system
Toyota showcased its new and arguably amazing in car entertainment system called Entune. The system pairs with your mobile phone over bluetooth and provides a plethora of amazing options to you in your car leveraging your mobile phone’s data connection. You need to have a mobile app on your phone for the system to work…
