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10,000 Sq. Ft. Augmented Reality Marker Sets Guinness World Record

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Let’s say you’re an architect and you have a great new building you’ve just finished designing and you want to show your client what the finished product will look like. In the past, the solution was either having a scale model built or rendering the blueprints into 3D models – but that’s so last year. [...]

New Audible App Brings Audiobooks to Android (Finally)

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Hi. My name is Chris and I’m an audiobookoholic. I don’t have anything against reading the written word, but with my busy schedule, I am far more available to listen to an audiobook in my car, in the shower or while doing laundry. Audible is hands down the best resource for audiobook content, and they’ve [...]

Forget Woodshop Class: MakerBot Giving 3D Printers to Teachers

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In the past, the best hope kids had of building things in school was either a pot of clay in art class or a mailbox in woodshop class. But we’re living in the future of that past, right? So what can kids make now? Thanks to some generous donations coming from MakerBot, creators of open [...]

StarCraft II & Video Games as Spectator Sport

StarCraft II Wings of Liberty

Do you prefer to wage war as the humanoid Terran species, or as the scientifically advanced Protoss? Or perhaps you prefer the thrill of a Zerg rush? Whichever race is your favorite, there’s no denying the fact that excitement is still in the gaming air since last Monday’s release of StarCraft II, the much anticipated [...]

Amazon Gets All Friendly with Facebook Recommendations

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Shopping and purchasing items is supposed to be a social experience, right? Most of us (begrudgingly as it may be) bring a friend or family member along when we decide to troll through the mall looking for items to buy. Who knows? Perhaps they have an eye for what fashions are popular this season or what [...]