They said it couldn't be done, but Oskar van Deventer-a longtime puzzle maker living in the Netherlands-created it anyhow: a 17-by-17-by-17 tile Rubik's cube that, as far as we know, is an unofficial world record for the world's largest and most complex Rubik's puzzle.
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At Nintendo's launch event today, I played a dozen games on the 3DS, their forthcoming 3-D handheld system. Having previously spent a few minutes with it at CES, along with a bevy of other 3-D gaming gear, after today's playing I'm ready to make a declaration:
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In sci-fi lore, one of the great qualifying events leading up to the eventual war with and enslavement by our machines is the moment when robots begin replicating - that is, they begin manufacturing themselves without help from humans. If that's the case, then the latest
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The most futuristic device you can have in your living room...hacked
Microsoft's Kinect is amazing. The first time you try the "crank that" Soulja Boy dance on Dance Central, or slam a ping-pong ball in Kinect Sports using only your awkward, flailing arms--those are
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Now that we've begun 3D printing anything and everything here on Earth, it's time
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For a few years, certain theaters have had cameras watching for the infrared signature of bootleggers' cameras. But why waste all the untapped market research potential of these cameras? Aralia Systems, a British security firm, has just received
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Help us, Obi-Wan
Videochat is cool enough, but it's got nothing on R2D2's 3D holographic projector (think Princess Leia repeating "Help me Obi-wan Kenobi; you're my only hope"). Now, a team at the University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences is brining holographic
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3D printing has already resulted in advances in manufacturing (as well as tiny stop-motion animation), but now taking it one
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Batdrones, swarming UAVs, and better radar are in our future
Bat Con 2010 could have been a decidedly depressing science meeting, with days full of papers discussing bat deaths from white-nose
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If it's not the most efficient piece of clothing ever designed, it very well might be the smartest. The ‘DARPA hoodie,' a strangely-designed patchwork garment
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A young German guy has a detailed Instructable online this week that explains how you can exercise your inner narcissist and make a 3D paper clone of yourself.
It's worth checking out
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The most futuristic device you can have in your living room...hacked
Microsoft's Kinect is amazing. The first time you try the "crank that" Soulja Boy dance on Dance Central, or slam a ping-pong ball in Kinect Sports using only your awkward, flailing arms--those are
Read more...
What would any recent sci-fi film or TV show be without some kind of 3D, most probably holographic, display? The problem with science-fiction of old was the lack of real-world computer technology the film/TV show creators had available to them in order to create believable futuristic technology.
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Big Brother was watching before, but soon he'll bewatching with a whole new set of high-tech eyes. The US Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is creating a wide-eyed
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When Germany hosted the 2006 World Cup, people flocked to public parks, arenas, and sporting stadiums worldwide to watch the games on massive screens at public viewing events. If Japan lands its bid for the 2022 Cup, you may be able to go to your local soccer stadium
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Using only two months of data, the GOCE gravity-tracking satellite has built the first-ever full map of Earth's gravitational field.
The map, called a geoid, reflects the bumps and valleys of Earth's gravitational effects. The map shows what the Earth would look
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They said it couldn't be done, but Oskar van Deventer-a longtime puzzle maker living in the Netherlands-created it anyhow: a 17-by-17-by-17 tile Rubik's cube that, as far as we know, is an unofficial world record for the world's largest and most complex Rubik's puzzle.
Read more...
The super-accurate Earth-mapping satellite TanDEM-X has beamed back its first images, and they're detailed enough
Read more...
If you can’t make it to South Africa for the World Cup, you can at least take a virtual tour of all the stadiums before you watch the 3D action.
Google has a 3D tour of all
Read more...
In sci-fi lore, one of the great qualifying events leading up to the eventual war with and enslavement by our machines is the moment when robots begin replicating - that is, they begin manufacturing themselves without help from humans. If that's the case, then the latest
Read more...
Big Brother was watching before, but soon he'll bewatching with a whole new set of high-tech eyes. The US Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is creating a wide-eyed
Read more...
Using only two months of data, the GOCE gravity-tracking satellite has built the first-ever full map of Earth's gravitational field.
The map, called a geoid, reflects the bumps and valleys of Earth's gravitational effects. The map shows what the Earth would look
Read more...
When Germany hosted the 2006 World Cup, people flocked to public parks, arenas, and sporting stadiums worldwide to watch the games on massive screens at public viewing events. If Japan lands its bid for the 2022 Cup, you may be able to go to your local soccer stadium
Read more...
Massive stars live for a very long time, so when their lives finally do come to an end they like to go out with a bang -- a bang that can become brighter than the whole galaxy for a time. Astronomers have studied and modeled these supernovae for decades, but for the first
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If you can’t make it to South Africa for the World Cup, you can at least take a virtual tour of all the stadiums before you watch the 3D action.
Google has a 3D tour of all
Read more...
The super-accurate Earth-mapping satellite TanDEM-X has beamed back its first images, and they're detailed enough
Read more...
A young German guy has a detailed Instructable online this week that explains how you can exercise your inner narcissist and make a 3D paper clone of yourself.
It's worth checking out
Read more...
What would any recent sci-fi film or TV show be without some kind of 3D, most probably holographic, display? The problem with science-fiction of old was the lack of real-world computer technology the film/TV show creators had available to them in order to create believable futuristic technology.
Read more...
For a few years, certain theaters have had cameras watching for the infrared signature of bootleggers' cameras. But why waste all the untapped market research potential of these cameras? Aralia Systems, a British security firm, has just received
Read more...
Help us, Obi-Wan
Videochat is cool enough, but it's got nothing on R2D2's 3D holographic projector (think Princess Leia repeating "Help me Obi-wan Kenobi; you're my only hope"). Now, a team at the University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences is brining holographic
Read more...
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