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Pi in the Sky, Skywriters Fill the San Francisco Bay Area Skies With the First 1,000 Digits of Pi
Over Richmond, California photo by Kevin Mathieu On the afternoon of September 12, 2012, artist ISHKY, with Stamen Design, launched Pi in the Sky, a…
Samuel Adams Octoberfest Beer Milkshake
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers is prepping for Oktoberfest a little early this year with an absolutely delicious looking special beer milkshake made with Samuel Adams…
Arse Elektronika 2012: 4Play, San Francisco Conference on Sex & Tech
The sixth annual Arse Elektronika, a conference on sex and technology, takes place September 27 through 30 in San Francisco. This year, the conference will…
Bird-Apartment, A Treehouse That Is Also A 78 Nest Birdhouse
photos by Masaya Yoshimura Bird-Apartment is a treehouse that doubles as a giant birdhouse with 78 nest spaces for birds. A person can enter the…
Apple Unveils iPhone 5: Thinner, Lighter, Faster
Apple CEO Timothy Cook unveiled the next generation iPhone 5 which has a host of improvements and new features.
SquidCar by Ryon Gesink
photo by Eleanor Pregor SquidCar is a tentacular squid art car that features an LED lighting system for near cuttlefish quality color shifting (video). SquidCar…
Life By A Thread, An Animation About a Cat’s Struggles With a Sweater
New York cartoonist and Titmouse animator James Sugure (aka “Jim Grue“) created a great new animated short titled Life By A Thread, that premiered at…
Impossible Instant Lab Turns iPhone Photos into Analog Photos
The Impossible Instant Lab is a device that creates a Polaroid-style instant photo out of any photo on your iPhone. The device is essentially an…
The Inebriator Bartender Robot
The Inebriator is a robot bartender than can automatically create cocktails from a selection of spirits and mixers (video). The robot runs on an Arduino…
Boston Dynamics Demonstrates LS3 Four Legged Robot
Earlier this week, Boston Dynamics demonstrated the capabilities of the Legged Squad Support System (LS3), a semi-autonomous four-legged robot designed to serve as a pack…