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Artist On a Mission to Install Swing Sets Around Bolivia
San Francisco artist Jeff Waldman is spreading joy around the world through a deceptively simple tool: the swing set. Waldman and friends have installed guerilla…
Evernote Peek, An iPad Study Companion That Works Like Flash Cards
Evernote Peek is a clever learning app for iPad 2 that uses the Smart Cover to emulate the trusty pen and paper flash card…
Muffin Monster, A Machine That Destroys Everything
Muffin Monster by JWC Environmental is an impressive machine that destroys everything that is fed to it. via Boing Boing
Show Me How to Survive, An Illustrated Survival Guide
Show Me How To Survive by Joseph Pred is a survival guide illustrated in the style of an aircraft safety card. Pred draws on his…
Google Chromebooks Now Available For Purchase
Google has just announced that their new cloud-based Chromebooks are now available through Amazon and Best Buy. Chromebooks are built and optimized for the web,…
Documenting Traffic Mayhem in a Manhattan Street Intersection
“3 Way Street” by Ron Gabriel is a video of one Manhattan intersection that shows the mayhem caused by misbehaving motorists, pedestrians, and cyclists. The…
It’s Gettin’ Real In The Whole Foods Parking Lot
Fog and Smog make a catchy rap song about the Whole Foods Parking Lot where it’s about to get real. via Grant Shellen
The Wheels Of Steel, A Browser-Based DJ Turntables Emulator
Our friend Scott Schiller, who has DJ’d at Laughing Squid events in the past, has just created The Wheels Of Steel, an amazing browser-based turntable…
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D Ad Featuring Robin Williams
Robin Williams stars in a commercial for the Nintendo 3DS game The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D along with his daughter Zelda, who…
Google Search By Image
Google has launched their new Search By Image feature which which lets you use an image to search Google’s index. Google uses computer vision techniques…