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Interactive instrument dock turns your iPad into a guitar

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Whether you love it or hate, for many the iPad is now the default tablet for all but the most diehard Android fans. Now one music instrument company wants to make it part of your default music studio set-up.

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Android app puts 3D Large Hadron Collider in your hand

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Some scientist are predicting that we won’t have any real answers from the experiments at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, Geneva until 2012, but in the meantime you can peek in on how things work via your Android smartphone.

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Steve Jobs portrait made from old MacBook Pro parts (PIC)

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Since the death of Steve Jobs earlier this week we’ve seen all manner of spontaneous Apple store tributes and testimonials from many of his peers and competitors. But now in the next phase of memoriam, one group has delivered what may be the most perfe…

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Hacked tricycle prints Chinese calligraphy in water

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The mysteries of the China and Japan continue to fascinate those of us raised on English and corn flakes, but one Canadian recently took his own technological innovation eastward to create something uniquely Asian and quite useful.

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SpaceX reveals designs for reusable rockets

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The man who almost single-handedly made the environmentally-conscious electric vehicle sexy with the Tesla, is now hoping to do the same for space flight, but with a twist, reusable launch vehicles.

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Post-Fukushima, radiation detecting smartphones come into vogue

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It was just last week that we showed you what a post-nuclear accident Tokyo commute might look like. Well now Japan’s biggest phone company, Docomo, has unveiled a disturbingly practical new device: a smartphone accessory to help you measure radiation.

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Automatic cocktail maker lets you type out your favorite drinks

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What if you could walk into a bar and simply type out the name of the drink you want? Well that’s the fantasy one Russian geek decided to turn into reality, with impressive results.

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Mommy Tummy may be the most realistic pregnancy simulator ever

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With Japan’s declining birth rate it’s only natural that the country’s engineer begin to focus more on baby-centric devices, but this latest invention truly raises the stakes in the realm of sympathetic pregnancy simulators for men.

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Indie short film shows what post-Fukushima Tokyo could have been like

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The anti-nuclear energy protests in post-Fukushima Tokyo have increased in size and frequency, indicating the society’s new attitude toward the energy source. One indie director decided to reflect this trend with his own take on what a post-apocalyptic…

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Handroid could be the robotic hand for the masses

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We’ve seen elaborate and finely articulated remote-controlled robotic hands in sci-fi movies and high-end labs, but now the invention is set to invade the consumer market in the form of a clever new system called Handroid.

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Video chat hack turns you into Obama, Brad Pitt or Steve Jobs

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What if you could highjack someone else’s video chat in real time and essentially steal their face? That’s the idea one creative coder had when concocting this real-time video chat masking hack, and the effect is amazing.

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The Sound Tank may be the ultimate DJ assault vehicle

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It must be tempting for electronic DJs to envision themselves deploying beats from their console as if driving a virtual tank through the soundscape, but one enterprising DJ decided to make that dream a reality.

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Seinfeld’s funniest victim shows us why we need Google Wallet

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While it’s now common in countries like Japan to pay for things using your phone, the U.S. has lagged behind in this department. But Google aims to change all that with Google Wallet, as introduced by your favorite New York neurotic, Seinfeld’s George …

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Kinetic power suit makes you work to hear your favorite music

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If you take your jogging as more of an obsession than as a light workout, then you probably have experienced running out of juice on your MP3 player during one of your more intense runs. Now someone has come up with a green energy solution that could h…

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How to create an awesome DIY Daft Punk helmet in just four months

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Not all do-it-yourself projects are created equal, so when we tell you that this is one of the best original attempts at making a working Daft Punk helmet, what we actually mean is that this is a project only to be undertaken by the samurai tinkerers o…

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Miniature holodeck lets you play with anime characters in 3D

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In America we dream of interactive virtual environments to live out our wildest fantasies, just like in Star Trek. In Japan, they are working just as hard on the same tech, but the reoccurring theme is a desire to bring their anime characters closer to…

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YouTube’s new effects menu makes everyone a video editor

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Google’s popular YouTube site is not only an unqualified success with tens of millions of views per day, it has also become an integral part of American popular culture. Now the site aims to empower its users with yet another tool that may set it apart…

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Electric scooter has the coolest exhaust pipe you’ll never see

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BMW is has a fine reputation in the world of four-wheels, but the company is looking to reinvent itself by deploying a new take on the motorcycle, and it’s not just green energy friendly, it’s actually kinda sexy.

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Guitar Hero champ reveals the future of holographic gaming

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If you follow the world of pro gaming you might know Freddie Wong from his Guitar Hero 2 win at the World Series of Video Games back in 2007. Now he’s developed a visual effects house where his latest video give us a glimpse of the future of gaming.

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MTV has met its match in what may be the future of Internet TV

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There are so many great ideas out there, but when someone gets it right, you have to be sure to praise such efforts and hope others follow suit. This is the case with the new Cull.tv, a new form of music television that takes Web television rapidly in …

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Real Starship Troopers Powered Suit is as badass as it sounds

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If you consider yourself a hardcore fan of the Starship Troopers universe, you might be interested to know that Japan put together its own anime version called Starship Troopers OVA. Now one fan has taken one of the series’ most iconic pieces of tech a…

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