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Magic Wand Remote Control

Now you can watch Harry Potter in style! Pretty cool actually; found on Tim O’Reilly’s Twitter.

The Magic Wand = Accelerometer + Remote Control

The wand has a total of thirteen gestures that can be programmed to output IR signals. The gestures can be re-programmed at any time when you have the original [...]

A Computing Future by Microsoft

They claim to innovate. Let’s see if they can do this by 2019.

8-Bit Trip

1,500 hours of moving legobricks and taking photos of them. Check out their website @ http://www.rymdreglage.se

Pics From Repaired Hubble

Here are some awesome photos from the newly repaired Hubble spacecraft. Amazing stuff, check it out!

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Optimus Maximus Keyboard

I was chatting with Larry on AIM earlier and he linked me to this awesome keyboard. I really want one now…damn you Larry! Alas, it is way, way out of my price range (Listed at ~$1700 US).

Each key has it’s own stand-alone display, meaning you can change what function they key operates and [...]