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Build Your Own Life HUD With A Smartphone And Cardboard

1:34AM John Herrman | A cardboard box, sliced to pieces, taped together, fastened to a pair of work goggles and capped off with an HTC Magic: this is what DIY augmented reality looks like, right now. More »
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AR Goggles Give Real-Life +50% Speed Boost To Marine Mechanics

5:20PM Matt Buchanan | It’s like a real-life Starcraft perk for mechanics repairing armoured vehicles: Marine mechanics, assisted by augmented-reality goggles with a heads-up display, repaired light armoured vehicles up to 46 per cent faster. More »
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Augmented Reality Business Card: I Would Hire Him

3:00AM Sean Fallon | ActionScript developer James Alliban has himself one of the most impressive business cards you will ever see. It uses augmented reality to generate a 3D video that can be manipulated on screen. More »
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DARPA Documents Reveal Plans For Advanced Video Spying Tech

12:45PM Gizmodo US Edition | Real-time videos that detect the most minute movements in enemy battle areas and advanced analytical systems that will efficiently sift through them are all in the works, according to DARPA documents. A $US6.7 million contract with software company Kitware revealed a DARPA project focused on rapidly indexing archived aerial surveillance. It also gave a taste of the technology our military already uses, and it sounds like something out of the Bourne Identity. More »