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A Gigantic Circular Skateboard Violates Riding Laws 9X Over

6:40AM Sean Fallon | Skateboarding legend and artist Mark Gonzales has created a preposterous “Circle Board” for his exhibit, Round n’ Round, at the Franklin Parrasch Gallery in NYC. More »
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Brainwave Sofa Turns Your Brilliance Into Butt Cushions

2:20AM Mark Wilson | After capturing just three seconds of brain activity through EEG, designers Lucas Maassen and Dries Verbruggen can carve a snapshot of your thoughts into a block of foam. More »
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ThunderCats Xbox 360 Makes Me Bummed The Movie Is On Hold

11:40PM Danny Allen | I’m a sucker for great paintwork, and this airbrushed 360 from largomods reminds me how much I loved the ThunderCats as a kid. Too bad WB put the CG-animated movie (directed by Jerry O’Flaherty from Gears of Wars) on hold. More »
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Walk Into The Light

8:00AM Jesus Diaz | You are lost, walking through a dark forest. Unknown animal sounds drill into your ears and fears. The freezing wind crackles above you. And then reality breaks, opening a gate to an unknown white. Would you enter or run away? More »
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Ask The Artist: How Windows 7’s Home Screen Evolved

6:00AM Dan Nosowitz | Chuck Anderson, creator of Windows 7’s laid-back, cerulean-cool default wallpaper and login screen, showed me the evolution of his work — including Easter eggs, avoiding Mac tropes and why flaming skulls didn’t make the final design. More »
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More Low-Tech Invisibility Cloaks, This Time In NYC

3:40AM Adam Frucci | Yesterday, I showed you Liu Bolin’s analogue take on invisibility. Today, I’ve got more for you: say hello to Fred Lebain…if you can see him. More »
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Liu Bolin Creates Slowest, Least Practical Invisibility Cloak Ever

7:40AM Adam Frucci | Liu Bolin is a Chinese artist who makes himself invisible. See him hiding there in this picture? But wait, how does he do it? More »
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Giant Urban Cursor Tracks Its Movements In Google Maps

8:00AM Jesus Diaz | If the Urban Cursor — a giant cursor that captures its movements in Google Maps using GPS — worked in real life, I would use it to minimise Afghanistan, maximise Sweden, and drag and drop some parts of Madrid to the rubbish bin. More »
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Projectors Morph Boring Building Into Giant Pinball Machine

2:00AM Mark Wilson | Urban Screen, the same group behind insane 555 Kubik illusion, built a humongous, functioning pinball machine through facade projection way back in 2007. Why more architecture isn’t decorated with multi-storey video games, we do not know. More »
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The Living Light Sculpture

7:25AM Brian Lam | The Living Light Sculpture looks like a giant metal flower, or a man-made approximation of a jungle canopy with artificial sunlight coming down through its branches. It’s actually a digital map sculpture reporting air quality in Seoul, Korea. More »