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Unbelievable Display Technology Uses Levitating Particles As Pixels
The Pixie Dust display uses sound waves to create images and animations from real particles that appear to float in mid-air. It probably sounds implausible, but there’s video of it in action. And, yes, what you’re seeing is actually happening — no gimmicks or special effects.
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The Brilliantly Simple 3D-Printing Program You Never Realised You’d Need
As the days of affordable, technologically sound at-home 3D printing loom ever nearer, creative minds around the world have been dripping with the wondrous possibilities these plastic-spewing, magic machines hold. Unfortunately, magic or not, the laws of physics still apply — and your liquid plastic dreams probably don’t take into account the fact that your…
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Detailed look at OLPC XO laptop
At Siggraph right now, the One Laptop Per Child team is showing off the actual units, and this video gives a solid overview of where they are at right now. Apparently it is called the XO. You know, like the sauce. The demonstrator explains that the power system is now modular, so you can run…