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by Keith Shaw

Keith Shaw writes the Cool Tools column for Network World, and is the Multimedia Content Editor for IDG Enterprise, responsible for editorial video and audio content creation. Follow him on Twitter @shawkeith.

Did Nike create Back-to-the-Future sneakers?

Posted Sep 08, 2011 - 10:43 am

The folks over at Nice Kicks have posted that Nike has invited them to a special event later tonight, in which they speculate that they will reveal the Nike Air Mag shoes, which the company had preiously registered with the U.S. Patent Office. Along with other hints, there's now a video that reveals "Marty McFly's closet":
Don't bring a slingshot to a paintball fight

Posted Apr 16, 2012 - 10:42 am

In this week's Slingshot Channel video, Joerg Sprave shows that using a slingshot to fire paintballs would be illegal, both in Germany (where he films) and in the USA, mainly because the power of the slingshot is higher than the legal limits.
slingshot, slingshots
Evolution of Doctor Who Title Sequences

Posted Jul 05, 2011 - 09:53 am

I've been watching a lot of Doctor Who episodes lately (thank you, Netflix!) and have always wondered about the title sequences that the show uses, with the vortex, the TARDIS flying through space, and the opening music.
Doctor Who, geek culture
Facial-animation capture gets more realistic

Posted Mar 09, 2012 - 10:52 am

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animation, computer animation
Flying robots play James Bond theme

Posted Mar 01, 2012 - 03:02 am

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flying robots, research
Furby is back to terrorize a new generation of children

Posted Sep 04, 2012 - 02:26 pm

From the people over at Robot-Dreams.com, here's a Japanese video announcing the return of the Furby toy robot. The Furby, as you may recall, was a robot toy that took the world by storm in the late '90s and could eventually learn English over time.
furby, Japanese culture
Get out of my dreams and onto my iPad

Posted Jun 25, 2012 - 05:47 pm

A couple of weeks ago, AT&T began posting some new "You Will" videos as an homage to its classic TV commercials from the early '90s, highlighting some of the things people will be able to do with their communications tec
AT&T, future predictions
Girl builds LEGO Millennium Falcon in about 4 hours (video)

Posted Feb 14, 2012 - 05:32 pm

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lego, Millennium Falcon
Google Doodle guitar gallery: Songs galore!

Posted Jun 10, 2011 - 09:25 am

After only one day on the site, Google's Guitar Doodle is very popular, sucking out productivity from office workers and allowing people to create their own videos of their favorite songs. Here's a roundup of some of our favorite songs that we've seen via YouTube:
Google Doodle, Google Guitar
Google Plus changes, nobody notices

Posted Apr 11, 2012 - 11:19 am

Imagine my surprise when I noticed that the Google team had posted six new videos around its Google+ social network, with how-to advice like how to set up your profile; how to share photos, videos and links; how to do a Hangout; how to add comments and "+1"; and what the heck Circles are.
Google, google plus

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