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Sesame Street moves augmented reality from back alley to main street

Posted May 9, 2012 - 10:16 am

The 2012 Augmented Reality Event conference in Santa Clara is playing host to the Sesame Street characters—as well as some pop-up style animated books and apps for the classroom.
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Tech predictions from 1993: Video phones, tablets and hovercars

Posted April 30, 2012 - 2:58 pm

AT&T predicts the 'world of 2003' in this 1993 video, with moderate success (tech was close, fashion was way off).
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Guy creates Android-based beer dispenser

Posted April 30, 2012 - 1:47 pm

When you love the Android operating system and beer, why not combine those loves into a single device? This guy did.
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Dishonored: Assassin's Creed meets Steampunk

Posted April 17, 2012 - 10:37 am

Watch the debut trailer for this assassin-type video game honoring steampunk themes.
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Darth Vader unboxes Kinect Star Wars special edition

Posted April 12, 2012 - 11:24 am

Unboxing videos are typically boring, unless you do it in a Darth Vader costume.
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Kinect support comes to Skyrim

Posted April 12, 2012 - 10:33 am

Not an April Fool's joke: you'll be able to fight enemies with your own voice.
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Google Plus changes, nobody notices

Posted April 11, 2012 - 11:19 am

If you've accidentally checked out Google Plus recently, you may have noticed that the pages have changed.
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If video game worlds were actual planets

Posted April 11, 2012 - 10:34 am

Quick video quiz: Can you identify the 20 video game "planets" being animated here?
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Two more Google Goggle parody videos

Posted April 6, 2012 - 2:54 pm

Clippy will help you get across the street. Hey, do you want a coupon for Starbucks?
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Robot band will entertain the Machines after they take over

Posted April 6, 2012 - 9:16 am

Robot band can play The Beatles. OK, that's cool. Now play "Freebird"!
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Using a trampoline as video game controller

Posted March 30, 2012 - 10:55 am

Jump, jump, jump your way to fitness while playing video games.
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Time Machine: 1985 phone film provides more unintentional comedy, sexism

Posted March 22, 2012 - 9:44 am

Mama Mia, what do I do with this-a speakerphone?
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Time Machine: Best Buy was born from a tornado

Posted March 20, 2012 - 11:09 am

From devastation comes video gold (and a giant electronics superstore).
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Public power outlets that could bill you for electric usage? Sony's got them

Posted March 15, 2012 - 10:17 am

Need an iPhone recharge? That'll be $10, sir.
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Macworld video review of new iPad

Posted March 14, 2012 - 9:34 pm

See the new iPad in action to see how good the screen is.
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Quad-rotors turn Back to the Future car into reality

Posted March 12, 2012 - 10:12 am

The closest thing we have to an actual time machine is this RC copter shaped to look like a flying DeLorean.
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Time Machine: 1991 films predicted '21st century' lifestyle of 2003

Posted March 10, 2012 - 8:01 am

Films from the '90s predicted airline seat selection, live sonograms and more. But they also said we'd be talking to our desktop computers (and mobile phones were a lot bigger).
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The new iPad's superior display draws applause in San Francisco

Posted March 7, 2012 - 11:28 pm

Apple’s newest iPad was dubbed just that -- the ‘new iPad’ and shown in side-by-side comparisons with the iPad 2 for screen quality demonstrations on Wednesday in San Francisco. Vice President of Marketing Philip Schiller said the new iPad’s retina display makes content look clean and crisp, with no visible pixelation.
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William Shatner talks microchips in this 1976 film

Posted March 1, 2012 - 12:50 pm

Join the voyage of learning about microprocessors with Captain Kirk.
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Time Machine: Why didn't Internet on TV take off in 1983?

Posted March 1, 2012 - 8:01 am

The $50 million Viewtron system had high hopes for people to access information from their TVs in the '80s. But people were still just interested in playing Donkey Kong instead.
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Mario Party 9 means I'll have to spend more time with my kids

Posted February 29, 2012 - 6:53 pm

Time to dust off that Wii, people. Mario Party hits March 11.
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Microsoft shows off Windows 8 preview: Are you excited yet?

Posted February 29, 2012 - 6:14 pm

Microsoft releases three videos to try and build excitement for Windows 8.
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Mozilla demonstrates its internet-only phone

Posted February 29, 2012 - 5:37 pm

Mozilla managed to avoid using any parts of Android in the development of its Boot-to-Gecko mobile Web project, which it demonstrated Tuesday in Barcelona, Spain.
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Squee Alert! Second 'Avengers' trailer hits the Web

Posted February 29, 2012 - 2:31 pm

Get your popcorn ready again, another awesome Avengers trailer has hit the InterTubes.
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Android robot makes custom, crystal smartphone cases

Posted February 28, 2012 - 2:08 pm

A robot at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona made custom smartphone case designs from Swarovski crystals. The cases were awarded to Galaxy Nexus owners as part of a Google promotion. The process took about eight minutes.
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