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May 22, 2012

74: Alpha waves

Hello.

Leap
What fresh sorcery is this?
http://leapmotion.com/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57437404-76/leap-motion-3d-hands-free-motion-control-unbound/

'Russia’s First Android'
Pretty deep in the uncanny valley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5zDI25E4v8
(via @warrenellis)

25 words that don’t exist in English
http://sobadsogood.com/2012/04/29/25-words-that-simply-dont-exist-in-english/
(#2 is my favourite. I’m surprised British English doesn’t have a term for this, but perhaps it’s for the same reason that fish probably don’t need a word for water.)

Matt Webb: Fuel Band for Alpha Waves
Matt is my personal hero.
http://interconnected.org/home/2012/05/16/fuelband_for_alpha_waves

Virginia Tech: Interactive 3-D printing station
“Forget the jetpacks, researchers at Virginia Tech have developed an interactive 3D-printing vending machine and the future has officially arrived”
Lovely.
http://exp.lore.com/post/23167243075/forget-the-jetpacks-researchers-at-virginia-tech

WerkBench
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/werkbench/id522262614?ls=1&mt=8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNXZbw5k_ZA
(This looks fun! via b3ta)

Blimey. I hope that’s a parachute he’s wearing on his back
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diDLgFvq7bo
There’s a frankly terrifying craze known as ‘skywalking’.
http://gizmodo.com/5905153/skywalking-russian-teens-risk-death-for-daredevil-photos
Sheesh.
http://raskalov-vit.livejournal.com/


Yours sincerely
Roo

Roo Reynolds
@rooreynolds http://tinyletter.com/rooreynolds

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