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The AK-47 is a real-life game breaker

Ask anybody to name a gun and an AK-47 usually comes up near the top of the list. Tool of the terrorist and the revolutionary, it’s everywhere, with most acquainted with its distinct shape. It even has its own biography. A recent article in Wired recounts its history and impact in culture and world

Does interactivity start with a name?

Khalil Chistee’s work is striking in its own right. His latest exhibit decides to play with the idea of interpretation and the artist as author. “The artist’s installation, titled “Jo dil pe guzarti hey raqam kerte rahein gay”, showcases 22 pieces that have undergone the welding spark on archival pa

Is this computerized sports commentator the end of Al Michaels as we know it?

The Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Switzerland has developed a highly advanced system that can commentate on sports games The school, which we will henceforth refer to as EPFL, came up with a complex algorithm that uses several different video feeds, constantly monitored, to follow a so

New World of Warcraft expansion features pandas

Seriously. The new WoW expansion is entitled Mists of Pandaria, and in addition to raising the level cap from 85 to 90, it will include a new race: Pandarens. Warcraft enthusiasts will remember the creatures from Warcraft 3. Wired has an interview with the wonderfully named J. Allen Brack on the ent

The Old Testament is built in Lego pieces, block by block

Brenden Powell Smith has been building Biblical scenes out of Legos and posting them on his website for the past 10 years, and now his illustrations are being collected in a new book titled The Brick Bible. When I first started it I really didn’t think, okay, I’m embarking on this… project to illust