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This self-balancing robot ball reminds us of something
We can’t really put our fingers on it, though. Wait… There it is. -Drew Millard [via]
Be a double major in chemistry and lacrosse
A column from the Washington Post recently argued that sports should be offered as an academic pursuit, alongside more traditional departments, such as science, business, and the humanities. Why shouldn’t we let kids major in sports? Aspiring athletes should be able to pursue their real interest, as
Mercedes-Benz made a terrifying interactive short film based on Google Maps
In Mercedes’ dystopian vision, we will all be blurs being sent nowhere, trapped in a pixelated dungeon of our own design. Luckily, you can be saved by driving a Mercedes. Or something. Play the game at Mercedes-Benz’s official UK site. Fair warning, they’re going to try to trick you into giving them
Having conquered Earth, Angry Birds eye space
As a team of two Russian and one American astronauts blasted through the Earth’s atmosphere towards the International Space Station on Monday, they had their eyes not on the control panel, as you’d expect, but on Angry Birds. This wasn’t a case of being distracted by mobile games. The astronauts dan
This week in "damn it": Jennifer Lopez is producing a Carmen Sandiego movie
Huffington Post reports that a Carmen Sandiego movie is going to happen, and Jennifer Lopez is producing it. Early plot reports make the forthcoming adaptation of the beloved computer game sound pretty formula-tastic: According to Deadline, the movie’s concept will be “‘National Treasure’ meets ‘The
Does the future of books lie in gaming?
Consider the case of cult thriller author Michael Grant, whose marketing scheme for his forthcoming novel BZRK revolves around an alternate reality game that stretches beyond the book into what he terms “transmedia.” Fast Company elaborates: While the book remains central to the main story, Grant sa
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