This is actually a BMW commercial but they’re using the kinetic sculptures of a man named Theo Jansen to make their point. These kinetic sculptures are creepy and totally awesome at the same time. Imagine walking down the beach on a day like the one in the video and seeing one of these walking toward you.

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Who thought bumper cars were for kids?
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There are implants which are purely aesthetic , and then there’s the Digital Tattoo Interface concept. It’s a blood-powered electronic interface which is embedded under skin to mimic a tattoo, display videos, or act as a phone or computer. As great as it seems, this concept is seriously creepy because it powers itself by converting the glucose and oxygen found in blood into electricity. Though somehow getting your blood sucked by a gadget is worth it for the endless potential applications. What would you do with your implant?.

Meet the iSteady. The worlds first true Camera Stabilizer for a iPhone 3Gs and iPod nano(5th gen).

iPhone iSteady Shot

The iPhone has changed the way people view everyday life. The size and capability of the iPhone make the impossible, possible. Compact, lightweight and now able to shoot high quality video, it enables you free reign to create movies from your own imagination. Have you ever dreamed of directing your own feature film? Imagine the amazing footage you could capture if only it were steady? Now you can. Turn your Iphone into a movie making machine with sweeping cinematic shots that give your Iphone the million dollar look with your new lightweight easy to use iSteady Shot.

Check out the iSteady Shot for the iPhone and iPod Nano..

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From YouTube: In part 1 of this episode we give a overview of how we turned an Oldsmobile Delta ’88 into a remote control car in just 4 weeks. We built our control systems using a few motors, potentiometers, a Compact RIO embedded controller, and LabVIEW. We then set up wi-fi communication so we can drive the car from an iPhone as well as from a modified Power Wheels truck. For detailed plans, parts lists and code available for download, check out our website http://www.EngineerAwesome.com.

If you’ve ever parked your vehicle in a large parking lot you’ve realized that it would be great to have something help you memorize where your car was. Intridea’s latest iPhone application, Car Finder, helps you do just that. Unlike the cookie-cutter car finding applications in the App Store, Car Finder helps you find your car using augmented reality.

Using the camera, A-GPS and the compass built into the iPhone 3GS, Car Finder allows you to find your car by positioning an overlay on top of a live view of what’s in front of you. Also, when you mark your car Car Finder allows you to set a note for your parking spot. This is particularly useful if you know what section you’re parked in or if the GPS is spotty in the location that your car is currently parked in.

Car Finder

Car Finder is available now on the App Store for $0.99..

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That all changed on Nov. 9, 1989, when an inexact translation, a confused border guard and a natural longing for a better life opened a hole in that wall that would eventually end the Cold War. See more of these photos on the New York Times interactive feature..

Here’s a 1924 telegram from then Chief of U.S. Naval Operations, Edward W. Eberle, instructing all Naval stations to monitor the airwaves for any unusual transmissions due to anticipated contact from Martians. August 22nd of that year was witness to the closest Mars opposition since 1804 (a mere 55,777,566 km), and as such provided desirable conditions in which to receive radio signals from the Red Planet.

Prepare For Contact

The man tasked with clearing the airwaves – a Professor David Todd – somehow managed to persuade both the Army and Navy to report any findings for a three day period, but failed to silence the country’s private radio broadcasters for even two days. Needless to say, the three day exercise produced nothing but static..

Augmented Reality is really blowing my mind lately. This is a great example of what to expect in the future! Augmented Reality is a term for a live direct or indirect view of a physical real-world environment whose elements are merged with (or augmented by) virtual computer-generated imagery – creating a mixed reality.

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Chinese artist Li Wei from Beijing started off his performance series ‘Mirroring’ and later on took off attention with his ‘Falls’ series which shows the artist with his head and chest embedded into the ground.

His work is a mixture of performance art and photography that creates illusions of a sometimes dangerous reality. Li Wei states that these images are not computer montages and works with the help of props such as mirror, metal wires, scaffolding and acrobatics..