Unfortunately, Android doesn’t seem to be going so well. Third-party developers are pissed that Google is cherry-picking who gets platform updates, which makes the openness story more of a fairy tale. Rumor around the Bay Area tech community is that key Android team members have split over Google’s mishandling of the project.

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Vital Threads

As the MAKE Blog sez:

The above video interview with Sean Montgomery was recorded at the recent Last HOPE conference where Mr. Montgomery exhibited his line of ‘Vital Threads’ projects.

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Natalie Du Toit – first female amputee in the Olympics

natalie du toitI do not know how I missed this one earlier. It seems there is more than one amputee athlete from South Africa taking on the ‘able bodied’.

Swimmer Natalie Du Toit who competed at the…

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No Hero – you will buy this too

Re-tweeting, I mean re-blogging, Warren; for the five of you that don’t read his site too.

NO HERO #0, the first chapter of the story, is still available — if your local comics store…

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Punked out Pikachu makes some Noise

This circuit-bended Pikachu combines my current obsession with Super Smash Bros Brawl with my love of Japanese Noise. Plus, it just looks Punk as.

See more mad sonic experiments by…

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Artificial eyeball does away with distortion

From New Scientist Tech

Mimicking the curves of a human retina has enabled a digital image sensor to take wide-angle pictures without distortion. This is possible thanks to an improved…

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