As Bruce Sterling called it “an autonomous urban taxi with passengers that are rice plants.”

Agriculture’s about to become a game of …

Robot rice farmers

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From Pixelsumo:

“Each of the five oak machines in Loop System Quintet – connected by a single drive-shaft – draws a different ‘knot’ of light in space, predetermined by the ratio of the…

‘Loop System Quintet‘ by Conrad Shawcross

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A little holiday fun via the kids at MAKE:

Tellart 2008 Holiday Card from Tellart on Vimeo.

The folks at Tellart have made an amazing Augmented Reality (AR) holiday card that…

An Augmented Reality Holiday Card

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Meet the Genpets, created via..

a process called “Zygote Micro Injection” which is quickly becoming a favourable method to combine DNA, or to insert certain proteins from different…

Genpets – a present from xmas future

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From w3sh.com:

W3sh.com is a French-language site, so we have to rely on the helpful Google translator-bot to get more info on this. Apparently:

The Italian company offers a Lumina lamp…

Egyptian snake lamp

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From DVICE:

Called Infinite Energy: SIG, the sunglasses are designed to turn the rays that it blocks out into electrical energy, providing protection and power all at the same time. The…

Power your gadgets with these sunglasses

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ARToolworks have developed augmented-reality technology for the iPhone.

This is the demo for their toolkit:

So we can expect to see full…

ARToolkit: AugmentedReality for the iPhone

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intriguing..

Re: The Worldwide Culture Gonzo Squad, Inc.

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Bruce Sterling’s got his design-fiction/Futurist hat on again, giving us Big Mama, Greifswald, Rebel kids, Brixels: The People of kashklash.

This explores “possible futures, based on two…

The People of kashklash

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The Waterpod:

..a floating, sculptural, eco-habitat designed for the rising tides. It will depart on May 1, 2009, from the Newtown Creek between Brooklyn and Queens, navigate down the…

Waterpod – an art eco-habitat

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