Hamster-Powered Strandbeest Walker

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The mad genius at Crafbuartworks created a miniature, hamster-powered strandbeest walker. The walker is hamstered by the intrepid Princess, who is a champ.

The hamster powered? that’s just stupid, which is the exact reason why I did it. It’s different, hasn’t been done before, yet it’s in so many what’s-under-the-hood jokes. It also had a high likelyhood of working, so I had to attempt it. Only problem: I don’t have a hamster, I don’t want a hamster for a pet, and I don’t know what sort of power and weight a little critter like that has. All I know is that I’ve seen them go ballistic on the hamster wheel, and so they must have great weight to power ratio…

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Google Unveils Honeycomb Tablet

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Google unveiled Honeycomb, the first version of its Android software specifically designed to run on tablets.

Google has launched an operating system it hopes will break into the tablet computer market dominated by Apple.  The company showcased the first version of its Android software specifically designed to run on tablets yesterday. (Pics and video)

 

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Socialnomics – The Impact of Social Media Around the World

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Social Media Revolution 2 – Based on the book Socialnomics by Erik Qualman

A fascinating, research-based look at the impact of social media on businesses and consumers around the world, and what’s in store for the future.

 

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Mark Zuckerberg Meets His Parody on SNL

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“Social Network” star Jesse Eisenberg received a surprise visitor during his “Saturday Night Live” monologue. First, SNL star Andy Samberg joined him onstage to one-up Eisenberg’s Mark Zuckerberg impression. Then, to everyone’s awkward delight, the King of Facebook himself rounded out the trio.

 

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LED Teeth Are the Latest Trend in Japan

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A man shows off his stick-on lights, a new idea in teeth fashion.

Technology and the height of fashion don’t often go hand-in-hand. Apple devices, smartphones, and PMPs may count as a fashion accessory, but the latest processor, fastest SSD, or a next-gen graphics card don’t. That hasn’t stopped the Japanese trying to think of novel ways to make certain components fashionable, though. While the well-known bits of a PC don’t fit the bill, those little LED lights that appear on most home electronics devices apparently do. (videos)

 

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What’s for Dinner? Kraft Food Kiosk Scans Your Face and Picks Your Dinner for You

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Kraft and Intel are teaming up to bring a vending machine kiosk that makes the food buying decision for you.

Dinner planning: It’s the bane of every five o’clock shopper who can’t bear to serve up frozen pizza one more night. Now, with the help of some spooky video analytics, Intel and Kraft aim to help harried shoppers come up with better–or at least different–solutions, right in their grocery aisles. (video)

 

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