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An Ant Ballet, Choreographed By Pheromones And Robots

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An Ant Ballet, Choreographed By Pheromones And Robots

Can behavior be designed? Yes. Especially in ants.

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Architects Turn A Forgotten American Factory Into A Beacon For The Arts

Architects Turn A Forgotten American Factory Into A Beacon For The Arts

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, joins a growing list of cities that have transformed long-abandoned industrial sites into vibrant cultural campuses.

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Smart Shirt Syncs To Your iPhone, Trains You In Pilates

Smart Shirt Syncs To Your iPhone, Trains You In Pilates

Does this mean FaceTime is coming to abs?

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Kickstarting: Engineer Seeks Cash For Family-Sized, Low-Cost Airplane

Kickstarting: Engineer Seeks Cash For Family-Sized, Low-Cost Airplane

Kickstarter is a new model in funding ideas, but is the sky really the limit?

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A Lamp That Looks Like A Glowing Alpine Peak

A Lamp That Looks Like A Glowing Alpine Peak

Dima Loginoff’s concept has the appeal of a snow globe without being cloying.

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A Carbon-Fiber Bench As Big As A Warehouse Weighs Barely 10 Pounds

A Carbon-Fiber Bench As Big As A Warehouse Weighs Barely 10 Pounds

Mathias Bengtsson’s furniture looks and feels precariously lightweight--but it’s actually far stronger than the average chair, thanks to a NASA-developed technology.

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Audio-Powered City Map Enables Geolocated Eavesdropping

Audio-Powered City Map Enables Geolocated Eavesdropping

The ability to hear anywhere on a map sounds even more juicy than seeing it.

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This Gizmo Lets You Draw A UI On Paper, Then Turns It Into A Touch Screen

This Gizmo Lets You Draw A UI On Paper, Then Turns It Into A Touch Screen

You’ll just have to watch the video to appreciate the amazing possibilities of the SketchSynth, created by Billy Keyes.

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Para Clocks Are Like Spirographs Made Of Concrete

Para Clocks Are Like Spirographs Made Of Concrete

Your creativity, cast in stone.

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Former D&D Gaming Guru Ditches Dice, And Creates Magic Wand With Bluetooth

Former D&D Gaming Guru Ditches Dice, And Creates Magic Wand With Bluetooth

A new Kickstarter project aims to make cellphone games more magical. Geeky as it sounds, these guys might be onto something.

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