Pin Itemailprint Courtesy of the BBC, Hans Rosling takes a look at how the world has basically moved from sick and poor in 1810 to wealthy and healthy in present day (for the most part, anyway). Hans Rosling’s famous lectures combine enormous amounts of data with a sport’s commentator’s style to tell the tale of [...]
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This year, the folks at American Idol decided to reveal the Top 24 semifinalists over the course of two nights instead doing so all at once. Now, we know who will compete for the top title in Season Nine. In the Top 24 this year are some early favorites, along with a few surprises. Here [...]
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Image via Wikipedia It’s been just under two weeks since we told you about Topps’ journey into augmented reality with their new line of baseball cards. Now, General Electric has come out with a pretty amazing advertisement to promote its Smart Grid windmill technology. When you log onto the GE website, you can do try [...]
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Today, Topps in conjunction with Total Immersion are launching new baseball cards that show a 3-D image on a computer when held in front of a webcam. The technology is part of Total Immersion’s “augmented reality,” which they introduced at the DEMO conference back in 2007. This new technology will merge baseball cards in the [...]
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