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11 Jan 2011 10:49

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Tech: Google Goggles: Tough Sudoku puzzles now thing of the past

  • When IBM defeated chess, they needed a supercomputer. According to this promotional clip for Google Goggles, all Google needs to topple Sudoku is a cell phone. Train rides are about to get a heckuva lot more boring, guys. source
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19 Sep 2009 10:51

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Tech: Augmented reality + billiards: We could still be pool sharks yet

  • Man, pool would be so much easier for us if we could wear special sunglasses that would show us these awesome augmented reality details. Not only could we cheat really easily, we’d look like total pool sharks! These guys also made a pool-playing robot.source
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16 Jul 2009 20:43

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Biz: This guy’s “augmented reality” business card is kinda trippin’ us out

AR Business Card from James Alliban on Vimeo.

  • Well isn’t he just a fancy pants. James Alliban, an ActionScript developer from London, has created one of the trippiest business cards we have ever seen using something called “augmented reality.” We don’t really get how it works, but Muggles probably aren’t supposed to anyway. source
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13 Jul 2009 10:37

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Tech: It’s official: We live in the future. This Twitter iPhone app proves it.

  • HOLY. FREAKING. MOTHER. OF. GOD. This application can’t be real. TwittARound, an augmented reality application, grabs all the Tweets around you and shows where they are around you, almost like a compass of useless chatter. (Someone with this app, guess which coffee shop we’re in.)source
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