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Today at PAX Duke Nukem Forever received a new breathe of life as it was announced to be released in 2011. 2K Games and Gearbox software are doing a great job proving that it’s real by having the actual game as a playable demo at PAX. This *seems* to be a reality.

Stepping into the verse’ of the known, we try to change our concept of reality with technology. It’s a very weird feeling moving your ideals into a new plane of thought. Augmented reality is such an approach that you perceive extra dimensions on-top of your physical plane. Here is a building that displays QR codes that can be used for a variety of applications (shopping, twitter updates, advertising, entertainment, etc).

The iPhone application is not in the iTunes App Store, but is available to interested parties on request. The project is a collaboration between teradadesign and Qosmo.

Imagine yourself walking around the grocery store holding your phone up to every product for up-to-date reviews. Imagine going out to a night club, pointing your phone at a person  to view their social profile (“Oh, that person like’s cheese?”). There may be a time where you browse your favorite books at the library with QR codes. You could put a QR code on the back of your transportation that links to your website. The best part about QR codes is, you don’t know what you’re going to get. It’s like finding treasure (good or bad).

[Thanks Designboom!]

Forklift Frenzy.

Again and again and again, you’ve probably seen this but I thought it deserved to be on my website.

The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon by Richard Gale

Wow this is sweet. Check out this instrument that I’ve never heard of before, the Eigenharp Alpha, by Eigen Labs. It’s a professional instrument that took 8 years of development.

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