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Little blocks that can sense each other as well as their own orientation as well as your computer.  It's really worth watching the video to get an idea for how they work.  SO COOL.

A picture is worth 1000 words... $20 is the price.

This was sent out by another Synapster, Sean, to the company this morning.  Nasa is announcing today that they found a life form on earth that uses arsenic in it's DNA where all other known life would use phosphorus.  Holy cow, that is cool!

Contrail is such a cool idea!  A small device is attached to your bike marks your rear wheel with chalk.  When you ride a trail is left in your wake.  When a lot of people ride with contrails in a community, bike paths and trails that are commonly used emerge.  It helps cars know to look out for cyclists, it helps urban planners know what routes and streets are being used, it helps cyclists know what routes other cyclists enjoy.  I would love to get a bunch of people in my community using this device.

I want to go to there.

(more pictures through link)

The Arcade Fire has released a music "video" that relies heavily on the internet and the watchers personal history to be completed.  "The Wilderness Downtown" is an interactive website, developing a music video based on the address where the viewer grew up, and map data to complete itself.  Part way through the video, user interaction is used to generate art that may be used for promotional material for the band, or during a live performance

I'm normally not one to re-post and advertisement -- that's just not my bag.  But these are really cool.  These cell phone adds are works of art made with only phones and painted hands.  Each one represents a different country of the world.  This is a really awesome campaign.

 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugV6cLgwomo&feature=player_embedded

What's even cooler than an Ipad? :-)
The "Video Demo" is pretty cool.