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The winter is almost over. Maybe it’s time to transform one of your hoodies into a laptop sleeve/bag following these easy steps. It just takes a few seconds

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Transform Your Hoodie Into a Laptop Bag In Ten Seconds [How To]

Lego biped robots are a dime a dozen, even while some look pretty sweet . This one is special: It’s the first walking Lego robot.

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First Walking Lego Mecha Is Looking for Lego Godzilla [Lego]

Look, this video plays pretty loose with the facts. But there’s no question that it speaks to those deeper concerns about Google: that it’s so big, so invasive. And when you add it all up, the final picture’s a little scary.

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The Sum of Our Google Fears [Google]

Apple aired its first iPad ad during the Oscars last night, but it felt like something was missing, didn’t it? It was a voiceover. So I went ahead and added one for them. You’re welcome, Apple!

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The First iPad Ad: Brutally Honest Edition [Humor]

In today’s Remainders: disappearing acts. TigerText, a new iPhone app, makes your illicit text messages vanish; an official HTC video shows you how to disassemble an HD2; Intel’s new Convertible Classroom netbook makes its keyboard go “Poof!” and more.

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Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Gone In the Blink of an Eye Edition [Remainders]

Slide on a pair of electrode-laden armbands, and suddenly all your sweet air-guitar licks are captured, finger by finger, without an instrument in sight. Sure, there are plenty of good reasons for this besides Guitar Hero .

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Play Guitar By Flexing Alone: Microsoft Research’s Muscle-Computer Interface [Microsoft]

Today in Redmond, Microsoft Research demoed the Translating Telephone . It does exactly what it says it does, and as you can see—well, hear—from this video, it was awesome. Imagine a VOIP system that caches all your calls, converting them to searchable, storable, everlasting text. That’s already pretty amazing—especially if you already jump through hoops recording interviews and conference calls.

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Microsoft’s Translating Telephone: The Realtime Translator We Assumed We’d Have By Now [Microsoft]

Unlike wood-based models , the Heat 1X is a real metal rocket . At more than 9 meters high, it’s also the largest amateur rocket in the world.

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The World’s Largest Amateur Rocket Is Almost as Large as a V-2 [Rocketry]

You know that webOS 1.4 update for Pre, Pixi, Pre Plus and Pixi Plus that we’ve been talking about since January? The one with video recording and Flash 10 beta and some other stuff? It’s live

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Palm’s webOS 1.4 Update Is Live With Video Recording and Flash [Software Update]

Three-dee displays make me dizzy. I want to see real 3D without eyeglasses, which is exactly what this new Nintendo DSi game does. It opens a world to a new dimension by tracking your face with the DSi camera. Its name is Rittai Kakushi e Attakoreda , and the mechanics are quite simple: You move your face or tilt your Nintendo DSi to find hidden shapes inside a 3D scene taking over the two screens, a fantastic Through-the-Looking-Glassish doll house that seems completely real.

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Nintendo DSi Uses Camera Face Tracking to Create 3D Mirages [3D]