Light Saber Umbrella via Boing Boing
This will make you stand out in a crowd, even in the rain.
The Most Thrilling Art Installation in the World via Digg
A five-story tube slide for adults. Makes you long for kindergarten again.
Algorithm helps computers beat humans at Go via Digg
For a while, chess has been the field of battle to determine human vs. computer superiority. Ever since Deep Blue took down Garry Kasparov, the focus moved to Go. An Asian strategy game where human intuition rather than straight computational power. Now, it seems that a new algorithm and multi-process computing has been closing the gap.
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