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Link dump for the day

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While heading for a weekend of rest and relax, some news that hit my RSS reader:

Wind powered robots

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Dutch artist Theo Jansen created what I believe are magnificent pieces of art: wind powered robots. The concept, the way it moves, the grace. Theo hopes, someday, that his creations can be set loose in the winds of the world to live lives of their own. Of course, someone as already take advantage of this and use it for advertising:

Still on robots, vertebrate physiologist John Long at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. is making an experience on robots mating and evolving. The idea is to better understand how vertabrates evolved, but I'll let you to read the full article.

Brutal selling

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A new ball game, riots when fighting for the few PS3 available for sale. Maybe it's time to someone invent the concept of brutal marketing.

Find music through music tm

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Via the lessig blog:

This is easily the coolest technology I’ve seen in years: Go to the Creative Commons search page. Click on the OWL Music Search tab. (Depending upon the browser, you might need to run a fake search to get it to come alive — we’re working on this, but just type anything in the search bar). You’ll then see OWL’s Music Search interface. Drop an MP3 on OWL. It will analyze it and show you similar sounding Creative Commons licensed music. You select the part of the song you want to match; it finds the closest match it can find.

Usability and condoms

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Pronto condoms has invented the ultimate condom: less than 2 seconds to put it on, there are no more excuses. Ivo, what about a usability analysis on this?