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eFun aPen Stylus Puts the eAwesome in iPad/iPhone Sketchin'

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Like an attack of digital line drawing glory, the digitized stylus onslaught is finally making it’s way into the tablet accessory market. You probably remember the Wacom Inkling that sucks your physical sketches into its digital software, layers and all. That idea is finally being delivered into the iPad domain with eFun releasing the aPen A5 Smart Pen early 2012 for the device. Details are sparse, but you can see the quick, fluid sketch action in the video below and start dreaming of all the wonderful scenes you will digi-ink on that screen. Hit it!

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Friday Smackdown: Releor Sgana

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Long cycling, indispensable forces caught is the crushing grip of a reversal beam spanned steadily across the plain’s splintered sheath. The itinerants deployed. Each one knew however when it ended, they would face the electrifying horror of these links. Dimitar Tzvetanov – Dark, mysterious scenes and massive landscapes captured in the concepts and matte paintings…

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Are 3D Printers Really a Disruptive Technology?

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Are 3D Printers a disruptive technology? Are you kidding me? Look at the image above. That person, or that person’s arm, is obviously being sucked into the filament carriage to be used in the construction of extruded parts. Totally disruptive. On the flip side, that’s one more substance we can add to the growing list of materials used to print concept designs and/or new ears. Gartner analyst Jackie Fenn, whom you may know from the hype surrounding Gartner’s Hype Cycle, believes 3D printing is indeed one of the emerging trends that affects you, your business and life. But what is it actually disrupting?

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In 3D CAD TECH

Nitrogen Power! The MagSurf Superconducting Hoverboard.

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I tell you what. There’s nothing like the thought of riding atop a container of -195˚ Celsius liquid nitrogen, while its vapor spews from a small tube positioned between your legs. Nope, no problem with that. Why? Because it’s the future and it goes along quite nicely with ice pants. It’s called the MagSurf and it’s what director of Physics, Alain Sacuto, and superconducting lovin’ students have been constructing at the University Paris Diderot. While the quantum mechanical phenomenon is nothing new, this is the first it has been used on a small student population to test the possibility of human transport across a 5 meter span. How’s it all done? Well, remove the dry ice from your eyes and check out the video below.

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Details Released About Lytro Light Field Camera (Update:Engadget got hands-on)

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Remember Lytro? They’re the company that promised to give us a camera that takes refocus-able pictures for an affordable price. Of course, “affordable” is relative and the original press release wasn’t giving up the goods. Well, today emails went out to those who signed up for Lytro’s mailing list allowing priority for pre-orders. The camera’s range from $399 to $499 depending on the storage you want. The 8GB($399) models come in graphite or electric blue and stores 350 photos. The 16GB($499) camera, which more than doubles the photos to 750, comes in red hot. What’s the resolution of these bad boys? 11 Megarays. Yeah, I have no idea how that compares, either. For some other notable details of the camera some thoughts about the design and function, hit the jump.

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