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Kinect Hacked For 3-D Scanning Of Archaeology Site

Archaeologists are planning to use Microsoft's super-cheap Kinect to help plan progress and record data at a future dig in Jordan. If all goes as planned, the $150 piece of gaming tech could let them virtually walk around 3-D models of huge excavation sites.READ»

New York Scanned by Airborne Sharks With Fricking Lasers! (Minus the Sharks)

Airborne lasers shooting at the streets of New York. I know: Putting those phrases together in a sentence makes it sound like a plot for an Austin Powers movie, but take a chill pill--it's for your safety and convenience, New York. ...READ»

Futures Thinking: Scanning the World

Looking for the distant early warnings of tomorrow.READ»

Google's Digitizing Iraqi Historic Archives

Google's extending its grip on the digital world in a wholly new and surprising way: It's just brokered a deal with Iraq's authorities to digitize historic artifacts and documents in the country's museums. It's a philanthropic move, ...READ»

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Google Acquires reCAPTCHA

Google has announced on its official blog that it will purchase reCAPTCHA, the company famous for generating those hard-to-read anti-spam filters on every signup page you visit. Google isn't just interested in the company for its ...READ»