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Friday
May242013

Full Scale Lego X-Wing is the Largest Model in History

You have to see this to believe it - Lego has built a 1:1 scale model of the X-Wing fighter (featured in Star Wars) using an astonishing 5,335,200 bricks. It’s as big as the real prop used in the movies – making it capable to fit the real Luke Skywalker, or yourself!

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Thursday
May232013

Microsoft Borrows Siri for a Hilarious Ad

Apple’s Siri is known for her occasional snarky comments when asked certain questions. So, Microsoft has decided to poke fun at this sometimes sassy virtual assistant in their latest Windows tablet commercial. Check it out here (via YouTube). Titled “Less talking, more doing” - the commercial uses Siri to showcase what a Windows tablet (in this case an Asus VivoTab Smart running Windows 8) can do in comparison to an iPad, using some hilarious comments from Siri.

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Thursday
May232013

A Live Orchestra Plays Part of an Opera Using Only SmartPhones and Tablets

Want to see something impressive? Check out this video (via YouTube) of an orchestra playing a part from Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen. This would be impressive if played by traditional instruments - but the Czech National Symphony Orchestra in Prague, led by conductor Libor Pesek, instead utilized 227 different devices that were linked together via Wi-Fi.

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Wednesday
May222013

Wednesday Wonder: The CTA Digital iPotty

Toilet-training can often be a difficult task for parents of small children. However - what isn’t tough is teaching said small children to play games on an iPad! So why not make toilet-training a little easier by introducing something that little tikes inherently love (iPads) with something most seem to hate (the potty)? Introducing this week’s Wednesday Wonder – The CTA Digital iPotty.

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Wednesday
May222013

Microsoft Surface: The newest edition to NFL sidelines

Attention all NFL football fans! Yesterday while announcing the Xbox One, Microsoft also announced a partnership with the NFL in which an immersive NFL experience would come to the new console AND add new technology on the sidelines of the games. The Microsoft Surface will now replace many of the very outdated methods that NFL coaches and players currently use to communicate, plan, and view previous plays during the games.

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