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WizKid Device Stretches its Neck to be Friends With You

Wizkid is a technological artwork exploring the human-machine interface, a bit like the eerie-eyeball OptoIsolator or the Mind Chair. Programmed to notice you walking nearby, it homes in on your face, stretching and twisting its neck to point its screen at you. With a bunch of gestures you can tell it to play games or browse information pages, and it even anticipates your desires—perhaps by slipping on some freeform jazz fusion when you walk in the door (hopefully, without then trying to seduce you). Intrigued? There's more info below the gallery. More »

7:33 AM on Wed Feb 20 2008
By Kit Eaton
1,558 views, 7 comments

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Kaplan Introduces SAT Prep for iPod, High-School Kids Everywhere Groan

That's right, kids! Now your iPod (5th Gen) can do more than just play the videos and music you probably stole off of the Internet, you no-contributin'-to-society bum. Now Kaplan is selling SAT test prep programs on iTunes, so you can sit in the corner with your fancy iPod—and learn some vocab, Mister! More »

11:15 AM on Thu Jun 21 2007
By Wilson Rothman
3,887 views, 6 comments