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Virtual Ping Pong

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The main reason why I don’t play Ping Pong is that I can barely touch the ball with my bat. But I’ve decided to have another try with the Virtual Ping Pong, as it features no Ping Pang table or ball at all, but instead requires the users to swing the bat in air according to the sound played by a recorder. In other words, the Virtual Ping Pong is kind of a game that you need to use your imagination to play. So are you ready? Let’s start now.

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Alice’s Climbing Wall

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I’m another Alice now, experiencing everything that she has ever met in Wonderland with this whimsical climbing wall. Designed by Nendo for Illoiha fitness club in Tokyo’s fashion district, the climbing wall is built with mirrors, picture frames and other elements drawn from the “Alice in Wonderland”, making it not only full of odd unreal color but also quite intriguing to the users.

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SideBySide Handheld Projectors for Multiplayer Games

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Disney is a wonderful place full of imaginations, in my mind, thus it’s quite amazing to see its research labs come up with the SideBySide handheld projectors for multiplayer games. Each unit combines a camera with a modified DLP projector that outputs a single color of visible light and also an invisible infrared image. The IR image can be detected by the camera built with second projector, which would then know clearly where the image output by the first projector is and what it is doing, and thus create another image to interact with the first one. That may sound a little complicated, but you’ll soon find out how it works with the video after the jump.

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Snow in a Can

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No doubt you’re the one who can control the weather, but merely the snowy weather at the moment. With this magic can, anyone could easily create white snow even in the hot summer days. Really great, right? Now I’m quite looking forward to something that allows me to create rainbows…

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“Sphero” Robotic Ball

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The “Sphero” is the world’s first robotic ball that can be controlled by an iPhone or Android device. It comes with a semi-opaque white look, along with an inductive charger to reenergize it. The users simply need to load down certain free apps for the ball, open the Bluetooth of their iPhones, and then they can control the ball to accomplish certain tasks. Planned to be sold in December for about $130, the “Sphero” can now be ordered on its official website. Go and check for more information if you’re interested.

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Realtime Face Substitution

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Cool! Using a code mashup of Jason Saragih’s facetracker and Kevin Atkinson’s image clone code, Arturo Castro successfully puts on the faces of Paris Hilton, Fidel Castro, Steve Jobs, Vladimir Lenin, Marilyn Monroe, Andy Warhol, Mao Tse-tung, Brad Pitt, Michael Jackson, Salvador Dali and President Barack Obama.

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Zapparel Augmented Reality Clothes

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Zapparel Augmented Reality Clothes, which was launched at the International Fashion Expo, Magic in Las Vegas on August 22-24, is an amazing design that allows people to interact with it based on Augmented Reality technology. The following video shows how people can play games with the T-shirt: a space man with robot arms will appear and shoot UFOs soon after one person takes photos of the T-shirt, and then the users can touch the UFOs to play the game. There are 20 different T-shirts in the series, and we really couldn’t wait to see how surprising other 19 ones would be. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Fun Houses for Kids

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These attractive houses are not real ones for you to live in, but actually playgrounds especially made for kids. Each house has its one theme, such as fire stations, castles, schools and so on. When step into these houses, you’ll also see furniture and decorations that go with the house’s theme. To get a Fun House, to get your fun in the house. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Super Mario Inspired Products

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“Super Mario”, not only as a classic game, but also as daily products like hats, cups or toys, has deeply influenced its fans for generations. Here we’d like to share some creative products inspired by Super Mario games and hopefully you’ll get some fun with them as that you get from the game. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Anonymous Hugging Wall

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If anonymous, we believe more people would love to hug others. Apparently Keetra Dean Dixon thinks so too, as she has created this Anonymous Hugging Wall for social facilitation. Now merely built in London, this hugging wall is deemed as an important trial to make people closer. If I’m in London, I’ll go and give you guys a hug. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Angry Birds Airplanes

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For only now the angry birds are really flying in the blue sky. In a video posted by gamer Jomni, there’re some airbus planes with Angry Birds paints taking a flight and struggling for bird’s eggs. Let’s check out the video blow for details. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Make Daily Products Part of Your Chess.

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It is surprisingly simple to create your own chess – you firstly need to draw out a chessboard and then find some cardboard, keys, LED bulbs, or even cakes to work as chess pieces. And to offer you some inspirations, we’ve collected some here for you to check through. Just go and enjoy them. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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5-in-1 Table Game

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Foosball, ping pong, backgammon, chess and pool – you can play all those five games with merely one game kit. It is constructed of a wooden box with wood and plastic pieces and measures 20″ X 12″ X 6″. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Fairy Tale Mirrors

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What will you do if you have a magic mirror as those you see in books or films? There maybe many answers to that question, but there’s at least one thing we’ll all want to do: to illustrate what we desire on it. Romy van den Broek’s ‘Through the Looking Glass’ is rightly an interactive mirror that features motion sensor technology to let users run into a different world. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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VW Camper Van Tent

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Really interesting idea… We now can at least get a VW Camper Van Tent if we still couldn’t afford a VW vehicle. With external dimension of 398cm (L) x 187cm (H) x 155cm (D) and internal dimension of 388cm (L) x 182.5cm (H) x 145cm (D), this foldable tent will no doubt bring you and your family a nice summer in nature. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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