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The original Mechanism was made out of metal, but you had to work with plastic toys. How did that affect your design? Regular Lego bricks are problematic because they constantly want to pop apart, so I had to use cross-bracing to keep everything rigid enough to withstand all the mechanical force. And unlike my previous…
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“I hope I’ll be making the first record on an iPad,” said Damon Albarn. It’s the first major album, for sure, but pop musicians, DJs, and even some orchestras have been experimenting with the musical possibilities of the device. Here are some of our favorites. (via Gorillaz iPad-Made Album Available for Christmas, But Is It…
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British students protesting tuition hike fees at national universities now have a viral video to rally around: a rousing address given by a 15-year-old slamming the nation’s government. The impassioned plea was made at the Coalition of Resistance National Conference in Camden, U.K., on Nov. 27, a youth, students and education workshop. The teenager admits…