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We have seen the future of skyscrapers, and they look like giant pixel clouds, or so this design wants us to think. This structure is “constructed from 3866 cubes of varying opacity, and serves as a physical manifestation of the intangible: digital information floating above the green landscape.” Click here for first picture in gallery. Embodying “xin” (or “new”), visitors are beckoned inside by music to post their dreams of tomorrow, to incite innovation. [via Gizmodo ]

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Pixel Cloud Skyscraper

When is a SEGA Dreamcast not just a SEGA Dreamcast? When it’s converted into a fully-functional, portable tablet system. Best of all, it “also boasts external A/V connections, so you can always hook it up to a TV should you be so inclined.” Video after the break. Sloppy Ben Heck apostles should take note, as this tablet follows the two core precepts of console modding: 1.) It is usable, and somehow better than the original. [via Gizmodo - Fusionmods ]

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Incredible Custom Built SEGA Dreamcast Tablet

Here’s a first: a ping pong table that doubles as a dining table when not in use. It “features a ‘DuPont Corian surface interjected with Ping-pong iconography filled with gold lacquer, supported by stately hand-lathed timber legs.” Continue reading for one more picture. It’s all regulation size, so simply twist that vase around to make yourself a net and go to town. No one will be the wiser when you sit down to a classy dinner. [via Dvice ]

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Weird Ping Pong Dining Table

That’s right, artist Patrick Acton has painstakingly recreated “Minas Tirith, the City of Kings from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord Of The Rings trilogy,” using just matchsticks. He hopes to finish the build by 2010. Click here for first picture in gallery. Thanks to Tod, who once made a matchstick model of giant matchstick and then used it to light the world’s biggest spliff. *sniff* Bob would have been so proud. [via Geekologie ]

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Artist Recreates City of Kings with Matchsticks

Amazon is offering Wii deals , today only, through their Gold Box. Currently, we’ve got Wii Music and Airport Mania for just $29.98 shipped, originally priced at $49.99, and Ready 2 Rumble at the same price. Product page . [via Amazon ]

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To build your very own USB-powered fan, you’ll need: a motor, USB port (max. 2.5W), two compact discs, a USB cable, paper or a plastic tube. Next, just cut up the disc, prep the USB cable, and then piece everything together. Project page . Video after the break. [via Instructables ]

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USB-Powered Fan Made From CDs

If Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. was developed with the Half-Life 2 engine, this is what a first-person version would look like. Yes, the powerups include the HEV suit. Continue reading to see it in-action. (Thanks, Madison)

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If Super Mario Bros. was Developed with the Half-Life 2 Engine

While the publishers can’t reveal much information about Battlefield: Bad Company 2, there will be a snow setting, as portrayed in these new screenshots. Continue reading for one more screenshot and the interview. But hey, at least they offer a glimpse of gameplay from the DICE-developed title, unlike the “all style, no substance” first trailer. [via Joystiq ]

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New Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Screenshots, Interview

Honda researchers have partnered with ATR and Shimadzu Corporation to achieve “robotic thought control using a sensor cap to measure electrical potential on the scalp and cerebral blood flow.” Continue reading for a video demonstration. Honda claims its technology achieves the world’s highest accuracy at 90% without special training. Impressive, even though it’s clearly R&D work for now. [via Engadget ]

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Brain-Controlled Honda ASIMO

Currently at $2,000 on eBay , this jet gyroplane prototype “is all aluminum, built on a 2in square tube bolt together frame — fitted with two G8-130 R pressure jet engines that run on liquid propane.” Auction page . Click here for first picture in gallery. It is 16ft long and 10ft 5in wide and weighs somewhere in the neighborhood of 720lbs. It has been given the “hang test” and is very well balanced. [via eBay ]

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eBay Watch: One-of-a-Kind Jet Gyroplane Prototype