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Friday, 17 June 2011 21:51

Myth Buffer: With Trollhunter, Andr&#233; &#216;vredal Modernizes Fairy Tales

Norwegian director André Øvredal talks about his clever horror film Trollhunter during its run at the San Francisco International Film Festival.

To describe Trollhunter as...

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5 Robots That Can Get Their Groove On

In case you haven't heard, Rebecca Black pulled her "Friday" video from YouTube this week. Now what are we going to be "so excited" about?

Over here at Gadget Lab, we're so excited about robots.

We've seen robots that can crawl and walk, ones that can climb walls using electroadhesive film, and some that are a bit less talented, but just look darn good.

Today, we focus on bots that have one thing in common: These guys can dance.

Check out everything from the HRP-4C's uncanny valley-straddling popstar-style moves (above), to the cute, cheerful bouncing of the squishy yellow Keepon.

I wonder how...

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Microsoft Releases Xbox Kinect SDK, Hackers Get to Work

Microsoft opened up the Kinect Software Developement Kit to coders everywhere Thursday. (Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com)

Microsoft on Thursday released a software development kit for its Kinect gaming system, and hackers are already testing the limits of what the device can do.

After the release of the SDK, Microsoft invited a group of developers to its headquarters in Redmond, Washington to see what kinds of applications they could come up with for the device. Dubbed “Code Camp,” the developers were given 24 hours to create programs that would interact with the Xbox-based motion-sensing device.

Ini...

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