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Augmented Reality Brings a Shadowy Fantasy Land to Life | Fast C For her master's thesis at Parsons, designer and programmer Joon Moon created "Augmented Shadow," a "fantasy ecosystem" rendered on an augmented reality tabletop. Users interact with the project using blocks, which are followed by realistic, shadowy animations of houses. These appear to emanate from a single source of light--but are actually projected from overhead. As you can see from the video, trees grow up around light, and the animated characters take chunks of light to bring life to their homes: Brilliant stuff.

Scientists Use 3D Printer to Create First "Printed" Human Vein | 3D Printing technology has recently leapt into a new realm — we’ve seen printers that can create entire buildings out of stone, delicious meals out of simple ingredients, and now — perhaps weirdest and coolest of them all — a printer that can build body parts from cells! Scientists working on the Organovo NovoGen printer recently created the first “printed” human vein. This technology could replace other toxic and carbon-heavy medicinal practices like using artificial parts in the human body. The printer is meant to be used in regenerative medicine. With the successful printing of a human vein, the scientists are looking forward to moving on to larger organs. + Organovo Via NPR