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New Tabor Robak art game takes aim at the uncanny valley.

We’re fans of combining music and games, as you can tell from our Soundplay project. Tabor Robak, who we interviewed last year at the New Museum, made a music game set to an entire 35-minute album. David Kanaga describes the game on his blog:  Exo brings us face to face with tensions that have the p

You can now detect radiation in nature with your iPhone. Phew.

New environmental sensors for the iPhone let consumers take stock of their surroundings. The nitrate sensor can tell if food is really organic, or if your garden needs more fertilizer. Three other sensors for radioactivity, humidity, and electromagnetic fields will increase the quantification and di