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More news from our mini-tech convention here in san francisco yesterday.

James searsWatching

More news from our mini-tech convention here in san francisco yesterday.

James Sears showed us his remarkable Orb. Totally
fascinating and magical.

James and orb

Orb pic
My tech understanding isn't up to explaining The Orb other than to say it's a spinning disc with light-emitting displays along its edge which, when revolving at speed, has the appearance of a glowing globe on which images can be displayed.

Orb 

Benjamin Cowden is a kinetic sculptor who lives in the bay area and focuses on interactive, mechanical work. He was a blacksmith for seven
years and he had brought along his steampunk cocktail preparation robot.You can see more info about him and his work at twentysevengears.com


Benjamin 

Cocktail maker
Cocktail time
Drinks queue
Naoki and drink maker
Renny gets drink
Renny samples the Corpse Reviver cocktail.

If you're interested in this sort of stuff, and you're in the SF area, then you can attend the upcoming Maker Faire.

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spot of gardening

A few of the team escaped the office yesterday afternoon to tidy up the communal gardens at Manor Place in association with Broadway charity.

Randomly between the weeding and the turning of the soil we managed to collect almost an entire dominos set (don't ask how they got there).

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To find out more about Broadway charity go here http://www.broadwaylondon.org/Home

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