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The most creative toy around, LEGO!

I’m fascinated by LEGO and have been since i was a child, in fact it was the only toy i played with. LEGO’s only limitation is you imagination, and i love stumbling across amazing LEGO builds.

This is a model prosthetic arm made entirely of Lego.

• Hand movements and wrist abduction/adduction are Lego pneumatics
• Wrist pronation/supination, wrist flexion/extension, and elbow flexion/extension are Lego motors (Power Functions)

The main purpose of this project was to accurately mimic the full range of motion of a normal human arm and hand. The secondary goal was to maximize speed and power, yet maintain a consistent ratio between the two for demonstration purposes. It is important to note that it was designed as an above elbow prosthesis, and the yellow shoulder is only meant to act as a static model.

The amount of weight it can lift is limited to the shape of the object and orientation of the wrist and elbow, but it can’t do much with more than a couple pounds.

The controller is a rudimentary cluster of switches and joysticks. A 4-motor air compressor with pressure-regulation was made of Lego.

Amazing!!

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Google has launched a new music service to take on iTunes, MySpace, and Amazon in the battle for your digital download pounds.

Called simply “Google Music,” the product was designed to chip away at competitors’ base markets. Songs — 13 million eventually, eight million today — will be available for download at costs similar to iTunes. Artists, for a $25 fee, will be able to start their own pages, with free streaming music, much like they currently do on MySpace.

Downloads will be stored in the user’s “Music Manager,” which Google says will be compatible with an iTunes library.

In a bid to lure away Apple’s famously loyal fan base, Google has put 20,000 songs online for free download right away. Artists including The Rolling Stones, Coldplay, Pearl Jam, Busta Rhymes (who was in the room for yesterday’s announcement), Dave Matthews Band, and Shakira have all gone in on the game and made available live albums.

Sony Music, Universal and its EMI division, among other, smaller labels are bringing their considerable back catalogs to the project. Missing still is Warner, meaning no chance, for the time being, to hear or download artists like Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa.

In a jab at Facebook, which has entered the digital music arena with its partnership with Spotify, Google will also allow users of Google+, the company’s embattled social networking venture, to get a free play of any song or album purchased by someone in their “circles.”

Google vs iTunes- First Round knock down for iTunes but Google gets up and in true Rocky style wins the fight ………ADDDRRRIIIIAAAAANN!