Microsoft announced today the Microsoft Surface which is the first commercially available surface computer from the company that turns an ordinary tabletop into a vibrant interactive surface. The 30 inch display allows intuitive user interface without a traditional mouse or keyboard and works using touch screen. This will soon be more easily available in restaurants, hotels, retail establishments and public entertainment venues and Microsoft Surface will change the experience the way people shop, dine and entertain. The price will range between $5000 to $10000 each but Microsoft aims to bring prices down to consumer levels in three to five years time. To see it in action, check out the teaser from Microsoft and demo from CNet of Microsoft Surface after the jump.

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An employee tries out these false eyelashes at the Shu Uemura eyelashes bar in the chic Omotesando district in Tokyo. With twenty-two different types of designs, the price cost ranges from $13 to $43. Right shows one of the design, a pair of hand-crafted feather false eyelashes.

I have mixed feelings if this trend goes popular and the employee wearing this eyelashes sure need a dental job on her teeth if she is to market these. 10 more pics after the jump.

Source: Wgal

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LEGO is one of the most popular toys in the world and the LEGO group releases thousands of play sets with different themes from time to time. These are a set of Ferrari racing cars which includes the Enzo (shown above), F430 Spider, F1 racer and others. Ferrari fans would definitely love these models. 6 more pics after the jump.

Source: AutomotoPortal

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Miss Universe 2007 was held at Mexico City and Riyo Mori of Japan was crowned Miss Universe with Miss Natalia Guimarares of Brazil as first runner-up and Miss Ly Jonaitis of Venezuela as second runner-up followed by Miss Honey Lee of Korea and Miss Rachel Smith of USA (whose slipped on the runway did not stop her from getting fifth place).

This is the second time that Japan has won the Miss Universe title. The last time Japan won was in 1959 when Akiko Kojima became the first Miss Universe of Asia. Riyo Mori aged 20 is the daughter of a dance school operator. Riyo would be given an apartment in New York which she may use for one year, an undisclosed salary, a complete wardrobe including a luxury watch and a scholarship for two years of film study in New York. 1 videoclip of Riyo Mori crowned after the jump.

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A series of photographs that shows a melted keyboard which was a victim of suspected arson in a lumber mill. The plastic melted because of the heat from the fire and forms in some artistic ways. 19 more pics after the jump.

Source: Flickr

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Knut the little polar bear who achieved celebrity status worldwide was born at the Berlin Zoo but was abandoned by his mother. He had a brother born at the same time but the brother did not survive. Knut was taken in and bottle fed by zoo keepers.

Animal rights activists had been saying that Knut should be put down because he should not suffer the fate of being brought up by humans. Cute little fella with 20 more pics after the jump.

Source: Berlin Zoo

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I’m not sure whether to believe that the before and after pics are the same person but if it is, that plastic surgeon did one hell of a good job. I have my doubts because for instance the second pic had crooked teeth but turns into perfect white teeth after the transformation. Another one would be the last pic who had her busts upsized by at least two levels. Check out 5 more pics after the jump.

Source: VincentChow.net

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This is an implementation of a classical optical illusion called the Ames room. In this setup people or objects appear to grow or shrink when moving from one corner to another. The trick to this illusion is that the true shape of the room is trapezoidal and the apparent cubic perspective overrides the perception of size constancy.

Check out this page for more explanation on the Ames room. Ames room in 1 videoclip after the jump.

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Pimped out Japanese vans which includes models dedicated to pop stars like Ayumi Hamasaki (just shows how hot she is in Japan) and cartoon characters. They should have made one out dedicated to animes like Naruto, Bleach or Gundam which would totally be my taste. 6 more pics after the jump.

Source: Gizmodo

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A look at street dentists in China and India who are veterans of their own trade. These skills are usually brought down by their family and are slowly becoming extinct as dentists with degrees and clinics slowly take over their businesses. However poor people still visit them for their services. 10 more pics after the jump.

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Right shows a large white Bengal tiger called Odin who lives at the Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Zoo in Vallejo near San Francisco. An excellent swimmer that happily dives into the pool when a lump of meat is thrown in. He defies the rule that most cats do not like getting wet. 3 more pics after the jump. Source: Dailymail UK

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A framework for automatically enhancing videos of a static scene using a few photographs of the same scene. The system can easily increase the resolution, high dynamic range and better lighting from the photographs to the video. It also allows a user to remove unwanted objects as well as camera shake from the video.

The major limitation of the work is that it can currently handle only videos of static scenes (i.e., videos shot with a moving camera but containing no moving objects in the scene). More info can be found at its framework website. 1 videoclip after the jump.

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A look at some of the items that people keep in jars ranging from Habu snakes, one eyed pig, monkey, foetus and others. 16 more pics after the jump. Source: Gadling

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In the recent incident in which zoo veterinarian Chang Po-yu’s arm was bitten off by a crocodile, I don’t see any reason why you should put your head between the jaws of this terrifying reptile. 16 more pics after the jump.

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Created by university student, Su Yin, this has got to be the best Mario cake ever. This was made for her friend Amanda’s housemate who was an avid fan of console games. It all started when he said to Amanda that ‘Su Yin could do better than that’ after someone posted a Super Mario wedding cake on the forums and so this is the final masterpiece from Su Yin for his birthday cake. Check out 7 more pics after the jump.

Source: Cooking Is My Passion

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