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Slideshow: Wonders Never Cease at Demo

A new app turns blogs into books while a dinosaur robot, instant ice cream and other emerging technologies wow the crowds. Seán Captain reports from the Demo conference in Phoenix.
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Creations in Blurb's drag-and-drop application BookSmart turn into real books.Photo: Seán Captain

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Sensors and servos let Pleo move around naturally, just like his real-world predecessors in the late Jurassic period.

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With Sharpcast, new photos from a cell phone automatically go to your desktop PC, and vice versa.

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Pleo is a cuddly, animatronic dinosaur that could take Aibo's place in the robot world.

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MooBella mixes up fresh ice cream to order.

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