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Bruce Sterling
Oct 25, 2009 3:00 PM

Augmented Reality: Tonchidot

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonchidot/

*It's gonna be some kinda scene in the streets when these Tonchidot dudes
rule the augmentiverse.

tonchidot

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