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Bruce Sterling
Jan 28, 2011 9:52 PM

Augmented Reality: a Microsoft Surface with a Parrot Drone

*Yeah, I know... but how could I not?

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/27/microsofts-surface-becomes-the-worlds-biggest-remote-control-f/

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