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A Heartwarming Tale of Shameless Promotion

How Elf on the Shelf createdand convinced CBS to aira "special" commercial for its product. Elf on the Shelf , Christa Pitts's Marietta, Georgia-based company, is one of the fastest-growing private corporations in the United States.

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"Being Elmo" Is The Ultimate Muppet Fan Film

The other must-see Muppet movie this month is a documentary exploring how Jim Henson's puppetry inspired one man to go way beyond Kermit and create a giggling global icon named Elmo. This Thanksgiving Disney's long-awaited Muppet reboot will finally be in theaters

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This Week In Bots: When Buck Rogers Became Real

Asimo Gets An Upgrade For robot fans, Honda's Asimo has perhaps always been the biggest treasure: He's been in development for decades, and Honda just this week revealed a refresh that makes Asimo the most advanced yet. There's a host of improvements, from slicker and faster gaits, more sophisticated movements, individually articulated fingers (flexible enough to cope with sign language) to improved voice recognition that can discern commands even when three voices are talking at once. The best way to understand how advanced this child-sized bot is nowadays is to watch this video: [youtube eU93VmFyZbg] Asimo is, arguably, just one step away from being the science fiction robots we've been seeing for years

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A Long, Strange "Trip to the Moon"

It took science, faith, and a bit of magic (oh, and 10 years and a million bucks) to bring a lost version of a pioneering silent film classic back to colorful life. Here’s how it happened.

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Connected: How Technology Explains The World

In her new film, Connected, Webby Awards founder and Internet philosopher Tiffany Shlain sees digital connection as the next step in harnessing our collective brainpower--as long as we don’t lose our ability to relate to each other. Is technological connectivity mankind's next evolutionary step

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Spurlock Penetrates The Nerd Herd In Comic-Con Doc

With the likes of Whedon, Smith, Groening, Del Toro, and Roth as interpreters, Morgan Spurlock explores what's become a pop culture mainstay in Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope. Commonly, and mistakenly, considered the domain of smelly dudes in freaky costumes, Comic-Con has emerged as the epicenter for pop-culture influence and a hotbed for creativity

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Get Funding or Go Lean?

Only 14 percent of Inc. 500 companies are venture backed, which makes you wonder: Is it worth it to take on venture funding? Tonight was movie night at the Inc

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PhD Comics Hits the Big Screen

The creator of the popular online comic strip " Piled Higher and Deeper " has turned it into a feature film.

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