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Robot Snake Tintanoboa was a real snake, a prehistoric serpent of biblical proportions--it was over 50 feet long and some of them could weigh over a ton. Thankfully he's long extinct, but to demonstrate the scale and scariness of the beast, artist group eatArt from Vancouver are building a robot version . [youtube Ocyhbij9JYQ] Yes, it really is that big--and eventually destined to have a saddle for a brave rider.

Enough with long lines at the DMV and other horrors of local government. It's time for cities to drag themselves into the 21st century. Here are the steps some are taking

JR, the graffiti-artist-turned-photographer-turned-global-phenomenon, talks to Fast Company about embarking on his global TED project, which encourages citizen artists to document and display the faces of their own communities. Last fall, the French street artist JR , known for his haunting, massive posters of the faces of ordinary people, won the 2011 TED Prize