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MIT's OpenRelativity engine, designed to model Einstein's special theory of relativity in a video game, now is being released as an open-source toolset. It is available for download here.
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A robot playing video games at the MIT Media Lab... sans a savory treat. As seen on Blackaller's Twitpic.
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