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Johannes Hjorth of Sweden played a prank on his colleague when he went away for a conference. He replaced his colleagues keyboard with a new one that had watercress planted in it. Then he watered it every day until his friend came back.
Talk about a great prank to play. Then he documented the entire process on his website. Click through to see the whole thing, including instructions on how he did it.
Can you grow cress in a keyboard?

Valerie Beetle from Ukraine has created this incredible case modification. The case looks like it came right out of the Doom game. I think I would be actually scared to have this in my office.
The entire case is made of wood and has been hand carved. It really is a work of art.

Via GizmoWatch: Mod technology surrounded by artistic imagination

The amount of detail on this laptop case mod is truly incredible. Datamancer took a Hewlett-Packard ZT1000 laptop as the base for his creation. Built a hand carved and decorated wooden box to place it in, and then replaced all the buttons and fittings on the laptop with brass cutouts and buttons.

The laptop just looks so cool. I wish I had that kind of talent.
Check out his site for more pictures and even a video tutorial. Datamancer’s Steampunk Laptop

A few months ago, I posted a video of a computer interface concept that allowed you to navigate and control the computer using nothing but the screen. It seemed to me, that a multi touch interface was going to be the future of computers.
It looks like Microsoft thought so too. They recently announced a new computer platform called Microsoft surface. The entire interface of the computer is the screen.
Watch the video below to see how it works. It is pretty cool. Initially this will be marketed to restaurants and resorts, but if it does well, I can see this going mainstream.

Official website: Microsoft Surface
Via TechCrinch: Microsoft Announces Surface Computer

Researchers at Harvard University and Princeton University have discovered a way to create programmable “biocomputers” entirely out of DNA, RNA, and proteins. These bio computers can make basic boolean(true vs. false) evaluations based on things that individual cells in the body are doing. They can then help in diagnosis by outputting chemicals that are easily detectable. Allowing doctors to detect conditions that would normally be very difficult to detect. The biocomputers can also be programmed to take specific action against mutated or unhealthy cells. Allowing doctors to provide a much more targeted response to disease.

What is even cooler, is that the researchers claim that they could convince our own bodies to build them by implanting the genetic blueprints. So a minor injection, could cause your body to build millions of biocomputers that would spread throughout your entire body. Targeting disease wherever it was found.

Read the entire story at PhysOrg: In a first, scientists develop tiny implantable biocomputers

Someone sent me a link to this YouTube video of a touch driven computer interface.

This is seriously the coolest interface ever. I love the 3d aspects of it, and the lack of any interface devices except the display screen. An interface like this is so much more intuitive than using a standard keyboard and mouse.