Video of the iPad Vortex traveling through the glass stairs at the West 14th Street Apple Store in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District.

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Popular Science is launching on the iPad tomorrow as Popular Science+ using Bonnier’s Mag+ digital magazine platform.

Popular Science+ is a new way of experiencing magazines on digital devices and a first step toward our vision of what digital magazine reading can be. Mag+, Bonnier’s digital magazine platform, is a project that began months ago in a collaboration between Bonnier’s global R&D task force and BERG, a London-based design studio.

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San Francisco’s 10th Annual “Bring Your Own Big Wheel” race is set to roll down Vermont Street this Sunday from 4:00-5:30 pm rain or shine. As the name suggests, participants bring their own Big Wheels (or other equally ridiculous, flimsy or brakeless vehicles) and attempt to ride them down one of San Francisco’s steepest and curviest streets. Hilarity – and a not insignificant number of skinned knees – ensues.

photo by Myron Yeung

photo by Noel Cornell

Begun in 2000 by John Brumit, the event was originally held on SF’s famous Lombard Street, until its increased popularity necessitated the move to Vermont Street.

After agreeing to allow the (traditionally unpermitted) race to occur last year, City officials worked with neighborhood residents and event organizers to secure permits for this year’s race. Thus begins a new chapter in responsible flashmobbing in San Francisco.

photo by Bernie McGinn

photo by Noel Cornell

photo by Neil Girling

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“Exit Through the Gift Shop” a new documentary about the notorious British street artist Banksy, which had its world debut at Sundance 2010, opens on Friday, April 16th at theaters around the country.

Banksy is a graffiti artist with a global reputation whose work can be seen on walls from post—hurricane New Orleans to the separation barrier on the Palestinian West Bank. Fiercely guarding his anonymity to avoid prosecution, Banksy has so far resisted all attempts to be captured on film. Exit Through the Gift Shop tells the incredible true story of how an eccentric French shop keeper turned documentary maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner with spectacular results. The film contains exclusive footage of Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Invader and many of the worlds most infamous graffiti artists at work, on walls and in interview. As Banksy describes it, Its basically the story of how one man set out to film the un—filmable. And failed.

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Josh Ellingson made an awesome “Robot Power” poster commissioned by the personal robotics company Willow Garage for their PR2 robot platform and Box Turtle ROS open source robot operating system. The posters will be available at the Willow Garage booth at RoboGames 2010 in San Mateo on April 23-25.

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Mark Day made a great HD video of yesterday’s 32nd annual Saint Stupid’s Day Parade in San Francisco that he shot with a Canon EOS rebel 550D T2i.

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Stephen Colbert gave demo of his new Apple iPad on last night’s Colbert Report.

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Ben Folds has posted his 2nd and final live concert Ode to Merton (here’s the 1st one), the guy who does piano improvisations with random strangers on Chatroulette.

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“Soulmates” a great new Lord of the Rings themed Shirt.Woot! t-shirt by patrickspens.

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Smart musical duo Garfunkel and Oates (Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci) call it like it is in their song “Pregnant Women are Smug”, skillfully tap dancing upon the tightrope between fierce and adorable.

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The Urban Playground Movement presents International Pillow Fight Day 2010 on Saturday, April 3rd featuring pillow fights being organized all around the world.

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Robot Fest and Mid-Atlantic 2010 Mini Maker Faire take place on Saturday, April 24th at the National Electronics Museum in Linthicum, MD.

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The Onion has just released their first official, full-featured iPhone/iTouch app which is now available in the iTunes app store.

No longer must you rely on lesser news items cobbled together from various inferior non-Onion sources; feel free to delete all such apps now, as The Onion’s app will doubtless fulfill all your news-aggregation and infotainment needs.

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Everything Is Terrible has made the helpful video “Dialup For Dummies” that finally explains what this whole Internet thing is all about.

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“WHERE’S THE MONEY GEORGE ?” is a new short film by French music and movie producer Mr. Oizo. This surreal video, which also features Pharrel Williams, is supposedly a clip from a longer movie that “will probably never exist” according to Mr. Oizo himself. Somebody give this man and his puppet, a movie deal right now!

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“Stand By Me” by The Muppets

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Couldal Partners recently released a “Packet of Sunshine”, a wonderful new addition to their limited edition series of Field Notes Colors graph paper mini memo books.

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This iPhone app is making things a bit to easy for sex offenders.

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