The 12 Most Unique Playgrounds In The World

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All of us have enjoyed the freedom and wonder that make playgrounds magical. But it goes without saying that some playgrounds are far more spectacular and imaginative than others. Here are a few of the coolest playgrounds you're ever likely to enjoy.

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The Furby Is Back

Furby is back! The must-have toy of 1998 will return this holiday season. Hasbro is re-launching the furry character for the digital age, with apps, new sensors and more. You may remember Furby from his first incarnation, the chatty five-inch-tall robot that found its way under countless Christmas trees in the late '90s. Furby was equipped with robotic eyes and ears, simple sensors and the ability to speak.

The new Furby takes the idea of a talking electronic sidekick to a new level: Covered in blue-green fur, its body is more active, with the ability to wiggle its ears and dance. In an interesting design choice, Hasbro opted to replace Furby's classic white eyes with LCDs.

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Monopoly Properties Based On Today's Market Values

We were both renters and landlords, we fought over who could be the 'car' and we hid stashes of $100s under the board. Monopoly took hold on generations as one of the most famous board games in the world.

Wouldn't it be fun to put on a top hat or thimble and take a spin around the board to revisit the properties that made up Monopoly. And try and make comparisons between the properties that Monopoly was originally based on and those same properties as they exist today. Some interesting tidbits and some surprises, too.

(thanks Nick)

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The 21 Greatest Lego Collectible Minifigures

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Lego struck gold when they started releasing collectible minifigures 1978. They have become hugely successful, with over 3.7 billion produced in both limited edition waves and in blind packaging. These figures are highly detailed and imaginative, and include very specific character types, many that wouldn't otherwise fit in standard Lego sets.

The selection has been amazing and revolutionized the very concept of the ever-popular Lego minifigure. Here are the 21 best collectible minifigures that Lego has released thus far.

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How Many James Bond Films Can You Name In Five Minutes?

Skyfall will be the 25th James Bond film when it comes out later this year.
Can you name the other 24 films? You have five minutes.

(thanks Cora)

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48 Ultra-Cool Summer Sites For Kids And Teachers

A good majority of northern hemisphere and international schools are winding down the 2011-2012 school year and doors will be closing as the students and teachers take off on their summer adventures. Here is a list of great sites for kids and teachers to keep you happily productive and learning this summer.

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How To Memorize A Deck Of Cards With Superhuman Speed

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Two-time USA Memory Champion Ron White perfected a system that anyone can learn to memorize a deck of cards with seemingly superhuman speed.

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Injury Auction

Spencers Solicitors in the UK have launched a microsite that aims to draw attention to the practice of personal injury cases being regularly auctioned off to the highest bidder by insurance companies. For years, insurers have been selling personal injury cases to solicitors for 'referral fees,' essentially a commission which lawyers must pay to represent individual claimants.

Injury Auction includes additional information and an interactive game where you get to throw auction hammers at the bidders, all designed to shine the spotlight on how the system works and encouraging consumers to challenge their insurer to end the practice immediately.

(thanks Lee)

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The Eyes Have It

The Eyes Have It is a game by Yoni Alter. How fast can you find all famous characters in the dark? Beware, a wrong guess and using the flashlight will add seconds to your time.

related post:
Who Is The Most Famous?

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Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now

Perfect Strangers was an American sitcom that ran for 8 seasons from March 25, 1986 to August 6, 1993. Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now was the theme song for the show. It's also a game based on the old TV show. The goal is to chase your dream.

(thanks Dan)

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Google Maps Cube

Cube is a Google Maps game that runs in your browser. The game places players on a giant, six-panel cube whose faces spin when generating each of eight new levels. Players are given a series of tasks that all require you to tilt the cube to move your marker to a number of targets in cities like York, San Francisco, Paris, London, Tokio and Las Vegas.

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I Shot The Serif (But I Didn’t Shoot The Sans-Serif)

I Shot the Serif (But I Didn’t Shoot the Sans-Serif) is a game designed by London-based creative agency To the Point. Shoot only the serif fonts within the available time to move onto the next stage. Finish all five stages to get promoted. Complete all stages at 'Director' level to beat the game.

(via Neatorama)

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Forty Thieves Solitaire

Forty Thieves Solitaire is a game by Mark Klocek. The goal of the game is to move all the cards to the 8 foundation piles located in the upper right corner. The foundation piles are built in suit in an ascending order from Ace to King. You can use the middle 10 piles to hold the cards temporarily while you build up the cards in the foundation piles.

You may only move one card at a time, and you can only move a card to another pile if it is one lower and in the same suit. If you cannot make a move you can turn over a new card by clicking on the facedown deck in the top left of the game screen. You will have to restart if you have used all the stock cards and cannot put all the cards on the foundation.

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Google's Latest Easter Egg

Go to Google and perform a search for 'Zerg Rush.' It will start off as an innocent search result listing but you will soon realise each result is part of a game and you have to stop the Google 'zeros' from eating through them.

All you have to do is shoot at the zeros, aiming them in your crosshairs. Google will keep score and tell you how many you have destroyed.

(thanks Cora)

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The Secrets Of Field Sobriety Tests

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Have you been drinking tonight, sir? Oh. Crap. If you're in a car, that's not a question you want to hear from a man in uniform. And if the answer is yes, you're in for the worst pop quiz of your life: the field sobriety test. You should not drive drunk.

The goal of this piece is not to show you how to beat a field sobriety test. In most cases, no amount of preparation can help you anyway. But they make for one hell of a drinking game. Try 'em out for yourself, from the comfort and jail-free safety of you own home. May the best drunk win!

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Farafalla

Farafalla is a maze game by Bart Bonte. Use your arrow keys to move and jump. Collect keys tied to colored balloons. Then open the door that has the same color as the balloon.

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Who Is The Most Famous?

Who Is The Most Famous? is a fun crowdsourcing game. You get to see the first name of a celebrity and you have to say who you think is the most famous person wearing that first name. The score works like in Family Fortune. The more popular your answer, the higher you'll score.

(thanks Yoni)

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Paper Airplanes

Like throwing paper airplanes? The good folk at RAF Hornchurch, UK, have created templates in PDF fromat for kids and grown ups - just print 'em out and fold 'em up! If you have sticker sheets for your printer you can also download stickers.

(thanks Cora)

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CubeStormer II Robot Solves Rubik's Cube In 5 Seconds

CubeStormer II solves the Rubik's Cube puzzle faster than the human world record.



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(thanks Mark)

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Neave Interactive

Paul Neave is a British interaction designer, creative developer, user interface designer, and digital artist. He makes applications, games, tools, toys, interactive art and installations.
Neave Interactive is a digital playground which will keep you busy playing small games and apps which are very creative along with a great understanding of computer graphics.

(thanks Cora)

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