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Remember that snazzy special edition electric skateboard we saw roll out at Expand? It’s almost ready for launch: ZBoard has launched a Dragon Innovation crowdfunding campaign for its San Francisco Special. Although the limited edition ZBoard’s specs haven’t changed since earlier this year (20-mile range at 19 MPH) its facade has been given a few tweaks. In addition to wearing a brighter shade of orange, the San Francisco Special now features LED headlights, working tail lights and digitally printed grip tape with a redesigned skyline of its namesake city. Of course, getting your hands on one of the special boards isn’t cheap, pre-orders for the electric-powered maple decks start at $1,199. Current ZBoard owners will be able to upgrade, jumping from a ZBoard Pro to the San Francisco Special for $399, or tuning up a Classic for $699. Looking for a new ride? Check out the team’s crowdfunding video after the break, or skip on down to the source link to pitch in.

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It’s all coming to an end this week. AMC will air the final 75-minute episode of Breaking Bad on Sunday night, and we can’t wait to see it. While that show wraps up it’s run, there are several new entries on the schedule including Hostages, The Blacklist, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Michael J. Fox Show, Stephen Merchant’s Hello Ladies and more. Old favorites returning with new seasons this week are How I Met Your Mother, Modern Family, Castle, Homeland and many others while Iron Man 3 arrives on Blu-ray. Look after the break for our weekly listing of what to look out for in TV, Blu-ray and gaming.

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Countries frequently amend or draft constitutions, but they can’t always find example constitutions to work from — not every country publishes its founding documents in accessible formats. So, Google’s simplifying nation building by launching Constitute, a website that puts all the world’s constitutions in one place. The tool indexes both basic details as well as policies. It’s easy to filter charters by their creation date, for example, or to find countries that protect equality based on gender. Whether you’re forming a government or just like to dabble in political science, you can try Constitute at the source link.

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Via: Google Official Blog

Source: Constitute

We thoroughly covered this morning’s Microsoft Surface event, but the company opted not to livestream it through its own channel. That doesn’t mean the folks from Redmond didn’t bring a camera crew to capture the entire thing, however, and now the resulting footage is available through the magic of internet streaming technology. If you want to hear every word Microsoft had to say (and see every detail) about the latest and greatest Surfaces, head here to take advantage of the opportunity.

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We were expecting new tablets at today’s Microsoft Surface press event, but this? This was a surprise. In addition to unveiling the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2, the company showed off the Surface Music Kit, a special version of the company’s Touch Cover keyboard that’s specifically meant for music production. Actually, it would be more accurate to say that it includes both a Touch Cover and an app (called the Remix Project) that lets beginners experiment with remixing.

Inside the application, you’ll find “stems” (things like the bass track of a song), “clips” (the intro to a pop song, say) and “oneshots,” which include sound effects like claps. From there, you can drag and drop the tracks into a workshop area, not unlike the way you’d handle media in a video-cutting program (or any other digital audio workshop, really). What’s especially cool is that the Touch Cover here is pressure-sensitive, just like the new Touch Cover 2, so if you want a light drum sound, you can tap it lightly; if you want something more intense, just start mashing it with your fingers.%Gallery-slideshow90006%

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