Arden & Indiana University

I love the name of this program: The Synthetic Worlds Initiative. Sounds a little scary and Gibson-esque, but also really rad. Their marquee 'world' is Arden based on Shakespeare. The website for the program is rather nice especially for a university.
Arden

Icarus' Ilk

Sometimes people do things that dwarf our everday experiences. These are those people:

NYTimes article on 'Flying People'