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  • The Bizarre, Breathtaking Science Photos of Fritz Goro
    The photographs of Fritz Goro highlight the beautiful, strange, amusing and poignant within the realm of science. The German-born Goro spent four decades as a photographer for LIFE magazine. He invented macrophotography and many other techniques to capture his unique subjects.
    07.19.12
  • Inside the Board Rooms of Global Economic Power
    For two decades Jacqueline Hassink has been documenting the seats of power. Literally. Her photos of corporate board rooms from across the world give viewers a rare glimpse into the places where the most important players in the global economy hold court.
    07.19.12
  • Listen: The Awesomely Low-Tech, Mouth-Made Videogame Soundtrack
    When Amanita Design released Botanicula earlier this year, fans knew the game was going to be good. The indie game maker had a track record; in 2009 they released a point and click puzzle game called Machinarium that won them heaps of awards and a dedicated fan base. Botanicula¿s early art was promising -- a cross between a avant guarde kids book and indie band cover art -- but what ultimately pushed it over the edge were its noises, created by the Czech band DVA.
    07.18.12
  • Bop It! Smash: Lightning-Quick Reflexes Not Included
    That weird dumbbell-shaped gizmo is the latest incarnation of Hasbro's popular Bop It! toy. The older models had various things to bop, twirl, pull, and tweak ¿ all set to various sound effects and a voice shouting instructions at you. The Bop It! Smash takes the basic "bop" control and boils it down to a game of fast reflexes.
    07.18.12
  • Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer: Geekdom's Power Couple on Sandman Prequel and Kickstarter Success
    Fantasy author Neil Gaiman made headlines around the world last week when he announced a return to the beloved Sandman series for the comic's 25th anniversary. It will be the first new Sandman story in a decade, and nobody was more excited by the news than Wired. We caught up with Gaiman the day after the announcement at a gallery in the Mission, where his wife, the powerhouse musician and performance artist Amanda Palmer, was preparing to take the stage for a standing-room-only concert appearance.
    07.18.12
  • House Party! The 3-D Light Show You Can Control With an iPad or Wii
    There was a time when concertgoers were perfectly happy just listening to the band play. Not anymore. Today fans expect to see pyrotechnic spectacles with elaborate lighting and special effects for the price of admission. When the time came to create the visuals for Floating -- a new album by Danish electronic artist Rumpistol / Red Baron -- design studio Futura Epsis 1 made something that was a bit of both.
    07.17.12
  • Merry Christmas in July!
    The past couple of years, my little family has been starting some of our own family traditions. At Thanksgiving we have a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving lunch. In June we celebrate May the Fourth Be With You. In July we celebrate Christmas in July. Why? Because it's fun and any excuse to get out our Santa hats and Christmas movies is good enough for us.
    07.17.12
  • What It's Like to Be an Astronaut: Amazing Videos of the View From Space
    If you're the sort of person who enjoys looking out of airplane windows, watching landscapes pass and Earth unfold, then take a look at these videos from the International Space Station. Assembled from photographic sequences captured in April and May, the videos show Earth from an orbital perspective, with continents passing in minutes. Glories like the northern lights and a solar eclipse fit in their entirety within a camera lens.
    07.16.12
  • The Wow Wireless Bluetooth Speaker: Style and Sound
    Here's a crowdfunding project for all you audiophiles. It's the Wow Wireless bluetooth speaker and it not only sounds great, but looks great, too. Despite the huge number of speakers out there, most of them look a lot alike. They're generally little cubes or little rectangles made of shiny metal and plastic. It's not that they're ugly, but they're just not very pretty. This little speaker delivers not only great sound, but a genuinely stylish design that will add to your room.
    07.16.12
  • Club Caveman Raises the Bar for iPad Storytelling
    By expanding the scope of user interaction and raising game animation to movie quality, Club Caveman hopes to elevate kids¿ engagement with narrative and push the limits on what an iPad does with storytelling. Ben Sweat of Caffeine-Free talks about his current Kickstarter project.
    07.16.12
  • First Animated Disney - Marvel Crossover Announced -- And It's Phineas and Ferb!
    Disney bought Marvel nearly three years ago, but it's taken until this year to see synergy really grow out of the purchase. So far this year, we've seen the Marvel Universe programming block on Disney XD, and we've seen Disney throw its considerable marketing weight behind the blockbuster film The Avengers. But it's only now ...
    07.14.12
  • Mimoco Unveils G.I. Joe, More Transformers Mimobots
    Hot on the heels of the recent Adventure Time Mimobots reveal, Mimoco has just announced their "Countdown to Comic Con" collection. This new line includes a second series of Transformers-themed designer USB flash drives, as well as the proper introduction of the G.I. Joe X Mimobot series featuring Snake Eyes, Storm Shadow and Cobra Commander. Of course they're available in models up to 64GB capacity and boast pre-loaded content like digital comics, wallpaper and show episodes, but likely their best feature is the following ridiculous promo video. Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.
    07.14.12
  • Gallery: A Salute to Comic-Con's Superfans
    Comic-Con sends out its bat-call each year to fans, stars and aficionados of everything from mainstream science fiction to obscure comics. Those who respond are the die-hards. Here's a look at the action on the ground in San Diego.
    07.13.12
  • No, Your 4-Year-Old Couldn't Do this Inkjet Art
    Digital printers are supposed to create perfect copies. Print something numerous times and it should look exactly the same, down to the last period. But that's never quite how it turns out. Inkjet prints, in particular, can end up looking more like off-register screenprints
    07.13.12


 

 

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