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115 More Pieces of Amazing Iranian Technology Created with Photoshop
Last week, you saw how Iran tried to make its recent missile tests look more impressive by adding an extra missile using Photoshop. Naturally, I put out the challenge of helping our buddies in Iran out by creating even more amazing technological accomplishments using everybody's favorite image editor. The results? Overwhelming. One of the biggest responses to a Photoshop contest so far, this is one you're going to want to check out. After the jump, see your top three winners and then the absolutely huge Gallery of Champions. More »
1:30 PM on Tue Jul 15 2008
By Adam Frucci
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Use Photoshop to Give Iran Even More Fake Technological Advancements
So I told you this morning about how Iran made its missile test photos look more impressive by adding another missile using the magic of Photoshop. Whatever, we can do better than that. You want to impress us, Iran? Let's see some serious tech power. We'll help. Your challege, Gizmodians, is to use Photoshop to create some sweet Iranian propaganda, showing their technological advancements that are heretofore unseen. More »
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Iran State Media Used Photoshop to Make Missile Tests Look More Impressive
Gizmodo readers aren't the only people who love digitally altering photos using Photoshop — so does Iranian state media! You may have seen the above photo yesterday, which features four scary missiles being fired off as a test/example of the size of Iran's dick. Guess what? One of those missiles is a fake. Here's what the original photo looks like: More »
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Video Shows Iran Will Destroy Infidels Two Hours Late
Hey Mr. Pentagon Guys, John Mayer here. Remember those plans to invade Iran because of their missiles and weapons of mass destruction and the long fugly beards and a musical taste that doesn't include me? Yeah? Well, just take your time. Watch the video. All will be clearer afterwards. Thanks yous, John.
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This week, Iran told Barbie, "We have to talk." It's not an all-out Dear John situation, but the blonde dolly may need to tread lightly in the country. She's not the only one: Spider-Man, Batman and Harry Potter are already on the clerical watch list. Yep, the country that brought you carpets, backgammon, ethanol, windmills and carrots—one that until the Islamic Revolution in 1979 was the most progressive state in the Islamic world—is considering a Barbie Ban. When I saw that, I wondered what other products had been branded off limits, and which gadgets were left for the Barbie-less boys and girls to play with. Turns out, the mullahs might not have their priorities straight.
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Dear Iran: Barbie Ain't So Bad, But Robot Vacs Are Evil
This week, Iran told Barbie, "We have to talk." It's not an all-out Dear John situation, but the blonde dolly may need to tread lightly in the country. She's not the only one: Spider-Man, Batman and Harry Potter are already on the clerical watch list. Yep, the country that brought you carpets, backgammon, ethanol, windmills and carrots—one that until the Islamic Revolution in 1979 was the most progressive state in the Islamic world—is considering a Barbie Ban. When I saw that, I wondered what other products had been branded off limits, and which gadgets were left for the Barbie-less boys and girls to play with. Turns out, the mullahs might not have their priorities straight.
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Five Undersea Cables Cut So Far
In this strange maritime epidemic, the number of undersea cables cut in incidents around the Middle East and South Asia now totals five, including Sea-Me-We 4 (in two places) and cables run by Flag Telecom located at Alexandria, the Dubai coast, and Bandar Abbas in Iran. (Insert not-so-funny-anymore Dick Cheney terror joke here.) [Khaleej Times via Slashdot]
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Iranian Invents Multilingual Talking Book Reader
There's not a lot of information about this invention from Ramin Sedighi of Iran, except that it's a device with an electronic pen that scans words of a book and says them aloud. The news clip says that the device will teach languages to children ages 4 to 16, and that it can also "explain" pictures. Here's the mystery catch though: the reader has 512MB of memory "for storing 15 books." If it needs to store the books in advance, it can't just read any book, only those pre-programmed in. Which means it may be no more advanced than a LeapFrog educational toy. It's as big as a 13-inch laptop, too, and yet we're strangely intrigued. [Iranian Students News Agency via Raw Feed]
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