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What Clark Kent sees every day on the Metropolis subway

When you have x-ray vision, a trip on the subway means you always know who is behind every newspaper – and what people are carrying in their pockets. Nick Veasey’s photos reveal what lurks beneath the surface of everyday life. See more weird x-ray photography by Nick Veasey via National Geographic

io9 Annalee Newitz

Old Couple Sells Apple Their House for $1.7million for its iTunes Cloud

When Apple asks to buy your farm, there’s your chance to apply the “big corporation tax.” The Fulbright family asked for $1.7m when Apple fancied their acre of land adjacent to their iTunes data center in North Carolina. 34 years ago, that one acre cost the Fulbrights $6,000, which they built their family home on.…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Warehouse 13 digs up another year of weird objects

There are at least a dozen or so freakish knick-knacks with the power to wreck civilization still at large, apparently. Hence Syfy’s eminently sensible decision to give the Warehouse 13 crew another season to neutralize them. I feel safer already.

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Do You See What I See?

SwooooOooooOOOooossh. Ziiing! SwooooOOOOooooosh. There is no escape…don’t make me destroy you… [Reddit]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Brandon Routh won’t return as Superman. Plus secrets of Caprica 1.5, and the Doctor’s latest encounter with Sarah Jane

New director Zack Snyder is already pretty sure there will be a new actor playing Superman. Sam Adama reveals what lies ahead on Caprica, and new trailers and hints reveal the Eleventh Doctor’s awesome appearance on The Sarah Jane Adventures. Superman Reboot: It’s early days yet, but newly announced director Zack Snyder has already let…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

Skype Lands on Android Phones Running Eclair or Higher

It seems unfathomable that Skype didn’t have an app for Android until now*, but it’s true. Phones running Android 2.1 or 2.2 can download the free app now, for free Skype-to-Skype calls, IM and more. Just like with the iPhone version, you can call over Wi-Fi or the network (3G is included), both of which…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

The 3D Sound System With 62 Channels is the Death Star of Audio

This isn’t a Death Star model to go with your AT-AT. What’s lurking behind it is a clue. Have you got it? It’s a sound system, only with a twist—it has 62 channels for 3D sound. It’s from the Japanese National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), a research firm which is responsible for…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

I Wouldn’t Mind Being Banged Up In This Police Station So Much

If you’re gonna do the crimes, you gotta do the time. And what better place to be banged up in for 24hours before being shipped out to prison, than this French police station concept? French architects Negroni Archivision designed this concept with the idea that not only will it act as a police station for…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

What Will Be Announced at Facebook’s Event This Wednesday?

This Wednesday morn (PST) news will be flying out of Facebook HQ. But what of? Those rumored Facebook phones? The Skype integration? A secure and usable update for Places? A public burning of The Social Network‘s posters? [TechCrunch]

Social Media Kat Hannaford

Panasonic’s 13MP Lumix Phone Looks Like a Crappy Sony Ericsson, Disappointingly

They promised more info for this week, and they gave us new info. Unfortunately…it’s not quite shaping up to what we were hoping for, considering Lumix’s awesome reputation. Budget Sony Ericsson with 13MP camera, anyone? It looks very Japan-only to me. It was on show at CEATEC in Japan today, where various sites managed to…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Scratched Glasses Give Perfect Vision For Any Eyesight

Ditch those bifocals. You might soon wearing spectacles whose lenses allow you to see clearly regardless of how long or short-sighted you are. With age, the lenses in our eyes often lose the ability to change shape enough to focus light from near objects onto the retina – a condition called presbyopia. This leaves people…

Tech News Christina Bonnington

How To Count Millions of Fish In the Sea

It was decided we don’t know enough about the sea. So 2,700 scientists started the Census of Marine Life, cooperating with museums, labs and aquariums across 80 countries to learn more. 10 years later, today, they’re done. The census used every conceivable kind of technology to get the job done, from Satellites, to manned and…

Tech News Brian Lam

Let Your iPhone Robotically Read You a Bedtime Story With vBookz

vBookz, the somewhat useful text-to-speech iPad app we’ve covered before, is now iPhone-ready. It doesn’t appear that many of our quibbles with the app have been rectified since we examined vBookz’s previous iteration, but the robotic narrator is now pocketable. As Kyle pointed out in June, vBookz is essentially a copy of Apple’s own iBooks,…

Books & Comics Sam Biddle

Would These Concept Power Cables Make Your Life Easier?

Despite making almost everything we use every day of our lives work, power cables are despised, and we haven’t innovated our way out of them yet. This nesting concept cable, however, aims to tame the jungle. But would it work? The Line Block cables click and seal together like a Ziploc bag—the idea being that…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Send This To Every Person Who Writes You An Annoying Email

You probably know a few people who just shouldn’t be allowed to send emails. You might’ve tried to gently train them to stop sending stupid forwards or using gaudy signatures and failed. Well, now it’s time to show them this: Republished with permission from Matthew Inman aka “The Oatmeal,” a former web designer turned comic…

Books & Comics Matthew Inman

Netflix iPhone App Now Supports Video Out

Looks like the Netflix iPhone app got a nice new feature with its latest update: Video out support. This means that you can send whatever video you’re streaming to a bigger screen without much fuss. [iTunes]

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Actor Tony Curtis Loved His iPhone So Much That He Was Buried With It

While I was reading MSNBC’s touching write up of Tony Curtis’ funeral, something caught my attention. It was right there—right in the list of treasured items buried with the late actor: An iPhone. It’s not really uncommon for individuals to request that some dear possessions be buried with them and I doubt that this is…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

The Brain-Controlled RatCar, or the First Still From the Live Action Pinky and the Brain Movie

Being our go-to creatures for all manner of scientific and technological tests, rats often get the craziest gear several generations before we humans do. So what’s latest and greatest in rat tech? The RatCar, a brian-controlled, battery-powered rodent buggy. The RatCar, developed by researchers at the University of Tokyo, is controlled by electrodes implanted directly…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Video Shot With 102-Year-Old Lens Makes Lingerie Shots Look Oh So Tasteful

Remember that 102-year-old lens that photographer Timur Civan fit on his Canon 5D mkII? After many requests for video shot with the lens, he’s obeyed—and with a beautiful, slightly-NSFW video, to boot. The 35mm Wollensak Cine-Velostigmat F5 may be difficult to shoot with, Civan claims, but as you can see in the video below the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Meet The Lucky Folks Who Won A Portrait By Gizmodo Artist Sam Spratt

We recently had a contest offering you the chance to win a portrait by Gizmodo artist Sam Spratt and now it’s finally time to announce who won. Drumroll, please! Meet Stephanie and her winning comment: And because we were pleasantly surprised by the responses to the contest, we picked a second winner. Meet Malcom and…

Social Media Rosa Golijan

What Clark Kent sees every day on the Metropolis subway

Old Couple Sells Apple Their House for $1.7million for its iTunes Cloud

Warehouse 13 digs up another year of weird objects

Do You See What I See?

Brandon Routh won’t return as Superman. Plus secrets of Caprica 1.5, and the Doctor’s latest encounter with Sarah Jane

Skype Lands on Android Phones Running Eclair or Higher

The 3D Sound System With 62 Channels is the Death Star of Audio

I Wouldn’t Mind Being Banged Up In This Police Station So Much

What Will Be Announced at Facebook’s Event This Wednesday?

Panasonic’s 13MP Lumix Phone Looks Like a Crappy Sony Ericsson, Disappointingly

Scratched Glasses Give Perfect Vision For Any Eyesight

How To Count Millions of Fish In the Sea

Let Your iPhone Robotically Read You a Bedtime Story With vBookz

Would These Concept Power Cables Make Your Life Easier?

Send This To Every Person Who Writes You An Annoying Email

Netflix iPhone App Now Supports Video Out

Actor Tony Curtis Loved His iPhone So Much That He Was Buried With It

The Brain-Controlled RatCar, or the First Still From the Live Action Pinky and the Brain Movie

Video Shot With 102-Year-Old Lens Makes Lingerie Shots Look Oh So Tasteful

Meet The Lucky Folks Who Won A Portrait By Gizmodo Artist Sam Spratt

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