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Hasselblad is Switching to CMOS With New 50 Megapixel Sensor

Hasselblad just announced that they are re-vamping the sensor tech for their 50 megapixel medium format digital back. A new CMOS sensor will replace the older CCD technology previously used. The differences are what has led to many camera maker abandoning CCD sensors over the past few years or so. Leica was the most recent…

All of these outbreaks could have been prevented with vaccines

Vaccines are something most of us take for granted, but as these maps compiled by the Council on Foreign Relations show, we’re still a long way from ensuring everyone’s safe from some of the world’s most dreaded — and preventable — diseases. The CFR is a nonpartisan think tank that’s been tracking news mentions of…

Dubai’s Turning Drones into Firefighters

It makes perfect sense. Burning buildings are very dangerous places for people to enter, so when there’s a fire that needs to be put out, why not recruit robots to do the dirty work? That’s exactly what Dubai Civil Defense is doing this year. The emergency management organization just bought 15 quadcopters that it plans…

​Are long hours the new status symbol?

80 years ago, long working hours seemed to be on the decline, with ideas like the six-hour work day being floated. Now, that trend has reversed — and so has the way we think about them. https://gizmodo.com/should-we-move-to-a-six-hour-workday-1484871246 The New Yorker has a look at the way long working hours have become more accepted, and even…

Damian lives in DC’s next direct-to-DVD movie, Son of Batman

Mainly because he hadn’t died yet. DC;’s next animated movie is an adaptation of Grant Morrison’s 2006 Batman & Son comics, which introduces Bruce’s League of Assassins-trained kid to the DCU, and has Batman facing one of his most dangerous adversaries: parenting. Huh. I have no idea why DC decided to follow up its New…

The world’s largest offshore wind farm from space

The London Array—the world’s largest offshore wind farm—started operating on April 8, 2013, about twenty kilometers (12 miles) off the coast of Kent and Essex, England. Looking at these pictures taken from space gives you a perfect idea of the Array’s amazingly vast extension. It has a maximum generating power of 630 megawatts (MW), enough…

8K (Yes, 8K) Broadcasts Just Took a Major Step Forward

Back in May of 2012 the NHK’s science & Technology Research Lab in Japan successfully broadcasted an 8K, 7680×4320 signal over a distance of 2.7 miles using UHF frequencies. As a proof of concept it showed that 8K TV could be successfully delivered to televisions over the air, but it lacked the distance of traditional…

We’ve Cast NBC’s Live Peter Pan Musical for Your Hate-Watching Pleasure

Last year NBC unleashed a hate-watching miracle upon the masses in the form of a terribly acted and horribly performed Live Sound of Music production starring Carrie Underwood and Vampire Bill from True Blood. Next up? Peter Pan, and we’ve already lined up the perfect famous/non-famous cast. Robert Greenblatt of NBC recently announced [via Collider]…

The LighterBro Multitool Turns You Into John McClane and MacGyver

If you’re a smoker who’s always got a disposable Bic lighter on hand, it’s time to ask more of that small accessory taking up space in your pocket. The LighterBro is basically designed to serve as a case for your Bic lighter that also happens to give it amazing slicing, repairing, and bottle opening powers.…

Brand New Hints for Avatar 2, Avengers 2 and Amazing Spider-Man 3!

There’s another crazy Star Wars casting rumor, involving Dame Judi Dench! Could Mary Jane be recast for Amazing Spider-Man 3? NBC’s added major castmembers to its Rosemary’s Baby series and greenlit a Oz-based show. Plus, the executive producers preview Once Upon a Time’s return. Spoilers now! Star Wars Here’s yet another casting rumor: Dame Judi…

Selling Shame: 20 Outrageously Offensive Vintage Ads

One vintage ad warns women, “Don’t let them call you SKINNY!” while another promises that smoking cigarettes will keep one slender. If the task of morphing their bodies into the current desirable shape isn’t enough of a burden, women are also reminded that they stink. In these vintage ads, a woman may be emitting a…

Awesome image of the Golden Gate Bridge burning in a sea of fog

Brian Donovan captures incredible landscapes. This amazing image of the Golden Gate Bridge—taken in a perfect sunset as “the fog slowly filled the basin and the clouds began to light up”—is just one of them. Here are some more. https://gizmodo.com/the-golden-gate-bridge-looks-like-a-bright-streak-of-fi-1505541249

This Is How People Thought of Fever Before They Knew What It Was

Having a fever can be pretty terrible—but imagine having it before there was any cure, when nobody really knew what it was. This picture, from the 18 century, depicts just that. One of 100,000 pictures depicting the history of medicine which were made freely available this week by Wellcome Images, this picture shows how artist…

The Golden Gate Bridge looks like a bright streak of fire in fog

It’s easy to forget how beautiful the world is when we shackle ourselves inside all day. Maybe on the weekend we’ll take a hike, we say. Maybe next month we’ll make a trip out to the woods, we plan. But even if we do all that, we still don’t see it enough. Good thing photographers…

Verizon Is Buying Intel’s Wildly Ambitious Internet TV Project

After Intel very publicly announced some huge and ambitious plans for its internet TV service, it’s just announced that it’s… selling the project to Verizon. https://gizmodo.com/intels-streaming-tv-ambitions-are-real-and-huge-5983712 The telecom company is going to purchase Intel Media, which was set up especially to develop the new TV services. No details, like cash sums, of the transaction have…

Microsoft Is Paying YouTubers for Positive Xbox One Coverage

Microsoft has been outed by YouTube content generators, who claim the company has been offering to pay increased ad revenue to video producers who mention Xbox One in a positive light and include the relevant tag in their videos. News of the pay-to-mention promotion came via the Machinima UK YouTube channel’s Community Manager (who has…

WithBeats Music now live, MOG will shutter on April 15th. Users will be offered a month’s free trial of Beats Music but, sadly, playlists won’t be transferable.

All the World’s Preventable Disease Outbreaks, Visualized

Although medical science has advanced immeasurably in the last century, many preventable diseases still claim lives due to ineffective vaccination programs. This map shows when and where that happens. The Council of Foreign Relations Global Health Program began tracking vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks in 2008, and now it’s produced an interactive map that visualizes the data.…

Beats Music Is Now Available

You wants Beats Music? You gots Beat Music. The audio company’s new streaming service went live in the US this morning, and you can go download the app for iOS right now. At least, you can if you’re willing to stump up $10 a month from the off, or $15 for a five-user family plan…

Outstanding images of animals inside the womb

The forgetful mindless mob that is the internet is making viral these images of animals in the womb from the 2011 National Geographic program of the same name. I don’t blame her, because they are so impressive they should go viral on a monthly basis. The images were created for Animals in the Womb using…