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You’d think that a tumor shrinking would be considered good news for anyone suffering from cancer. But maybe not. Scientists have found that a type of cancer treatment aimed at shrinking tumors can actually make them spread more efficiently and kill patients quicker. Choking off tumors’ blood supply with an approach called anti-angiogenesis, is the…
The NYPD is in hot water with civil rights groups over its controversial Stop-and-Frisk policy. But, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly has a solution—handheld weapons scanners that see guns under clothing! Fourth Amendment? What’s that? As Kelly told a State of the NYPD breakfast Tuesday, the department is developing a mobile, infrared scanner mechanism that would…
Painting with light is fun. You find a dark street, set your camera to a long exposure, and spend the next 30 minutes trying to get just the right amount of exposure and timing. Okay, maybe that part isn’t fun, but the end results can be spectacular. If only there was an app that did…
The intricate gears and mechanisms of a watch with a complicated movement are usually hidden inside a metal housing. But not with Richard Mille’s latest creation, the RM65, which features a housing carved from a single block of sapphire crystal. So if you were wondering how they justified that $1.65 million price tag, there’s your…
Last spring’s Japanese tsunami and resultant nuclear meltdown was one of the more significant and significantly unsettling tech stories of 2011—but it already feels long ago. Frontline’s documentary on the crisis, “Nuclear Aftershocks,” should be a terrific refresher. Watch Nuclear Aftershocks Preview on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE. The doc, which covers the disaster itself…
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Yahoo! board member Jerry Yang has apparently been forced out of the company he founded. In a statement released today, Yahoo announced he had resigned from its board of directors, and all other positions at the company. In resigning, Yang wrote: My time at Yahoo!, from its founding to the present, has encompassed some of…
I couldn’t have imagined that stitching together one second of video for each day of 2011 would be this incredible. And there’s just no way I could love this 365 second year-in-a-life any more than I already do. Madeline Schichtel‘s This is what Madeline did, which includes brief snippets of her driving down the highway,…
At CES last week, in addition to all the gear and gadgets, there was something else on display: women. As with many trade shows—especially ones aimed at a male audience—CES was rife with booth babes. Yet when the BBC ran a story on the practice of hiring scantily-clad models to stand around booths and draw…
You know that roach we thought we all stepped on and flushed this month? Nope, still crawling around: SOPA hearings will resume next month. Straight from the Judiciary horse’s mouth: Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) today said that he expects the Committee to continue its markup of the Stop Online…
Everyone wants to play guitar. You pick one up and boom you’re traveling the globe bagging chicks/dudes and living the lifestyle that ends up on VH1’s Behind the Music. Unfortunately, playing guitar is hard work and takes years to master. That’s okay, we found an app to get you started. Plus, an app to take…
Microsoft dropped the hardware requirements for Windows 8 a month ago, but may of the choice bits were buried amongst the 1000-page sea of technical jargon and general obscura. The brave souls over at WithinWindows ostensibly just emerged from the depths with the choicest pearls of compatibility wisdom. What can we expect from devices running…
Iran may not be able to reverse engineer the infamous RQ-170 Sentinel we somehow lost over there last year. But they sure as hell can make a kid-friendly toy version! What it lacks in stealth, it boasts in colorful fun. The Iranian Aaye Art Group, a self-described “designer and manufacturer of artistic and cultural goods,”…
Wanna know who’s got the most impressive web visuals we’ve seen in a while? It’s a little site called Acko.net, written by Steven Wittens. Just head over there and slowly scroll down. You’re looking into the web future. Here’s how they did it. [Acko.net via Joel Johnson]
Mad Men is coming back soon and you’ll need a proper TV to watch it on. Mad Men is coming back soon and you’ll need a proper TV to watch it on. Why not try out RCA’s 42-inch, 60Hz LED Backlit HDTV? It probably won’t win any awards, except from your accountant since it is…
(Internet) war in the Middle East continues, with today’s Israeli strike against the stock exchanges of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Both financial hubs were down for hours, and those responsible say they’l “move to the next level.” A formal explanation of the attack—at least as formal as these things get—was posted on…
This night vision video was taken by one of the first rescue helicopters to arrive to the sinking site of the Costa Concordia, the cruise ship that ran aground on the island of Giglio, Italy. Update: Check out the conversation between the captain of the ship and the port’s captain below. It must have been…
Many call the “rule of thirds” the perfect way to compose an image. You may disagree, but these 108 photos from this week’s Shooting Challenge won’t be called wrong without a fight. Winner – Rows The clean lines of rowing is why I chose it as my subject for the Rule of Thirds Challenge. This…
The clean lines of rowing is why I chose it as my subject for the Rule of Thirds Challenge. This photo was taken from Christ Church meadow at the University of Oxford in England. I envisioned having strong horizontal lines, which are the boat and the shadow line. More subtly, what I consider to be…
This shot was set up in the morning light with a black plate, two forks and a purple wine bottle for reflection. The camera was mounted on a tripod using the Canon Rebel T1i and the 55-250mm lens. -Jennifer Bartles I recently moved to a new apartment partly because of the incredible views it has.…
