• DIY

    Making Music with Lasers

    By Abby Seiff Posted on 7.16.2008 9 Comments

    Playing the harp isn’t the most high-tech pastime—unless, like Stephen Hobley, you use lasers in place of the strings. Though not the first home-built laser harp, Hobley’s creation is unquestionably the coolest. Played by disrupting the laser beams with his hands, it can produce just about any sound. Better yet, it’s also a fully functioning controller for a version of Guitar Hero.

  • Entertainment & Gaming

    The Future of Gaming

    By Abby Seiff Posted on 1.6.2009 10 Comments

    Welcome to 2009. We have seen the future of gaming, and it looks a lot like its for your mother, grandfather and ADD-afflicted pals. Cheerfully, there's still hope for hardcore PC and console enthusiasts. It just doesn’t come in a shiny, shrink-wrapped retail box.

  • Technology

    Inauguration Day From Space

    By Paul Adams Posted on 1.20.2009 35 Comments

    As promised, here are stunningly clear satellite images of the tops of some two million heads during today’s inauguration. These images were snapped at 11:19am today by GeoEye-1, the most powerful commercial imaging satellite in the sky, from 423 miles above the trampled grass on the National Mall.

  • The Environment

    All Eyes on Redoubt Volcano

    By Paul Adams Posted on 2.6.2009 0 Comments

  • Technology

    Wingman

    By Paul Adams Posted on 1.14.2009 30 Comments

    The warm autumn sun has burned a hole in the morning haze and opened up the sky above the South Foreland Lighthouse, a historic beacon along the White Cliffs of Dover, England. It marks the narrowest point of the English Channel. You can't quite make out where the sea meets the coast of France, a tantalizing 22 miles distant, but a little surface gauze won't interfere with what's coming across the Channel today.


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