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Most travelers who view the animals in Africa and Antarctica capture the sights in photographs, but Hamish Mackie goes further.

When digital cameras focus, they use a complicated and slow system that often doesn't come close to being correct. Humans, however, focus correctly in an instant.

When digital cameras focus, they use a complicated and slow system that often doesn't come close to being correct. Humans, however, focus correctly in an instant

When digital cameras focus, they use a complicated and slow system that often doesn't come close to being correct.

It's here, Apple's iPhone 5, or rather the iPhone 4S--ending a ton of speculation about its name, and spurring hundreds of "what, no iPhone 5?" comments from webizens who'd been hoping for that exciting-sounding re-design to surface. The thing is, though, the iPhone for 2011 is very similar in external design to the iPhone for 2010, but its real selling power is what's inside

The creative collective made a video for the Japanese band Androp using 250 Canon still cameras. Their flashes were controlled via a potent DIY cocktail of arduino, openFrameworks, and Flash. Individually, the founders of Tokyo- and New York-based Party have created some of the most interesting music-driven videos of the last few years

Picture a camera that has no lens, no moving parts, costs fractions of a penny to make, and sees as dimly as a short-sighted worm.

The local bar scene has always been a mystery. Step into a pub on any given night and you might get a bro-filled fratfest dominated by Polo-clad Murray Hillers. Another evening could attract a smaller, older crowd, shouting out answers at trivia night.

The startup's capital comes from big names like Andreessen Horowitz and Greylock, and its tech team includes a co-founder of Silicon Graphics and the man who was the chief architect for Palm's revolutionary webOS software.

The Dewey Decimal System has never looked so... dewy

With the launch of the Nintendo 3DS this Sunday, the company continues its history of revolutionizing how games play, and how we play with them. While I have issues with Nintendo 3DS as a gadget , there is no denying that it is a remarkable gaming machine. With the 3-D capabilities come interesting media opportunities--it allows you to take 3-D photos, a 3-D version of OK Go's "White Knuckles" music video comes with the handheld, and Netflix will stream in 3-D this summer