Will the real Facebook killer please stand-up? Diaspora is the latest hat being thrown in the ring to save us all from the evils of Facebook and it’s privacy-busting,…

Diaspora

Read more "Diaspora"

Here’s the teaser trailer for a forthcoming documentary “exploring mankind’s journey to ‘play jazz with the universe’… it is a story of our ultimate potential, the reach of our intelligence, the…

Turning Into Gods

Read more "Turning Into Gods"

Devastating photo, taken from obrit by ISS resident Soichi Noguchi:

(higher rez photo here)

The Gulf of Mexico oil spill as seen from orbit

Read more "The Gulf of Mexico oil spill as seen from orbit"

We want HUDs, we love Iron Man.

(pic nicked from io9)

Here’s a neat viral video that will make more sense once you’ve seen Iron Man 2.

(viral vid via Tech Digest)

Gimme!

HUD pr0n in Iron Man 2

Read more "HUD pr0n in Iron Man 2"

How about a round-up post showing a few ways in which (if we can survive long enough) we just might get to live forever?

First off, scientists! have created stretchy artificial skin:

…

towards real posthumanism: bio-hacking to replace our organs

Read more "towards real posthumanism: bio-hacking to replace our organs"

From Discovery:

Adapting technology found in flat screen television sets, scientists have created a thin film that converts infrared light into visible light. The technology could give cell…

cellphones with nightvision and that’s just for starters

Read more "cellphones with nightvision and that’s just for starters"

We’ve featured these architectural projections before. This latest one, an animation of an AC/DC song, at Rochester Castle, England is impressive. It is also a strange promo piece for the sequel…

AC/DC rock Rochester Castle

Read more "AC/DC rock Rochester Castle"

Coming soon to a future near you:

From Worth 1000, via SingularityHub’s short-list of it’s ’cybergenics’ competition.

thanks to Dingo for the tip-off!

Repair Unit

Read more "Repair Unit"

Warning: SPOILERS

Guest-starring Buckaroo Banzai himself, Peter Weller, the latest episode of Fringe tells the tale of a grief-stricken astrophysicist that modifies his own body into…

Peter Weller, Grinder, on latest Fringe

Read more "Peter Weller, Grinder, on latest Fringe"

(click through for high resolution)

An arresting photo of the plume from the volcano currently erupting in Iceland. It’s uncertain how long it will continue and has plunged…

nature will fuck you

Read more "nature will fuck you"