NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has found the oldest, most distant supernova ever discovered, which experts say could help scientists better understand the evolution of the universe.
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NASA’s Hubble telescope finds distant supernova, clues to universe
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on April 6, 2013
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Microsoft’s WorldWide Telescope Maps The Universe With NASA’s Data
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on March 29, 2013
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The Microsoft Research team is building an epic map of the universe using data and photographs collected from the many telescopes around the world, including NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. They call it The WorldWide Telescope.
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NOvA neutrino detector captures cosmic rays in 3D, aims to unlock the mysteries of the universe
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on March 28, 2013
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All apologies accepted if you mistook that image above as cover art for Daft Punk’s new album — it’s not (although the duo should consider it.). That Tron-ish, equalizer-like graphic is actually a 3D representation of particle activity left behind by cosmic rays interacting within NOvA, the Department of Energy’s under construction neutrino detector. It’s the first such visual record made possible by the University of Minnesota-operated facility that, when completed, will extend for more than 200 feet underground in an area near the Canadian border and endure regular bombardment by a controlled stream of neutrinos. Beyond its obvious visual appeal, data like this should give physicists at the DOE’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory insight into the nature of neutrinos (some of which are said to have been issued from the Big Bang) and, by extension, the origins of our ever-expanding universe. For now, though, the project’s still in the baby steps phase — only 12 feet of the detector (the currently operational portion) has been successfully built out — so the reality-shattering, scientific epiphanies will have to wait. Until then, it’s all still life as we safely know it.
Ancient afterglow of Big Bang shows universe older than previously thought
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on March 22, 2013
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Study Finds Universe Is 100 Million Years Older Than Previously Thought
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on March 22, 2013
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skade88 writes “Reuters is reporting that scientists now say the universe is 100 million years older than previously thought after they took a closer look at leftover radiation from the Big Bang. This puts the age of the Universe at 13.8 billion years. The new findings are the direct results from analyzing data provided by the European Space Agency’s Planck spacecraft. The spacecraft is providing the most detailed look to date at the remnant microwave radiation that permeates the universe. ‘It’s as if we’ve gone from a standard television to a high-definition television. New and important details have become crystal clear,’ Paul Hertz, NASA’s director of astrophysics, told reporters on a conference call.”
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Higgs boson find may spell doom for universe
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on February 19, 2013
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SpaceShots: The best new photos of our universe
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on February 8, 2013
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Largest structure in universe discovered
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on January 12, 2013
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Best of 2012: The Measurement That Would Reveal The Universe As A Computer Simulation
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on December 24, 2012
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What if reality were really just ‘Sim Universe’?
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on December 17, 2012
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Why The Universe Is Not a Computer After All
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on December 9, 2012
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Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One Blu-ray set is back on, ships April 2nd
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on November 30, 2012
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Just in case you were wondering whatever happened to that delayed-by-lawsuit 10-disc Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One – Avengers Assembled Blu-ray set that captured a full series of the Disney / Marvel movies, Amazon is notifying pre-orderers (previously mollified with free The Avengers discs) of the new release date: April 2nd. While the original suitcase has been scrapped due to a licensing dispute with its designer, a recent post on Marvel’s blog revealed the set will still come in a not-exactly-S.H.I.E.L.D. briefcase complete with glowing Tesseract inside. The movies, bonus content, art cases and all are still intact, however with the delay have come a few extras. Buyers can expect an early preview of Iron Man 3 and the Phase Two series of flicks, as well as prop replicas and never-before-seen extras from the earlier films. The bad news? The price appears to have gone up, flashing a $ 219 MSRP and current selling for $ 197 on Amazon. While you’re thinking that over, check after the break for a clip from Thor that didn’t make the theatrical cut.
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Study Finds Similar Structures In the Universe, Internet, and Brain
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on November 25, 2012
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SternisheFan writes “The structure of the universe and the laws that govern its growth may be more similar than previously thought to the structure and growth of the human brain and other complex networks, such as the Internet or a social network of trust relationships between people, according to a new study. ‘By no means do we claim that the universe is a global brain or a computer,’ said Dmitri Krioukov, co-author of the paper, published by the Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA), based at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego.’But the discovered equivalence between the growth of the universe and complex networks strongly suggests that unexpectedly similar laws govern the dynamics of these very different complex systems,’ Krioukov noted.”
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NASA Discovers Most Distant Galaxy In Known Universe
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on November 18, 2012
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An anonymous reader writes with this snippet from cbc.ca: “‘NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes (not to be outdone by the Kepler Space Telescope) have discovered the most distant galaxy identified so far in the universe… the galaxy is 13.3 billion light years away and only a tiny fraction of the size of the Milky Way. Due to the time it takes light to travel through space, the images seen from Earth now show what the galaxy looked like when the universe was just 420 million years old, according to a press statement released from NASA. The newly discovered galaxy (is) named MACS0647-JD.”
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Farthest-known galaxy in the universe found, scientists say
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on November 17, 2012
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Alt-week 10.13.12: is the Universe a simulation, cloning dinosaurs and singing mice
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on October 13, 2012
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Alt-week peels back the covers on some of the more curious sci-tech stories from the last seven days.
Are you reading this? Seriously, are you? Sure, we know you think you are, but what if you’re just a sub-feature of a complex computer program. A sprite, nothing more than the creation of software. The problem with this question is, how would you ever know? You wouldn’t, right? Well, not so fast there. Turns out, maybe there is a way to unravel the matrix (if there is one). It’ll come as no surprise, that this is one of the topics in this week’s collection of alternative stories. Think that’s all we got? Not even close. We’ll explore the truth behind cloning dinosaurs, as well a rare performance by singing mice — all before dinner. Or is it really dinner? This is alt-week.
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The Measurement That Would Reveal The Universe As A Computer Simulation
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on October 10, 2012
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If the cosmos is a numerical simulation, there ought to be clues in the spectrum of high energy cosmic rays, say theorists
One of modern physics’ most cherished ideas is quantum chromodynamics, the theory that describes the strong nuclear force, how it binds quarks and gluons into protons and neutrons, how these form nuclei that themselves interact. This is the universe at its most fundamental.
How Cosmological Supercomputers Evolve the Universe All Over Again
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on October 3, 2012
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the_newsbeagle writes “To study the mysterious phenomena of dark matter and dark energy, astronomers are turning to supercomputers that can simulate the entire evolution of the universe. One such simulation, the Bolshoi projection, recently did a complete run-through. It started with the state the universe was in around 13.7 billion years ago (not long after the Big Bang) and modeled the evolution of dark matter and energy up to the present day. The run used 14,000 CPUs on NASA’s fastest supercomputer.”
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Hubble telescope reveals farthest view into universe ever
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on September 26, 2012
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Hubble Space Telescope takes deepest image of the universe ever
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on September 26, 2012
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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has taken some of the most amazing photographs of space over the years that I’ve ever seen. NASA has announced the unveiling of the deepest image of the universe ever snapped. The photograph you see below is called the eXtreme Deep Field or XDF. The photograph was assembled by combining 10
Eternal clock could keep time after universe dies
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on September 25, 2012
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What’s the smallest thing in the universe?
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on September 22, 2012
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Black Mesa download madness hits the Half-Life gamer universe
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on September 15, 2012
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Today the gaming world was reintroduced to one of their most beloved places to do battle with a total conversion remaking of Half-Life 2 by development group Valve Software. After seven full years in development, this release has been not just given away for free on its own, but given away with a full soundtrack
NBC rebrands Olympics app as NBC Sports Live Extra, promises streams for a wider athletic universe
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on September 1, 2012
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NBC’s Olympics Live Extra may have lost its original raison d’être after the flame was extinguished in London, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to purge the app from your phone’s home screen. An update for Android and iOS users alike is giving the title new life as NBC Sports Live Extra, and the name makes it quite obvious that you’ll have a lot more to watch than just biathlons and fencing. NBC expects to offer live streaming for the European PGA, LPGA, MLS, NHL, Notre Dame, PGA, Ryder Cup and other events or leagues culled from the channel formerly known as Versus. Highlights, social sharing and other side features will carry over as well. You don’t have to do a thing beyond check for a new version to make the switch to the already updated apps, but you will have to subscribe to conventional TV to use them properly: NBC is requiring TV Everywhere authentication for access to most of what’s on offer from NBC Sports Network and the Golf Channel.
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Good news! Universe not a fractal, study finds
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on August 23, 2012
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Google runs newspaper ad for Google ads, universe has yet to implode
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on August 15, 2012
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Google knows how to tug at your heart strings when promoting its services, but it also has the whole irony thing down pat. Last Thursday, the search giant touted the advantages of its targeted advertising in the Canadian newspaper the Globe and Mail, taking out a full-page spread asking the delightfully smug question you see above. Lest you think Google’s pitch for AdWords wasn’t in earnest, the ad also appeared on the Globe’s website.
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E Ink acquires SiPix, may dominate e-paper universe
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on August 4, 2012
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If challenging E Ink‘s supremacy in the e-paper market was hard before, it just became Sisyphean. The company is acquiring e-paper module maker SiPix through a share buyout worth about NT$ 1.5 billion ($ 50.1 million) if all goes smoothly. What goals E Ink has with the merger aren’t as apparent, although the company wants to go beyond just supplying the parts for another Kindle Touch or Nook Simple Touch — the aim is to “diversify into newer applications” even as the company corners those markets it already leads. The deal should close in the fall if regulators sign off on the deal, although we wouldn’t be too quick to assume clearance is a sure thing. As NPD DisplaySearch warns, the deal would give E Ink complete control of the electrophoretic display technology that dictates the e-paper field. That doesn’t allow for a lot of variety in the space when alternatives like Qualcomm’s Mirasol are being scaled back.
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IBM cluster powers Murchison Widefield Array’s radio telescope, answers mysteries of the universe faster than ever (video)
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on July 25, 2012
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Radio telescope operators have as much of a problem coping with the avalanche of data as getting that information in the first place. The Victoria University of Wellington is all too aware and is leaning on IBM for a powerful (if very tongue-tying) iDataPlex dx360 M3 compute cluster to sift through the deluge at the upcoming Murchison Widefield Array. Combined, the 4,096 array antennas probing deep space and solar atmospherics will have the Xeon-based cluster tackling signal data to the tune of 8GB per second, and about 50TB per day — that’s a Nexus 7‘s worth of astronomy faster than you can sneeze, folks. A 10Gbps network connection will feed the results to Perth to save scientists a roughly 435-mile trek. Construction is still in mid-stride, but the $ 51 million Australian ($ 52.2 million US) being spent on the Murchison array may be worthwhile if it helps solve the riddles of star formation and solar flares.
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SpaceShots: The 100 best photos of our universe
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on July 18, 2012
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‘Ghost galaxies’ of early universe seen by Hubble Telescope
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on July 12, 2012
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Particle discovery is game changer for understanding the universe
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on July 6, 2012
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The Big Bang didn’t need God to start universe, researchers say
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on June 26, 2012
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Basic science of universe questioned, thanks to wacky particles
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on June 20, 2012
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SpaceShots: The best new photos of our universe
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on June 8, 2012
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Avengers Blu-ray preorders listed, including massive 10-disc Marvel Cinematic Universe set
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on June 2, 2012
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If you left the theater after watching Marvel / Disney / Joss Whedon’s The Avengers ready to buy the Blu-ray disc as soon as it hit then get your credit cards ready. As Blu-ray.com notes, Amazon has listings for both a 2-disc Blu-ray edition and a 4-disc Blu-ray 3D version, but the one that’s caught our eye is the just updated listing for Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One – Avengers Assembled. A ten disc set, it has every movie in this chapter of Marvel flicks — Avengers, Captain America, Thor, Iron Man 1 & 2, The Incredible Hulk — with 3D copies where applicable plus collectible packaging and a bonus “The Phase One Archives” disc. The only pic of the casing we have is the promo image shown above which hints at a replica of Nick Fury’s Cosmic Cube suitcase from the movie, but more information is promised to be revealed July 15th. Until then you’ll have to decide if $ 153 ($ 25~ per movie) is worth it for the set, or maybe take this time to finance it by selling off your existing copies on Craigslist. Your choice.
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Every black hole contains a new universe
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on May 17, 2012
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Mathematics of Eternity Prove The Universe Must Have Had A Beginning — Part II
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on April 27, 2012
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Mathematics of Eternity Prove The Universe Must Have Had A Beginning
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on April 25, 2012
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Cosmologists use the mathematical properties of eternity to show that although universe may last forever, it must have had a beginning
The Big Bang has become part of popular culture since the phrase was coined by the maverick physicist Fred Hoyle in the 1940s. That’s hardly surprising for an event that represents the ultimate birth of everything.
Berkeley HTML5 Timeline Tool Can Show a Day, Or the Lifetime of the Universe
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on March 15, 2012
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An anonymous reader writes “UC Berkeley Professor Walter Alvarez, most widely known for his theory that dinosaurs were killed by an asteroid impact, is developing an open source HTML5 timeline tool for visualizing all 13.7 billion years of the past called ChronoZoom. Originally conceived by one of his former students, Roland Saekow, ChronoZoom can zoom from a single day out to all of the Cosmos, passing Earth, Life, and Human Prehistory along the way. The idea and initial database was put together by students at UC Berkeley while students at Moscow State University in Russia wrote the code with guidance and support from researchers at Microsoft Research. The beta is available as of today, and the source code is available. The hope is that it will revolutionize teaching, study and research of the past.”
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SpaceShots: The best new photos of our universe
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on January 27, 2012
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Blog – How Neutrons Might Escape Into Another Universe
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on January 23, 2012
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SpaceShots: The Best New Photos of Our Universe
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on December 6, 2011
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SpaceShots: The Best New Photos of Our Universe
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on October 12, 2011
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World’s Most Powerful Telescope Begins Search For Origin of the Universe
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on October 3, 2011
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MrSeb writes “The largest astronomical installation in the world is now operational. ALMA, or the Atacama Large Millimeter Array, is a vast radio telescope made out of 66 12- and 7-meter dish antennae situated 5,000m above sea level, in Chile. Its purpose is to seek out new life and new civilizations and to boldly go where no telescope has gone before. But no, seriously: its job is to peer into the past and investigate ancient stars and nebulae, peer at exoplanets that might support human (or alien) life, and hopefully learn more about interstellar creation and destruction. For now only 20 out of 66 antennae are in place, but when it is complete — late next year — it will have a resolving power far greater than Hubble, according to the European Space Observatory (ESO) that operates ALMA.”
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Artists hack Sony Ericsson’s Xperia phones to see the unseen universe, use fire as a flash
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on September 11, 2011
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For most of us, cellphones are for texting, calling and maybe the occasional tweet, but what happens when you hand them over to some of the world’s most creative minds? Giving hackers, artists and intellectuals free reign to mess with the various Xperia phones, Sony found out just how capable its handsets really are. Using a few tweaks and hacks, artists were able to create an installation that breathes fire when you snap a photo, a remote-controlled boat with GPS and a bike that uses colored lights to spell out secret words only visible when captured on camera. When Sony asked astrophysicist Joshua Peek to give it a go, he took full sky maps and telescope image data to build an app with an up-close view of electromagnetic patterns in the sky. To round out the project, musician Annabel Lindquist composed a song based on the sounds of Paris she recorded with an Arc. Now, if they could just mod one to avoid dropped calls, we’d be all set. Videos of their ingenuity in action after the break.
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