Rapture: A Time Lapse Video Sure to Wow You

Shot by photographer Tome Lowe, Rapture "is a paean to the American Southwest [and] loaded with gorgeous, sensuous astronomical skyscapes as well." Equipment used include Canon and Red MX cameras. Continue reading to see the stunning footage.

3D Holographic Display

A new holographic display can transmit three-dimensional movies from one location to another almost in real time. If Princess Leia had to send her “Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope” message from Earth today, it would now be technologically possible.

WiFi 3 Time Faster Than Current Technology?

            Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization tomorrow plans to unveil a breakthrough in wireless technology that will allow multiple users to upload content at the same time while maintaining a data transfer rate of 12 megabits per second (Mbps), all over their old analog TV aerial.

The technology, named Ngara, allows up to six users to occupy the equivalent spectrum space of one television channel (7 megahertz) and has a spectral efficiency of 20 bits per second per hertz. Ngara can handle up to three times that of similar technology and maintains a data rate more than 10 times the industry

Google Competition?

Every now and then, a new search engine pops up that attempts to provide better search results than Google, Bing or Yahoo. Can you name any of them?

Yeah, I didn't think so. And there's a reason for that.

Most challengers don't provide much value beyond what the leading search sites offer. Google is very good at what it does. So are Bing and Yahoo (which now uses Bing for searches). Search is a habit-based behavior on the Web, reinforced by the fact that you lock-in your favorite search engine in the browsers you use. Changing those habits is hard.

Still, the challengers keep coming. Blekko is the latest, and it arrives at the party with a twist. It lets you refine your searches in intuitive, simple ways. You can create refined searches, save them and share them with friends. And, perhaps most intriguing, Blekko seeks to filter all search spam out of results - either through its own efforts, or by you designating a site as spam.

As with Google, Blekko presents

Labratory Grown Human Livers

            In the quest to grow replacement human organs in the lab, livers are no doubt at the top of many a barfly’s wish list. With its wide range of functions that support almost every organ in the body and no way to compensate for the absence of liver function, the ability to grow a replacement is also the focus of many research efforts. Now, for the first time, researchers have been able to successfully engineer miniature livers in the lab using human liver cells.

Logitech Keyboard Powered by Indoor Lights and Solar Rays

            Wireless keyboards are incredibly convenient when it comes to tapping away free of  constricting USB cables -- until their batteries go dead. But a new solar-powered keyboard from Logitech promises to keep you typing long after traditional batteries have run out.
            Available this month for $80, Logitech's K750 Wireless Solar Keyboard looks pretty much like your standard-issue keyboard. It is jet black; boasts a full complement of concave QWERTY keys, numeric keypad and function buttons; and measures just a third of an inch thick.

      

Iphone Coming to Verizon?

            Yet another major publication is coming forward claiming confirmation that the long-rumored Verizon iPhone is real. But don't get your hopes up for an iPhone 4 that's compatible with the carrier's soon-to-be-launched 4G network.
In its lengthy profile of Verizon Communications CEO Ivan Seidenberg, Fortune says it has confirmed that Verizon will get the iPhone in early 2011—indeed, it's a "fait accompli," claims the magazine, although neither Apple nor Verizon will go on the record and say so.
Fortune says that Verizon