Category: Science & Geeks

  • µTorrent in beta for Vista

    Popular torrent client µTorrent released a new public beta earlier today. The beta is an early build of µTorrent version 1.7 and the most significant new feature is full support for Windows Vista. Source: Wired.com.

  • Transform a webcam into an Infrared camera

    After all, most CCD cameras are naturally very sensitive to infrared and you only have to remove the filter that protects them against this part of the light spectrum. Transform Your Webcam Into An Infrared Cam! – video powered by Metacafe

  • STALKER blows your mind and other thoughts

    STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl is clearly a game long awaited (since 2003). It brings significant game items (part role playing game with a lot of liberty for action, part a First Person Shooter with a lot of guns for action). It has been several hours now that I’v been playing I thought that it would…

  • Bioshock videos

    Bioshock, the FPS game from Irrational Games is still under preparation. But not willing to let the upcoming Crysis steal all the light they decided to produce a set of videos to give us an idea of the environment that will be used in the game (Rapture is an underwater city/location). Previous Bioshock information.

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  • Google Earth: breaking the image size record

    Google Earth: breaking the image size record

    When you look into the largest images accessible from the Internet, you MUST check Google maps and Google Earth (the application that allows you to navigate on the surface of the Earth globe from your desktop with the satellite images collected by Digital Globe and Google). From its inception, Google Earth provided images of the…

  • Big with Nikon, small with Nikon

    Big with Nikon, small with Nikon

    From the universe to the smallest elementary particles, Nikon presents a guided interactive tour of the size scales we find around us in the universe.

  • 25.6 giga-pixel contemporary art masterpiece

    25.6 giga-pixel contemporary art masterpiece

    This is an art project using the collaborative Internet to create one of the largest images in the world. MillionMasterPiece.com wants to create an historic art master piece by collating one million small 160×160 images, leading to more than 25 giga-pixels of contemporary art. You can join for free or, even better, you can donate…

  • FireFox tweak guide

    You are using Firefox, you want to use it at its best, you should go to the FireFox tweak guide.