Scenes from Antarctica [Pics]

The aurora australis as seen from Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in 2009.

Today on The Atlantic, a beautiful photo essay on Antarctica, featuring not only the requisite scenery and penguins, but also images of the South Pole Telescope, radar images of ice sheet formations, SCINI (Submersible Capable of under Ice Navigation and Imaging) vehicles, the famed Shackelton’s whisky, and my personal favorite, researchers assembling the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. [...]

FINALLY, Infinite USB Ports!

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Like most gadget-loving geeks, I often find myself woefully short of valuable UBS real estate. Two ports? Who can live that way, I ask. Thankfully, designer Jiang Gonglue feels our collective pain and has developed a simple, smart solution: the InfiniteUSB. The color-coded device is a USB plug and port in one, and Gonglue’s elegant [...]