All the Awesome Stuff We Loved This Week

All the Awesome Stuff We Loved This Week

Remember last Monday? It seems so dull and lifeless. That’s because it was before our worlds were forever changed by these tremendous new gadgets.

    

This Is the Moto X, the First True Google Phone

This Is the Moto X, the First True Google Phone

Well, it’s here: The Moto X, the first real Google Phone. Available at the end of August for $200 with contract, it’s the coolest thing Motorola has done since being acquired by Google. Here are 11 photos of it. Photos: …

    

Bose Releases Noise-Canceling Earphones for Silence-Seekers

Bose Releases Noise-Canceling Earphones for Silence-Seekers

Bose, the foremost marketing machine in high-end audio, is releasing its first noise-canceling earphones this week.

    

Hasselblad Stellar: Thrice the Price and Exactly as Nice as the Sony RX100

Hasselblad Stellar: Thrice the Price and Exactly as Nice as the Sony RX100

The Sony Cyber-shot RX100 is a seriously hot camera, but its understated black-box body won’t win a pizzazz contest. The Hasselblad Stellar is the same camera as the Sony RX100, gussied up with fancy accoutrements such as a zebra-wood grip, …

    

Google’s New Nexus 7 Might Be the New 7-Inch Tablet King

Google’s New Nexus 7 Might Be the New 7-Inch Tablet King

Google unveiled the latest in its flagship tablet lineup, the new Nexus 7, at a low-key media event Wednesday morning.

    

Tricking the Eye: Phenomenal 3D Art

The art world is full of surprising and unexpected styles, but there have always been some clear separations. Paintings, drawing, and photographs stay on the two-dimensional canvas, while sculptures exist in 3-D. Those boundaries are difficult to cross, unless you are Ramon Bruin, a Dutch artist who excels at blurring the lines between reality, art, and the physical boundaries of a 2-D world.

Say Goodbye to the Tech Sounds You’ll Never Hear Again

Say Goodbye to the Tech Sounds You’ll Never Hear Again

The forward march of technology has a drum beat. And some of the most beloved sounds are falling out of the marching band.

    

The Incredible Bone Flowers of Hideki Tokushige

We think of flowers as some of the most delicate creations in nature. We think of bone as hard and durable. Japanese artist Hideki Tokushige disagrees with that traditional separation, and in his spellbinding Bone Flowers (Honebana), he shows that artistic brilliance can turn flowers into stone and bone into silk.

rumor watch | This Week’s Apple Rumors, Ranked From Dumbest to Most Plausible

rumor watch | This Week’s Apple Rumors, Ranked From Dumbest to Most Plausible

Each week, there are dozens of Apple rumors, reports, and patent filings that hint at what’s coming out of Cupertino next. Some are legit, but most are totally bogus.

    

‘Pajama People’ Rise Before Leona Lansing Has Her First Cup Of Coffee

'Pajama People' Rise Before Leona Lansing Has Her First Cup Of CoffeeIn the HBO drama series, "The Newsroom," Jane Fonda plays the recurring role of Leona Lansing, the self-important CEO of the TV news show, Atlantis Cable News (ACN).
Fonda views the fictional network’s influence as falling "somewhere
between Ted Turner (her ex-husband) and Rupert Murdoch." Playing against
type and her real-life liberal bias, Lansing is a staunch Republican
who feels the need to constantly remind her news team staff headed up by
Will McAvoy (played by Jeff Daniels) . . .