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We take a look at his transformation of New York, Chicago, Hollywood, and Washington D.C. through converting cellular network transmissions into visual overlays.  <a href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/art-technology-cellular-network-lights-nickolay-lamm/30147/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div>   <div class="summary_item " data-article="30038"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/optical-fiber-throughput-breakthrough/30038/">Pointy pulses improve optical fiber throughput by a factor of 10</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/">Darren Quick</a></div> <div class="date">December 5, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/optical-fiber-throughput-breakthrough/30038/#comments">1 Comment</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/optical-fiber-throughput-breakthrough/30038/pictures">2 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/optical-fiber-throughput-breakthrough/30038/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122080537im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/optical-fiber-epfl.jpg" title="A breakthrough by EPFL researchers could improve the data throughput of worldwide optical ..." alt="A breakthrough by EPFL researchers could improve the data throughput of worldwide optical ..."/> </a> <div class="summary"> <p> As the volume of data carried around the world via optical fibers continues to increase, researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) have found a way to increase data throughput capacity by ten times. Because it is based on changing the shape of light pulses to reduce the space between, the breakthrough would work on existing optical fiber infrastructure.  <a href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/optical-fiber-throughput-breakthrough/30038/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="29745"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/australia-post-video-stamp/29745/">Australia Post stamps presents with a video message</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/">Darren Quick</a></div> <div class="date">November 11, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/australia-post-video-stamp/29745/#comments">2 Comments</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/australia-post-video-stamp/29745/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122080537im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/auspost-video-stamp.jpg" title="Australia Post's Video Stamp lets gift-givers include a video message with their present" alt="Australia Post's Video Stamp lets gift-givers include a video message with their present"/> </a> <div class="summary"> <p> Email may have decimated snail mail, but luckily for postal services and couriers, packages aren't as easy to send as bits and bytes. This Christmas is likely to be another bumper year for presents being sent in the mail and Australia Post is providing gift-givers with the ability to attach a video message to their parcels.  <a href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/australia-post-video-stamp/29745/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="29580"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/kindle-matchbook-launch/29580/">Strike a light: Amazon's ebook-matching service goes live</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/author/james-holloway/">James Holloway</a></div> <div class="date">October 29, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/kindle-matchbook-launch/29580/#comments">2 Comments</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/kindle-matchbook-launch/29580/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122080537im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/kindle-matchbook-launch.png" title="Kindle MatchBook provides ebook copies of your old book purchases" alt="Kindle MatchBook provides ebook copies of your old book purchases"/> </a> <div class="summary"> <p> In what is potentially exciting news for anyone with a library split between the digital and physical realms, Amazon has launched the Kindle MatchBook service, which aims to provide Kindle ebook copies of your old, pre-digital manuscripts (or books, as some may remember them) bought from Amazon. However, the service will not be available for all books, and in many cases, matched ebooks will cost a few dollars.  <a href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/kindle-matchbook-launch/29580/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="29491"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/uproxy-fights-internet-censorship/29491/">Google's uProxy could help fight Internet censorship</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/author/dario-borghino/">Dario Borghino</a></div> <div class="date">October 22, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/uproxy-fights-internet-censorship/29491/#comments">6 Comments</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/uproxy-fights-internet-censorship/29491/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122080537im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/uproxy-logo.png" title="Google's uProxy is a P2P virtual private network that will help make Internet connections ..." alt="Google's uProxy is a P2P virtual private network that will help make Internet connections ..."/> </a> <div class="summary"> <p> At its Ideas Summit in New York, Google has announced that it is working on developing a browser extension that will act as an easy-to-use way to bypass country-specific Internet censorship and make connections safer and more private.  <a href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/uproxy-fights-internet-censorship/29491/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="29395"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/ghost-blogging-launch/29395/">Free blogging platform Ghost opens to the public</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/author/james-holloway/">James Holloway</a></div> <div class="date">October 15, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/ghost-blogging-launch/29395/#comments">4 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/ghost-blogging-launch/29395/pictures">6 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/ghost-blogging-launch/29395/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122080537im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/ghost-blogging-launch.jpg" title="Ghost, a new free blogging platform, has opened its doors to the public" alt="Ghost, a new free blogging platform, has opened its doors to the public"/> </a> <div class="summary"> <p> Ghost, a free blogging platform billed as the first to put writers before developers, has been made available to the public. The software was developed and is managed by the non-profit Ghost Foundation, conceived to make the software unobtainable for corporate takeover.  <a href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/ghost-blogging-launch/29395/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="29240"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/free-service-blocks-robocalls-foss-nomorobo-ftc/29240/">Free service blocks robocalls</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/author/brian-dodson/">Brian Dodson</a></div> <div class="date">October 1, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/free-service-blocks-robocalls-foss-nomorobo-ftc/29240/#comments">12 Comments</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/free-service-blocks-robocalls-foss-nomorobo-ftc/29240/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122080537im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/free-service-blocks-robocalls-foss-nomorobo-2.jpg" title="Nomorobo is a new service, the role of which is to block illegal robocalls (Image: Shutter..." alt="Nomorobo is a new service, the role of which is to block illegal robocalls (Image: Shutter..."/> </a> <div class="summary"> <p> You're relaxing after a hard day at work, or just getting ready to cut into a juicy steak at dinner. All seems right with the world, just for a moment. Then the phone rings, disturbing your bliss with yet another recorded spiel for some shady deal. You slam the phone off, and return to your life while muttering vague obscenities. Nomorobo now offers a transparent system for reliably blocking such robocalls, that is far more effective than Do-Not-Call lists. Best of all, the service is free.  <a href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/free-service-blocks-robocalls-foss-nomorobo-ftc/29240/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="29231"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/postcard-on-the-run/29231/">Postcard on the Run uses your smartphone to make and send physical postcards</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/">Ben Coxworth</a></div> <div class="date">September 30, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/postcard-on-the-run/29231/#comments">5 Comments</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20140122080537/http://www.gizmag.com/postcard-on-the-run/29231/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122080537im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/postcardontherun.jpg" title="Views of the front and back of a Postcard on the Run " alt="Views of the front and back of a Postcard on the Run "/> </a> <div class="summary"> <p> As technology progresses, we're seeing more and more tangible objects being replaced by digital alternatives. Letters have given way to e-mails, paperbacks have become e-books, and postcards have become trip photos on Facebook. The fact is, though, people still like getting <em>stuff</em>. 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