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  Deep Blue: 15 years after IBM's supercomputer beat the chess world's champ

  By Bryan Bishop on May 11, 2012 08:10 pm + 14 comments

  On May 11th, 1997, a supercomputer named Deep Blue did what at the time seemed impossible: it Continue reading…

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  'Prometheus' writer Jon Spaihts on science fiction worldbuilding

  By Adi Robertson on May 11, 2012 05:20 pm + 7 comments

  We've been eagerly following Prometheus, the Ridley Scott space epic, so we're glad to see io9 give Continue reading…

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  Unpublished works of modernist James Joyce digitized by National Library of Ireland

  By Evan Rodgers on May 11, 2012 12:44 pm + 3 comments

  The manuscripts of renowned modernist author James Joyce have been made available online by the Continue reading…

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  Why can't Photoshop be more like 'Portal'?

  By Jamie Keene on May 11, 2012 07:09 am + 66 comments

  User interface design is a fine art. Being able to display a massive amount of functionality while Continue reading…

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  PostSecret's Frank Warren fields questions in Reddit AMA

  By Andrew Webster on May 10, 2012 12:56 pm

  Frank Warren's PostSecret is a long-running community art project that lets anyone anonymously mail Continue reading…

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  A utility of subtraction: the 'Wordless Web' invites you to a calmer, more visual internet

  By Evan Rodgers on May 10, 2012 12:28 am + 11 comments

  An internet without context — this is the fundamental idea behind Ji Lee and Cory Forsyth's Continue reading…

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  Author Iain (M) Banks speaks out about video games and the future

  By Sam Byford on May 9, 2012 08:05 pm + 13 comments

  Whether you're a fan of Iain Banks' novels like The Wasp Factory or his sci-fi alter-ego Iain M. Continue reading…

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  US military seeking more autonomous robots and vehicles

  By Adi Robertson on May 9, 2012 03:10 pm + 2 comments

  Robots are no strangers to combat, and the US military is currently debating ethical questions posed Continue reading…

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  How the sights and sounds of 'The Avengers' were made

  By Andrew Webster on May 9, 2012 03:08 pm + 9 comments

  If the 143 minute runtime of The Avengers wasn't enough to satiate your appetite for the superhero Continue reading…

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  Kepler Spacecraft's data visualized: an interactive exploration of Earth-like exoplanets

  By Evan Rodgers on May 9, 2012 02:10 pm + 2 comments

  Data visualization artist Jer Thorp has teamed up with Oblong Industries to create an interactive, Continue reading…