Pixelation: we rely on it today to obscure nudity and lewd gestures on TV. But did you know that we have a 1973 Michael Crichton sci-fi film called Westworldto thank for the image-blurring digital effect? Read More >>
This ingenious website made by David Paliwoda shows how far Mars is from Earth in a metric all us Internet lovers understand: pixels. If Earth was a 100 pixels wide, how far would Mars be? To start off, the moon would be 3000 pixels away (and 27 pixels wide). Mars? Read More >>
Featured comment by Fynolt:
"It's more of a PC website. From a computer there are arrows that automatically scroll down for you.
and it quotes at a speed of so many pixels per ..." More »
Computer screens have come a long, long way in the past decade and a half. With all these retina-grade, impossible-to-discern-the-pixels resolutions floating around, it's hard to believe we used to deal with displays as low as 640x480 back in the day. This is what all that resolution evolution looks like all in one place. Read More >>
Featured comment by theran24:
"-No 84x48? Did the "artist" never have a 3310?
-No 3840×2400?
-Why not put them all in landscape to make for easier comparisons?
-Where the hell d..." More »
The biggest beef that people will have with the iPad Mini (other than price, that is) is that it doesn’t come with a pixel dense Retina Display. It’s the only new iOS device—iPad 4, iPhone 5, iPod Touch—that doesn’t have one. But it turns out, its screen is still much better than the iPad 2 because its pixels are smaller. Read More >>
Featured comment by lee:
"**"the Retina Display (at this point) simply cannot be made to fit the new [iPad mini] small chassis, so to speak . . "**
'So to speak' ? Yes it ca..." More »
Whereas pixillation is usually very successful at obscuring images otherwise unfit to be seen, the US Army is £3 billion in the hole, with its pixellated camo uniform (introduced in 2004) being dubbed a colossal mistake. Read More >>
Featured comment by warriorscot:
"The green and brown US marine version is pretty ok. Its the choice of colour that really makes the US Army stuff so useless." More »
Featured comment by yeoldgreat1:
""These futuristic glasses have been designed with a pixelated effect, deliberately reflecting society’s fascination with an “informational aesthet..." More »
Chris Koerner was curious about what the oft rumored resolution of the iPad 3's Retina Display would look like compared to previous iOS devices, so he whipped up a little image that compared each devices' resolution against each other. The 2048x1536 screen would dwarf everything. Read More >>
Featured comment by Taf:
"The iPad 3 will set the standards, others who talk SH!t now will be in awe at how good it will look, other manufacturers will try and follow. Android ..." More »
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