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Change at Bank for Warp Pipe to Greenwich

That round London tube map was pretty damn good. Now how about a version of the Underground map from an alternate universe where 8-bit graphics and Mario level cartography somehow became the cultural norm? It's the Super Mario Bros. 3 Zone 1 Tube Map! Read More >>

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Want Your Own British Botnet? That’ll Be Just £53 Please

If you're in need a zombie-PC army, for whatever nefarious or good-intentioned task you've got in mind, it might not cost you as much as you'd think. How does £17 per 1,000 machines sound? Hell, with just £133 in your pocket you can set up your own 10,000-machine cluster. Read More >>

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Could the World Learn to Love a Round London Underground Map?

Don't dismiss this as a sacrilegious attack on a global design classic. Spend a few minutes acclimatising yourself to this fantastic circular reinvention of London's iconic tube map and it... makes sense. Read More >>

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London’s Underground Passengers Mocked By Prank Stickers

Travelling on the tube at peak times is a bizarre, vaguely-inhuman experience at the best of times. But recently the underground has become a whole lot stranger, and depending on your sense of humour, a whole lot funnier. Signs for navigation, safety and travel etiquette have been parodied by some wry-witted pranksters. Here's our top 5. Read More >>

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sports
How One Man Is Keeping the Spirit of the Olympics Alive, With His Tube Challenge

For two magical weeks, London usurped Disneyland to become the happiest place on earth. Underground passengers made eye contact (and occasionally spoke!); there were smiling faces on every street corner ready to lend a hand, and impromptu al fresco day-drinking sessions blossomed in front of big-screen TVs. Read More >>

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Google Maps Goes Urban With Updated City Transit Coverage

The latest version of Google's awesome Android Maps app now includes more options for those struggling to navigate an alien transport network, with the public travel options of around 500 cities now mapped and included inside. Read More >>

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olympics
No Joke, Russia Is Storing Snow Underground For Its Own Winter Games

As one sporting extravaganza closes, another is on the horizon. While we're not yet travelling to the sunny sights of Rio for a few more years, the Winter Olympics is fast approaching with the Russians playing host in Sochi. Read More >>

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science
All The World’s Subways Are Converging to a Single Optimal Layout

After decades of urban evolution, the world's major subway systems appear to be converging on an ideal form. Read More >>

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Google Letting You Know Exactly How Broken the London Underground is, Live

Google's adding new features to Google Maps' transport section in time for the 2012 London Olympics, with live London tube status updates now available in its mapping service. Read More >>

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RMT Up-In-Arms Over Leaked Driverless Tube Train Document

Driverless London Tube trains are on the cards according to a leaked Transport for London document. The RMT are up in arms about it because the proposed plans could lead to more than 1,500 job losses in the capital. Read More >>