Orbital Angular Momentum

Band of Outsiders' 60-hour show, radioactive pottery, the iPad's fifth wall and more in our weekly look at the web

A breakthrough discovery allows record-setting 2.5 TBps data transfers courtesy of Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM). Essentially a new way to package data, OAM crams information into a single stream for fiber-optics and wireless.

Iris

Band of Outsiders' 60-hour show, radioactive pottery, the iPad's fifth wall and more in our weekly look at the web

In the never-ending effort to make cameras smaller and more intuitive, designer Mimi Zou delivers Iris, an eye-controlled concept camera. Taking the shape of a single lens, the digital camera relies on the user’s eye movements to focus, zoom and even capture images.

The Longest Show Ever

Band of Outsiders' 60-hour show, radioactive pottery, the iPad's fifth wall and more in our weekly look at the web

The self-titled “Longest Show Ever”, produced by Band of Outsiders, is a 60-hour live-stream of models in a cardboard box that serves as their Spring 2013 menswear presentation. Changing outfits every 90 minutes and playing with various props, the models can be seen staring back at or even taking pictures of passersby.