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These pictures look the same—but they’re not. Because the sign on the right, hypothetically, takes up nearly 40% less space. That’s the version in WebP, Google’s plan to speed up the internet by slimming down its images.

What is WebP? It’s a new graphics format that(…)

The Nikon Coolpix S80 takes up where the S70 left off: bumping the megapixels up to 14.1 (from 12.1), upgrading the 3.5″ touchscreen to OLED, and rounding some corners for a decidedly sleeker (like .7″ thick sleek) look.

The S80′s touchscren will let you draw and(…)

Any point-and-shoot can fit in your bag, but not every point-and-shoot can fit in your pants. The super-slim Nikon S8100, however, doesn’t sacrifice power for pocketability: it shoots 1080p video; and has 10x optical zoom and 10fps full-res high-speed shooting.

The Coolpix S8000 impressed us in(…)

Oh, I’ve been waiting for this little camera for a long time: A pro-worthy Nikon point-and-shoot. After the bizarre melange of features in Nikon’s last flagship camera—uh, ethernet jack?—the P7000 is nakedly all about performance.(…)

Take a few of my favorite subjects: quantum dots, satellites, and gold. Mix them together, and what do you get? A breakthrough from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute that could revolutionize infrared detection. Somewhere, the Predator is jealous.

What the RPI researchers have managed to(…)