Fake girlfriends, robots, and algae suits. These are some of the best (and geekiest) tech pictures of the week.
James Martin
James Martin is the Managing Editor of Photography at CNET.
His photos capture technology's impact on society - from the widening wealth gap in San Francisco, to the European refugee crisis and Rwanda's efforts to improve health care.
From the technology pioneers of Google and Facebook, photographing Apple's Steve Jobs and Tim Cook, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Google's Sundar Pichai, to the most groundbreaking launches at Apple and NASA, his is a dream job for any documentary photography and journalist with a love for technology.
Exhibited widely, syndicated and reprinted thousands of times over the years, James follows the people and places behind the technology changing our world, bringing their stories and ideas to life.
In the few short years since its birth, smartphone photography has already reached critical mass. It used to be the case that a camera module on a phone was a curious anomaly rather than the rule, but now you would be hard pressed to find a mobile device without a lens on it somewhere.
The iPhone Photography Awards celebrate that coming of age, critically viewing mobile phone photos as art. This image is by Kim Hanskamp, who took first place in the 2013 People category. Scroll through the gallery for more images from the 2013 winners.
2 of 6 X-ray: NASA/CXC/Huntingdon Institute for X-ray Astronomy/G. Garmire; Optical: ESO/VLT
The classic mecha series 'Patlabor' is getting the live-action movie treatment with director Mamoru Oshii at the helm, and it features a real-life giant robot.
5 of 6 Sian Proctor
On the menu for Mars
A lengthy mission to Mars would require the creation of a varied and nutritious menu for the otherworldly explorers. Researchers from Cornell University and the University of Hawaii recently solicited recipes in hopes of expanding the menu of suitable snacks for a long spaceflight.
Recipes for the Meals for Mars contest had to meet certain requirements. The crew posted a list of available ingredients, which included a healthy list of spices, freeze-dried fruits, canned meats, and cheese powders. They also requested that water be conserved, a challenge considering so many of the ingredients have to be reconstituted to make them usable.
6 of 6 Burton Nitta
Algaculture: A symbiotic suit
Two U.K.-based artists have created what they're calling "Algaculture": a symbiotic "suit" made up of plastic tubes in which algae can grow, fed by light, allowing humans to feed via photosynthesis in a roundabout way.
