The Week in Pictures (slideshow)

A new superpowered warship, mysterious barges in the SF Bay, and a really, really big XBox One.

James Martin

Nov. 2, 2013 10:37 a.m. PT

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General Dynamics

Zumwalt-class destroyers

General Dynamics Bath Iron Works launched the first of the Navy’s next-generation Zumwalt-class destroyers on Monday at its Bath, Maine, shipyard.

The 610-foot-long ship is chockablock with new technologies including radar reflecting angles, a striking inward-sloping tumblehome hull, an all-electric integrated power system, and an advanced gun system.

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James Martin/CNET

Google's mystery barge

Docked in the middle of San Francisco Bay, the four-story structure is sitting idle day after day. CNET broke the story of the mystery barge earlier this week, and now, we know what it is.

Giant mirrors shine winter sun on dark Norwegian town

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Krister Soerboe/AFP/Getty Images

Giant mirrors shine winter sun on dark Norwegian town

Three remote-controlled mountaintop mirrors now reflect light on the shady valley town of Rjukan, which has never seen sunlight during winter.

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Microsoft

Microsoft builds big giant Xbox One

A colossal Xbox One console appears on the streets of Canada to celebrate the upcoming console's launch. How big? Well, taller than the average person.

If Google Glass could do this, it would start a revolution

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ITRI

If Google Glass could do this, it would start a revolution

Taiwan's ITRI has a floating augmented-reality touch-screen system that would improve upon "Minority Report" technology, and it's ready to license it.