• Zumwalt-class destroyers
  • Google's mystery barge
  • Giant mirrors shine winter sun on dark Norwegian town
  • Microsoft builds big giant Xbox One
  • If Google Glass could do this, it would start a revolution
  • Oarfish necropsy: Washed-up sea serpents reveal secrets
  • Electric velocipede adds tech touches to olde-tyme bike
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The Week in Pictures (slideshow)

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.
Photo by: General Dynamics

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.
Photo by: James Martin/CNET

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.
Photo by: Krister Soerboe/AFP/Getty Images

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.
Photo by: Microsoft

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.
Photo by: ITRI

Oarfish necropsy: Washed-up sea serpents reveal secrets

Researchers have dissected an 18-foot-long oarfish and discovered some more unusual creatures on the inside.
Photo by: Catalina Island Marine Institute

Electric velocipede adds tech touches to olde-tyme bike

Twirl your handlebar mustache and hop on the Concept 1865, a 19th-century bike reimagined with modern plastics and an electric drive.
Photo by: Ding3000

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