The distance Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin traveled on the moon belies the immensity of their feat, as NPR correspondent Robert Krulwich discovered last week when blogging about scale in the news. In truth, the scale of their accomplishment is so off the charts, it can only fuel our fantasies�not to mention those of Michael Bay.

A standard thumb drive with a Rubik's Cube theme suggests a puzzling approach to hardware interfaces.

A new remote-control ball controlled by a smartphone app seems less like magic than a kind of undead.

Now you can bicycle to the Internet (almost), on a networked stationary cycle that adds layers of gaming, interactivity, and social media to the spinning workout.

An ancient device for predicting the occurrence of solar eclipses gets a fun, lucid reboot�in interlocking plastic blocks.

There seems no end to reporting and commentary on Wikileaks, from the ravings of Regnery-Press author Marc Thiessen to the thorough round-up Alexis Madrigal is hosting at the Atlantic. But perhaps the best perspective comes from the sober analysts at NMA.tv, who have furnished their customarily-comprehensive coverage of l'affaire Assange. Or whatever it's called in Cantonese.

A project to use barcodes to track consumer waste reminds me of what Slavoj �i�ek says while standing amidst piles of garbage: "part of our daily perception of reality is that this [trash] disappears from our world."

At Boston's Berklee College of Music, an a cappella choir treats video game music with a full measure of seriousness�and affection.

Impress your Romulan visitors with this fashionable DIY sliding-door treatment. Video after the jump.

An animated tour of the known universe gives a glimpse of cosmic structure�and hints at our limited view.