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The Lost 1949 Essay That Predicted The Computerized World We Live In

In 1949, the New York Times commissioned mathematician Norbert Wiener to write an essay about the future “ultimate machine age.” He wrote a fascinating look ahead at a world where computers take over many of the tasks then performed by humans. And then the Times asked for a rewrite. And another. And the essay… never…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

NRA celebrates the gun wisdom in The Terminator and The Road Warrior

Last December, the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre decided to blame Hollywood’s “blood-soaked” gun “pornography” for gun violence. But now, the NRA has posted a list of great gun movies, and what they taught us. What important lesson about guns did we learn from The Terminator and Zombieland? In the National Rifle Association’s American Rifleman magazine, there’s…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

12 Underrated or Overlooked TV Shows to Marathon This Weekend

There’s a long weekend ahead of us, and that means one thing: DVD box sets. You could break out the Firefly and Babylon 5, or you could venture into the wild unknown. Television is full of undiscovered worlds — here are 12 underrated or overlooked science fiction and fantasy TV shows to mainline this weekend.…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Concept art from the J.J. Abrams Superman movie that never was

Holy cow, the J.J. Abrams-produced Superman: Flyby is certainly shiny. Just think of all the lens flare you could get off all that alien chrome. Back in 2003, Abrams wanted to make a Superman movie and this is what it would have looked like. The movie Superman: Flyby hired concept artist Phil Saunders to create…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Google Glass Rival Hires ‘Cyborg’ Steve Mann as Chief Scientist

Wearables pioneer Steve Mann has joined forces with Meta, an ambitious startup that’s currently working on the world’s first entry-level augmented reality glasses. Meta, which has been under development for the past two years, is the brainchild of Columbia University computer and neurological science student Meron Gribetz. His team has developed a prototype that goes…

io9 George Dvorsky

A quick way to manipulate people

What’s the best way to get people to do what you want them to do? Make them believe that they’re the kind of person who would do what you want to do. If you’ve ever shouldered your way past a clipboard person on the sidewalk, you may want to beware one particular tactic. If I…

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Neil deGrasse Tyson explains why he prefers Star Trek to Star Wars

Here’s an awesome video from a few years ago where Neil deGrasse Tyson and other astrophysicists praise Star Trek for making an “admirable attempt” to portray space travel with actual scientific explanations. Star Wars? Not so much. Tyson recently told Business Insider that he loves “old-school” Star Trek, with Captain Kirk and the original crew,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Universal will reboot Timecop without Jean Claude Van Damme

But can you make Timecop without Jean Claude Van Damme? And if you can, why would you? Heat Vision reporting that the time-traveling action flick from 1994 is getting the reboot treatment from Universal. In the original film, Timecops were deployed to stop criminals from messing with the time stream in 2004 (where time travel…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Humanity Will Never Be Overrun By Spontaneously Forming Space Brains

Good news, everyone! A new interpretation of string theory is proposing that Boltzmann Brains — those disembodied brains that could emerge spontaneously in outer space — will never outnumber humans. Yes, this sounds super-weird, but the whole Boltzmann Brain thing has troubled scientists for quite some time now. It was named after the theoretical physicist…

io9 George Dvorsky

Man builds induction-powered LED engagement ring, wins at everything

Here’s how to turn a bar of titanium into a ring with LED-illuminated jewels that light up when they’re near a power source. One: fall in love. Two: a bunch of other stuff. Three: boom, magic-ring. Ben Kokes did all three of these things. The result was a ring with an inductive loop – a…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Is this an early prototype of a real-life Iron Man suit?

Tony Stark has been to a lot of cool places in that Iron Man get-up of his. But low Earth orbit might still be a bit beyond our operational flight envelope. Not so for the developers of the revolutionary RL Mark VI Space Diving suit. A hi-tech ensemble consisting of augmented reality goggles, power gloves,…

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Cumberbatch also got gratuitously naked in deleted Star Trek 2 scene

Those who feel that Alice Eve’s underwear scene in Star Trek Into Darkness was gratuitous, this might make you feel better — director J.J. Abrams debuted a deleted, but equally gratuitous scene from the film of Benedict Cumberbatch showering on Conan last night. https://gizmodo.com/damon-lindelof-admits-the-star-trek-nudity-was-gratuit-508967420 Of course, this was deleted and Eve’s disrobing stayed in, so…

Movies Rob Bricken

Christopher Nolan explains how Watchmen paved the way for Man of Steel

We break down a pair of Avengers rumors — one superhero might be joining the team for the sequel, and another might be leaving. Check out the latest behind-the-scenes look at Pacific Rim. Stephen Amell drops hints about Arrow’s future. The Walking Dead will never, ever die if AMC has anything to do with it.…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

How Star Trek Into Darkness’ Epic Score Came To Life

They hear it through the entire movie, but most theater goers don’t pay close attention to one of the most important supporting players in a film: the soundtrack. It’s as important for building tension and excitement as the actors’ performances, and the Soundworks Collection took a closer look at what went into the music behind…

Movies Andrew Liszewski

Behind the Scenes of How Man Works with Machine in Pacific Rim

The monstrously giant mechs of Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim are controlled by two different people at the same time. The two pilots interact with the computer in Drift Space to control the giant mech and this featurette explains a little about how that works. It basically looks like the funnest video game ever (also…

Movies Casey Chan

This rose is smaller than a strand of hair

Harvard engineers have a devised a technique for designing and producing intricate microscopic models, called “hierarchical microarchitectures,” and the tiny sculptures it produces are nothing short of incredible. Top image via Wim Noorduin/Harvard University Via NPR: The flowers sprout up spontaneously when a glass plate is dipped into a beaker filled with silicon and minerals…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Watch an adorable 4-year-old girl school you all in Marvel trivia

“What’s “Captain America’s shield made out of?” “Name me some of the stones in the Infinity Gauntlet!” “Where does the Dark Surfer trap Thanos and Captain Marvel?” BOOM! YOU JUST GOT SCHOOLED BY A LITTLE GIRL. This is Mia Grace (according to the YouTube page this video originated from). Mia Grace is awesome. Try not…

Movies Meredith Woerner

These 1,000-year-old coins could rewrite Australia’s history

Historians credit James Cook with discovering Australia back in 1770. But a long ignored discovery of five African copper coins in its Northern Territory, along with a map with an “X” on it, suggests somebody beat him to it — and by a long shot. If validated, the coins could mean seafarers from distant lands…

io9 George Dvorsky

Steve Aoki explores the Singularity in this futuristic new video

This dazzling new scifi-themed music video by electro house musician Steve Aoki looks like it could be made into an actual movie. It features Angger Dimas, My Name Is Kay — and none other than Ray Kurzweil who adds his two cents about the future. You might want to crank the volume — this song…

io9 George Dvorsky

How does toothpaste make orange juice taste bad?

Brush your teeth before downing a glass of orange juice, and you’re gonna have a bad time. But why? There are four main ingredients in most any toothpaste. Water, abrasives, fluoride and detergent. The detergent sodium laurel sulfate (SLS) is known for nerfing sweetness receptors, and clears your mouth of phosphilipids which usually prevent orange…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

The Lost 1949 Essay That Predicted The Computerized World We Live In

NRA celebrates the gun wisdom in The Terminator and The Road Warrior

12 Underrated or Overlooked TV Shows to Marathon This Weekend

Concept art from the J.J. Abrams Superman movie that never was

Google Glass Rival Hires ‘Cyborg’ Steve Mann as Chief Scientist

A quick way to manipulate people

Neil deGrasse Tyson explains why he prefers Star Trek to Star Wars

Universal will reboot Timecop without Jean Claude Van Damme

Humanity Will Never Be Overrun By Spontaneously Forming Space Brains

Man builds induction-powered LED engagement ring, wins at everything

Is this an early prototype of a real-life Iron Man suit?

Cumberbatch also got gratuitously naked in deleted Star Trek 2 scene

Christopher Nolan explains how Watchmen paved the way for Man of Steel

How Star Trek Into Darkness’ Epic Score Came To Life

Behind the Scenes of How Man Works with Machine in Pacific Rim

This rose is smaller than a strand of hair

Watch an adorable 4-year-old girl school you all in Marvel trivia

These 1,000-year-old coins could rewrite Australia’s history

Steve Aoki explores the Singularity in this futuristic new video

How does toothpaste make orange juice taste bad?

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