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How a scientist taught himself to write cursive with his eyeballs

We’re used to the idea of communicating with our eyes — but soon, we could be using just our eyes to write words, or to control machines. A French scientist accidentally figured out how to control his eye movement enough to be able to write on a computer screen — and in the process, may…

io9 Tim Barribeau

How Google Plans to Turn a Profit on Kick Ass Gigabit Fiber—Maybe

Sometimes with all of Google’s highfalutin talk about making the world’s information useful, it’s easy to forget that it’s a business. GigaOm reports that the Google Fiber “experiment” in Kansas City is no exception. It’s not infrastructural charity. It’s a money-maker. Or at least it could be. On paper the economics of Google Fiber seem…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

What was this mummy sick from? Now we know. [updated]

A newly discovered technique could tell us what diseases killed off our ancestors — providing us with more information than we’ve ever had before. So what exactly infected this 500-year-old Peruvian mummy? Previous research into ancient diseases has heavily relied on amplifying microbe DNA, a method prone to contamination, and one which could only confirm…

io9 Tim Barribeau

Old Termites Turn Into Self-Destructing Chemical Weapons

Question: what’s the best line of defense when you’re old and crotchety and your body’s not working quite like it used to? The answer, of course, is to turn yourself blue and explode when provoked. At least if you’re a termite. Worker termites’ mouths will wear down from years (but really more like a year…

Tech News Leslie Horn

How we first discovered infrared (and how you can discover it all over again)

Infrared is a whole spectrum of light that we can only see in Predator movies, and special episodes of Cops. How did people first discover this stealthy light? It all started with a bunch of thermometers in the hands of an astronomy genius — and it’s an experiment you can reproduce at home. Frederick William…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

To Stream or Not to Stream: How Will You Watch the Olympics?

The 2012 Summer Olympics kick into full gear tomorrow, which means there will be a million and one events happening concurrently. Thanks to the magic of the internet, we have the ability to watch pretty much any event we want, whenever we want. On one hand, choice is great, and the ability to have multiple…

Television Adrian Covert

Microsoft Totally Knows That Surface Will Screw Over PC Makers

By making Microsoft Surface, the potential tablet and PC wunderkind, Microsoft was sort of, kind of acknowledging that PC Makers, Microsoft’s hardware partners, suck at what they do. Which is sort of, kind of true. In order for Windows 8 to be great, Microsoft needed to make sure the hardware was just as great as…

Tech News Casey Chan

Can a Single Lamp Improve Your Physical Well Being?

Those who study sleep believe that our encounters with light affect the way our body works. For example, too much exposure to artificial light can affect the release of melatonin, which helps us through our nightly sleep cycles. As such, one young design student dreamed up the Luminarium, a lamp which mimics the movement of…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Is Indiana Jones dead at last?

First we hear that George Lucas won’t be scripting the next Indiana Jones movie. And now, producer Frank Marshall says Indiana Jones 4 was the “last hurrah” of the series, at least as far as he’s concerned. In an interview with Collider Marshall explained everyone’s stance on making one last Indiana Jones movie. And it…

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How soon will we see Jeremy Renner play Hawkeye again? And will Jurassic Park 4 feature “weaponized dinosaurs”?

Matt Smith offers a joyous preview of Doctor Who’s new season. Director Len Wiseman explains his editing process for Total Recall. Plus Frankenweenie character posters, American Horror Story and Once Upon a Time casting updates, and more! Spoilers from here on out! Top image from Fringe. The Avengers 2 In case you were wondering, Jeremy…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

Man Who Made Airport Bomb Joke on Twitter Finally Found Innocent

Thank goodness for common sense. Paul Chambers, the man who joked he would blow-up an airport if it didn’t get its act together and actually work properly, has been cleared of his conviction from back in 2010 by the High Court in London. Obvious-Twitter-joking can now recommence. Chambers won the backing of Stephen Fry over…

Tech News Sam Gibbs - Gizmodo UK

Apple Throws $356 Million at Making Its Security Better—And Making Android’s Worse

Reuters is reporting that Apple has bought AuthenTec—a company which makes secure fingerprint sensors and precision touchscreen solutions—for $356 million. Either it’s gotten extremely serious about its own security, or wants to make it much harder for the competition. Or both! AuthenTec’s currently supplies hardware for the likes of Cisco, Fujitsu, HBO, HP, Lenovo, LG,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Has the iPhone 5 Been Smuggled Out of the Factory Already?

A Chinese case manufacturer is showing what looks to be an iPhone 5 in their product shots. It looks like the white 3D prototype we published a while back—complete with its new 19-pin dock port. But could this really be a unit smuggled out of Foxconn’s factory? https://gizmodo.com/the-new-iphone-2012-in-white-could-look-amazing-too-5918926 Maybe it is The possibility is certainly…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The Contents of an Olympics Photographer’s Bag

If you’ve ever wondered what it might be like to be a photographer at a major sporting event, Pop Photo has the next best thing: an in-depth interview with Getty photographer Streeter Lecka, who’s going to be shooting the London Olympics in intimate detail. In the interview, he goes into some depth about the contents…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

You Need 1,872 Processors to Accurately Simulate Ice Cream

If you think making ice cream is easy, think again. For commercial manufacturers of the stuff, perfecting the recipe is so important that they model its properties on a supercomputer—and to do it properly requires a rig packing 1,872 processors. A team of researchers at the University of Edinburgh, UK, study soft matter and, while…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

This Is What Google Glasses Could Have Been

Google’s glasses were a little bit of a let down for those of us who wanted a true head-up display. This video, however, depicts a fictional future where the head-up display powers all our digital lives—and it’s equal parts awesome and terrifying. https://gizmodo.com/report-google-glasses-will-be-lamer-than-promised-5910401 Called Sight, this short was put together by Eran May-raz and Daniel…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Apple and Samsung Can’t Even Agree on Where to Sit in Court

Apple and Samsung are gearing up for one of their largest legal battles to date, which centers around their devices looking incredibly similar. But before things can start, they still need to agree on where to sit in court—which is proving more complicated than you might expect. https://gizmodo.com/google-told-samsung-not-to-copy-apple-5929205 All Things D reports that the problem…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Samsung Sells 50 Million Smartphones a Quarter, Twice as Many as Apple

In the second quarter of 2012, Samsung sold 50.5 million smartphones—twice as many as Apple—which sees the company extend its sales lead ahead of the iPhone. Reuters reports that Samsung’s financial review has seen it record a quarterly profit of $5.9 billion, helped along in no small part by its strong phone sales. In total,…

Gadgets Jamie Condliffe

Makerbot-Forged Mixtape Is the Most Nostalgic Way to Spread Music Love

Before sharing a playlist of songs with a crush was as simple as a few clicks, the mixtape was a labor of love; a time-consuming project. Every song was carefully considered. That’s all gone now, of course, but this DIY MP3 player conjured up by MakerBot can help bring it back. The MakerBot Mixtape is…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

The Stoner Channel: Struggling Sea Turtles Smoking Bob Ross’ Happy Clouds Out of Super Papercraft Mario Bongs

Bob Ross Remixed You can bet your easel Bob Ross liked doing more than just painting “happy clouds.” PBS Digital Studios teamed up with Symphony of Science’s John D. Boswell (the same gent what remixed Mr. Rogers Neighborhood) for this delightful ditty. Why This DEA Crackdown Is a Good Thing The house bill banning the…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

How a scientist taught himself to write cursive with his eyeballs

How Google Plans to Turn a Profit on Kick Ass Gigabit Fiber—Maybe

What was this mummy sick from? Now we know. [updated]

Old Termites Turn Into Self-Destructing Chemical Weapons

How we first discovered infrared (and how you can discover it all over again)

To Stream or Not to Stream: How Will You Watch the Olympics?

Microsoft Totally Knows That Surface Will Screw Over PC Makers

Can a Single Lamp Improve Your Physical Well Being?

Is Indiana Jones dead at last?

How soon will we see Jeremy Renner play Hawkeye again? And will Jurassic Park 4 feature “weaponized dinosaurs”?

Man Who Made Airport Bomb Joke on Twitter Finally Found Innocent

Apple Throws $356 Million at Making Its Security Better—And Making Android’s Worse

Has the iPhone 5 Been Smuggled Out of the Factory Already?

The Contents of an Olympics Photographer’s Bag

You Need 1,872 Processors to Accurately Simulate Ice Cream

This Is What Google Glasses Could Have Been

Apple and Samsung Can’t Even Agree on Where to Sit in Court

Samsung Sells 50 Million Smartphones a Quarter, Twice as Many as Apple

Makerbot-Forged Mixtape Is the Most Nostalgic Way to Spread Music Love

The Stoner Channel: Struggling Sea Turtles Smoking Bob Ross’ Happy Clouds Out of Super Papercraft Mario Bongs

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