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Facetime’s Great Great Grandfather Worked Just Fine Without Wi-Fi

When iOS 6 is released in a few months, iPhone Facetime users will finally be able to place video calls without the need for a Wi-Fi connection. It’s an improvement that was a long time coming, particularly when you consider that AT&T/Bell had offered a picturephone service over 40 years earlier. Believe it or not,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The original E.T. finger light was probably the most phallic toy ever made

Dear 1982, it’s 2012. Please cut this shit out. You’ve had thirty years to bury all that horrific ephemera that cluster-bombed our childhood memories. E.T. the video game is the reason we’re still in therapy. We only recently got over that German E.T. porno (NSFW), and that was two years ago. (And you, dear reader?…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

How Can You Not Love This Snuggie-esque HoodiePillow Even a Little?

Sometimes innovations come around that fundamentally change society. The HoodiePillow is not one of those things. But I do like the idea of a pillow with a built-in eye mask. And there’s something fun about this arguably goofy little product, kinda like the snuggie. Unfortunately, some people do not feel the same way because they…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Canon Recalling S100 Camera Due to Faulty Lens (Updated: It’s Only an Advisory)

Canon’s S100 camera—the company’s premier point-and-shoot model— is being recalled due to a manufacturing problem which can cause the lens to get stuck while extended. Here’s how to find out if your camera is one of those affected. Any faulty models will fall under certain serial number ranges which are as follows: The first and…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Get Ready for Amazon Maps

Remember when Apple bought a little 3D map company called C3, and now there will be 3D maps on your iPhone? Now Amazon is doing the exact same thing. But why? You know why. The companies that make mobile gadgets are fleeing Google Maps—well, except for Google. Microsoft’s taking Nokia’s excellent mapping software for Windows…

Commerce Sam Biddle

Combination Headlamp Dry Bag Protects Your Stuff, Sets the Mood

When you’re hiking, space in your backpack is precious. So Mammut’s T-Trail + Ambient Light Dry Bag combines your headlamp and a bag into a relaxing little light for your campsite to save you space. During the day, you can shlep your stuff—food, valuables, whatever you need to keep safe and secure—in the $50 bag.…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Douglas Adams’ lost Doctor Who story becomes rather a fun book

Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy author Douglas Adams wrote three Doctor Who scripts — but only two of them made it to the screen. The third, “Shada,” was killed halfway through filming by one of the strikes that the British used to be famous for. And since then, we’ve had a terrible VHS release, a…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Upgrading to Windows 8 Will Only Cost You 40 Bucks

If you’re on Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7—and if you’re reading this site and a human, you better be—upgrading to Windows 8 is going to be dirt cheap and totally worth it: only 40 bucks. The $40 upgrade price for Windows 8 Pro is part of an upgrade extravaganza promotion period lasts from…

Tech News Casey Chan

Anything that doesn’t kill you just gives your psychic powers an extra workout

K.M. Ruiz blew people’s minds with Mindstorm, her novel about psychic fighters in a dystopian future. And now she’s back with the sequel, Terminal Point, in which a group of “rogue psions” fight against the powers that be to save the human race, led by Threnody Corwin, who has the power to send electricity into…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

This Bottle’s Perfectly Placed Thumb Trigger Lets You Sip Without Spills

As kids we’re so eager to ditch the sippy cup to prove we’re growing up. But as grownups we need them more than ever as a safe way to down a cup of coffee while driving to work. And Stanley’s new Evolution ECycle H2O Bottle is the answer. At its core it’s basically a sippy…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Meet Preventor, the 1990s superhero dedicated to saving idiot children from fireworks

Were you pondering purchasing contraband pyrotechnics this Fourth of July? Are you a child actor who can’t act? If you answered “Yes!” and “Wurgh?” — don’t even think about it, scum. Should you even consider detonating an illegally acquired bottle rocket, Preventor — a fireworks-hating Darth Vader invented by the Office of the California Fire…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Overbearing Parents, Jealous Boyfriends and Ordinary Stalkers Will Love This Creepy GPS Phone Watch

Here’s something every crazy person who has stalkerish tendencies can buy their loved ones: a GPS tracking watch that tells you exactly where the watch is at any moment. You’ll know exactly where he or she is whenever you want. It’s LoJack for people. The watch can also act as an electronic leash, if the…

Tech News Casey Chan

1931’s Remote-Controlled Farm of the Future

The March 1931 issue of The Country Gentleman magazine included this advertisement for Timken bearings. With the bold headline “100 YEARS AHEAD” the ad promises that the farmer of the future may be unrecognizable — thanks to Timken bearings, of course. Our farmer of tomorrow wears a suit to work and sits at a desk…

Tech News Matt Novak

Will You Be Barbecuing with Charcoal or Gas on the 4th of July?

July 4th and BBQs go hand-in-hand like a politician and their next sex scandal. But what isn’t always certain is the grilling technique we will partake in on America’s birthday. So here’s a question for you: will you be filling up a propane tank or buying a bag of charcoal come Wednesday?

Tech News Adrian Covert

Is Comic Con still for the fans?

San Diego Comic Con has always been one of the most democratic events on the planet — it’s made for the fans, who get to connect with the heroes and universes they’ve admired from afar. Even as Comic Con has gotten bigger and more crazy, the organizers have tried to keep it accessible to regular…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Matt Smith, Diana Rigg, Jenna-Louise Coleman and Brendan Patricks film Doctor Who

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Four Words: Secret. Folding. Bookshelf. Door. ‘Nuff Said.

If you’ve managed to scrimp and save $3,000 for some much needed home improvement, forget about fixing that giant hole in the floor of the kids’ room and instead install this secret folding bookshelf door in front of your study. Because creating the illusion that you live in some kind of awesome super-villain lair is…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Original Star Wars Blueprints Are Your Alderaan? I’m Not Going To Alderaan! Deal of the Day

I don’t own a TV. I don’t say that the way these celebrities do. I say it more the way an intern without a college degree and no real source of income says it. The reason I mention it is because I happened to be in front of a TV most of the weekend, and…

Tech News J.D. Levite

First Look at Tom Hanks’ Dystopian Future in Electric City

The first footage is out from Tom Hanks’ animated web series, Electric City — set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia, where only the rich can afford communication. Hanks produced, does voice acting, and helped write the script for this 90-minute project, that’s been in the works for years. Hanks told EW that at one point he…

io9 Meredith Woerner

This is history’s greatest photo of a bear beating up a man

For the obvious reasons of human safety and animal cruelty, bear wrestling hasn’t been in vogue for several decades. But up until the 1980s, bear wrestling was the stuff of amateur wrestling matches and basketball halftime diversions. Here are some surreal tableaus of humans getting the crud smacked out of them by much larger, much…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Facetime’s Great Great Grandfather Worked Just Fine Without Wi-Fi

The original E.T. finger light was probably the most phallic toy ever made

How Can You Not Love This Snuggie-esque HoodiePillow Even a Little?

Canon Recalling S100 Camera Due to Faulty Lens (Updated: It’s Only an Advisory)

Get Ready for Amazon Maps

Combination Headlamp Dry Bag Protects Your Stuff, Sets the Mood

Douglas Adams’ lost Doctor Who story becomes rather a fun book

Upgrading to Windows 8 Will Only Cost You 40 Bucks

Anything that doesn’t kill you just gives your psychic powers an extra workout

This Bottle’s Perfectly Placed Thumb Trigger Lets You Sip Without Spills

Meet Preventor, the 1990s superhero dedicated to saving idiot children from fireworks

Overbearing Parents, Jealous Boyfriends and Ordinary Stalkers Will Love This Creepy GPS Phone Watch

1931’s Remote-Controlled Farm of the Future

Will You Be Barbecuing with Charcoal or Gas on the 4th of July?

Is Comic Con still for the fans?

Matt Smith, Diana Rigg, Jenna-Louise Coleman and Brendan Patricks film Doctor Who

Four Words: Secret. Folding. Bookshelf. Door. ‘Nuff Said.

The Original Star Wars Blueprints Are Your Alderaan? I’m Not Going To Alderaan! Deal of the Day

First Look at Tom Hanks’ Dystopian Future in Electric City

This is history’s greatest photo of a bear beating up a man

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