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Spray-On Batteries Could Turn Graffiti Into Power

Students at Rice University have invented a spray-on lithium-ion battery that could be applied to any surface like Krylon. How does it work? Just spray on each of the different components of a battery in layers. Is it really that easy? Yes, nerds are amazing. A team lead by Neelam Singh describes their rechargeable battery…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

This Bamboo Globe Is As Gorgeous As It Wants The Planet to Be

If you want to raise worldwide awareness about the environment through your design, you should probably do so in an environmentally friendly way, right? And if you want to save the Earth, you might as well put it on display. This globe designed by Fabio Lucian for Danish designer Kristoffer Zeuthen is made entirely out…

Tech News J.D. Levite

Would You Wear a Deodorized Fart Pad?

Did you know there’s a pad that will apparently mask the scent of your farts? And sure, maybe it works, but could you take yourself seriously knowing you had this stuck to your ass? If your intestinal issues are such a problem, maybe you should just see a doctor? [Laughing Squid]

Tech News Adrian Covert

This Homemade Crossbow Revolver Spins and Shoots Arrows So Fast You Can’t Even See It

Joerg Sprave, performing arts expert and mankind’s last line of defense, cooks up gnarly kill machines in his picturesque home. Today, he calmly introduced a crossbow revolver capable of shooting four arrows without reloading. It’s a beast and its secret is… a toothbrush? https://gizmodo.com/just-how-resilient-is-a-bulletproof-vest-against-everyt-5919164 Make no mistake, if Joerg decided to amp up the firepower…

Tech News Casey Chan

Staggering Photos that Combine Self-Portraiture with Surrealism

These photographs by Chicago-based photographer Kyle Thompson are hands down some of the most stunning self-portraits we’ve ever seen. “I started taking self portraits a little over a year ago. I was interested in photography but am terrible at talking with people,” he writes in a recent imgur post. “So I ended up using myself…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

No Facebook, I Do Not Want to Add That Open Graph Social App to My Page

The number one most annoying thing about Facebook right now is that half the time you click to look at a friend’s shared link, a prompt pops up asking you to add the associated social app. So to read a Washington Post story or listen to a song on Soundcloud directly from Facebook, you have…

Social Media Adrian Covert

This Might Be the Craziest Computer Case We’ve Ever Seen

Whether it’s so ugly it’s beautiful or just plain beautiful is hard to pin down, but the GreatWhite SHK979C chassis looks like an alien torture probe. Luckily, it’s just a fantastically designed, super-frosty enclosure for your gaming setup. The GreatWhite tosses out a lot of what you’d expect from a case. Little things like, uh,…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Kim Kardashian’s Sisters Writing a Young Adult Science Fiction Novel

If I Am Number Four wasn’t enough to prove young-adult science fiction novels had jumped the proverbial shark, now there’s absolute proof positive. Kendall and Kylie Jenner, the youngest sisters of Kim Kardashian, are writing a book that’s set “200 years in the future,” featuring two sisters. They promise it won’t be full of celebrity…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

A Distant Planet Whose Atmosphere Was Blasted Away by Solar Flares

You might think our own sun is turbulent — but it turns out we’ve got it easy. Astronomers have found a gas giant, 60 light years away from Earth, that’s been hit with a violent flare from its star, blasting it with an intense wave of X-ray radiation. Because the exoplanet is so close to…

io9 George Dvorsky

Do You Actually Use Voice Commands on Your Smartphone?

If the last month has made anything evident, it’s that tech companies are not treating voice recognition as a gimmick, and in fact, are increasingly paying more attention to it. But like our friend Matt Buchanan points out, it’s sort of de-humanizing. Is this something you actually use? How do you use it? Do you…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Novels that Could Help You Prepare for a Future Pandemic

When you think about pants-wettingly terrifying apocalyptic scenarios, the most horrifying might well be the worldwide plague. A deadly disease could spread around the planet at alarming speed, and kill most of the population before we even knew what was going on. Luckily, some of the best novels (and graphic novels) have dealt with the…

Books & Comics Amanda Yesilbas and Charlie Jane Anders

An upside-down waterfall of baby octopuses is equal parts adorable and gross

It’s not uncommon for many species of octopus to die promptly after mating, but at least the sight of these cephalopods creating new life can be beautiful. Or squirm-inducing! It really depends on your tolerance for thousands of wriggling, miniature octopuses. https://gizmodo.com/the-growing-evidence-for-octopus-intelligence-5858783 Last year, biologist Richard Ross of the California Academy of Sciences’ Steinhart Aquarium…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Thousands of Massive Plasma Tornadoes Discovered in Sun’s Atmosphere

Astrophysicists at the University of Oslo have observed a series of magnetic supertornadoes, swirling around the Sun’s atmosphere. The plasma tornadoes — which number in the thousands and extend for thousands of miles across — may explain why the Sun’s atmosphere is way hotter than its surface. By using both space-based and ground telescopes, a…

io9 George Dvorsky

This One-Piece Rain Suit Lets you Pedal Through the Most Torrential Rains

Who decided babies should have all the fun when it comes to onesies? Certainly not Smart Products. Its one-piece Bikesuit offers head to toe rain protection in the form of waterproof, breathable polyester. Come at me, Poseidon! From the adjustable hood to the built-in toe covers, the Bikesuit was built for cycling from the ground…

Tech News Michael Zhao

First Actual Photo of a Lightning Bolt Being Directed by a Laser

We’ve known it was possible for quite some time now — but now there’s photographic proof. You can use a laser beam to aim a lightning bolt at a target, with devastating results. https://gizmodo.com/its-possible-to-steer-freakin-lightning-with-freakin-la-5892900 This photo comes via the U.S. Army, which posted it last week but it’s been popping up everywhere today. The Laser-Induced…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

How Many Lego Bricks Would You Need To Build Your Plastic Dream House?

Inspired by the sheer awesomeness that was Top Gear host James May’s Lego house, the folks at Movoto Real Estate created an online calculator that tells you just how much Lego you’ll need to build your own plastic estate, based on the square footage and number of floors. https://gizmodo.com/take-a-look-at-the-house-made-completely-of-lego-bricks-5344423 But how do they calculate the…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

All the Easter Eggs and Comics Shout-Outs to Watch for in The Amazing Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Man is practically a motion comic — there are so many striking hero poses and shots of Spidey posing on the sides of buildings. It’s like a great Spidey comic brought to life. But what else should we be looking out for in this superhero reboot? Director Marc Webb gives us the complete…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Yardsale: Use Your iPhone to Sell Stuff

I’m moving next month and I have some old shelves, a set of plates from my grandma’s house, a couch, and a bunch of other crap I need to get rid of before I go. Yardsale will help me do just that. What does it do? It lets you post your stuff along with a…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Movie Theaters Should Be Like This

I love this movie theater layout. It would be my favorite theater ever. Wait, no. My favorite movie theater would have seats that would open into a pit full of hungry Great White sharks in the case people talked out loud, texted or ate making annoying noises. Ooooooh yes, indeed. And then show footage of…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The Easiest, Most Horrifying Way to Create Artificial Wombs

What if you could incubate human fetuses outside your own body? In, say, a nice safe machine, or a facility somewhere? We’ve wondered about this before. Artificial wombs could help us reintroduce cloned extinct species into the wild, or perhaps even help couples with fertility problems. https://gizmodo.com/where-is-my-uterine-replicator-aka-artificial-womb-385976 But what’s the best way to create an…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Spray-On Batteries Could Turn Graffiti Into Power

This Bamboo Globe Is As Gorgeous As It Wants The Planet to Be

Would You Wear a Deodorized Fart Pad?

This Homemade Crossbow Revolver Spins and Shoots Arrows So Fast You Can’t Even See It

Staggering Photos that Combine Self-Portraiture with Surrealism

No Facebook, I Do Not Want to Add That Open Graph Social App to My Page

This Might Be the Craziest Computer Case We’ve Ever Seen

Kim Kardashian’s Sisters Writing a Young Adult Science Fiction Novel

A Distant Planet Whose Atmosphere Was Blasted Away by Solar Flares

Do You Actually Use Voice Commands on Your Smartphone?

Novels that Could Help You Prepare for a Future Pandemic

An upside-down waterfall of baby octopuses is equal parts adorable and gross

Thousands of Massive Plasma Tornadoes Discovered in Sun’s Atmosphere

This One-Piece Rain Suit Lets you Pedal Through the Most Torrential Rains

First Actual Photo of a Lightning Bolt Being Directed by a Laser

How Many Lego Bricks Would You Need To Build Your Plastic Dream House?

All the Easter Eggs and Comics Shout-Outs to Watch for in The Amazing Spider-Man

Yardsale: Use Your iPhone to Sell Stuff

Movie Theaters Should Be Like This

The Easiest, Most Horrifying Way to Create Artificial Wombs

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