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Everything You Need to Start a Fire Anywhere

In theory you should be able start a fire with just a couple of sticks and some elbow grease. But those of us who only occasionally venture out into the great outdoors don’t have the time to perfect and hone our manual blaze starting skills. We need a little help. So here’s everything you’ll need…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The world’s first DJ booth was majestically ridiculous

Decades before hip-hop deejays began mixing records in the South Bronx, French engineer Leon Gaumont was crossfading records using his fantastically flamboyant Chronophone. If you ever needed to rock a party Fantômas-style while pouring a flagon of champagne out for poor dead Jules Verne, this was your rig. But in all seriousness, this set-up was…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Will You ‘Pay With Square?’

With the big push behind Pay With Square (including the recent addition of deals), the announcement of Apple’s Passbook, and the looming mobile payment war, digital wallets are about to rise up in a big way. But without NFC, I just don’t see myself using any of them. Do any of you use ‘Pay With…

Tech News Adrian Covert

New trailer for Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie, the film that got him fired from Disney

Tim Burton’s latest movie, Frankenweenie, debuted first as a live action short 1984. It was Burton’s very last project at Disney Studios. Once the short was finished, the director was promptly fired by the Mouse House for wasting funds on a short that was deemed entirely too creepy for the kiddies. Burton went on to…

Trailers Meredith Woerner

BBC America’s Next Show: A Streetwise Operator Discovers She’s a Clone

Could BBC America come to be a serious rival for Syfy, when it comes to actual science fiction TV? The channel already took Doctor Who away from Syfy, and also featured some other great British imports like Outcasts. And now, BBC America is making more strides towards having its own original shows. The channel’s latest…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

This Police Pursuit Electric Race Set Is Your Just-Like-A-Real-Car-Chase Deal of the Day

Thankfully, I’ve never even been arrested, and I’ve never been on the run from the cops. Even so, there’s something thrilling about watching police chase a car on TV. Of course we all remember watching the cops speed after O.J. Simpson in his white Bronco back in in 1994. And none of us (hopefully) will…

Tech News J.D. Levite

How serious does an asteroid threat have to be before we take action?

NASA’s Near-Earth Object Program has revised the odds of asteroid 2011 AG5 hitting the Earth in 2040 to 1 in 500. While they describe this threat as “slight”, it got us thinking: Just how serious does the risk have to be, before we should do something about it? http://io9.com/5919539/nasa-downgrades-ag5-asteroid-threat-+-but-were-not-out-of-the-woods-yet The answer is not as straightforward…

io9 George Dvorsky

I Hope Polaroid’s Instagramish Camera Works as Great as It Looks

I don’t know how well this would perform, but I love the retro front design of the new Polaroid Z2300 instant digital camera. It has a 10 megapixel sensor and can produce 2 x 3-inch prints using ink-less Zink technology. Instead of using ink for printing, Zink photos use smudge-proof, water-resistant paper that contains tiny…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Crash-Safe Toy Heli Always Lands Rotors Up

A few weeks ago we brought news of an experimental robot helicopter deliberately designed to crash without breaking. But what the researchers seemingly didn’t realize is that Air Hogs had beat them to it with the company’s Heli Cage toy that shrugs off crashes and always lands ready for takeoff. https://gizmodo.com/designing-a-dumb-flying-robot-that-can-safely-crash-is-5918100 The not-so-secret is a…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

If this video doesn’t make your heart swell, there’s a decent chance you don’t have a heart

Here comes your daily dose of optimism. Filmmaker Michael Marantz has just released The Future is Ours, a rousing two-minute tribute to the people and companies pushing humanity forward. Full screen, HD, headphones if you’ve got ’em. Fair warning: this will, at a minimum, give you chills — but don’t be surprised if you feel…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

One Small Reminder for Man, One Giant Full Moon Sticky Note for Mankind

You’re not still using those mundane yellow sticky notes are you? There’s a whole world of creative adhesive notational options available to you these days, including these translucent full moons which will actually appear to glow when stuck to your monitor. It’s the perfect way to remember to call your boss, pick up milk, or…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

First Ever MRI Video Shows Childbirth from the Inside

An international team of doctors and scientists announced in 2010 that it had recorded the world’s first video of childbirth using magnetic resonance imaging. Now, that footage has been released to the public. You have never seen childbirth like this. https://jezebel.com/groundbreaking-mri-shows-childbirth-from-the-inside-5708217 According to New Scientist, the team relied on a technique known as cinematic MRI…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Every Major Android Skin Compared

Android 4.0 (a.k.a. Ice Cream Sandwich) is the prettiest, most intuitive version of Google’s mobile OS yet, but hardware manufacturers still insist on dirtying it up. Android skins are inevitable, but who does it best? See for yourself. In each of the comparisons, below, HTC will be on the left with its Sense 4.0 skin;…

Tech News Brent Rose

These LEGO Prometheus models need tiny, smarmy androids

Prometheus has been out for give or take a month, but that hasn’t stopped some intrepid souls from committing the film’s eponymous spacecraft to tiny Danish plastic bricks. Here are Niki Dregant and Andrew Lee’s respective takes on the USCSS Prometheus — both models incorporate the spaceship’s swinging engines, but neither includes miniature, futuristic DVDs…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

The Weirdest iPhone Dock Is This Adorable Dancing Alien Robot

Here’s something you never knew you needed in your life: an iPhone/Android phone dock that actually dances to the beat of the music it plays. Called Shimi, it’s the sort of stupid silly fun that makes robots adorable. Developed by Tovbot, Shimi the bot can read the beat of music, recognize gestures and facial expressions…

Tech News Casey Chan

Have we found the genetic basis for intelligence?

To date, geneticists have identified plenty of genetic markers that are correlated with intelligence. Taken individually, however, these account for a paltry 1% of the variation in IQ scores. But now, an international team of scientists has identified a set of genes that appear to amplify each other’s effects — resulting in a synergistic boost…

io9 George Dvorsky

30-Year Quest Ends In $15 Million Gold and Silver Coin Treasure

Thirty years ago, a farmer found a few Iron Age silver coins while working on his land in the island of Jersey, off the coast of Normandy. Now, after combing the soil with metal detectors for three decades, two treasure hunters have found a hoard of silver and gold coins, the biggest of its kind,…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Report: Kindle Fire 2 Could Show Up Next Month

Microsoft’s shown off Surface, Google just might reveal its own tablet, and according to an unnamed CNET source, Amazon is joining the party with the Kindle Fire 2, reportedly set to debut in July. https://gizmodo.com/what-is-microsoft-surface-5919428 The rebooted Fire will allegedly have a camera and volume control buttons, though other specs like onboard memory and processor…

Commerce Leslie Horn

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Tech News Brent Rose

10 Rules of Blockbuster Movies that Hollywood Forgot

It’s halfway through the summer movie season, and there’s a lot of hand-wringing about the state of the Tentpole Film — yes, in spite of Avengers. This year has seen some huge high-profile flops, plus some massive films that underperformed Stateside. And meanwhile, some of the biggest films in the pipeline are having well-publicized troubles,…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Everything You Need to Start a Fire Anywhere

The world’s first DJ booth was majestically ridiculous

Will You ‘Pay With Square?’

New trailer for Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie, the film that got him fired from Disney

BBC America’s Next Show: A Streetwise Operator Discovers She’s a Clone

This Police Pursuit Electric Race Set Is Your Just-Like-A-Real-Car-Chase Deal of the Day

How serious does an asteroid threat have to be before we take action?

I Hope Polaroid’s Instagramish Camera Works as Great as It Looks

Crash-Safe Toy Heli Always Lands Rotors Up

If this video doesn’t make your heart swell, there’s a decent chance you don’t have a heart

One Small Reminder for Man, One Giant Full Moon Sticky Note for Mankind

First Ever MRI Video Shows Childbirth from the Inside

Every Major Android Skin Compared

These LEGO Prometheus models need tiny, smarmy androids

The Weirdest iPhone Dock Is This Adorable Dancing Alien Robot

Have we found the genetic basis for intelligence?

30-Year Quest Ends In $15 Million Gold and Silver Coin Treasure

Report: Kindle Fire 2 Could Show Up Next Month

Stock ICS Gallery

10 Rules of Blockbuster Movies that Hollywood Forgot

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