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How Do You Use Your iPad? Mine Is My TV

Between the shows and movies available streaming on Netflix, and those on HBOGo, I consume more TV now, with my iPad, than I did a year ago, when I still had an actual TV and a cable bill to with it. The battery life is long enough for me to get through several hours of…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Jul 9 '12

AT&T Opens Up Watson Speech-Recognition Software API to App Developers

In a blog post today, AT&T SVP for technology and network operations John Donovan made the official announcement that the API for Watson (the company’s proprietary voice-recognition software that transcribes spoken words into text) are now open to and available for app developers to access. Donovan noted that Watson API can be used for app…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Jul 9 '12

This Bowl Will Always Be Exactly the Size You Need it to Be

The Stretchy Bowl is the easy-to-store fruit basin that never wants to disappoint. Composed of a white metal base (which requires minimal assembly) and a matching metal hoop wrapped in a layer of breathable, elastic fabric, this bowl is always the right size to accomodate your haul of produce. As you add more fruit to…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Jul 9 '12

Scientists Say ‘God Particle’ May Be an Impostor

Last Wednesday everyone went crazy when CERN scientists announced proof of the existence of the Higgs boson, which theoretically gives us mass and holds the Universe together. Now, other physicists say that CERN may have found an impostor and not the popularly called God Particle. After analyzing the data collected at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider,…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jul 9 '12

PSA: Accidentally Emailing a Nic Cage Picture Won’t Help Your Job Search

Online job boards and application hosting platforms have made seeking employment as easy and painless as such a thing can be. No longer is it necessary to pound the pavement, a fat pile of resumes tucked under one sweaty, unemployed arm. Now, submitting your resume for review can be done from the comfort of your…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Jul 9 '12

True Blood serves up crazy in a pair of He-Man Footie Pajamas

Last night’s episode of True Blood felt like a classic. They put Jason in a pair of He-Man jammies and then had his mom ask him if he wanted a blow job. Take that, White Walkers! In other True Blood news, Sookie is infinitely more fun when she’s drunk. But let me break it down…

Television Meredith Woerner Jul 9 '12

Tron: Celebrate 30 Years of This Classic Cult Movie

I saw Tron in the movie theater when it came out, 30 years ago today—July 9, 1982. I was almost ten years old and it blew me away. Like with many kids of my age, this movie—along with War Games—changed the course of my life. I’m not exaggerating. Tron and War Games (1983) were the…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jul 9 '12

Star Wars Nerds Restore Luke Skywalker’s Home IRL

Star Wars junkie Mark Dermul has a pretty sweet job: He leads tours in North Africa of different locations featured in the films. On a 2010 trip to Tunisia—er, Tatooine—he and his cohort realized that Luke Skywalker’s boyhood home—the Lars Homestead—was in serious disrepair. NPR reports how they brought it back to life. Dermul and…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jul 9 '12

A New Breed of Camcorder for a New Breed of Citizen Journalist—Or Bootlegger, Whatevs

Just because virtually every cell phone on the face of the Earth now doubles as a camcorder doesn’t mean it does a particularly good job of it—especially when tasked with recording in low-light or noisy environments. The Q2HD from Zoom, however, is designed to record (and stream) in full HD regardless of the circumstances. The…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jul 9 '12

Picture of the Day: July 9, 2012

RING IN THE NEW | The Cassini Space Probe once again left Saturn’s equatorial plane, which means it’s time for some amazing new views of Saturn’s rings! Click here for another image that shows how an unseen moon makes Saturn’s rings propeller-shaped. Via CICLOPS. Want to read today’s io9 stories a different way? Check out…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 9 '12

London 2012 Results App: Follow Team USA at the Olympics

At the Olympics later this month, Michael Phelps could potentially win seven gold medals, at the very most. He won’t top the record-smashing eight he earned in 2008, but that doesn’t mean he won’t be exciting to follow. And the London 2012 Results App will help you do that. What does it do? Who won…

Tech News Leslie Horn Jul 9 '12

Sip Your Espresso Out of a Tiny Rocket

Aside from taste, the point of drinking espresso is that in a sense, you want to blast off with all the fuel caffeine provides. And these adorable rocket espresso cups allow you to express that quite literally. Each mini-rocket costs $40, which is a little steep for a glorified ceramic thimble, but the cost doesn’t…

Tech News Leslie Horn Jul 9 '12

Apple OS X Mountain Lion Gold Master Is Out

The Gold Master version of Apple’s OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion is now available on the OS X Dev Center. Gold Master versions are the final build that ships to customers, so what we see here will be what you’re using later this month when the retail version comes out for $20. Apple also seeded…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Jul 9 '12

Behold the Super-Efficient Microchip That Can Harvest Power from Heat, Light, and Vibration at the Same Time

You’ve heard of electronics harvesting electricity from heat, light, and vibration sources individually, but this new chip from MIT is the first that can do all three at the same time. Listen carefully and you’ll hear the Energizer bunny quaking in its boots. Previous efforts at such a microchip could only utilize one power source…

Tech News Michael Zhao Jul 9 '12

Turns out Batman’s cape is lethal. To himself.

Bruce Wayne’s batsuit is hardly a batsuit without a cape, but physicists at the University of Leicester have determined that the Dark Knight’s memory cloth cape — which snaps into a rigid form when exposed to an electric current — is pretty much a one-time-use accessory. Not because it would break or anything, but because…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jul 9 '12

Why I Hate My Camera

Steve Giralt is a pro photographer in NYC. But just because his life revolves around his camera doesn’t mean it’s a love fest. Here’s why he has beef with his photo gear. Unlike most photographers, I hate my camera. I have read hundreds of stories on the internet where photographers argue about which cameras are…

Tech News Steve Giralt Jul 9 '12

Cloned Horses Given the Green Light to Compete at the Olympics

The international governing body for equestrian sports has decided that cloned horses can compete at international events — including the Olympics. This reverses an earlier ban, that prohibited their use in sporting events. Will Oremus writes in Slate: “The FEI will not forbid participation of clones or their progenies in FEI competitions,” the Federation Equestre…

io9 George Dvorsky Jul 9 '12

Batgirl Sailor Moon is so absurd it works

Presumably from the reality that spawned Cliff Chiang’s nixed Justice League of Japan comes Corey Lewis’ Sailor Bat, who is so gleefully ridiculous she dispels any and all mash-up-induced malaise. For further characters that will never officially grace the comic page, see the Sailor Avengers. [Corey Lewis via Project Rooftop]

Anime Cyriaque Lamar Jul 9 '12

Do Drone Pilots Deserve Medals?

Today, almost all combat medals are reserved for people in actual warzones. But increasingly, bad guys in those warzones are being killed by people far, far, far away. Should it matter where in the world a trigger finger sits? The Washington Post reports that “The Pentagon is considering awarding a Distinguished Warfare Medal to drone…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jul 9 '12

V-Moda Vamp Lightning Review: Glorious Overkill for iPhone Audio

“Do you really like music, man? Then why are you listening on your iPhone? You’re not even listening to music—you’re listening to static.” Sound like you? The V-Moda Vamp is the iPhone accessory you’ve been waiting for. What Is It? A $650 iPhone case with a built-in digital-to-analog converter and a 150mW x2 headphone amp.…

Reviews Mario Aguilar Jul 9 '12

How Do You Use Your iPad? Mine Is My TV

AT&T Opens Up Watson Speech-Recognition Software API to App Developers

This Bowl Will Always Be Exactly the Size You Need it to Be

Scientists Say ‘God Particle’ May Be an Impostor

PSA: Accidentally Emailing a Nic Cage Picture Won’t Help Your Job Search

True Blood serves up crazy in a pair of He-Man Footie Pajamas

Tron: Celebrate 30 Years of This Classic Cult Movie

Star Wars Nerds Restore Luke Skywalker’s Home IRL

A New Breed of Camcorder for a New Breed of Citizen Journalist—Or Bootlegger, Whatevs

Picture of the Day: July 9, 2012

London 2012 Results App: Follow Team USA at the Olympics

Sip Your Espresso Out of a Tiny Rocket

Apple OS X Mountain Lion Gold Master Is Out

Behold the Super-Efficient Microchip That Can Harvest Power from Heat, Light, and Vibration at the Same Time

Turns out Batman’s cape is lethal. To himself.

Why I Hate My Camera

Cloned Horses Given the Green Light to Compete at the Olympics

Batgirl Sailor Moon is so absurd it works

Do Drone Pilots Deserve Medals?

V-Moda Vamp Lightning Review: Glorious Overkill for iPhone Audio

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