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Our Google I/O Liveblog Kicks Off Right Now

Happy Google I/O Day! In just a few short hours, Google’s going to lay out the state of the Android union-and we’ll be covering it live, right here. We’ll definitely be seeing Android Jelly Bean, and almost certainly an Asus-built Nexus Tablet, but who knows what else Larry and Sergei have in store? https://gizmodo.com/this-is-the-new-android-jelly-bean-mascot-just-installe-5921538 The…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jun 27 '12

Here’s What the Google Nexus 7 Tablet Looks Like

Looking exactly like the images we leaked of the Google Nexus Tablet a few days ago, the Google Play store has apparently posted an image of the soon to be announced Google Nexus 7 Tablet. It’s everything we already know in an image—ASUS made, 7-inches, textured-looking back, etc. https://gizmodo.com/this-may-be-google-s-new-nexus-7-tablet-5921000 We’ll find out more about the…

Tech News Casey Chan Jun 27 '12

Alien Close Encounter or Flying Robot Lightshow?

Close Encounters of the Third Kind is one of my favorite movies ever, which is why I imagine our first contact with aliens like the video above: all pretty light and pretty music and pretty choreography. This video shows 16 quadrotors interacting with each other using light and sound at the Saatchi & Saatchi New…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jun 27 '12

Tech in Teaching: How Technology in the 70s Transformed America’s Classrooms

There was a time, not so long ago, when gearing up for school meant a new pencil case or perhaps a snappy new Trapper Keeper. Today, school kids have access to technology their slide rule-wielding predecessors couldn’t have possibly dreamed of. Welcome to Tech in Teaching, a recurring series inspired by the HP Pavilion dm4…

Tech News By Rose Annis Jun 27 '12

It’s Safe to Assume Apple TV Is Getting Apps

Now this is interesting! A sharp-eyed Apple TV beta tester spotted wobbling icon rearrangement in the newest update, allowing you to customize your home screen. Sound familiar? It should—it’s exactly what we saw right before downloadable iPhone apps. The ability to download 3rd party apps didn’t hit Apple’s phone until the 2.0 version of iOS,…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jun 27 '12

Glamour shots of carnival “freaks” of the 1800s were oddly touching

Throughout his career, Charles Eisenmann photographed thousands of sideshow performers seeking portraits for their résumés to send to carnival and circus publicists. These pictures oscillate between amusing (“the educated horse!”) and bittersweet (there’s something terrifically morbid about a man marketing his massively distended colon). But when you had a bad case of hypertrichosis (like Jojo…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jun 27 '12

The Little Asshole Is My Least Favorite Monster

I can stand the Grumblenug stealing my dreams, the Murmalow eating some cats or the Shreekler biting my toes. But that Little Asshole and his knotting of headphone cords is the worse. Who is your most hated monster in this age of electronics? I particularly hate Suckeeyum, the one who hides in my pocket to…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jun 27 '12

Channing Tatum and Will Arnett to play (LEGO) Superman and Batman

Fantasy team-up of the century! The more we hear about Warner Bros’ strange LEGO movie, the more excited we get. And now that the studio is dumping a ton of their trademarked properties into the picture and casting folks like Will Arnett to voice Batman? We’re losing it. Geektyrant reports that directors Phil Lord, Chris…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jun 27 '12

What It’s Like to Judge the Turing Test

“What are your favourite Sci Fi movies?” “I like Star Wars and The Matrix,” comes the typed reply. I am trying to work out if I’m talking to a “hidden human” in the next room, or actually a machine located somewhere in cyberspace. “Can we agree that the prequels sucked?” I continue. “Absolutely! Lucas should…

Artificial Intelligence Dan Falk - New Scientist Jun 27 '12

What Finger-Counting Says About You And Your Brain

Here’s a fun experiment: stop what you’re doing and use your hands to count to ten. Done? Good. Now remember how you did it, because we’re about to analyze your technique; as it turns out, how you count with your hands may say a lot more about you than you think. So, how do you…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jun 27 '12

Nvidia’s Fastest GPU Cooled in Total Silence

The Nvidia GTX 680 is a beast of a graphics chomper, delivering some of the fastest speeds you can possibly get from a single processor. But video cards are often loud as hell. Fans! Ugh! Not this one. It’s simple physics: video cards suck down a lot of electricity, create a lot of heat, and…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jun 27 '12

Tennessee Has Mercy On Its Drivers, Installs iPad Kiosks at DMVs

In an effort to make the DMV seem less like the seventh ring of hell, the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland security has installed 72 iPad kiosks in 26 of these Satanic outposts across the state. Called ASSETs, these self-renewal electronic terminals are supposed to speed up the process of getting a new license,…

Tech News Leslie Horn Jun 27 '12

The visual capture illusion makes you believe ventriloquist dummies are alive

We’re constantly being told how terrible our hearing and sense of smell are, compared to other animals. Perhaps that’s why we rely on our eyes. But there are plenty of times when our eyes deceive us, even when our other senses are telling us the truth. When you’re believing your lying eyes instead of your…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jun 27 '12

How To Keep Learning Even When You’re Asleep

Everybody knows that sleep helps our brains sort out, reorder and make sense of all the information it consumes during the day. But now a team of neuroscientists has shown that it’s possible to continue learning through the night, too. Here’s how you can give it a try. The idea of learning by osmosis might…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jun 27 '12

Food porn is making you fat

One of the great pleasures of the internet — and quite possibly the entire reason for Pinterest’s existence — is to look at gloriously shot pictures of decadent foodstuffs. After all, just looking won’t make you fat, right? Unfortunately, it seems as though simply by looking at those amazing food pictures, you’re setting yourself up…

io9 Tim Barribeau Jun 27 '12

The $4 iPhone Paper Speaker Booster We Want To Hate But Kind Of Love

It can’t compare to the sound quality you’ll get from a hefty speaker dock, or even the compact Jambox, but neither of those options are as eco-friendly, or cheap, as this foldable paper cone that slips over the end of your iPhone 4. Made in Los Angeles out of “FSC Certified 100% Post Consumer paper”…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jun 27 '12

Does a children’s book reveal Jim Gordon’s fate in The Dark Knight Rises?

Roberto Orci reveals whom Benedict Cumberbatch is not playing in the Star Trek sequel. Andrew Garfield charts Peter Parker’s heroic journey in The Amazing Spider-Man. Is Marvel moving ahead with its most cosmic movie yet? Plus more Catching Fire casting news! Spoilers from here on out! Top image from the Star Trek sequel. The Dark…

Television Alasdair Wilkins Jun 27 '12

What’s Google Announcing at I/O Today?

With WWDC behind us and Microsoft’s Surface tablet out of the bag, it’s Google’s turn to take the lid off its latest. Its annual I/O developer conference, which kicks off today at 12:30EST, should offer a heaping buffet of new products and software developments. But let’s start with the usual amuse-bouche: a crapload of rumors.…

Tech News Leslie Horn Jun 27 '12

Apple Draws Blood With US Galaxy Tab Injunction

The legal scuffling between Apple and Samsung had almost gotten boring; cases have been either summarily dismissed or been decided in far-flung parts of the globe. But last night, the hammer finally fell on Samsung here at home: no more Galaxy Tab 10.1s can be sold in the US, by court order. The preliminary injunction…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jun 27 '12

Meet Kinja, our new discussion system at io9

Today we bring you a new system for having discussions on io9. It’s called Kinja, and it looks a lot different from the comment system we had before. We’ve gotten rid of some features we thought were problems. And we’re trying out a new way of creating modular discussions so that you have more control…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jun 27 '12

Our Google I/O Liveblog Kicks Off Right Now

Here’s What the Google Nexus 7 Tablet Looks Like

Alien Close Encounter or Flying Robot Lightshow?

Tech in Teaching: How Technology in the 70s Transformed America’s Classrooms

It’s Safe to Assume Apple TV Is Getting Apps

Glamour shots of carnival “freaks” of the 1800s were oddly touching

The Little Asshole Is My Least Favorite Monster

Channing Tatum and Will Arnett to play (LEGO) Superman and Batman

What It’s Like to Judge the Turing Test

What Finger-Counting Says About You And Your Brain

Nvidia’s Fastest GPU Cooled in Total Silence

Tennessee Has Mercy On Its Drivers, Installs iPad Kiosks at DMVs

The visual capture illusion makes you believe ventriloquist dummies are alive

How To Keep Learning Even When You’re Asleep

Food porn is making you fat

The $4 iPhone Paper Speaker Booster We Want To Hate But Kind Of Love

Does a children’s book reveal Jim Gordon’s fate in The Dark Knight Rises?

What’s Google Announcing at I/O Today?

Apple Draws Blood With US Galaxy Tab Injunction

Meet Kinja, our new discussion system at io9

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