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GE Figures Out How to Squeeze 100W of Light from a 27W LED Bulb

One drawback of LED lighting is that as the bulb’s output wattage grows, so too does the chip cooling system. But GE’s new Energy Smart bulb’s ingenious cooling design packs a 100W of power at a quarter the energy requirements of a standard A19 incandescent. To cram the necessary parts into the A19 shape, GE…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

‘Cupcakes are as addictive as cocaine,’ and Other Worthless Comparisons

Over on Mind Hacks, Vaughan Bell has put together a great little post that calls attention to just how worthless, misleading and inaccurate the catch phrase “as addictive as cocaine” has become in the popular press. To illustrate his point, Bell rattles off a handful of recent examples of things claimed to be as habit-forming…

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Drugstore Cowboy: A Lot of Dilaudid, Gus Van Sant, and a Dead Heather Graham

You know all those pharmacy heists you hear about? Lemmings, all of them. And always the suspects are caught or killed. In Gus Van Sant’s feature-length directorial debut, Drugstore Cowboy (1989), Matt Dillon plays Bob, the natural leader of a group of four drug-addicted felons on the lam in the 1970s. Around and around they…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

Once Upon A Time can’t swing a dead fairy without hitting more tasty cheese

For a while now, Once Upon A Time has been veering wildly between episodes that were either 100% cheeseball or 100% darkness. But that pattern appears to have been broken. Last night’s “An Apple Red As Blood” was the second episode in a row to deliver a tasty blend of both darkness and cheese. Was…

Television Meredith Woerner

Track 8 Music Player Brings Microsoft’s Beautiful Metro Design to iPad

People tend think of Macs as the “creative” computer and Windows as the “business” computer, but those lines have blurred for years. System administrators figured out how to support iPhones for enterprise email; Windows Phone looks great from a design perspective; and have you noticed that Apple doesn’t even ship a basic image editor anymore,…

Tech News Eliot Van Buskirk - Evolver.fm

First Horrifying Look at Lena Headey in Dredd

She’s already shown her amazing range by playing Sarah Connor and Queen Cersei — but now Lena Headey is going to play a straight-up villain in the new Judge Dredd movie. And here’s the first photo of her disturbing appearance as Madrigal, the ruler of Peach Tree City Block in the dystopian Mega City One.…

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There Is a Poisonous Alien Caterpillar Threatening to Invade the London Olympics. Seriously.

The Oak Processionary Moth is a nasty little beast. It’s native to Europe, but didn’t show up in the United Kingdom until 2006, when a few eggs hitched a ride on oak trees transplanted to London. Since then, it’s been causing environmental chaos. Now it’s threatening to seriously screw up the Summer Olympics. Recent reports…

Tech News Kif Leswing

The Best Towel Rack Is the One You Barely Notice At All

The world of contemporary towel racks just got a whole lot more interesting with this minimal, yet tantalizing design. Italian designer Marco Guazzini was inspired by childhood memories of walking through construction sites with his father when designing this piece. Its rotating arms are suitable for towels, clothes, a toilet paper roll—this thing just makes…

Tech News Michael Hession

Chinese capsule hotel lets you pretend you’re sleeping in space (minus the microgravity)

The first “capsule hotel” in mainland China is scoring huge popularity, in part because it’s being described as a “space capsule,” as if you’re sleeping inside a spaceship. Each tiny room includes wireless broadband internet and a little dresser, as well as a bed. The capsules are divided up into different houses of the Zodiac,…

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Hilary Hahn and Hauschka: Bounce Bounce

What do you get when you combine a Grammy Award-winning violinist, a world-renowned composer on a hacked piano, and an incredible Brooklyn-based stop-motion animator? Only the awesomest handicraft tide pool on the Internet. Grammy winning American violinist Hilary Hahn and German modernist composer Hauschka recently collaborated to produce Silfra—an album combining the violinist’s virtuoso talents…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

No, Fox News, dinosaurs did not fart their way to extinction

Did dinosaur flatulence on the part of sauropods like Apatosaurus warm the Earth? Possibly. At least, that’s the main takeaway from a paper published in the latest issue of Current Biology. https://gizmodo.com/dinosaur-farts-caused-jurassic-global-warming-5908144 But did these dinosaurs “gas themselves to extinction,” as this article from Fox News reports? Let’s put it this way: if they did,…

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Teal Panels Are Like Lego For Campers Who Hate Tents

As the story goes, Lawrence Drake wanted to go camping with a pop-up camper instead of a tent, but his ride could only tow 1,000 pounds. So to stick it to the ‘camping-man’ he invented a set of lightweight modular panels that can be assembled just like Lego to create various sized temporary dwellings. The…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Remember when we thought we’d get all our nutrition from pills and bars?

If you’d told science fiction writers in the 1930s that food in the early 2000s would be all about heirloom vegetables, micronutrients and artisanal pickles, they’d have laughed you right out of the decade. Back in the mid-20th Century, everybody believed the future of food was fully artificial. Pills, bars, goop, pastes, wafers and syrups…

io9 Michael Ann Dobbs

Would You Skype with Your Dog? (What if It Was Very Lonely?)

Man dogs are great. Having a dog is great. Playing with your dog is especially amazingly great. But leaving man’s best friend for a whole day at work? Ugh no never HOW CAN WE FIX THIS? Skype, apparently. It seems that pet owners are increasingly using Skype as a way to check in on and…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Game of Thrones Week 6: You can’t control wild creatures, and you can’t own people

Last night’s episode of Game of Thrones had so many “oh shit” moments it was almost too stressful to watch — like when you’re in an airplane and it suddenly drops a few hundred feet in a few seconds. Everybody’s suspended over the abyss, with a few threadbare ropes keeping them aloft. And last night,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Is Telephobia Really a Thing?

It’s no secret that people are talking on the phone less. We’re texting, we’re emailing, we’re Gchatting, we’re Facebooking. There have been many articles bemoaning the death of the phone call in recent months, and Nielsen said in a December report that voice calls have dropped by 12 percent since 2009, while text messaging has…

Social Media Leslie Horn

This Real Transformer Toy Amazingly Shapeshifts on Its Own

One second the toy rolls up as a car, the next it’s automatically transformed itself into an upright fighting machine that can move around, tip toe and deliver uppercuts. It’s unbelievably awesome and it’s what every kid (and adult) should want for Christmas or their Birthday or any day, really. The toy was built by…

Tech News Casey Chan

Polamatic: Photo OG Polaroid Has a Photo Sharing Service of Its Own

Poloroid is the godfather of the photo-altering apps like Instagram that currently permeate the iOS App Store. By releasing Polamatic, the original instant photo company is reversing the process. What does it do? Take photos, add custom filters and borders, and write captions on the bottom. You can share your pics on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr,…

Tech News Leslie Horn

You Won’t Believe This See-Through Clear Caterpillar Isn’t CG

At first we couldn’t believe this amazing crystal clear caterpillar wasn’t a render from some art student’s DeviantArt gallery. But after scrutinizing the shots in Photoshop, and digging around online, it turns out this real-life gummy worm, known as the Jewel Caterpillar, is most definitely real. Photographed by scuba Instructor and amateur photographer Gerardo Aizpuru,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Science fiction and fantasy icons look downright dashing in 19th century Russian regalia

Who would have guessed that Robert Downey, Jr. would look as rakish in a Russian General’s uniform as he does in a suit of powered armor? UK artist Steve Payne uses Photoshop to swap the faces of friends, family members, celebrities, and even regular folks like you and me with those of over three hundred…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

GE Figures Out How to Squeeze 100W of Light from a 27W LED Bulb

‘Cupcakes are as addictive as cocaine,’ and Other Worthless Comparisons

Drugstore Cowboy: A Lot of Dilaudid, Gus Van Sant, and a Dead Heather Graham

Once Upon A Time can’t swing a dead fairy without hitting more tasty cheese

Track 8 Music Player Brings Microsoft’s Beautiful Metro Design to iPad

First Horrifying Look at Lena Headey in Dredd

There Is a Poisonous Alien Caterpillar Threatening to Invade the London Olympics. Seriously.

The Best Towel Rack Is the One You Barely Notice At All

Chinese capsule hotel lets you pretend you’re sleeping in space (minus the microgravity)

Hilary Hahn and Hauschka: Bounce Bounce

No, Fox News, dinosaurs did not fart their way to extinction

Teal Panels Are Like Lego For Campers Who Hate Tents

Remember when we thought we’d get all our nutrition from pills and bars?

Would You Skype with Your Dog? (What if It Was Very Lonely?)

Game of Thrones Week 6: You can’t control wild creatures, and you can’t own people

Is Telephobia Really a Thing?

This Real Transformer Toy Amazingly Shapeshifts on Its Own

Polamatic: Photo OG Polaroid Has a Photo Sharing Service of Its Own

You Won’t Believe This See-Through Clear Caterpillar Isn’t CG

Science fiction and fantasy icons look downright dashing in 19th century Russian regalia

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