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Man Lives in His Own Private 727 in the Woods

If you’ve ever seen the movie Alive, you know how uncomfortable it can be living in the fuselage of a passenger jet. But one man seems to have made it work with his very own Boeing 727 that he calls home. CNN reports on one Bruce Campbell, a mild-mannered Oregonian who purchased a 1969 Olympic…

Tech News Michael Hession Jun 5 '12

Astonishing Time-Lapse Video of a Fruit Fly Embryo Developing

A new microscope called the Multi-View SPIM, or MuVi-SPIM for short, is allowing scientists to take unprecedented images of rapid biological processes, at a level of detail we’ve never seen before. And to show off the power of this new microscope, the developers have released an incredible time-lapse video of a fruit fly embryo undergoing…

io9 George Dvorsky Jun 5 '12

Insanely Detailed Display Squeezes Over a Million Pixels Into Just 2.3 Inches

If you’ve ooh and aahed over the beautiful hi-res retina displays on the iPhone 4 and new iPad, prepare to have your mind completely blown by how much resolution Japan Display has squeezed into its new minuscule LCD screens. The company’s managed to cram a resolution of 1,280 x 800, the same as what the…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jun 5 '12

This DIY Street View Kit Is Your Very Own Google Map Maker

Google is doing everything it can to photograph every last corner of the world for its Street View feature. But there are still some places its mapping fleet can’t go, and you can fill in those holes yourself with your very own Street View camera kit. Imagine being able to give total strangers an interactive…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jun 5 '12

Hardware For Blazing Fast Google Fiber Shows Up at the FCC

A few months ago we heard rumors about Google’s plan to launch a TV or video service, which would run on the Google Fiber that’s currently being installed in Kansas City. Now Engadget has turned up more evidence that this might be the case at the FCC. The GFHD100 box, which just appeared in the…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jun 5 '12

Our ancestors may have originated in Asia, not Africa

Researchers working in the swamplands of Myanmar have discovered several fossilized teeth from a new species of primate that lived 37 million years ago. If this turns out to be for real, their findings could rewrite the book on the evolutionary origins of monkeys, apes — and even humans. The discovery was made by an…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jun 5 '12

MelaFind Spots Your Cancerous Dots With Guided Missile Technology

Melanoma is an easily treatable disease with nearly a 100-percent cure rate—assuming you discovery it before the cancer metastasizes. A newly FDA-approved imaging device—based on a guided-missile navigation system—will find suspect moles faster, easier, and more accurately than ever before. According to estimates from the National Institute of Health, some 70,000 Americans will be diagnosed…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jun 5 '12

Watch a video of the transit of Venus. From 1882.

Today is your last chance to watch Venus cross the face of the Sun before 2117, so don’t miss it. The event occurs so infrequently that the last transit, prior to the one in 2004, occurred all the way back in 1882. Until relatively recently, the most common way of capturing snapshots the sky was…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jun 5 '12

Gladiator Ariel, and other crazy designs from a nonexistent Disney Princess fighting game

Because every aspect of human civilization crashes together inexplicably in the thought bouillabaisse that is the internet, Deviant Art user JoshWMC has given the Disney Princesses a fighting game makeover. If this ever became a real game, someone would have to hire Celine Dion to cover Stan Bush’s “Fight to Survive” for the arcade cabinet’s…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Jun 5 '12

First look at Wreck-It Ralph shows a homeless Q*bert begging for Pac-Man cherries

We’re still not 100% sure what to think about Disney’s latest “journey inside a video game” movie Wreck-It Ralph. But at least now there’s some more info — USA Today has a lengthy interview with the movies lead John C. Reilly (Wreck-It Ralph) who explains what is going on in this strange video game world…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jun 5 '12

25,000 Post-Its Make One Delightful Music Video

You can plaster Post-Its everywhere to help you remember things. But a band called the Family Bones has used them in a much less utilitarian way—they took 25,000 of the stickies to make a wonderfully sweet music video for the song “If You Ever Need Someone.” We’ve definitely seen others in this style before, but…

Tech News Leslie Horn Jun 5 '12

Microsoft’s Windows 8 Battle Is Everyone’s War

This week at Computex, PC manufacturers are outing hybrid devices of every stripe. They’re fun, goofy, slightly-to-moderately confusing little gadgets, but they’re also a reminder that Microsoft isn’t going it alone in its massive gamble on Windows 8. Everyone’s along for the ride. No one denies that Windows 8 has a wonderful touch interface. We’ve…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Jun 5 '12

Exercise Will Not Make You Happy

Even though your morning jog may give you a brief high, don’t assume that working out can make you happy in the long-term. A new study suggests that however much exercise you do, it won’t help reduce the symptoms of depression. The research, which is published in the British Medical Journal, runs counter to many…

Health Jamie Condliffe Jun 5 '12

How Studying Ant Behavior Can Make Social Networks Better

People who go on social networking sites are often compared to ant colonies — but it may be truer than anyone realizes. A new study from the University of Madrid suggests that the behavior of real-life ants could inspire developers to improve the way these sites function. By constructing an algorithm modeled off the foraging…

io9 George Dvorsky Jun 5 '12

Apple Is Already Using Liquidmetal in Its Products

A couple of years back, Apple purchased the patents from a materials firm by the name of Liquidmetal. The company made an amorphous metal alloy which combined high strength with the ability to be bent and flexed into complex shapes without suffering deformation. Many have speculated what Apple might use the technology for, but according…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jun 5 '12

Lazy Publisher Replaces Every “Kindled” in War and Peace Ebook With “Nooked”

Leo Tolstoy couldn’t have possibly known that the war between competing ereaders would result in the mucking up of his magnum opus. Ars Technica reports that in a budget Nook version of War and Peace, every instance of the word “Kindled” has been replaced by “Nookd.” The “Nookd” problem with the $1.00 version of War…

Commerce Mario Aguilar Jun 5 '12

10 Best Changes Game of Thrones Made to A Clash of Kings

Game of Thrones season two exceeded our already high expectations and defied our fears. As George R.R. Martin’s source material becomes more and more challenging to adapt, the TV show managed to stick remarkably close to Martin’s storylines while making some elegant adjustments. Now that the second season is over, we can see just how…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jun 5 '12

Spend a lovely day with the kids at Thailand’s Hell torture theme park

90 minutes outside of Bangkok sits the Wang Saen Suk Hell Park, one of several “hell gardens” that can be found throughout Thailand. At this tourist destination, you can pack a picnic and ramble around the charming sculpture garden, which depicts sinners being eviscerated wholesale in the Buddhist underworld. After all, nothing says “sunny weekend…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jun 5 '12

If We Ever Become Superhuman Cyborgs, This Is How It’ll Happen

Neural implants and biologically altered humans are the stuff of science fiction, but we’re teetering on the precipice of the promise of what lies just beyond our current scientific prowess. What’s going to happen when we make the first inroads to improving human function and intelligence through technological implants? When we’re all bionic men? Daniel…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Jun 5 '12

Rumored MacBook Pro Specs: A No-Retina Display Fatty

With WWDC just around the bend—Apple’s keynote is next Monday—it’s time to face the usual torrent of leaks and dribbles and rumors and lies. And while this look at a rumored 13-inch MacBook could well be the latter, it certainly matches up with what we’d expect. Except, maybe, for that display. What you’re looking at…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jun 5 '12

Man Lives in His Own Private 727 in the Woods

Astonishing Time-Lapse Video of a Fruit Fly Embryo Developing

Insanely Detailed Display Squeezes Over a Million Pixels Into Just 2.3 Inches

This DIY Street View Kit Is Your Very Own Google Map Maker

Hardware For Blazing Fast Google Fiber Shows Up at the FCC

Our ancestors may have originated in Asia, not Africa

MelaFind Spots Your Cancerous Dots With Guided Missile Technology

Watch a video of the transit of Venus. From 1882.

Gladiator Ariel, and other crazy designs from a nonexistent Disney Princess fighting game

First look at Wreck-It Ralph shows a homeless Q*bert begging for Pac-Man cherries

25,000 Post-Its Make One Delightful Music Video

Microsoft’s Windows 8 Battle Is Everyone’s War

Exercise Will Not Make You Happy

How Studying Ant Behavior Can Make Social Networks Better

Apple Is Already Using Liquidmetal in Its Products

Lazy Publisher Replaces Every “Kindled” in War and Peace Ebook With “Nooked”

10 Best Changes Game of Thrones Made to A Clash of Kings

Spend a lovely day with the kids at Thailand’s Hell torture theme park

If We Ever Become Superhuman Cyborgs, This Is How It’ll Happen

Rumored MacBook Pro Specs: A No-Retina Display Fatty

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