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The Stoner Channel: Two Really Smart Dead Guys, One Really Pretty Dead Lady, and Detroit’s Going Legal

Nikola Tesla – Master of Lightning The shocking true history of the man who invented electricity! The SEC doesn’t Care if You Smoke Weed as Long as You Score A Lot In a completely unshocking discovery, the Associated Press is reporting that schools in the SEC—the Big Daddy of collegiate sports—are frequently under-reporting marijuana violations…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jun 5 '12

Super Salty Lake Looks Like a Strawberry Milkshake

Photographed from above it looks like a pool of melty Strawberry ice cream, but Lake Retba, which runs blood-red through Senegal, West Africa, gets its unusual color from an unusually high salt content—in some up to 40-percent! Microbiologist Michael Danson says that the water gets its candy-colored hue from the salt-loving organism Dunaliella salina (an…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Jun 4 '12

Dating Site Breaks Down Desirability By Email Domains, Is Surprised by Results

Circl.es is an online dating site that, rather than relying on the data produced by a complex algorithm of self-reported answers, uses a person’s own public Facebook profile. To be clear: Nobody on Facebook can see you’re using Circl.es, but integrating with Facebook allows us to ensure we show real people with real friends and…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Jun 4 '12

Stained-Plexiglas Watertower Illuminates the Brooklyn Skyline in Dazzling Color

There are approximately 1000 pieces of salvaged NYC plexiglas mounted on the steel structure of artist Tom Fruin’s newest sculpture, a 25′ by 10′ patchwork water tower—set atop a collection of artist’s studios at 120 Jay Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn—called, simply, Watertower. Beginning June 7th, the tower will be lit from within by digitally-controlled light…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Jun 4 '12

Handcrafted Breastfeeding and Birthing Dolls Are Adorably, Oddly NSFW

MamAmor Dolls are the umbilical-intact, placenta-producing creation of Adriana Guerra, a doula in Canada, with three home-birthed children of her own. The dolls ($130-$145) can be used as educational tools “to demonstrate normal, natural birth, breastfeeding and bonding,” and also to help prepare sibling for the arrival of a new baby. MamAmor Dolls are intended…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Jun 4 '12

How to Build the Fastest Bike Ever from Junk Parts

Graeme Obree is a world-renowned cyclist who has broke numerous world records. His latest obsession has focused around building the world’s fastest bicycle; one that go faster than 100 miles-per-hour. But instead of teaming up with a fancy lab and dumping millions of research dollars into materials research and wind tunnel testing, Obree is building…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jun 4 '12

Geoengineering Efforts Against Climate Change Could Turn the Sky White

Regardless of whether or not geoengineering actually does anything positive about climate change, it’ll probably have some unintended consequences. Take, for example, this theory that geoengineering will bleach the sky. Scientists have proposed injecting huge amounts of sulfate aerosols into the sky as a way of reducing the effects of climate change. These scientists also…

Climate Change Mario Aguilar Jun 4 '12

Hey Sprint, You Okay?

It looks like someone at Sprint is either having a seizure, or sat on that fancy new EVO and did some serious butt-tweeting, thanks to a stream of tweets that all read like @Horse ebooks nonsense. Or maybe this is a viral ploy. Maybe this is really is just some @horse_ebooks strategy to get attention…

Tech News Mat Honan Jun 4 '12

Only the Lonely Dine at This Transforming Dinner Table Bed

The crushing sadness of living a life of solitude is a little easier to deal with knowing there are furniture designers creating pieces specifically for single souls. Like Matali Crasset’s ‘Sweet Talk and Dream’ which transforms from a TV tray table to an equally depressing single-sized bed. Now, thinking of someone sitting all by themselves…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jun 4 '12

The First Issue Ever of Wired Is Available on the iPad Now

Seminal tech nerd magazine Wired was one of the first to jump onto the iPad magazine train. You probably subscribed anyway, but the iPad version is pretty great. Now the very first issue, from back in January 1993, is available for free on the iPad. The highlight is probably a 12,000-word oral history of the…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Jun 4 '12

Report: WWDC Will Bring Updates To Almost Apple’s Entire Lineup of Mac Hardware

There has been pretty strong indication that Apple would show off some revamped hardware at WWDC, but that update is reportedly going to be even bigger than we previously expected. According to 9to5Mac, we’re going to see refreshes for almost the entire lineup of Mac machines. That means new MacBook Pros, MacBook Airs, iMacs, and…

Tech News Leslie Horn Jun 4 '12

A first look at the next issue of 30 Days of Night

Courtesy of IDW Publishing, here’s an exclusive sneak peek at this week’s issue of the ongoing vampire series 30 Days of Night. This issue hits stores Wednesday, June 6 — here’s the synopsis: 30 DAYS OF NIGHT #8 Steve Niles (w) Christopher Mitten (a) Davide Furnó (c) Something wicked is coming Alice Blood’s way, and…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Jun 4 '12

Make Your Dinner Better: Cook With Beer

You like to drink beer, but how about soaking your food in it? And not in the “I’m hammered and it’s 4am and that steak sandwich looks delicious” way. Your booze-related fare takes a bit more of a refined turn with the Beer Cookbook. It’s just $12 and it’s 48-pages long, so you can afford…

Tech News Leslie Horn Jun 4 '12

Stilla: Easily Build Beautiful, 3D Pictures Using the iPhone’s Gyroscope

Out of all the photo apps currently populating the app store, a few stand out from the pack as more unique, more beautiful, and more simple to use. But Stilla, a camera app which utilized the iPhone’s gyroscope, is one that does. What does it do? It directs you to take multiple snapshots of the…

Tech News Leslie Horn Jun 4 '12

Why Airport Security Is Going To Be a Lot More Annoying This Summer

Five TSA workers have been fired and 38 more have been suspended at the Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers. It’s one of the largest disciplinary actions in the 10-year history of the Transportation Security Administration, according to spokesman David Castelveter. This is very bad news. For you. For them too, of course, but…

Privacy & Security Jesus Diaz Jun 4 '12

Everything you need to know to catch Tuesday’s rare transit of Venus

On Tuesday, the planet Venus will pass between Earth and the Sun, appearing to cross the face of our star in a rare event known as a “transit.” The next transit of Venus to be visible from Earth won’t happen until December 2117. In other words: you don’t want to miss this. Here’s everything you…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jun 4 '12

Curtis Stone Workbench Cutting Board: Multifunctional, Yet Somehow Impractical

When you cook, there’s a lot of finagling that goes on. Chop this, pitch that. Saute this, trash that. It can turn into an hours-long process. With the Workbench Cutting Board, Curtis Stone created what should be a time-saver. But strangely enough, it’s not all that usable. What Is It? A cutting board married with…

Reviews Leslie Horn Jun 4 '12

This is quite possibly the most impressive LEGO fortress you’ve ever seen

This here is “The Voice of Evil,” a massive LEGO diorama built by sculptor Duco Brugman. After he planned this imposing castle for over three years, this 20-kilogram monolith took approximately eight months, countless LEGO bricks, and fifteen meters of light wire embedded under the lava to complete. Keep your eyes peeled for the burning…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jun 4 '12

It’s Time for Xbox Live Gold to Be Free

If you didn’t catch Microsoft’s press conference at E3 today, here’s a brief recap: game, game, XBOX LIVE CONTENT STREAMING SPORTS MUSIC APPS, South Park game, exeunt. The message was clear: streaming services aren’t just the sideshow anymore; they’ve got a spot in the main tent right alongside Master Chief. As of today, the Xbox…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jun 4 '12

Our Own Military Is Using Drones to Collect Info on Us Without a Warrant

The government is in the process of rewriting regulations so that private citizens and law enforcement agencies can fly drones willy-nilly through the skies. The proposition has a lot of people very nervous that the government will be increasingly monitoring us from above. Turns out they’ve probably been doing it already. New documents obtained by…

Privacy & Security Mario Aguilar Jun 4 '12

The Stoner Channel: Two Really Smart Dead Guys, One Really Pretty Dead Lady, and Detroit’s Going Legal

Super Salty Lake Looks Like a Strawberry Milkshake

Dating Site Breaks Down Desirability By Email Domains, Is Surprised by Results

Stained-Plexiglas Watertower Illuminates the Brooklyn Skyline in Dazzling Color

Handcrafted Breastfeeding and Birthing Dolls Are Adorably, Oddly NSFW

How to Build the Fastest Bike Ever from Junk Parts

Geoengineering Efforts Against Climate Change Could Turn the Sky White

Hey Sprint, You Okay?

Only the Lonely Dine at This Transforming Dinner Table Bed

The First Issue Ever of Wired Is Available on the iPad Now

Report: WWDC Will Bring Updates To Almost Apple’s Entire Lineup of Mac Hardware

A first look at the next issue of 30 Days of Night

Make Your Dinner Better: Cook With Beer

Stilla: Easily Build Beautiful, 3D Pictures Using the iPhone’s Gyroscope

Why Airport Security Is Going To Be a Lot More Annoying This Summer

Everything you need to know to catch Tuesday’s rare transit of Venus

Curtis Stone Workbench Cutting Board: Multifunctional, Yet Somehow Impractical

This is quite possibly the most impressive LEGO fortress you’ve ever seen

It’s Time for Xbox Live Gold to Be Free

Our Own Military Is Using Drones to Collect Info on Us Without a Warrant

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