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Happy Memories Become Less Special If You Talk About Them

When we have a positive experience—a great meal, say, or a wonderfully romantic encounter—it’s natural to want to talk about it. But a new study suggests that word-of-mouth stories blunt our feelings about experiences. In other words, telling people about your best kiss or favorite restaurant will make it feel less special. In fact, Sarah…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

iPhone DSLR Mount: So Much Missed Potential

Like opening a Christmas gift only to find it full of socks, we had such high hopes when we first saw this mount that lets you dock your iPhone to your DSLR. But sadly, the Flash Dock is a bit of a disappointment. Imagine all the things you could do with your iPhone tethered to…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

What Is The New Aesthetic?

At this year’s SXSW Interactive, there was a panel titled The New Aesthetic: Seeing Like Digital Devices. It was about technology, and how it relates to art and design. Since SXSW, there have been many discussions, including a sprawling, 5,000 word essay on Wired, about the New Aesthetic’s shortcomings, its potential, and its significance. So…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Texts From Drone Is Your New Favorite Tumblr

Take the same premise as Texts From Hillary, replace Hillary Clinton with an MQ-9 Reaper drone, add jokes about dead tweens, and you’ve got today’s perversely awesome new Tumblr. LOL BOOM. https://gizmodo.com/hillary-clinton-makes-fun-of-herself-on-viral-site-5900779 The images are of course a tip of the hellfire hat to our military’s habit of sometimes blowing up innocent people and things…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Incredible video shows how 100 years of shipping changed the world from 1750-1850

The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are sometimes called the “age of transition” because the world was moving toward a global economy. This was in large part due to the widespread availability of intercontinental travel and warfare using massive sea vessels. It was the era when European powers took to the seas to consolidate (and often…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Turns Out Some Glaciers Are Actually Getting Bigger

In one corner of the world, there is more ice today than there was 10 years ago. New satellite data shows that the glaciers in the Karakoram have grown slightly over the last decade, bucking the global trend. We don’t know why it has happened – but it’s important to keep it in perspective. The…

Tech News Michael Marshall - New Scientist

Peelable Polarized Lenses Turn Any Specs Into 3D Glasses

3D movies particularly suck for people who already wear glasses since it means they have to wear two pairs while at the theater. That, or spend the next two hours squinting at the action on screen. So designers Lucy Jung and Daejin Ahn came up with a rather ingenius solution. Their Stix concept is a…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Bird eggs evolved a different color in just 40 years

Cuckoo finches are bad news to other birds. They are brood parasites, meaning they lay eggs in other species’s nests to trick their victims into raising the finches’ children as their own. This kicked off a supercharged evolutionary arms race. A frequent target of the cuckoo finch is the tawny-flanked prinia. To defend against these…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

These Adorable Portable Bluetooth Speakers Can Also Charge Your Phone

People love the Jambox, a cute, portable Bluetooth speaker that don’t cost too much money. It’s been so successful, in fact, that it’s unsurprising to see similar products crop up. Like these new Braven Bluetooth speakers, which manage to look quite similar to while costing a touch less and throw some handy new features in…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

BlackMagic Cinema Camera: Whopping 2.5K Resolution for Under $3000

Post-production hardware and software company Black Magic Design has just announced their entry in the camera-making business with their Cinema Camera. The cam rocks 2.5K recording in RAW formats, meaning the image won’t suffer due to in-camera compression and will presumably preserve extremely broad dynamic range. More impressive, though, is the price tag. The Cinema…

Tech News Michael Hession

South Korea unveils robotic prison guards, promises futuristic cavity searches

To round out their drug-sniffing clone dog army, South Korean authorities are now experimenting with robotic prison guards. Lest you think these cyber-wardens will be equipped with gatling guns in the style of Robocop’s ED-209, know that this alarm-equipped bot has more in common with the Death Star’s delivery droids. https://gizmodo.com/south-korean-airport-fights-drug-smugglers-with-cloned-5846518 Of course, the robots’…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

A Tea Set That Looks So Good You’ll Stop Drinking Coffee

Not liking coffee is pretty much unpatriotic behavior in this country. But hey, can you blame people for not liking the bitter and dehydrating taste? If anti-coffee people (and/or Brits) need their caffeine fix, they turn to tea. And what’s great about tea — or at least what I think is great about tea —…

Tech News Casey Chan

This Week’s TV: A Firefly Reunion! Plus the Documentary They Didn’t Want You to See!

On this week’s TV, Nathan Fillion reunites with his Firefly costar Adam Baldwin — and we have six clips from the episode! Eureka is back, and everything’s changed once again! You can watch the science documentary that was nearly almost deemed too controversial for Americans. John “Q” de Lancie continues his mission to do hilariously…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

How To Set Up a Complete Home Recording Studio for Under $2,000

Developments in audio mixing and editing software make it easier than ever for a talented, technically capable musician to add professional polish to amateur audio. No degree in sound engineering? No problem! Of course, building a home studio takes more than just user-friendly software—you’ll need microphones, a headset, instruments, cables, a way to record drums,…

Tech News John Brandon

Sprint’s Galaxy Nexus Will Launch Next Week for $100 Less Than Verizon Model

Sprint announced today that the Galaxy Nexus will arrive on its network next week. Google’s flagship Ice Cream Sandwich device will hit stores on April 22, with preorders starting now. With an upgrade or the addition of a new line, it’s $199, $100 cheaper than the Verizon model. If you activate a Google Wallet account…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Asus Fixes Transformer Prime by Making Transformer Prime Look Idiotic

Asus’ super-powerful silver bullet Android tablet had one big problem: its GPS sucked. So Asus, instead of issuing replacement hardware that didn’t suck, is handing out fat, ugly dongle attachments. Oh, and they block the tablet’s dock connector, too. Sweet! https://gizmodo.com/asus-transformer-prime-review-the-android-tablet-youve-5873393 Land of Droid, which says the GPS booster “works very good,” has exclusive shots…

Tech News Sam Biddle

The new trailer for the TRON: Uprising cartoon is already better than Tron: Legacy

Before Flynn’s son snuck onto the grid to rescue his electric guru father, there was a DayGlo uprising. Disney’s latest Tron animated series — which features the voice talents of Elijah Wood, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Mandy Moore, Lance Henriksen, and Paul Reubens — shows what happened leading up to the reign of Clu (a.k.a. Flynn’s program…

Trailers Meredith Woerner

Uncanny Valley masks transform you into a beautiful nightmare

Designer Meike Harde has printed out a series of two-dimensional masks of attractive human features that — when skewed by the contours of the actual face — become positively repellent. The flawless (albeit substitute) eyes and lips meld with the exposed skin, and these perfect traits become imperfect and downright macabre. Explains Harde of this…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

The Cleveland Corkscrew Will Help Power the Indians’ Next Losing Season

The most exciting thing to happen to the Cleveland Indians this season isn’t on the baseball diamond. The newly patented turbine on Progressive Field’s rim could make urban wind farms a reality and help relieve Cleveland’s economic woes. Mounted on a steel base on the ballpark’s southeastern rim, the helical wind turbine is designed to…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

When black holes shoot their jets directly at Earth

Blazars are a special kind of black hole – the kind with jets that are pointing right towards us! They’re white hot and heading our way, but the only way we can spot them is with cool infrared telescopes. Take a look at the black holes that blaze. The Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE,…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Happy Memories Become Less Special If You Talk About Them

iPhone DSLR Mount: So Much Missed Potential

What Is The New Aesthetic?

Texts From Drone Is Your New Favorite Tumblr

Incredible video shows how 100 years of shipping changed the world from 1750-1850

Turns Out Some Glaciers Are Actually Getting Bigger

Peelable Polarized Lenses Turn Any Specs Into 3D Glasses

Bird eggs evolved a different color in just 40 years

These Adorable Portable Bluetooth Speakers Can Also Charge Your Phone

BlackMagic Cinema Camera: Whopping 2.5K Resolution for Under $3000

South Korea unveils robotic prison guards, promises futuristic cavity searches

A Tea Set That Looks So Good You’ll Stop Drinking Coffee

This Week’s TV: A Firefly Reunion! Plus the Documentary They Didn’t Want You to See!

How To Set Up a Complete Home Recording Studio for Under $2,000

Sprint’s Galaxy Nexus Will Launch Next Week for $100 Less Than Verizon Model

Asus Fixes Transformer Prime by Making Transformer Prime Look Idiotic

The new trailer for the TRON: Uprising cartoon is already better than Tron: Legacy

Uncanny Valley masks transform you into a beautiful nightmare

The Cleveland Corkscrew Will Help Power the Indians’ Next Losing Season

When black holes shoot their jets directly at Earth

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