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Foxconn (Predictably) Reneges on Their Statements Regarding the Apple HDTV

Remember when Foxconn got loose lips and started popping off about a certain Apple HDTV that’s in development? Seems like someone at Apple put the fear of god into its manufacturing partner, because all of a sudden, Foxconn is claiming that they had “neither confirmed, nor speculated” about any such thing. Yeah, OK. https://gizmodo.com/apple-television-set-confirmed-by-foxconn-boss-5909531 TheNextWeb…

Tech News Adrian Covert May 14 '12

The Cheapest Ways to Save the World

Ask a bunch of the world’s best economists—including four Nobel laureates—how to make the world a better place, and they don’t just blurt out an answer. They take their time, weigh up impact-per-dollar and make careful decisions. And this is what they came up with. The best part? We can totally do it. While many,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe May 14 '12

7 Snow White and the Huntsman clips show off the Evil Queen’s secret weapon

Holy crap do we want to ride the giant white stag Kristen Stewart is petting in these new Snow White and the Huntsman clips. The more fantasy elements director Rupert Sanders starts revealing, the more we’re starting to swoon over tiny green pixies and The Queen’s magical army of broken glass people. Even though this…

Movies Meredith Woerner May 14 '12

Is Apple Planning Its Own Photo-Sharing Service?

A message to Facebook’s billion-dollar baby, Instagram: Look out, because Apple might have you in the crosshairs. The Wall Street Journal claims Cupertino is working on a photo-sharing option to be revealed in June at WWDC. https://gizmodo.com/facebooks-buying-instagram-for-a-billion-dollars-5900352 The new service would be part of an upgrade to iCloud, and it would presumably work with Photo…

Tech News Leslie Horn May 14 '12

NASA Astronauts Are Training for Missions to Asteroids

The Moon? Boring. Mars? Meh. The next giant leap for mankind won’t come in the form of an interplanetary trip, but rather a quest to the pile of rocks which weren’t quite good enough to become planets. Yup, asteroids. And NASA’s already started training for the trip. The idea behind visiting an asteroid is that…

Space & Spaceflight Adrian Covert May 14 '12

Dinosaurs! DNA! Space Shuttles! 10 Things to Make With Your 3-D Printer

It’ll probably be a few more years before 3-D printing begins revolutionizing the world of retail, but it’s already making a sizable splash in today’s DIY community. For around 1500 bucks, it’s now possible to get your hands on a consumer-grade 3-D printer that’s capable of churning out some pretty cool objects. https://gizmodo.com/10-futuristic-places-to-shop-5900548 https://gizmodo.com/this-cube-made-of-gears-shouldnt-work-but-it-does-5867151 So…

io9 Joseph Flaherty - Wired Design May 14 '12

How Scientists Suck the Salt Out of Seawater With Electricity

Potable water is both a finite and renewable resource. While it is infinitely recyclable, the Earth’s stores of fresh water at any point are limited. So when humanity’s booming populations drain these reserves faster than they can be replenished, shit gets real. And this is how we fix it. The best way to overcome our…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola May 14 '12

Time Warner Cable CEO Somehow Has No Idea What AirPlay Is

You’d think the head of a gigantic company that makes money from technology and TV would know what AirPlay is, right? Or how an Apple TV works? One or the other? No? Enjoy today’s edition of Oblivious Rich White Guy. Glenn A. Britt, quasi-monopolist and “enthusiastic Apple customer” confessed his frustration with cable TV to…

Tech News Sam Biddle May 14 '12

Is the U.K. the world’s most advanced country when it comes to digital music?

It’s inevitable that digital music you access online is eventually going to replace most CDs. But when is the shift going to happen? Apparently, it’s happening in some countries a lot faster than others. Over at paidContent, a site devoted to analyzing the economics of digital content, Robert Andrews breaks down digital music sales country-by-country,…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 14 '12

Is This the Trippiest Image Ever Taken In Space? Most Probably

This image made at the International Space Station is not your usual ISS image. No firing auroras. No gleaming cities. No fuming catastrophes or crispy deserts or psychedelic rivers or turquoise seas. It looks as if the ISS were about to jump into hyperspace. I look at it and I’m expecting the rest of a…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz May 14 '12

Let’s Give Plywood the Respect It Deserves

Mundane but essential materials like plywood rarely get the recognition they deserve. Why shouldn’t something so ubiquitous and just damn useful get its own short film? The usage and handling of plywood is the subject of this short fim by artist Tom Sachs. Watch it to learn about the essential characteristics and proper handling of…

Tech News Michael Hession May 14 '12

The Brontosaurus model from the original King Kong looks cooler today than it did 80 years ago

Over on Dinosaur Tracking, Brian Switek has posted this most excellent photograph of the robo-zombified head of the Brontosaurus model from the original, 1933 King Kong. The mock-up now resides at The Dinosaur Museum in Blanding, Utah. Call us crazy, but we think this model looks even cooler in its decomposed state than it did…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez May 14 '12

This Week’s TV: The One Hour of Television You Definitely Shouldn’t Miss! Plus 6 Season Finales!

This week on television, there are six huge season finales. Tron: Uprising’s first episode gets its television debut! Syfy has its most ridiculous “mockbuster” TV movie of all time. And there’s one hour of television that we’re recommending you absolutely must not miss, under any circumstances. Click through for details — including clips from the…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 14 '12

Unedited: When Everyone Told Me I Was Super Dumb for Loving This ‘Idiotic’ Dip Bowl

Sometimes an invention comes along that’s ahead of its time. It presents a different way of looking at things that many find scary, hard to accept, or just downright confusing. Such was the case with the Dip Clip. A simple $12 clip-on bowl that attaches to a larger bowl of chips, ensuring a delicious dip…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski May 14 '12

Here’s the New Fastest Wireless Router You Can Buy For Your House

Buffalo just put a new Wi-Fi router on store shelves, and it’s so fast you can’t really use it with anything. But on paper it is so great and fast. The AirStation WZR-D1800H (sexy!) router uses the brand new 802.11ac spec, which is a big technical step beyond 802.11n, the current obscurely named wireless champion…

Tech News Sam Biddle May 14 '12

Hard Drive-Annihilating Microwave Blasts Your Data With a Single Zap

We already know how the DoD wipes its hard drives. It’s effective, but it takes time. This weapons-grade data nuke instantaneously sends your disks back to the Stone Age in a flash with the push of a button. https://gizmodo.com/wipe-your-hard-drive-dod-clean-5905223 Developed by Platform of Japan, Data Killer whitewashes a hard drives—or any other magnetic media like…

Privacy & Security Mario Aguilar May 14 '12

The Solar Power Eye Implant Which Restores Sight

Electronic implants which restore sight to the blind aren’t anything new, but one of their major stumbling blocks has been the need for an external power source. Now, that’s about to change, because a team of researchers has built a digital implant out of infrared-slurping photovoltaic pixels—so it can power itself. https://gizmodo.com/electronic-implant-allows-the-blind-to-see-5680086 Digital eye implants…

Health Jamie Condliffe May 14 '12

After the Singularity, heaven will be filled with pop-up ads

Taking cues from Jim Munroe’s Everyone in Silico and Rudy Rucker’s Postsingular, Tom Scott (previously) put together this deliciously twisted short animation Welcome to Life. Scott describes this film as “a science fiction story about what you see when you die. Or: the Singularity, ruined by lawyers.” I’m loving the bit about memories of copyrighted…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar May 14 '12

Stream Music to Every Radio in the House—Cheap!

You can broadcast streaming Internet music throughout a house over Wi-Fi using products from Sonos or Grace Digital. But it gets expensive. Instead, why not make send the tunes to the basic FM radios you already own? The simplest way of accomplishing a task is usually the best way to do it. Sound familiar? To…

Tech News William Gurstelle May 14 '12

Game of Thrones Week 7: The More People You Love, the Weaker You Are

Leave it to Queen Cersei to come out with a brilliant bit of life advice. You have no choice but to love your children, but you should love as few other people as possible, if you want to be powerful and free. Last night’s Game of Thrones saw several characters flirting with huge betrayals —…

Television Charlie Jane Anders May 14 '12

Foxconn (Predictably) Reneges on Their Statements Regarding the Apple HDTV

The Cheapest Ways to Save the World

7 Snow White and the Huntsman clips show off the Evil Queen’s secret weapon

Is Apple Planning Its Own Photo-Sharing Service?

NASA Astronauts Are Training for Missions to Asteroids

Dinosaurs! DNA! Space Shuttles! 10 Things to Make With Your 3-D Printer

How Scientists Suck the Salt Out of Seawater With Electricity

Time Warner Cable CEO Somehow Has No Idea What AirPlay Is

Is the U.K. the world’s most advanced country when it comes to digital music?

Is This the Trippiest Image Ever Taken In Space? Most Probably

Let’s Give Plywood the Respect It Deserves

The Brontosaurus model from the original King Kong looks cooler today than it did 80 years ago

This Week’s TV: The One Hour of Television You Definitely Shouldn’t Miss! Plus 6 Season Finales!

Unedited: When Everyone Told Me I Was Super Dumb for Loving This ‘Idiotic’ Dip Bowl

Here’s the New Fastest Wireless Router You Can Buy For Your House

Hard Drive-Annihilating Microwave Blasts Your Data With a Single Zap

The Solar Power Eye Implant Which Restores Sight

After the Singularity, heaven will be filled with pop-up ads

Stream Music to Every Radio in the House—Cheap!

Game of Thrones Week 7: The More People You Love, the Weaker You Are

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