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HTC One X and Evo 4G LTE Finally Clear Customs

Earlier this month, HTC announced that its stock of HTC One X and Evo 4G LTE handsets were indefinitely delayed at US Customs for investigation of an Apple patent infringement. If you’re still desperate to get hold of one, good news: they’ve been cleared to pass through and go on sale. https://gizmodo.com/htc-one-x-and-evo-4g-lte-indefinitely-delayed-by-patent-5910693 According to The…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe May 30 '12

Apple CEO Tim Cook on Steve Jobs, TVs, and Hollywood

This evening, at AllThingsD’s D10 Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, Tim Cook spoke with Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg, both technology columnists at the Wall Street Journal and co-executive editors at AllThingsD, in what was only the second-ever public interview for Apple’s newly appointed CEO. Below are choice quotes Cook gave on topics ranging…

Tech News Molly Oswaks May 30 '12

Peter Griffin on E, Enough Acid to Kill an Elephant, and the Best Paintball Fight of All Time

Paintball Warfare Devin Graham, the guy what did the Trike Drifting video, has teamed up with the Nitro Circus crew for an all-out game of Capture the Flag. This looks almost too fun. https://gizmodo.com/trike-drifting-is-the-best-thing-to-ever-happen-on-thre-5889490 Did You Know Your Trash Is a Treasure Trove of Weapons Waiting To Happen? Sticks and stones may break my bones,…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola May 30 '12

Mitt Romney’s New App Misspells America, Twitter Goes Wild

Mitt Romney’s new iPhone app, With Mitt, “lets you customize photos with a variety of Mitt-inspired artistic frames.” Slogans like “Believe in America,” “Obama Isn’t Working,” and “I’m a Mom for Mitt” are just a few of the Mitt-tastic phrases that can be slapped on your iPhone photos, proudly pronouncing your support of the GOP…

Tech News Molly Oswaks May 29 '12

Filthy Best Western Is Equipping Its Housekeeping Crew with Forensics-Detection Devices

Black lights and ultraviolet light wands—typical tools of the trade, if you’re a forensic investigator on the look out for germy DNA and body fluid stains—will be wielded by the housekeeping crews at all 2,200 North American hotels in the Best Western chain by the end of 2012. Reasonable conclusion: filth and grime abound at…

Tech News Molly Oswaks May 29 '12

US Govt. Ordered to Disclose Crucial Evidence in Case Against Megaupload

Dearly departed piracy platform Megaupload won a crucial battle, today, against the US Government. A New Zealand court has ruled, in an 81-page decision, that all evidence against Kim “Dotcom” Schlitz and his Megaupload minions be disclosed, allowing for the defense to see the extent to which the US will be able to back up…

Tech News Molly Oswaks May 29 '12

The Steampunk Bar(tender) That You Never Have to Tip

This mechanical wet bar—called the “Green Bar” for its structural reliance on mostly recycled wood—is the work of self-taught mixed-media artist Dale Mathis. Mathis’s works derive inspiration from the fantasy designs of H.G. Wells and Jules Verne, Salvado Dali and Edmonia Lewis. Having been raised surrounded by gangs and crime, his creations “speak from the…

Tech News Molly Oswaks May 29 '12

Picture of the Day: May 29, 2012

BIG PARTY TIME | Amazing art by Swedish artist Kilian Eng, whose work we’ve featured before. Check out a gallery, with an article on over at Fast Company Design. https://gizmodo.com/picture-of-the-day-november-30-2011-5864016 Want to read today’s io9 stories a different way? Check out our blog view. Or visit Observation Deck, our general discussion forum.

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 29 '12

Fleets of SARTRE Cars Will Band Together in Self-Driving “Road Trains”

There are definite advantages from convoying behind big-rigs on long drives—and not just the fuel savings. If this new networked-vehicle system comes to fruition, riding behind Smokey will also enable your car to drive itself. The SARTRE (Safe Road Trains for the Environment) project by Volvo, which has been in the works since 2009, aims…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola May 29 '12

Is new Doctor Who more literary than old Doctor Who?

Many people prefer the newer Doctor Who series, masterminded by Russell T. Davies and then Steven Moffat, to the “classic” version from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Is that just a matter of taste and production values, or is the newer version more literary and thus more deserving of love? Writing in the New Yorker,…

Television Charlie Jane Anders May 29 '12

Egyptian Teenager Invents New Space Propulsion System Based On Quantum Physics

Precocious young physicist Aisha Mustafa just patented a new system that could propel spacecrafts to the final frontier without using a drop of fuel. In short her system taps one of the odder facets of quantum theory, which posits that space isn’t really a vacuum. It’s really filled with particles and anti-particles that exist for…

Space & Spaceflight Mario Aguilar May 29 '12

Sergey Brin Finally Lets Someone Else Wear Google Glass

Sergey Brin has once again hit the town with Project Glass – but this time he let someone else wear Google’s augmented reality headset. California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom wore the specs on The Gavin Newsom Show, and later told Wired about his brief experience with one of the world’s most rarefied pieces of technology.…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin - Wired May 29 '12

Museum of Endangered Sounds Ensures Your Kids Will Know What a VCR Sounded Like

Its collection isn’t exactly what we’d call comprehensive just yet, but one day the Museum of Endangered Sounds could be the de-facto place to go to teach your kids about technologies of yesteryear. Or at least teach them what those technologies sounded like. Hearing Speak & Spell’s cold synthetic voice ironically still brings a nostalgic…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski May 29 '12

How do you really know what time it is?

Why can’t you tell when an hour has passed without looking at a watch? Why are you able to do three things at once? Does coffee make time go faster? Neuroscientsts explain how our brains tell time – or don’t. It was a familiar feeling of surprise and dismay. Looking at the clock on my…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 29 '12

Cordless Reading Lamp Is Powered by Its Own Moving Parts

Summer is soon approaching, as does the occasional blackout when local power grids can’t keep up with power-sucking air conditioners. And the next time your home loses electricity, you can at least stay entertained by reading—even in the dark—with this lovely lamp that runs completely off the grid. While most cordless lamps rely on rechargeable…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski May 29 '12

Michael Dorn wants to write and star in a low-budget Star Trek movie

Have we seen the last of Worf? Not if Michael Dorn gets his way. The Star Trek: The Next Generation star wants to make a brand new low-budget movie, either direct to DVD or for cable TV. He’s writing it himself — he’s already started — and he thinks it could go alongside the big…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders May 29 '12

Create Custom Discs Full of New Music for Fisher Price’s Iconic Toy Record Player

If you grew up sometime between the mid-70s and 80s you probably instantly recognize these plastic discs. They played songs like “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” on Fisher Price’s plastic toy record player, but if you have access to a milling machine did you know you can actually create your own custom discs? That’s exactly what…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski May 29 '12

Climate change ended one of the great ancient civilizations

The Indus or Harappan Civilization was one of the greatest societies in the ancient world. Contemporary with Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, its population is thought to have made up 10% of the world at one point. Yet, between 3900 and 3000 years ago, the cities crumbled and the people disappeared. What went wrong, and what…

io9 Tim Barribeau May 29 '12

Music Unlimited: Sony’s Streaming Service Hits the iPhone

When it comes to streaming music, you’ve got all kinds of subscription services to chose from these days—Mog, Rdio, Spotify, and more. Music Unlimited is Sony’s offering, and today its iOS app landed in the App Store. What does it do? It works very similar to other similar services. You can stream music to your…

Tech News Leslie Horn May 29 '12

Do Fire Flowers Still Work In This Awesome Super Mario Aquarium?

We’re completely blown away by Redditor jennyleighb’s amazing Super Mario Bros.-themed aquarium. But we can’t help but wonder why when going to all the trouble of recreating these tiny structures and characters they didn’t choose one of the underwater levels instead? Either way, their creation, which was made from custom painted Lego, is all kinds…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski May 29 '12

HTC One X and Evo 4G LTE Finally Clear Customs

Apple CEO Tim Cook on Steve Jobs, TVs, and Hollywood

Peter Griffin on E, Enough Acid to Kill an Elephant, and the Best Paintball Fight of All Time

Mitt Romney’s New App Misspells America, Twitter Goes Wild

Filthy Best Western Is Equipping Its Housekeeping Crew with Forensics-Detection Devices

US Govt. Ordered to Disclose Crucial Evidence in Case Against Megaupload

The Steampunk Bar(tender) That You Never Have to Tip

Picture of the Day: May 29, 2012

Fleets of SARTRE Cars Will Band Together in Self-Driving “Road Trains”

Is new Doctor Who more literary than old Doctor Who?

Egyptian Teenager Invents New Space Propulsion System Based On Quantum Physics

Sergey Brin Finally Lets Someone Else Wear Google Glass

Museum of Endangered Sounds Ensures Your Kids Will Know What a VCR Sounded Like

How do you really know what time it is?

Cordless Reading Lamp Is Powered by Its Own Moving Parts

Michael Dorn wants to write and star in a low-budget Star Trek movie

Create Custom Discs Full of New Music for Fisher Price’s Iconic Toy Record Player

Climate change ended one of the great ancient civilizations

Music Unlimited: Sony’s Streaming Service Hits the iPhone

Do Fire Flowers Still Work In This Awesome Super Mario Aquarium?

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