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Run Like You’re on the Moon

What if you only weighed a fraction of what you actually do? You could run so fast. You could take an immense amount of pressure off your knees while still getting a workout. You could focus entirely on your form. And what if, as easily as you took the weight away, you could add it…

Tech News Brent Rose May 23 '12

Google Glasses Still Make You Look Nerdy

If you’re Katy Perry, you’ll look dumb wearing the Google Glasses—at least in their current prototype form. And unfortunately, being a Google billionaire won’t make it any easier to pull off the look, either. Larry. Larry… https://gizmodo.com/do-you-care-how-ugly-the-google-glasses-are-5899190 TechCrunch was tipped off by someone in Page’s London audience, where he strutted around stage with the futuristic…

Tech News Sam Biddle May 23 '12

Cancel Out the Distractions of the World With Tivoli’s New Headphones

Seemingly bored with just cranking out radios, Tivoli has shifted their focus onto the headphone space, particularly noise-cancelling headphones. The Radio Silenz headphones take Tivoli’s decades of experience and siphon it into a product they hope will please ears. The Radio Silenz headphones feature 40mm drivers enclosed in wood and attached onto a folding headband…

Tech News Adrian Covert May 23 '12

The Creepiest Haunted House in Silicon Valley

In the middle of sprawling Silicon Valley hub San Jose, surrounded by startups and tech campuses, there’s a monstrous anachronism of red-tiled roofs and Victorian curlicues. It’s the 1880s mega-mansion known today as the Winchester Mystery House. Built by heiress Sarah Winchester over a period of almost forty years, the place is an enormous, 6-acre…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 23 '12

This Keyboard Playmat Is Make-Like-Big Deal of the Day

Musicianship and long jump, combined at last! This is the keyboard is what you’ve all been dreaming of since Tom Hanks went all Chop Sticks with Robert Loggia in BIG. Unless you’re weren’t around when that movie came out, in which case this is probably a great gift for yourself. You can step out some…

Tech News Andrew James May 23 '12

The three main problems with sexual reproduction, as explained by science

Over at PLoS Biology, biologist Denis Roze has a fascinating article introducing a question that may at first seem obvious, but is in fact one of the enduring mysteries of biology: Why bother to have sex? People interested in evolutionary biology may already be familiar with the reasons why sexual intercourse is an improbable evolutionary…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 23 '12

Skinny Jeans Are Bad For Your Health

They might be a staple of the well-dressed geek’s wardrobe, but skinny jeans aren’t doing you any favors. In fact, they might be causing you real, physical damage. https://gizmodo.com/skinny-jeans-the-staple-of-a-well-dressed-geeks-wardro-5888014 ABC recently interviewed Dr. Karen Boyle from Greater Baltimore Medical Center, who has recently seen cases of women suffering pain from wearing tight jeans. She explains:…

Health Jamie Condliffe May 23 '12

Experience eight years of breathtaking Saturnian exploration in five minutes

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has been orbiting around Saturn and its various moons since 2004. In that time, it’s collected thousands upon thousands of awe-inspiring images of the ringed planet and its satellites. From time to time, someone with the requisite patience, dedication and passion pores over this extensive collection of interplanetary photographs and uses them…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez May 23 '12

Tivoli’s Gorgeous Tabletop Radios Now Stream All Your Digital Music via Bluetooth

Known more for crafting well-designed, well-engineered products more than being on the cutting edge of technology, it’s no surprise that Tivoli has been hesitant to join the streaming audio party. But the company just announced the availability of the Pal BT and Model One BT radios, which both come equipped with Bluetooth streaming capabilities. You…

Tech News Adrian Covert May 23 '12

Jury Finds That Google Did Not Infringe Oracle’s Patents (Updated)

After a week of deliberations a jury has returned a verdict in the patent portion of the Google-Android fight to the death. Google is innocent—it did not infringe on two of Oracle’s patents with Android. The lawsuit began in 2010 when Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems, and Oracle sued claiming that Android violated Sun patents and…

Tech News Mario Aguilar May 23 '12

The First Wireless TV Remote Looked and Worked Like a Sci-Fi Ray Gun

As we mourn the passing of Eugene J. Polley, it’s worth taking a look back at his seminal invention that changed how we all lounge about watching TV. But when the first commercial wireless remote control appeared way back in 1955, it bared little resemblance to the remotes we use today. https://gizmodo.com/eugene-polley-inventor-of-the-first-wireless-tv-remote-5912204 In fact, it…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski May 23 '12

Best and Worst Movie Threequels of All Time

When it comes to movie series, the third time is definitely not the charm. Some of the best movies ever made are the second films in a franchise — but it’s a rare third film that achieves true greatness. This Friday sees the release of Men in Black III, and everybody’s wondering if it can…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders May 23 '12

What Jony Ive Wishes He Could Say About Apple’s User Interfaces

Jony Ive has been knighted by the Q of E. There’s an interview in yesterday’s Daily Telegraph in which he talks about the horrible user interface design that has been invading Apple’s apps and operating systems for a while—which goes against everything he stands for. https://gizmodo.com/mountain-lion-review-what-happened-to-apples-innovatio-5888597 Yes, I’m talking about skeuomorphism. Or, as I like…

Tech News Jesus Diaz May 23 '12

The Original RickRoll’d YouTube Video Has Been Taken Down

Rickrolling is one of the hall of fame pranks in Internet history, a testament to the ridiculousness of every URL ever sent and a phenomenon that will hopefully be understood by our children. But now it’s no more. The original RickRoll’d video, that of 61 million views, has been taken down from YouTube. Update: It’s…

Tech News Casey Chan May 23 '12

The Navy’s Wooden Avengers Are Real-Life Mine Sweepers

The Strait of Hormuz is one of the most strategically important stretches of water on Earth. Though just 29 miles wide, it accommodates the passage of 20 percent of the world’s oil. Were Iran to plant sea mines there (again), global trade would be severely affected. Luckily, the Strait is defended by the Avengers—not the…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola May 23 '12

Concept art from Syfy’s Space Western Defiance shows off future St. Louis

Take a good long look at Syfy’s massive multiplayer online game/television series Defiance. It’s been called a space western, an immigrant drama, and a dystopian drama, but one thing is for certain — this is a sizable undertaking by Syfy. The channel hopes to simultaneously blend together an online roleplaying game with the show’s weekly…

Television Meredith Woerner May 23 '12

Watch This Man Survive a 2,400 Foot Skydive With No Parachute

A British guy has just become the first person to jump out of a helicopter without a parachute—and live. With the aid of a modified wing suit that made him look like a human sugar glider, he took a 2,400-foot jump from a helicopter and landed on a soft runway of 18,000 cardboard boxes. Even…

Tech News Leslie Horn May 23 '12

Seriously cute dresses inspired by costumes from The Avengers

Superhero fan Robinade has wowed Tumblr with her amazing dress designs in the past, and now she’s got a new collection to celebrate the recent Avengers flick. You can see the backs of these dresses, and more designs on Robinade’s Tumblr. I can’t decide whether I’d rather have the Hulk’s dress or Cap’s. Maybe Fury’s?…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 23 '12

Mechanical Matchmaking: The Science of Love in the 1920s

Online dating sites like eHarmony and OkCupid claim they can find you the perfect romantic match by using algorithms. These kinds of sites have catchy slogans like “date smarter, not harder,” implying that they’ve finally perfected a scientific approach to matchmaking. Just answer a few questions, and their super-secret love science will find the person…

Tech News Matt Novak May 23 '12

How to Destroy the Internet

Remember when Anonymous threatened to destroy the entire internet? We laughed, and ultimately their words were just hacker hubris. But it got us thinking—could someone actually destroy the Internet? We did some digging, and guess what: With enough effort, the entire thing can be shattered. Physically. Completely. Here’s how to kill the net. Before we…

Tech News Sam Biddle May 23 '12

Run Like You’re on the Moon

Google Glasses Still Make You Look Nerdy

Cancel Out the Distractions of the World With Tivoli’s New Headphones

The Creepiest Haunted House in Silicon Valley

This Keyboard Playmat Is Make-Like-Big Deal of the Day

The three main problems with sexual reproduction, as explained by science

Skinny Jeans Are Bad For Your Health

Experience eight years of breathtaking Saturnian exploration in five minutes

Tivoli’s Gorgeous Tabletop Radios Now Stream All Your Digital Music via Bluetooth

Jury Finds That Google Did Not Infringe Oracle’s Patents (Updated)

The First Wireless TV Remote Looked and Worked Like a Sci-Fi Ray Gun

Best and Worst Movie Threequels of All Time

What Jony Ive Wishes He Could Say About Apple’s User Interfaces

The Original RickRoll’d YouTube Video Has Been Taken Down

The Navy’s Wooden Avengers Are Real-Life Mine Sweepers

Concept art from Syfy’s Space Western Defiance shows off future St. Louis

Watch This Man Survive a 2,400 Foot Skydive With No Parachute

Seriously cute dresses inspired by costumes from The Avengers

Mechanical Matchmaking: The Science of Love in the 1920s

How to Destroy the Internet

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