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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 Apr 16 '12

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 Apr 16 '12

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 Apr 16 '12

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 Apr 16 '12

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 Apr 16 '12

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 Apr 16 '12

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 Apr 16 '12

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 Apr 16 '12

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 Apr 16 '12

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 Apr 16 '12

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 Apr 16 '12

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 Apr 16 '12

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 Apr 16 '12

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 Apr 16 '12

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 Apr 16 '12

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 Apr 16 '12

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 Apr 16 '12

Magnetic Super-Paper Can Shrug Off Water and Bacteria

Without changing its physical or functional properties, researchers at Italy’s Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia have created the superhero of papers that’s waterproof, antibacterial, and magnetic. Which will completely revolutionize how your kids can stick their artwork to the fridge. The secret lies with a special mixture of individual molecules, or monomers, in paper fiber and…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Apr 16 '12

Here’s What Future Ultrabooks Will Look Like

Intel has released a chart detailing what the next wave of ultrabooks can include, giving a pretty good hint as to what the next round of machines might look like. For example, a VGA connector won’t fit into the 15mm (0.60-inch) super-slender laptop, and as far as memory goes, it has room for a 2.5-inch…

Tech News Leslie Horn Apr 16 '12

The most beautiful toxins in the world

Seen from above, these tailing ponds look like shimmering, blue jewels. They flow cross the barren Utah landscape, full of byproducts from industrial processes and mining. A tailing pond is basically an outdoor toxic liquid holding tank, and environmentalists have argued that they are destroying ecosystems. Over at Environmental Graffiti, Simone Pruess has put together…

io9 Annalee Newitz Apr 16 '12

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

Magnetic Super-Paper Can Shrug Off Water and Bacteria

Here’s What Future Ultrabooks Will Look Like

The most beautiful toxins in the world

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