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Spider silk could be the secret ingredient in tomorrow’s electronics

When most people encounter a computer with cobweb-covered insides, they reach for a can of pressurized air. But that could soon change. Researchers have discovered that spider silk conducts heat more efficiently than almost any other material on Earth; which means the day could be fast approaching when spider webs actually belong on your electronics.…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

The New iPad in Just Five Minutes

See that? It’s everything Apple thinks you should know about the iPad in just over five minutes. And while its spec highlights—retina display, a quad-core A5x chip—are impressive, the ultimate message is clear: this is something you use everywhere, for everything, all the time. Sure, you’re always going to look goofy using your iPad as…

Tech News Brian Barrett

iTunes 10.6 Download Will Be Available Today

We’ve got iPads smeared all over our bodies today, but there’s also some other new stuff sneaking out of Cupertino. Like iTunes 10.6, which looks like it’s going to be up for download later today. [Apple via Cult of Mac]

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Will the director of Chronicle really film Sony’s big-budget Venom movie?

With the Andrew Garfield Spider-Man reboot coming soon, it’s no wonder that Sony is sniffing around for more Spidey-related films to shoot. Rumor has it they still want a big-budgeted Venom flick, and they want Chronicle’s Josh Trank to direct it. The LA Times is reporting that Sony is in the process of wooing Trank…

Movies Meredith Woerner

I Kissed an iPad and I Liked It

We thought Dave Pell’s musings on the original iPad in 2010 still ring true today, so we figured we’d share. Enjoy. When I woke up this morning, the last thing I wanted to do was cheat on my laptop. She accepts me, never complains that I bring her everywhere or that I still type with…

Tech News Dave Pell

Victorian Star Trek daguerrotypes reveal a lost time-travel mission of the Enterprise

Did Captain Kirk and his crew get thrown back in time to the Nineteenth Century at some point, and have to integrate themselves with Victorian society to survive? Some new Star Trek photomanipulations by Rabittooth certainly seem to be compelling evidence for that proposition. The Victorian Trek images are some of the coolest Trek fan…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The iPad 2 Lives On and Gets a Price Cut: Now Only $400

Just like how Apple sells the previous generation iPhones for cheap after a new iPhone is released, the iPad 2 is going to live on even with the new iPad and its Retina display glory taking all the shine. Think of it as the lower end tablet that’s better than any other tablet except for…

Tech News Casey Chan

iWork and iLife Apps Updated, iPhoto Now Available For iOS

To take advantage of its fancy new retina display, higher res camera, and boosted processor, the iWork and iLife apps for iOS have all been updated today. And since that new display will make working with photos a treat, Apple also introduced an iOS version of iPhoto. While they weren’t demo’d at today’s event, the…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The New iPad Comparison: How It Stacks Up to Other Leading Tablets

Well, it’s finally here, Apple’s new hotness. But how does it compare to the new hotness from Asus, Samsung, Amazon, BlackBerry, or heck, the iPad 2? We’ve got you covered with this head-to-head spec sheet. Clearly the toughest competitor in this chart is the Asus Transformer Infinity. The new iPad has it beaten on pixels…

Tech News Brent Rose

How John Carter’s Martian Pet Woola Became the Cutest Movie Creature in Years

John Carter might have Martians, flying ships and sexy young lads with long hair — but the real star of the show is his giant hound, Woola. So when we sat down with director Andrew Stanton at the John Carter junket, we found out everything we possibly could about the speedy pooch who will stole…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Tweets can now be cited as evidence in academic papers

Devotees of arbitrary style guidelines, rejoice! According to the Modern Language Association, there is now a designated format for citing a tweet in an academic paper: Begin the entry in the works-cited list with the author’s real name and, in parentheses, user name, if both are known and they differ. If only the user name…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

How to make frighteningly realistic masks of human faces

YouTube is rife with cosplay creations that straddle the line between sort of impressive and unmitigated nightmare fuel. YouTube crafter zjchgf specializes in building masks of gleefully sinister women frozen silent mid-grin. There’s a video tutorial above. With a few friends with money to burn, you too can reenact the music video for Aphex Twin’s…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Galaxies are smashing into each other all over this cluster

This is the Hercules galaxy cluster, located relatively close to us at just 500 million light-years away. But the way its galaxies are colliding with each other makes it look like a throwback to the chaos of the early universe. This new image from the European Southern Observatory gives us our best look yet at…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Inside Apple’s A5X Chipset: Dual-Core CPU, Quad-Core GPU

With the announcement of the iPad 3, came the announcement of a new processor: the A5x chipset with (presumably) a dual-core CPU and quad-core GPU. The A5X is more powerful to be sure, but should we think of it as a next-generation chip, or merely a spec bump? AnandTech believes that the A5X is running…

Tech News Adrian Covert

The New iPad’s Beautiful New Retina Display: 1,000,000 More Pixels than HDTV

Retina display! It’s a buzzword, but unlike other buzzwords, it’s worth caring about. Your iPhone 4 has one, and now your new iPad will too. So what’s the big deal? It’s the new iPad’s best new feature. Read on. The New iPad’s resolution is boosted… Current iPads have a display resolution of 1024×768. That was…

Tech News Sam Biddle

New iPad: The Third Generation

The new iPad is here. Apple’s new tablet computer has arrived and its ultra-sharp 2048 x 1536 pixel Retina display is enough to set it apart from anyone else. It’s almost like looking at a glossy magazine page. It also has much more powerful guts, with a much faster processor, graphics and more memory. And…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The Next Apple TV: Finally Big Beautiful HD

The Apple TV is a lovely little device, and the newest version puts extra emphasis on those adjectives: the pushes out a gorgeous, crisp 1080p picture in the same teensy package. This is so, so long overdue. Until now, the Apple TV has been stuck at 720p, which, although still considered “HD,” has lost a…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Could Humans Evolve into a Giant Hive Mind?

It’s a theme that crops up a lot in science fiction. Humans encounter a group where everybody behaves like they’re part of an ant or bee colony: Each individual is prepared to sacrifice everything, including their lives, for the survival of the group. Star Trek’s assimilating aliens, the Borg, are just one of many examples…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Information Overload Is A Recurring Fear

A 1971 essay in The Futurist magazine opened with some alarming numbers. The average city, it said, now had six television channels. But, the author warned, there was already one city planning 42 channels and in the future, there could even be places that support 80, 100 or 200 channels. Where will it end, the…

Tech News Matt Novak

An eReader from 1935

1935: The world’s first parking meters appear. T.E. Lawrence dies in a motorcycle accident. The nation of Libya is formed. In other news, “Everyday Science and Mechanics” magazine published their vision of the future of reading. Hello, iPad grandpa. Smithsonian’s Paleofuture blog brings us this wonderful little concept, which, unlike the iPad to be released…

Books & Comics Sam Biddle

Spider silk could be the secret ingredient in tomorrow’s electronics

The New iPad in Just Five Minutes

iTunes 10.6 Download Will Be Available Today

Will the director of Chronicle really film Sony’s big-budget Venom movie?

I Kissed an iPad and I Liked It

Victorian Star Trek daguerrotypes reveal a lost time-travel mission of the Enterprise

The iPad 2 Lives On and Gets a Price Cut: Now Only $400

iWork and iLife Apps Updated, iPhoto Now Available For iOS

The New iPad Comparison: How It Stacks Up to Other Leading Tablets

How John Carter’s Martian Pet Woola Became the Cutest Movie Creature in Years

Tweets can now be cited as evidence in academic papers

How to make frighteningly realistic masks of human faces

Galaxies are smashing into each other all over this cluster

Inside Apple’s A5X Chipset: Dual-Core CPU, Quad-Core GPU

The New iPad’s Beautiful New Retina Display: 1,000,000 More Pixels than HDTV

New iPad: The Third Generation

The Next Apple TV: Finally Big Beautiful HD

Could Humans Evolve into a Giant Hive Mind?

Information Overload Is A Recurring Fear

An eReader from 1935

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