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Skywalking: Russian Teens Risk Death for Daredevil Photos

This latest teen photo trend might be the clearest illustration of the difference between Russia and America. We lie down on stuff. They pose, or Skywalk, hundreds of feet in the air with nothing between them and the sudden splat of failure. http://gizmodo.com/5803311/what-is-planking Skywalking is the new Russian planking, basically, but it’s also totally freaking…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Apr 25 '12

The Original Google Phone Was Almost a Blackberry Clone

In the ongoing Google versus Oracle courtroom saga, new documents have emerged detailing an early prototype for an Android smartphone. These images and specs were presented to T-Mobile back in 2006. Thank god Google went back to the drawing board. In 2006, two years before the first commercial Android phone, the Blackerberry was the best…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Apr 25 '12

Time to Enjoy: Find Activities That Fit Your Hectic Schedule

You’ve got a problem: you’re a very busy person, but you’d still like to find time for some fun. Time to Enjoy understands your dilemma, so it integrates with your iPhone calendar to help you find events when you’re available. What does it do? The app taps into your iCal, and searches for events in…

Tech News Leslie Horn Apr 25 '12

This is how Francis Crick dealt with unwanted solicitations following the discovery of DNA

When James Watson and Francis Crick unveiled the double-helical structure of DNA, the pair became international celebrities. But with celebrity, can come a lot of unwanted personal attention. One of the ways Crick dealt with the barrage of letters, personal requests and solicitations that he received throughout the 1960s was the pre-printed, catch-all reply card…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 25 '12

Navy Grounds Drone Copters, Then Spends Quarter-Billion to Buy More

Just weeks after the Navy grounded its favorite fleet of unmanned spy copters, the admirals announced that they’re spending another quarter-billion dollars to buy even more of the drones. Manufacturer Northrop Grumman will get $262,336,248 to provide the Navy with six MQ-8B Fire Scout copters and test two more. The single-sourced contract comes two weeks…

Tech News Sam Biddle Apr 25 '12

Robots are going after your prostate with knives

Knife-wielding robots are increasingly getting unleashed on prostates, a discovery likely to make men everywhere cross their legs. However, our future robot overlords may be gentle with us — it turns out surgery on your prostate that involves the machines seems much safer than surgery without them. Top image: Spencer Platt/Getty Images. The standard procedure…

io9 Charles Choi Apr 25 '12

The Bizarre Object We Believed Was Impossible to Visualize

Mathematicians have now visualized abstract mathematical objects called flat tori — items resembling donuts with corrugated, fractal surfaces. These were thought to be impossible to envision in ordinary 3-D space… until now. To imagine a flat torus, imagine a video game with a wraparound screen — for instance, if you go up the top side,…

io9 Charles Choi Apr 25 '12

Wrap Your iPhone In This Adorable 8-Bit Bumper

Does the iPhone 4’s Retina display make you nostalgic for the days when VGA was the equivalent of cutting-edge graphics? Well Big Big Pixels has the cure with its adorably pixelated 8-Bit bumper case that will transport your iPhone back to the Atari days. It’s just $25, comes with a matching pixelated Apple logo you…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Apr 25 '12

Pakistani baby born with six legs recovering well, following removal of extra limbs

Doctors at Pakistan’s National Institue of Child Health say that a six-legged infant born earlier this month is alive and recovering well, after surgeons removed the baby’s extra limbs in an eight-hour surgery last Thursday. It’s almost hard to believe that the child, who appears otherwise normal in the post-surgery photograph featured up top, was…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 25 '12

Would You Scoop Dog Poop For Free Wi-Fi?

It seems to be the year of finding creative ways to get Wi-Fi outside. First, there was Homeless Hotspots, which offended a lot of people. Now, there are Dogshit Hotspots, which isn’t so much offensive as moderately gross. https://gizmodo.com/homeless-men-turned-into-human-routers-5892443 Creativity Online reports that the Mexican web portal Terra is plotting a new service in 10…

Biology Mario Aguilar Apr 25 '12

The Haiku Fan Is Perfect for Your Apartment or Zendo

Your ceiling fan is something you might not think about until it starts creaking in the night, keeping you from sweet sweet slumber. But it should be more than just a thing attached to your ceiling, collecting dust bunnies. The lovely Haiku is equally sleek and functional, a nice way to circulate the air in…

Tech News Leslie Horn Apr 25 '12

Rocket to the Stars at the 1939 New York World’s Fair

At first glance, the cover of the April 1938 issue of Popular Science magazine looks like a particularly odd vision of the future. Is that a 1930’s rocketship, blasting off into space? What about the door on the right with a clearly marked “EXIT” sign above it? Our Depression-era rocketship is indeed indoors and claims…

Tech News Matt Novak Apr 25 '12

Textercuff: The Ultimate Sex Toy for Those Addicted to Bondage and Smartphones

It has already been established there are people out there who feel the need to use their phone during sex. And presumably, there’s a very narrow subset of people who also enjoy some kinky BDSM action. For those rare individuals, there is Textercuff, which combines handcuffs and a gag ball into a text-denying thumb guard.…

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 25 '12

This Is How Asteroid Mining Will Work

Yesterday, a group of billionaires, scientists and engineers announced what could become the most important enterprise in human history since Columbus sailed West: an asteroid mining company called Planetary Resources. They want to jump start a completely new industry between the Earth and the Moon, one that will add trillions of dollars to the world…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz Apr 25 '12

The Postal Service Shipped This Guy’s Package Across the Country Twice for No Reason

This fellow wanted to have something shipped to his house in LA. It started off in Union City, California. Should have only taken a few days, right? Try two weeks—because USPS sent it across the entire continent. Twice. Why was the package routed thousand and thousands of miles instead of a few hundred? Why would…

Tech News Sam Biddle Apr 25 '12

Must watch: Neil deGrasse Tyson Discusses the Link Between Space and Culture

If you’ve been on the internet at any point in the last five years, there’s a good chance you’ve heard Neil deGrasse Tyson talk about the far-reaching scientific and technological benefits of space exploration. Now’s your chance to hear him discuss its cultural implications. Last week, Tyson delivered this keynote address at the 28th National…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 25 '12

Movies Where The World Actually Gets Destroyed In The End

Lots of movies try to end with a bang — but only a few end with the entire human race being wiped out, or the world being torn asunder. Hollywood all too often wimps out on showing us total oblivion, but there are a few movies that go all the way. In honor of a…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders and Gordon Jackson Apr 25 '12

180 Beautiful Black & White Images

Our cameras have captured color for a long time, but we’re all still obsessed with black & white. How could that be? Participants to this week’s Shooting Challenge offer 180 reasons why: https://gizmodo.com/shooting-challenge-black-white-5903368 Winner – Six Feet Under I was out doing some timelapse shooting at a plane spotting location outside the airport at Zürich…

Tech News Mark Wilson Apr 25 '12

Humanity and nature become one in these beautiful metamorphic illustrations

It’s easy to regard humankind as a species that exists apart from the rest of the natural world. Dwell on that idea too much, however, and it can grow into an unsettling feeling of detachment. The next time you’re feeling isolated from nature, let these breathtaking illustrations, which seamlessly weave the bodies of humans with…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 25 '12

Couple Busted Trying to Sell Meth and a Military Drone to China

Meth and drones, meth and drones—there’s hardly a more imaginable combo that pairs better. The PB&J of espionage. At least according to a Taiwanese duo, accused of an attempt to smuggle out military secrets and drugs to China. ABC News reports the couple—Hui Sheng “Charlie” Shen and Huan Ling “Alice” Chang—were “arrested after they told…

Tech News Sam Biddle Apr 25 '12

Skywalking: Russian Teens Risk Death for Daredevil Photos

The Original Google Phone Was Almost a Blackberry Clone

Time to Enjoy: Find Activities That Fit Your Hectic Schedule

This is how Francis Crick dealt with unwanted solicitations following the discovery of DNA

Navy Grounds Drone Copters, Then Spends Quarter-Billion to Buy More

Robots are going after your prostate with knives

The Bizarre Object We Believed Was Impossible to Visualize

Wrap Your iPhone In This Adorable 8-Bit Bumper

Pakistani baby born with six legs recovering well, following removal of extra limbs

Would You Scoop Dog Poop For Free Wi-Fi?

The Haiku Fan Is Perfect for Your Apartment or Zendo

Rocket to the Stars at the 1939 New York World’s Fair

Textercuff: The Ultimate Sex Toy for Those Addicted to Bondage and Smartphones

This Is How Asteroid Mining Will Work

The Postal Service Shipped This Guy’s Package Across the Country Twice for No Reason

Must watch: Neil deGrasse Tyson Discusses the Link Between Space and Culture

Movies Where The World Actually Gets Destroyed In The End

180 Beautiful Black & White Images

Humanity and nature become one in these beautiful metamorphic illustrations

Couple Busted Trying to Sell Meth and a Military Drone to China

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