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Those Speedo Fastskins still won’t let you outrun a hungry shark

One of the big selling points of the Speedo Fastskin FSII was that it was developed using biomimetics, cribbing good design from nature. So how well does it compare to the actual sharks on which it was modelled? It turns out… not so great. Top image: Daily Telegraph. While the suits may have a lot…

io9 Tim Barribeau

Who Is the WORST Commenter?

Commenters! A lot of you are great. Some of you are terrible. It’s hard for us to read every single comment on the site. So we’d like your help. Please tell us about the worst commenter you know, and please explain why you’re nominating them for summary execution. Be warned, if your nomination is not…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Vevo: Sorry Our Guests Illegally Streamed an NFL Game on Our Big Screen

The online music video service Vevo has responded to reports that it aired an illegally streamed football game at Sundance. While the company admits that the illegal streaming and broadcast did happen, they’re denying responsibility. https://gizmodo.com/the-vevo-event-which-showed-a-pirated-nfl-game-5883965 At the Sundance Film Festival last month, the major-label owned streaming video service hosted celebrities like LMFAO, Tommy Lee,…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

This NOOK Simple Touch eReader Is Your I’m-Gonna-Reads-Me-Some-Books Deal of the Day

I’m so full from the delicious sandwich I had for lunch I can’t even think. All I see is prosciutto, mozzarella and red peppers. All I can smell is oil and vinegar. All I can feel is the delicious Parisi bread sitting in my tummy, teasing me, poking at me, making fun of my inadequate…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals

A Drinking Game You Play with Your iPad

Proof is an elegantly designed web app drinking game for the iPad that encourages you to learn something about alcohol while you’re drinking alcohol. But don’t think of it as a college frat boy power hour drinking game, instead think fancy man with a glass of scotch drinking experience. The “game” puts you on a…

Tech News Casey Chan

Watch this church get blasted by an interstellar missile

Remember when the Church got all up in Galileo’s grill for challenging the geocentric interpretation of the Universe? Seeing this almost makes you wonder if the Universe is still a little sore about that. Then again, maybe it’s just a coincidence. After all, that bright spot that you see arcing toward the church steeple and…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Musicians Wage War Against Evil Robots

After the release of The Jazz Singer in 1927, all bets were off for live musicians who played in movie theaters. Thanks to synchronized sound, the use of live musicians was unnecessary — and perhaps a larger sin, old-fashioned. In 1930 the American Federation of Musicians formed a new organization called the Music Defense League…

Tech News Matt Novak

60+ Amazing Spaceship Concept Art Wallpapers

It’s Friday, which means it’s time to embark on the greatest adventure of them all — the weekend. But before you leave for your vessel of exploration, let’s celebrate by putting some inspiring scenes of space adventure on your computer desktop. We’ve scoured the web for the coolest spaceship concept art wallpapers around. Here are…

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I Lost 3 Laptops in 4 Months and This Post Is My Penance

I lost my bag on Halloween night. It had two laptops—one of which was a review unit—a bunch of notes, and all the rest of my life in it. It was one of the worst and most helpless things I’ve ever felt. Last night I did it again. “How in the living fuck,” is the…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Use transgenic fish to make bioluminescent sushi rolls

Really, one of the key issues with sushi is that it doesn’t glow under black light. To solve that problem, the Center for Genomic Gastronomy is using genetically modified fishies from the pet store to create tasty treats that will be perfect for your next rave. The Center for Genomic Gastronomy explores the use of…

io9 Lauren Davis

A Retro DIY Synth That Sounds Like It’s Possessed

The new NTH Music Synthesizer uses simple circuitry packaged in an intuitive interface to produce evil tones that would sound perfect in an old arcade game. The second you see this thing in action, you’re going to want get your hands on it. More than video games, really, this new synth’s fuzzy polyphony reminds me…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

A Doctor Who/Star Trek comic is coming!

Speaking of completely improbable comic book crossovers, here’s something completely different. This May, IDW Publishing will release an Eleventh Doctor/The Next Generation mash-up comic book starring The Doctor, Rory, Amy, Picard, Worf, Data, Geordi, Troi, and Riker. Holy baloney, this has the potential to be even crazier than the time Wolverine drank all that prune…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Spaceship Concept Art (Gallery 3)

By Dmitry Vishnevsky, via CGHub “Scorpion,” by Diston, via CoolVibe and Deviantart “Be All My Sins Remember’d,” by Diston, via Deviantart “Tranquility,” by duud, via CGHub “Spaceship,” by misiutin_vitaly, via CGHub “Spaceship,” by andacalagon, via CGHub “You won’t run,” by voyager, via CGHub “SpaceBuckets4Life” by Levi_Hopkins, via CGHub “uhok,” by Levi_Hopkins, via CGHub Towers by…

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George Lucas Now Says That Han NEVER Shot First As He Shoves Star Wars 3D Down Your Throat

I hate history revisionists, but not as much as I hate George Lucas for making Han shoot last. Now, with Star Wars 3D coming, he’s now saying that the scene modification wasn’t a change. He claims that Han NEVER shot first: The controversy over who shot first, Greedo or Han Solo, in Episode IV, what…

Movies Jesus Diaz

10 Science Fictional Bars We’d Like to Visit

In science fiction, everybody’s always running and flying and questing, and time is always running out. So that makes those occasions when our space heroes and future warriors take the time to kick back and relax in a bar that much more alluring. There’s nothing like a tall cold one when you’re fighting the Dark…

Books & Comics Esther Inglis-Arkell

Elderly future hipsters reminisce about the Internet’s glory days

Once hipsters start collecting social security, how will all those ironic t-shirts and QR code tattoos hold up? Will the future elderly tell their grandchildren about their nebulous community manager jobs and funny cat videos? This video stares 50 years into the future, when aging hipster remember the golden age of the Internet. This is…

io9 Lauren Davis

This Chimp Has Better Memory Than Most Human Chumps

The BBC has a new program called Super Smart Animals. In their first episode they showed Ayumu, a chimpanzee that can memorize the location of a random sequence of numbers in less time than it takes a human to blink: sixty milliseconds. Unless you are a savant, you will not be able to do the…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Einstein Actually Had Excellent Grades

Contrary to popular belief, Einstein wasn’t a bad student at all. Apparently, that’s something that real bad students made up, because he got excellent grades. His certificate of qualification for university matriculation—what in Europe is called A-levels—demonstrates this. The fact is that Einstein was a brilliant student since he was a little kid. He had…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Driving stoned doubles your risk of a serious car crash

Evidence suggests that driving high may be less dangerous than driving drunk, but driving stoned is still driving impaired — and assuming otherwise could get you killed. https://gizmodo.com/legalizing-marijuana-could-reduce-traffic-fatalities-5864321 A new paper, published in this week’s British Medical Journal, revealed that smoking pot within few hours of driving was associated with a nearly two-fold risk of…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Why We Love Geeky Glasses

When Buddy Holly finally conceded to glasses, his vision was already 20-800. He had tried some of the earliest contact lenses. They became unbearable after about 10 minutes. So he got glasses. His first frames had thick plastic at the top, with a thinner, less obtrusive metal frame for the bottom half. But his Texas…

Tech News Kristen Philipkoski

Those Speedo Fastskins still won’t let you outrun a hungry shark

Who Is the WORST Commenter?

Vevo: Sorry Our Guests Illegally Streamed an NFL Game on Our Big Screen

This NOOK Simple Touch eReader Is Your I’m-Gonna-Reads-Me-Some-Books Deal of the Day

A Drinking Game You Play with Your iPad

Watch this church get blasted by an interstellar missile

Musicians Wage War Against Evil Robots

60+ Amazing Spaceship Concept Art Wallpapers

I Lost 3 Laptops in 4 Months and This Post Is My Penance

Use transgenic fish to make bioluminescent sushi rolls

A Retro DIY Synth That Sounds Like It’s Possessed

A Doctor Who/Star Trek comic is coming!

Spaceship Concept Art (Gallery 3)

George Lucas Now Says That Han NEVER Shot First As He Shoves Star Wars 3D Down Your Throat

10 Science Fictional Bars We’d Like to Visit

Elderly future hipsters reminisce about the Internet’s glory days

This Chimp Has Better Memory Than Most Human Chumps

Einstein Actually Had Excellent Grades

Driving stoned doubles your risk of a serious car crash

Why We Love Geeky Glasses

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