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Why iOS Apps Look Better Than Android Apps

You might think app design is app design, whether the software is being developed for iOS or Android. But, in fact, creating highly polished, elegant-looking apps is simply easier to do when developing for iOS. That’s the prevailing conventional wisdom among developers who code for both platforms. Hipmunk UI/UX designer and iOS developer Danilo Campos…

Tech News Christina Bonnington - Wired Apr 30 '12

Top 10 Albums Every Self-Respecting Science Fiction Fan Should Own

Science fiction changed music. And music saved science fiction. Most of our favorite flights of fancy and epic adventures are bound up in our minds with amazing musical scores, or epic theme songs. But some of the greatest pieces of music ever created were also inspired by science fiction and fantasy. Over the past week,…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar and Charlie Jane Anders Apr 30 '12

The Most Embarrassing Star Wars Official Merchandise This Side of Hoth

The special edition versions of the Star Wars films and the recent prequels left many fanboys wondering if George Lucas maybe wasn’t the visionary filmmaker they had all worshipped and adored. But one aspect of Lucas’s vision that has never come into question is his ability to market the hell out of a franchise. It…

Movies Andrew Liszewski Apr 30 '12

Bird Poop Chandelier Is Not for the Faint of Heart

Funny as this chandelier of pooping birds may be, surely this is not meant for show in the home of an actual human being. I mean, how long could anyone go before the joke wore off and they just got sick of looking at it? My gut instinct arbitrarily predicts three weeks. [Wyatt Little via…

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 30 '12

We Waste a Billion Gallons of Gas a Year Because We’re So Fat

Heavier cars use more fuel. Now some bright spark has calculated that the US uses one billion gallons more gas every year than if the entire population had remained at the average weight of the 1960s. For every extra pound added to the average weight, the country uses another 39 million gallons of fuel each…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Apr 30 '12

Could a single pill save your marriage?

Your relationship is on the rocks. Begrudgingly, you and your significant other visit a marriage counselor in the hopes that there’s still something left to salvage in your relationship. You both spill your guts and admit that the love is gone. The counselor listens attentively, nodding her head every now and then in complete understanding.…

io9 George Dvorsky Apr 30 '12

In Bhutan, friendly phalluses painted on houses scare off evil spirits (NSFW)

In the tiny landlocked Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, the unique aesthetic tradition of painting erect penises on architecture — a tradition that has persisted for over 500 years — is finally receiving attention on a global scale. Yes, from the mountains to the valleys, Bhutan is covered with disembodied doodles. But unfortunately for Bhutanese lovers…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Apr 30 '12

LG and Windows Phone Are on a Break

LG is putting the breaks on new Windows Phone devices in order to focus most of its energy on Android. It’s quite the shift from just three years ago, when LG made a huge verbal commitment to the platform, promising 26 phones by 2012. But Windows Phone just hasn’t caught on with consumers. LG said…

Tech News Leslie Horn Apr 30 '12

This Week’s TV: Is Leonard Nimoy really coming back to Fringe?

The promo for this week’s Fringe hints that a special guest star could help the show live long and prosper… but is it true? Also, there’s a four-hour miniseries in which Eddie Izzard and Donald Sutherland rock some crazy hair. A brand new TV show could bring us our weirdest future dystopia in ages. And…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 30 '12

NASA Will Return to Glory by Putting a Man in… Cleveland

The Space Shuttle program is dead and in the process of being buried, and we don’t have a plan to return to the outer limits of mankind’s reach any time soon. Well, we didn’t. The Onion is reporting NASA’s aspiring new plan to put a man on a bus to Cleveland, OH by 2013. It’s…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Apr 30 '12

Flying Your Own Military Drone: A User Manual

When was the last time you read the instruction manual that came with anything? Maybe never—they’re usually worth tossing. Unless, of course, you’re going to pilot and kill someone with a Predator drone. In that case, read this. This leaked manual, released by PublicIntelligence and orignally published by the Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems group…

Tech News Sam Biddle Apr 30 '12

The USAF’s Ultimate Flight Simulator Had Two Cockpits and Actually Flew

Before spending the cash on expensive, full-size aircraft prototypes, US Air Force engineers needed a way to ensure that their experimental designs actually, well, worked. Their solution—an airborne flight simulator mounted on the front of a transport plane. The Total In-Flight Simulator (TIFS) is based on a heavily-modified Convair C-131 Samaritan turboprop. It was operated…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Apr 30 '12

The Best Way to Mount Rear Surround Sound Speakers

You’ve spent thousands on your incredible James Cameron-certified home theater. Movies look beautiful; the sound is amazing. But every time you step out to refill the popcorn bucket, you risk knocking over those damn stands jammed in the back of the room, holding your rear-channel speakers. Time to get those suckers off the floor and…

Tech News Stuart Deutsch Apr 30 '12

Start your week with this spellbinding timelapse of Yosemite National Park

Nursing a wicked case of the Mondays? Snap out of it with this breathtaking timelapse of Yosemite National Park and the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Filmed over the course of almost two years by cinematographer Shawn Reeder, Yosemite Range of Light captures the park and its adjoining mountain ranges in absolutely exquisite detail. This is…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 30 '12

Delicious Stop-Motion Food Rap Satisfies Your Craving for Hot Jams

Forget what ya heard, and recognize the real food rappers. All of your favorite fruits and vegetables throw down hard in this stop-motion animation by BankShot with music by DJ Nick Castle. Warning: This video will both entertain you and make you hungry.. The music in “What’s Cookin?” is a mashup of classic hip hop…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Apr 30 '12

“Silicene” could be the world’s next great wonder-substance

An international team of researchers has successfully created silicene, a hexagonal mesh of silicon atoms which, like graphene, measures just one atom tall. Silicene is thought to have electronic properties similar to graphene, with the added benefit of being more compatible with silicon-based electronics — a feature that could see it implemented in real-world applications…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 30 '12

Temperature Regulating Chairs Bring Peace To Office Thermostat Wars

Finding the perfect ambient temperature for a crowded office is harder than tracking down the Higgs Boson. So instead of searching for the elusive thermostat setting that pleases everyone, a company called Temptronics puts that control in the hands, or butts, of every employee with a temperature controlled chair. You can already buy cooling or…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Apr 30 '12

Wind Farms Linked to Local Climate Change

Wind power, one the oldest and most established forms of alternative energy, might not be as green as we thought. A new study in the US has linked wind farms to local temperature rises of over 0.7°C—enough to change local weather and climate. The study, published in Nature Climate Change, analyzed temperature changes around large…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Apr 30 '12

Awesome Australian Billionaire To Build Full-Sized Replica Of the Titanic

Just a few weeks after the 100th anniversary of the Titanic’s only voyage, Australian billionaire Clive Palmer has commissioned a Chinese shipyard to build a historically accurate replica of the colossal boat. https://gizmodo.com/smoking-drinking-gambling-and-long-repetitive-walks-5901766 In addition to the Chinese builder, Palmer has hired a historical research team to mind all the details of recreating the nine-deck,…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Apr 30 '12

Cat People, Strippers, And Telekinesis: The Portraits And Testimonials Of Alien Abductees

Alien abductions make for a good sci-fi plot devices, but it’s easy to forget that we walk among people — in the real world — who claim to have been visited, beamed up and probed by little gray men. New York photographer Steven Hirsch, 63, has met many of these people face to face. He…

io9 Pete Brook - Raw File Apr 30 '12

Why iOS Apps Look Better Than Android Apps

Top 10 Albums Every Self-Respecting Science Fiction Fan Should Own

The Most Embarrassing Star Wars Official Merchandise This Side of Hoth

Bird Poop Chandelier Is Not for the Faint of Heart

We Waste a Billion Gallons of Gas a Year Because We’re So Fat

Could a single pill save your marriage?

In Bhutan, friendly phalluses painted on houses scare off evil spirits (NSFW)

LG and Windows Phone Are on a Break

This Week’s TV: Is Leonard Nimoy really coming back to Fringe?

NASA Will Return to Glory by Putting a Man in… Cleveland

Flying Your Own Military Drone: A User Manual

The USAF’s Ultimate Flight Simulator Had Two Cockpits and Actually Flew

The Best Way to Mount Rear Surround Sound Speakers

Start your week with this spellbinding timelapse of Yosemite National Park

Delicious Stop-Motion Food Rap Satisfies Your Craving for Hot Jams

“Silicene” could be the world’s next great wonder-substance

Temperature Regulating Chairs Bring Peace To Office Thermostat Wars

Wind Farms Linked to Local Climate Change

Awesome Australian Billionaire To Build Full-Sized Replica Of the Titanic

Cat People, Strippers, And Telekinesis: The Portraits And Testimonials Of Alien Abductees

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