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Google’s New $120 Million Hardware Testing Labs

If Google’s Head-Up Display glasses and automated cars aren’t enough for you, here’s some good news: Google is pushing $120 million into new construction projects, many of which will be home to secret hardware testing facilities. https://gizmodo.com/google-could-soon-help-you-see-the-world-like-iron-man-5882798 Mercury News reports that a review of public records shows that Google is stumping up the cash to…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Feb 13 '12

On The Walking Dead, nobody’s feeling particularly friendly

The Walking Dead is back, and it’s ready to deal with the fallout from Hershel’s big secret. How will our gang of can-do survivors pick up the pieces? What’s Lori’s new hilarious nickname? And why the hell is this episode named “Nebraska?” Spoilers! As you may remember, the first half of The Walking Dead’s second…

Television Cyriaque Lamar Feb 13 '12

It’s zombie time! The Walking Dead is back

The midseason premiere of The Walking Dead is here, which means it’s time to return to Hershel’s farm and deal with the aftermath of the last episode’s zombie bloodbath. Want to talk about the show? Park yourself right here. Of course, folks in the Eastern and Central time zones get first crack at tonight’s episode.…

Television Lauren Davis Feb 12 '12

This Is the United States of America According to Craigslist

You know what I love about Craigslist? Well, other than the fact that I’ve scored cheap electronics, furniture and free stuff. And also other than how simple its layout is and how hilarious some of the stories on it are. And also the previous grey areas of the site. And also the random gigs I’ve…

Tech News Casey Chan Feb 12 '12

Happy birthday, Lincoln! Here’s the first footage from Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

The full trailer for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter doesn’t hit the Internet until tomorrow. But we get a very small peek at footage from the historical fantasy film in this segment, aired on the occasion of Lincoln’s 203rd birthday. [via Bleeding Cool]

Movies Lauren Davis Feb 12 '12

NASA considers plan to put astronauts on the far side of the Moon

While most proposals for future space exploration involve trips to the Moon or Mars, we don’t actually have to land anywhere to break new ground. This plan would establish an outpost further from Earth than any human has ever gone. The idea, which NASA is currently trying to develop into a full-fledged plan, would involve…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Feb 12 '12

A Scrabble Magnet Set Is Your Excuse to Spend More Time in the Kitchen

What makes anything better? Food. Wait. That wasn’t the answer I was looking for. Oh! Magnets! So if you turn Scrabble magnetic and slap the tiles onto your fridge, you can make excuses that you’re learning up some vocabulary as you gorge on the magical leftovers inside your refrigerator. Win, win. Plus, this magnetic Scrabble…

Tech News Casey Chan Feb 12 '12

Shifting ocean currents can (and do) actually speed up Earth’s rotation

Time just flies by, and that was especially true during the first half of November 2009, when the Earth’s daily spin around its axis became 0.1 milliseconds shorter. You can blame that lost time on the waters around Antarctica. Back in November 2009, something strange happened the Southern Ocean. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current suddenly slowed…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Feb 12 '12

Steve Jobs Won a Grammy

Steve Jobs loved music almost as much as he loved Apple, so it’s almost fitting that he was posthumously awarded with music’s highest honor: a Grammy. Apple previously received a Technical Grammy in 2002 but this Grammy, the Trustees Award, is reserved just for Steve. Specifically, the Grammy Trustees Award is awarded to “individuals who,…

Tech News Casey Chan Feb 12 '12

What Music Would Look Like If It Were a Physical Object

Artist Martin Klimas came up with a clever idea: he put splatters of plaint on a scrim over a speaker and played music. As the volume was turned up, the paint popped up in the air and he captured the moments in a photograph. It’s a synchronized cacophony of art and music. It also looks…

Tech News Casey Chan Feb 12 '12

Does the language you speak really affect how you see the future?

The way people discuss the future varies from language to language. Some have a well-defined future tense, while others distinguish much between present and future. But does this point of grammar actually affect how we see the world? As you may have seen in some recent reports elsewhere in the blogosphere, that question forms the…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Feb 12 '12

Give gender-swapped superhero valentines for a sexually confusing holiday

Jess Fink, of the fabulous robot porn comic Chester 5000 XYV (NSFW), is creating these gender-bending valentines for for ComicsAlliance. She’s obviously having fun with these romantic role-reversals, including playing with the ways these heroes and anti-heroes typically dress. Buffy (now just Buff) wears a tight, pelvis-baring tank top, and Catdude’s suit still has that…

io9 Lauren Davis Feb 12 '12

Star Wars on Earth Should Be Your Next Vacation

Die hard Star Wars fan might know this already but for the rest, here’s your next vacation: Tunisia. Four of the Star Wars filmed in Tunisia (as the planet Tatooine) and most of the buildings are still in good shape, which means you can visit it. It’s Star Wars, but instead of being a galaxy…

Movies Casey Chan Feb 12 '12

A Ghastly Cloud Tsunami Creeps Up on the Beach

Earlier this week, Panama City Beach, Florida was overwhelmed with a sweeping wave of fog that was not unlike a cloud tsunami. It creeped onto the beach and rolled right over buildings, giving off an almost supernatural aura. Meteorologist Dan Satterfield explains how the cloud tsunami phenomenon works: Cool air offshore was very nearly at…

Tech News Casey Chan Feb 12 '12

Romantic Rube Goldberg device pours the wine and nudges your date in for a kiss

When you bring your date home, you need to hit the lights and pour the wine, but you don’t want to take your eyes or hands off the ravishing creature in front of you. Fortunately, this Rube Goldberg machine handles all of the practical stuff for you, leaving you free to snuggle with the one…

io9 Lauren Davis Feb 12 '12

How to (legally) get rich using your superpowers

When some people find themselves gifted with powers beyond those of mere mortals, they often ditch the wage slave life and turn to a life of crime. But what are some of the legal ways you can use those awesome powers to get rich quick? At the blog Law and the Multiverse, attorneys James Daily…

io9 Lauren Davis Feb 12 '12

Neanderthals were apparently painting DNA 43,000 years ago

This cave painting is thought to be 43,000 years old, making it 8,000 years older than any other known art. It was most likely the work of Neanderthals, who apparently discovered the DNA double helix 43 millennia before we did. Of course, this image doesn’t actually depict DNA – archaeologists currently believe these are meant…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Feb 12 '12

Travelling in Modern Day China Requires Cold War Era Secret Agent Skills

If Kenneth G. Lieberthal were anything but a China expert at the Brookings institution, his travelling-in-China security procedures would read like the product of a paranoid mind that watched too many spy movies as a kid: He leaves his cellphone and laptop at home and instead brings “loaner” devices, which he erases before he leaves…

Privacy & Security Michael Zhao Feb 12 '12

See Saturn’s weird moon Enceladus in breathtaking detail!

This extreme closeup of Saturn’s moon Enceladus is the work of the Cassini orbiter, which snapped this awesome image way back in January 2011. Here, the satellite glows a golden brown as it basks in the light of its planet. Normally, Enceladus would appear almost purely white, but Cassini has captured the moon when it…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Feb 12 '12

A 787 Dreamliner Drew the Boeing Logo Across the United States

What you’re looking at is the real-time geographic tracking information of flight ZA236 as it was coming back to its home base in Washington state. It flew across the United States, drawing this gigantic Boeing logo. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner was going under an airframe pairing test using the the General Electric GEnx-1B engine. It…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 12 '12

Google’s New $120 Million Hardware Testing Labs

On The Walking Dead, nobody’s feeling particularly friendly

It’s zombie time! The Walking Dead is back

This Is the United States of America According to Craigslist

Happy birthday, Lincoln! Here’s the first footage from Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

NASA considers plan to put astronauts on the far side of the Moon

A Scrabble Magnet Set Is Your Excuse to Spend More Time in the Kitchen

Shifting ocean currents can (and do) actually speed up Earth’s rotation

Steve Jobs Won a Grammy

What Music Would Look Like If It Were a Physical Object

Does the language you speak really affect how you see the future?

Give gender-swapped superhero valentines for a sexually confusing holiday

Star Wars on Earth Should Be Your Next Vacation

A Ghastly Cloud Tsunami Creeps Up on the Beach

Romantic Rube Goldberg device pours the wine and nudges your date in for a kiss

How to (legally) get rich using your superpowers

Neanderthals were apparently painting DNA 43,000 years ago

Travelling in Modern Day China Requires Cold War Era Secret Agent Skills

See Saturn’s weird moon Enceladus in breathtaking detail!

A 787 Dreamliner Drew the Boeing Logo Across the United States

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