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Ridable Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots

Arriving just a few weeks late to be the ultimate movie tie-in for Real Steel, this set of bumper car pugilists can each accomodate a single rider, letting you and a friend duke it out without ever losing a single tooth. Bumper cars are already one of the most entertaining rides at any carnival, because…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Nov 8 '11

Woman Caught Stealing Motorola’s Lamest Secrets for Chinese Military

You know how you feel slightly nervous when you’re flagged for a random customs screening? Even when you haven’t done anything wrong? Imagine carrying stolen tech, 30 grand cash, and documents from the Chinese government? Listen, guys, I can explain! BusinessWeek recounts the sad tale of Hanjuan Jin, an American citizen who allegedly decided to…

Tech News Sam Biddle Nov 8 '11

New Ski Goggle Android Display Tracks Your Jumps, Your Friends, and Your Music

Recon Instruments’ amazing little GPS-enabled MOD display for ski goggles is some of the coolest personal tracking technology out there. The newest—the Android-based MOD Live—slickly integrates the phone in your pocket with the data in your face. First released last year, Recon’s micro-optics displays show skiers and snowboarders slews of real time data about their…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Nov 8 '11

Sorry, Freezing Your Jeans Will Not Ungross Them

Your jeans in the freezer: It’s a recipe for shrinkage of the worst kind, plus it won’t do anything to clean your jeans despite Levi’s recommendation to do so. Levi’s worries that its very existence is threatened by climate change, which could lead to scarcity of water to grow cotton and cause many other bad…

Tech News Kristen Philipkoski Nov 8 '11

Read a five-page preview of Locke & Key: The Guide To The Known Keys!

Courtesy of IDW Publishing, here’s an exclusive sneak peek of Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez’s Locke & Key: The Guide To The Known Keys, a one-issue rundown of the series’ many powerful keys and a heart-rending story set in the early 1900s. The issue’s out tomorrow (11/9), and here’s a synopsis courtesy of IDW: This…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Nov 8 '11

If you’re going to hell, pray you don’t get sent to the Chinese version

We’re big fans of Hieronymus Bosch-style artwork showing the Christian Hell in all its glory — but Bosch pales in comparison to this art collection of (what we’re assuming) is Chinese Hell. There’s one form of punishment that’s just needle rain and another that’s some sort of a bee and scorpion tornado. As opposed butchering…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 8 '11

7 Tools To Help You Finish That Marathon (No Matter What)

On Sunday the annual NYC marathon was held, but if you decided to skip the twenty six mile jaunt for fear of being humiliated, here are seven tools that will guarantee you at least finish next year’s race. Or even post a remarkable time if you don’t feel the rules apply to you. Gymygym Workout…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 8 '11

New DNA analysis reveals what cavemen were really painting 35,000 years ago

The artistic skill and attention to detail on display in prehistoric cave paintings is nothing short of astonishing, but one unsolved mystery is whether prehistoric humans simply painted exactly what the saw, or if the art was more symbolic. And recently, we’ve come a lot closer to answering that question. Some key pieces of evidence…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Nov 8 '11

Woman Gets Fired for Publishing Cute Photos of Dogs Scheduled to Be Killed

This drives me nuts. According to this New York Times story, a woman got fired from Animal Care & Control of NYC for taking and publishing cute photos of dogs about to get euthanized, hoping that someone would adopt them. Her name is Emily Tanen. She was fired last May after publishing cute dog images…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Nov 8 '11

Griffin’s Beacon Universal Remote Now Takes Orders From Android Devices

When we reviewed Griffin’s Beacon back in July, we found it to be one of the easiest to use smartphone universal remote solutions on the market. As long as your smartphone was an iPhone. Android users have had a bit of a wait on their hands, but the Beacon is now available for use with…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 8 '11

Win a Place to Store Your Dirty Digital Secrets

Who hasn’t daisy chained a couple of ugly, utilitarian hard drives together in an attempt scrounge together a little digital space? Where else are you going to store your thousands upon thousands of Lord of the Rings fanfic files? Good news! You can win a LaCie Porche Design Desktop Drive with lightning-fast USB 3.0 and…

Tech News Sponsored post Nov 8 '11

How to Shrink a Human Head

Because we know you were dying to know. This video features Piers Gibbon — a British explorer, author, and National Geographic TV show host — describing the head-shrinking process long performed by the Shuar people of Ecuador and Peru. Below is a quick recap of the process, also provided by Gibbon, in a recent interview…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Nov 8 '11

This Video Shows Why Photoshop Will Never Cease to Amaze Me

Or better said, the people using Photoshop would never cease to amaze me. The thing I like the most is the way he paints in greyscale and then modifies colors using the Hue & Saturation panel. The use of the Liquify tool to adjust the volumes is really smart too—and quite effective, I’ve to add.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Nov 8 '11

Old School Flash Powder Tested, Modern Flashes Still Preferred

Any experiment that ends with an explosion is worth doing, so I can understand why Tech Photo Blog wanted to test a 150 year old flash powder recipe against modern flash technology, even though it didn’t stand a chance. The recipe they chose was composed of just magnesium and potassium chlorate, which was considered the…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 8 '11

First Detailed Look Inside the Childhood of a Lost Species

How did mammoths grow up? It’s a simple question, but one that has been difficult to answer. Much of what paleontologists know about the great Ice Age beasts come from teeth, bones, and comparisons to living elephants, but our knowledge of their early lives has been restricted by a lack of well-preserved mammoth calves. Now…

io9 Brian Switek Nov 8 '11

Professional Astronomy Powerful Green Laser Pointer is Your Blinding Deal Of The Day

I miss the simple days. When I would go bananas over a pack of Warheads. And freak out about hearing my favorite song on the radio. And wanting to stay in to watch TGIF and then wanting to wake up early to watch cartoons. And playing outside, like, in the street. And getting dirty, like,…

Tech News Natt Garun Nov 8 '11

The Best Wireless Mouse

Who doesn’t love a good wireless mouse? Free from wires that tangle, it can soar across your desktop, free as a bird. We tested five of the best on the market, and while they were all good, there can be only one Bestmodo. Methodology: We tested each mouse over a period of days. Factors considered…

Tech News Brent Rose Nov 8 '11

The Results Are In: AT&T’s LTE Is Fast as Blazing Hell (Updated)

AT&T’s first LTE phones are here, meaning you can finally carry non-bullshit 4G in your pocket—no laptop needed. We gave the quickfast data a spin in Washington, DC, and I will say this: wow. https://gizmodo.com/at-ts-first-lte-phones-arrive-november-6th-5854799 I ran the HTC Vivid, Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket, and iPhone 4 through some SpeedTest.net paces. The findings were…

Tech News Sam Biddle Nov 8 '11

For the first time in 75 years, an entire genus of mammal is on the brink of extinction

You’re looking at three of the last known hirola on Earth. Since the 1970s, unregulated hunting, habitat destruction and drought linked to climate change have driven the number of these large African antelopes living in Kenya and Somalia from over 14,000 to fewer than 400. Of course, countless species go extinct every day — even…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Nov 8 '11

Watch David Tennant go full douchebag in a new Fright Night featurette!

Was there any other character created this year that surpassed David Tennant’s great heights of douchebaggery as Fright Night’s magician, Peter Vincent? There’s a reason the Fright Night 2 rumors hinted at an all-Tennant sequel — because he’s hilarious. Now here’s a glimpse at some additional Vincent material in a special behind-the-scenes feature about his…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 8 '11

Ridable Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots

Woman Caught Stealing Motorola’s Lamest Secrets for Chinese Military

New Ski Goggle Android Display Tracks Your Jumps, Your Friends, and Your Music

Sorry, Freezing Your Jeans Will Not Ungross Them

Read a five-page preview of Locke & Key: The Guide To The Known Keys!

If you’re going to hell, pray you don’t get sent to the Chinese version

7 Tools To Help You Finish That Marathon (No Matter What)

New DNA analysis reveals what cavemen were really painting 35,000 years ago

Woman Gets Fired for Publishing Cute Photos of Dogs Scheduled to Be Killed

Griffin’s Beacon Universal Remote Now Takes Orders From Android Devices

Win a Place to Store Your Dirty Digital Secrets

How to Shrink a Human Head

This Video Shows Why Photoshop Will Never Cease to Amaze Me

Old School Flash Powder Tested, Modern Flashes Still Preferred

First Detailed Look Inside the Childhood of a Lost Species

Professional Astronomy Powerful Green Laser Pointer is Your Blinding Deal Of The Day

The Best Wireless Mouse

The Results Are In: AT&T’s LTE Is Fast as Blazing Hell (Updated)

For the first time in 75 years, an entire genus of mammal is on the brink of extinction

Watch David Tennant go full douchebag in a new Fright Night featurette!

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