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An LED Helmet For The Techno Viking

This techno viking helmet created by Garrett Mace is just so cool you’ll want to make one for your next party. The helmet has colored LEDs and pairs them with bundles of fiber optic strands. Together, they cause the mohawk to glow. An Arduino controller is added to the mix and now you have a…

Tech News Kelly Sep 2 '11

Would You Rather Stand Or Sit At Your Desk All Day?

The latest office trend sweeping the nation is stand up desks, according to the Wall Street Journal. A growing number of employees at companies like Facebook and Google are tossing aside their chair and asking to work while standing. The stand-up desk has a raised surface that is the proper height for a person to…

Health Kelly Sep 2 '11

AT&T May Give up 25% of T-Mobile To Get Government Approval

AT&T wants to acquire T-Mobile in the worst way. The carrier is so desperate that it may sell 25% of T-Mobile’s business if the acquisition is given the green light by the FCC and the DOJ. This divestiture would include both customers and spectrum that could potentially be scooped up by national carriers like Verizon…

Tech News Kelly Sep 2 '11

A Boat Motor That Blends A Fine Cocktail

Anyone with a boat powered by a vintage Johnson motor will tell you that a well-maintained outboard engine can last decades. When then motor finally dies, don’t discard it. Convert the engine into the best-looking blender ever. Spotted on Etsy is a 1958 18 HP Johnson outboard motor that was gutted and modded into a…

Tech News Kelly Sep 1 '11

Loosen Up Parents And Let Your Children Play Outside

If you have kids, you know what it’s like to go from activity to activity with only a few moments in between. You may think you’re broadening your child’s horizon, but you may be doing more harm than good. Researcher Peter Gray claims that almost 85% of children today have higher levels of anxiety and…

Tech News Kelly Sep 1 '11

Would You Read The News While Brushing Your Teeth?

The New York Times Company’s Research and Development Lab studies novel ways to deliver news to people. Their latest creation is a bathroom mirror that uses Microsoft Kinect to detect motion and deliver a stream of news while you comb your hair or put on your makeup. Besides news, the technology will let you send…

Tech News Kelly Sep 1 '11

Darryl Hannah’s alien insect queen is the funniest supervillain we’ve seen in ages

You might have thought ABC’s V remake gave us the most cheese-tastic take on the “evil alien queen” trope — but you haven’t seen Daryl Hannah in The Last Days of Planet Earth. Her performance is one of our favorite things ever. If you missed it, Last Days is a 2006 miniseries that aired on…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Sep 1 '11

io9’s Guide to What’s Next for Science Fiction and Science

What’s coming this season to entertain and edify you? We’ve got the complete scoop on the best of what’s going to be awesome in fall — from dinosaurs on TV and time thieves on film, to Neal Stephenson’s latest novel and an arctic sea explorer robot from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. MOVIES: 5 Movies…

Movies Annalee Newitz Sep 1 '11

Seriously, What the Hell Is Up With This Missing iPhone?

Yesterday, CNET broke the story that Apple lost another iPhone prototype. Juicy! Unfortunately, the CNET article created more questions than answers. https://gizmodo.com/did-apple-lose-an-iphone-5-prototype-in-a-bar-5836307 According to CNET’s source, Apple didn’t file a police report when the iPhone went missing. That threw up a few alarms—later in the article, CNET claims the San Francisco Police Department accompanied Apple…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin Sep 1 '11

Have scientists finally found a way to reverse male pattern baldness?

Biology is all about communication. Molecular signals travel within and between cells, passing on information that keeps your body from from developing diseases, chemical imbalances, fatal maladies . . . and baldness. It turns out that male pattern baldness occurs when the stem cells responsible for triggering hair regeneration simply stop receiving certain signals from…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Sep 1 '11

Apple Resurrects Final Cut Studio, Will Sell It For $999 (Updated)

It appears that the public outcry against Final Cut Pro X has been so great that Apple is putting the legacy version, Final Cut Studio, back on sale. It’s reportedly available for $999 from telesales only. Update: Apple confirmed to The Loop that it is selling Final Cut Studio, but not to appease upset customers.…

Tech News Kelly Sep 1 '11

Birds commit adultery so that they can have better children

Dark-eyed junco birds are one of many species that practices monogamy…to a point. While a male and female are pair-bonded – the junco equivalent of marriage – both partners will take on additional partners in the name of better genetics. Figuring out just why juncos so frequently break their pair-bonding has been tricky. Previous studies…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Sep 1 '11

Daily Desired: A Portable Grill Tough Enough for Football Season

Don’t let its classic, unpretentious looks and diminutive size fool you: The Char-Broil CB500X Portable Charcoal Grill is beefy and versatile. But whether you carry it to a tailgate party or stash it in the backyard is up to you. The CB500X is just two feet long, so it’s built to travel. But unlike most…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Sep 1 '11

Zuckerberg! Airplay! And Other Stories We Didn’t Post

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case. Zuck Tops Vanity Fair’s “New Establishment” List Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was joined by the Big Bosses…

Social Media Brian Barrett Sep 1 '11

Some Guy Pranked YouTube Into Taking Down Justin Bieber’s Official Videos Because of a Fake Copyright Claim

YouTube is big fat no fun having missy when it comes to copyright rules. They’re so afraid of pissing somebody off (and getting a lawsuit) that they’ll even pull official videos now. Like today, when a prankster submitted a copyright claim against Justin Bieber’s Vevo and YouTube took down his page. It effected more than…

Tech News Casey Chan Sep 1 '11

What will the first humans on Mars eat? One scientist has the answer.

A mission to Mars could launch as early as the 2030s, taking a small crew of humans on a 5-year round trip to the red planet. One of the biggest questions about this mission isn’t what kind of rocket ship we’ll need, but how we’ll feed people for five years in vacuum, and on an…

io9 Annalee Newitz Sep 1 '11

The End of Silicon Valley

It’s the end of the summer. And in Silicon Valley, it’s the end of an era. The garage days are over. It’s time to move on. The future belongs to the dorm. Stanford begat Silicon Valley. The history of Silicon Valley is largely the history of California universities: Stanford and Berkeley and Cal Poly graduates.…

Tech News Mat Honan Sep 1 '11

The All-Time Scariest Moments from Found Footage Horror Movies

Yet another found footage movie, Apollo 18, hits theaters tomorrow. The found footage genre has become a mainstay of horror, with its flickering video and shaky cameras. But what are the best, most terrifying moments of found footage horror? We’ve gone through the whole history of the genre and compiled the absolute best of the…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 1 '11

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House, Legoized

The Robie House is at the pinnacle of American architecture. One of the first houses to be turned into a national landmark, Lego has released a replica kit of Frank Lloyd Wright’s 101-year-old masterpiece. Built in 1910, the Robie House could have been built yesterday and still be seen as an innovative architectural achievement. Built…

Tech News Adrian Covert Sep 1 '11

Futurama Monopoly lets you own Robot Hell

If we can’t have Game of Thrones Monopoly in real life, then this is the next best thing — a Futurama Monopoly set is available for preorders during the month of September, with the game shipping in November. Watch out for the Hypnotoad! https://gizmodo.com/game-of-thrones-meets-monopoly-check-out-our-new-board-5801303 Here are some more images of this excellent-looking game: And here’s…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Sep 1 '11

An LED Helmet For The Techno Viking

Would You Rather Stand Or Sit At Your Desk All Day?

AT&T May Give up 25% of T-Mobile To Get Government Approval

A Boat Motor That Blends A Fine Cocktail

Loosen Up Parents And Let Your Children Play Outside

Would You Read The News While Brushing Your Teeth?

Darryl Hannah’s alien insect queen is the funniest supervillain we’ve seen in ages

io9’s Guide to What’s Next for Science Fiction and Science

Seriously, What the Hell Is Up With This Missing iPhone?

Have scientists finally found a way to reverse male pattern baldness?

Apple Resurrects Final Cut Studio, Will Sell It For $999 (Updated)

Birds commit adultery so that they can have better children

Daily Desired: A Portable Grill Tough Enough for Football Season

Zuckerberg! Airplay! And Other Stories We Didn’t Post

Some Guy Pranked YouTube Into Taking Down Justin Bieber’s Official Videos Because of a Fake Copyright Claim

What will the first humans on Mars eat? One scientist has the answer.

The End of Silicon Valley

The All-Time Scariest Moments from Found Footage Horror Movies

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House, Legoized

Futurama Monopoly lets you own Robot Hell

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