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How I Made a 15-Year-Old App Developer Cry

When I was 15, I was wearing baggy jeans, chasing girls and listening to hip hop. If I was 15 today, I’d probably do the same things but with skinny jeans on. Not Nick D’Aloisio. He’s a 15-year-old kid who makes iPhone apps. And I made him cry. If you don’t know who D’Aloisio is,…

Tech News Casey Chan Aug 11 '11

Casting calls for G.I. Joe 2 reveal what the Zombieland writers have in store for us

Yes, the first G.I. Joe movie wasn’t exactly a masterpiece. But the sequel has a script by the Zombieland team of Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, and it’s being directed by Legion of Extraordinary Dancers creator Jon M. Chu. So you know, we oughta give it the benefit of the doubt. https://gizmodo.com/forget-a-zombieland-sequel-writers-have-12-films-plann-5375730 https://gizmodo.com/the-dance-adventure-is-just-beginning-lxds-jon-m-chu-5587232 In any…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 11 '11

The Lost Origins of the Stopwatch: A Story of Racehorses and Scrappy Startups

Stopwatch. No big deal. You’ve got one on your wrist, or even on your phone. But it didn’t used to be like that. It took a very fast horse and an enterprising company to bring the super-accurate timepiece to America. It all started in 1855, when horse racing was a very big deal in the…

Tech News Rachel Swaby Aug 11 '11

Windows Phone Mango Dropping Off the Tree Sept. 1?

According to Pocket-lint, Microsoft’s going to release the long-awaited and much-hyped Windows Phone Mango on September 1. https://gizmodo.com/the-next-windows-phone-its-pretty-great-5813901 Microsoft had previously said that Mango would be coming in “the fall,” but this is the first solid date. Which would make some sense because it’s just before Europe’s largest consumer electronics show, IFA, so it’d let…

Tech News Brent Rose Aug 11 '11

Mercy Hangover Remedy Lightning Review: Just Get Less Wasted

Man has yearned to be able to binge drink sans hangover with the same ferocity as he once wanted to venture to the heavens. Mercy doesn’t say it’ll eliminate the consequences, but claims it’ll help. This is a titanic claim. Like It doesn’t taste as bad as you’d expect something like this to taste. It…

Reviews Sam Biddle Aug 11 '11

The Amazing High-Tech Drawings that Made Star Wars Possible

Long before anybody had seen a single frame of Star Wars, these luminous drawings were all anybody could see of George Lucas’ vision for a thrilling space epic. These “dyelines” were created to show possible backers and studio executives something tangible. The science behind the creation of these brilliant prints is almost as exciting as…

io9 Keith Veronese Aug 11 '11

9 Tools for Camping Like a Boss

Ah, the Great Outdoors—how I loathe your Wi-Fi-less expanses. But if I must be forced to bask in your natural beauty, you can be damn well sure I’ll be doing it with a laptop in my hand. REI Kingdom 4 Tent Me. Sleep out under the stars. You must be out your got-damn mind. The…

Gadgets Andrew Tarantola Aug 11 '11

When Will Apple Integrate These Pico Projectors It Just Patented?

So is this why Apple picked up ApplePico.com last week? They’ve just patented a bit of Pico projector technology and could potentially put them in everything. https://gizmodo.com/whats-up-with-apple-and-applepico-com-5828218 As you can see from the patent illustration above, Apple could integrate the mini-projectors into future phone, tablet and laptop peripherals, creating what they describe as a “shared…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Aug 11 '11

AMC’s Crazy Ideas for Cutting Costs on The Walking Dead

AMC thinks that zombies should be heard and not seen. Read a few of the terrible money-saving ideas AMC reportedly threw at showrunner Frank Darabont, before throwing him out the door. A new report claims there was more to Darabont’s precipitous departure than anybody realizes. Just days after AMC trotted out Darabont at Comic-Con, who…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 11 '11

Air Force’s Experimental Hypersonic Aircraft Disappears Again

I don’t know what the hell is going on with the Falcon Hypersonic Test Vehicle 2, but the Air Force just lost it again. Last year, the first Falcon vanished over the Pacific Ocean, leaving absolutely no trace. https://gizmodo.com/air-forces-falcon-hypersonic-glider-disappears-mysterio-5526308 Now it has happened again. The Falcon HTV-2 launched today from the Vandenberg Air Force Base…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Aug 11 '11

Obama Basher Is the Stupidest, Most Offensive Trash to Contaminate Our Inboxes

We receive lots of moronic emails daily, but this description of the “Obama Basher”—an electronic disc you punch for whatever reason—is perhaps the bottom of the bucket. Oh, idiotic plastic thing, let us count the ways you’re dumb. The Obama Basher is described as a “Punch-friendly gadget let’s right-wingers ‘virtually’ bash Obama without risk of…

Tech News Sam Biddle Aug 11 '11

This supercar runs on chocolate, cheese, and wine

As if the Exige 270E Tri-fuel sports car wasn’t expensive enough, the engineers over at Lotus have gone ahead and made it run on three of the most expensive vices on the planet. That’s right: you can fuel this car with chocolate, cheese, and wine. The Tri-fuel, which is modeled after the decidedly sexy Exige…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Aug 11 '11

The Blood and Awesomeness-Soaked Trailer that Conan DESERVES! [NSFW]

Come on, we’ve got a hard R new Conan film coming out with plenty of red band footage online. Did you think I wasn’t going to do a trailer? Alright, so obviously I grew up with the fun, if not slightly flawed, Arnold movies. BUT, as I grew older I did find the Robert E…

io9 GarrisonDean Aug 11 '11

Vaas’ Tape-to-MP3 Converter Is the Futureproof Deal of the Day

Hey there, this is your old friend the Cassette Tape writing in. I just want to say that I got a raw deal in the canon of audio formats. Everybody loved the CD because it was soooooooo technologically advanced. And people still love the LP because it’s the purest representation of analog sound or some…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals Aug 11 '11

Hong Kong Stock Exchange Attacked By Hackers

As if stock markets of the world needed any more problems after the recent U.S. credit downgrade and the market catastrophe that followed. Yesterday, trading in seven Hong Kong stocks stopped after the exchange’s website was shut down by an attack. Poor poor stock market guys. Like most mysterious shut-downs as of late, authorities are…

Tech News Alyssa Bereznak Aug 11 '11

Game of Thrones Crossed With Seinfeld? Meet George R.R. Costanza!

Now this is a literary mashup we’re dying to see. Thomas Dunne Books just signed a deal to publish A Game of Groans by George R.R. Costanza, a parody of the bestselling Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin. Can you just imagine the possibilities for weird humor in George’s take on…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 11 '11

Skin Made from Spiderwebs: No Longer Just a Nightmare

A new technique has been developed that uses spider silk to make human skin, suitable for skin grafts. And the world trembles. Find out why spider webs offer the best possible material to use for a skin replacement. Skin, though it is flimsy when compared to things like knives, or needles, or the sharp corners…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Aug 11 '11

iPhone 4 Vs The Simplest Phone on the Planet

Oooh yeah, let’s get ready to rumble! The iPhone 4 is the world’s favorite smartphone. John’s Phone is the world’s simplest cellphone! Which one will win as they battle to the death? John’s Phone was created to be a simple, cheap phone that you wouldn’t mind taking on hikes because you don’t really care if…

Tech News Brent Rose Aug 11 '11

Watch a mosquito drain human blood, in horrifying HD

Some things are just more terrifying in high definition. Watch as a pack of mosquitoes gorge themselves on human blood, then go vomit in your trashcan. [via Geekologie]

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 11 '11

You Need to Have Time Shifting Powers to Watch This Sculpture Move

This is one of the weirdest public art projects I’ve ever seen: A sculpture that moves but it’s actually static to the naked eye. Only if you record it on a time-lapse video you would be able to appreciate its motion. Its name is Möbius and it was made by art and design firm Eness…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Aug 11 '11

How I Made a 15-Year-Old App Developer Cry

Casting calls for G.I. Joe 2 reveal what the Zombieland writers have in store for us

The Lost Origins of the Stopwatch: A Story of Racehorses and Scrappy Startups

Windows Phone Mango Dropping Off the Tree Sept. 1?

Mercy Hangover Remedy Lightning Review: Just Get Less Wasted

The Amazing High-Tech Drawings that Made Star Wars Possible

9 Tools for Camping Like a Boss

When Will Apple Integrate These Pico Projectors It Just Patented?

AMC’s Crazy Ideas for Cutting Costs on The Walking Dead

Air Force’s Experimental Hypersonic Aircraft Disappears Again

Obama Basher Is the Stupidest, Most Offensive Trash to Contaminate Our Inboxes

This supercar runs on chocolate, cheese, and wine

The Blood and Awesomeness-Soaked Trailer that Conan DESERVES! [NSFW]

Vaas’ Tape-to-MP3 Converter Is the Futureproof Deal of the Day

Hong Kong Stock Exchange Attacked By Hackers

Game of Thrones Crossed With Seinfeld? Meet George R.R. Costanza!

Skin Made from Spiderwebs: No Longer Just a Nightmare

iPhone 4 Vs The Simplest Phone on the Planet

Watch a mosquito drain human blood, in horrifying HD

You Need to Have Time Shifting Powers to Watch This Sculpture Move

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