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There Are Lots of Bacteria in Your Belly Button

Ah yes, the belly button. A remnant part of your body that serves to collect lint. Lint and quite a bit more, according to the early results from the Belly Button Biodiversity project. Jiri Hulcr and Andrea Lucky, two microbiologists from NCSU, collected 95 belly button swabs as part this biodiversity study. The pair isolated…

Tech News Kelly Jul 5

Human Hair Necklaces. Why?

These necklaces made from human hair are kind of gross to look at to be certain. But according to Kerry Howley, the artist responsible for these, um, things, that’s kind of the point. The necklaces are made of human hair, a material we are familiar with and take pride in. However once off of the…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jul 5

Making Art From The Imperfect

In his latest project titled “Err”, artist Jeremy Hutchison is taking factory seconds and turning them into art. Hutchison adds a twist to this familiar model by using objects that are intentionally made dysfunctional by factory employees. He has written a dozen companies asking for products like a comb or a chair that is ruined…

Tech News Kelly Jul 4

The DIY Foghorn that Never Dies

Those pressurized airhorns in a can will forever be instant fun in the palm of your hand. But the annoying part is that that fun eventually runs out. This air-powered PVC foghorn? Not so much. Created by Instructables user rog8811 The 1950s-inspired foghorn consists of little more than some PVC piping, a rubber glove and…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jul 4

An American Flag Full of Tweets

No offense to Betsy Ross, but this is an American flag made for the 21st Century. It’s a digital weave created from the avatars of Twitter users who tweet about Independence Day using a July 4th hashtag. Old Glory can be found at the Code for America website and was created with the help of…

Tech News Kelly Jul 4

Dear People of the Year 2076 (1976)

The 1970s was a tough decade for America. As we saw in the second episode of paleofuture.tv, many people were predicting apocalypse. But in 1976, it seems Americans were determined to hold their heads up high and celebrate 200 years of a country that was experiencing some major growing pains. If there’s one thing Americans…

Tech News Matt Novak Jul 4

This Bald Eagle Found Freedom on July 4th

Say hello to Einstein, a bald eagle from the University of Missouri’s Raptor Rehabilitation Project. The giant bird took to the skies on July 4th after three months of rehabilitation. The poor eagle arrived in April 2011 and was suffering from lead poisoning. He was disoriented, listless and could not digest food properly. On a…

Tech News Kelly Jul 4

Independence Day Roundup

io9 Roundup: 7/4 | Valley Forge Hulk wishes you a happy Fourth of July. Artwork by Herb Trimpe via 1976’s Mighty Marvel Bicentennial Calendar. Pigeons are completely incapable of forgetting a human face https://gizmodo.com/pigeons-are-completely-incapable-of-forgetting-a-human-5817934 It turns out crows aren’t the only birds with fiendishly powerful memories. Pigeons are also capable of spontaneously remembering which humans…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jul 4

Finally iPad and MacBook Sleeves to Match Your Designer Jeans

Denim! It’s comfy, rugged, and versatile. What’s not to love? Some people love it so much that they’re willing to pay hundreds of dollars for a single pair. But why stop at pants? Incase sure doesn’t. The ubiquitous maker of neoprene sleeves has joined forces with Parisian purveyor of raw denim, A.P.C., to bring us…

Tech News Michael Zhao Jul 4

True Blood unleashes the sex panther (in your pants)

True Blood’s back with another historical vampire flashback that highlights Bill’s punk years. It was kind of like watching your father do a beer bong while visiting you at college. But more importantly, WHERE IS REVEREND STEVE NEWLIN? To the True Blood Pro/Con-mobile! Pro: Jason awakes up to a good were-panther licking. Of course this…

Television Meredith Woerner Jul 4

Bigger and Better TouchPad May Land This August

Oh Snap. HP may be launching a new glossy, white webOS tablet in August. This new model comes hot on the heels of the original TouchPad which launched last week. A leaked roadmap and some “closed-door conversations” suggest the new TouchPad could include 64GB of storage and a faster 1.5GHz dual-core processor. The same roadmap…

Tech News Kelly Jul 4

Most Hipsters Don’t Know Why They Celebrate the Fourth of July

In case you didn’t know, the Fourth of July isn’t about booze and explosives. It has a historic meaning that celebrates one of the biggest events in the life of this country. Yes, I am looking at you — Mr. Twenty-something hipster with your skinny jeans and tumblr blog. You may know your way around…

Tech News Kelly Jul 4

What it looks like when you wear 365 days’ worth of makeup all at once

For their short film Natural Beauty, directing duo Lernert & Sander applied a year’s worth of makeup over nine hours to (fantastically named) model Hannelore Knuts. Remember, too much foundation will turn you into Gloppy the Molasses Monster from Candyland. What was Lernert & Sander’s mission statement? “We wanted to apply 365 layers of makeup…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jul 4

We Really Hope You’re Not Gross Enough to Need a Man Bowl

Yeah, yeah—men are disgusting. We get it. But has the gender really let itself go to the point that we need a man bowl? Yeah, that’s a dog bowl that says “MAN” on it. Because you eat like pigs dogs. Get your shit together, men. [ThumbsUp via Foolish Gadgets]

Tech News Kyle Wagner Jul 4

As spiders get older, their webs look worse and worse

It’s easy to think of old age as a uniquely human phenomenon, and there’s a certain amount of truth to that – most species die before they can experience the physical or mental deterioration often associated with growing older. That’s why the European house spider Zygiella x-notata is so interesting. In its youth, it weaves…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jul 4

Hide Ugly Cables Inside Fake Green Vines

Hate cables that run across your wall and look ridiculously ugly? If you are into the organic look, you should check out these Florafil cable covers from Tania da Cruz. They are designed to hide unsightly cables inside a sheath that resembles the stem of a plant. It’s only a concept right now, so you…

Tech News Kelly Jul 4

See an exoskeleton that helps paraplegics to walk (and other bionics) in motion

PBS Newshour recently did a neat segment on the various advancements in medical bionics, such exoskeletons and biomimetic arms. The segment also featured amputee athlete Aimee Mullins, who’s competed with carbon-fiber “cheetah leg” protheses. https://gizmodo.com/portraits-in-posthumanity-aimee-mullins-5535730 [Via Metafilter]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jul 4

Google’s Rube Goldberg Nexus Game Is Totally Addictive

Google’s new game that has you build Rube Goldberg-style contraptions is a total viral ploy. We wanted to hate it for that. But we can’t, because it’s just that fun and addictive. It’s a little bit like Cut the Rope, but you build the tools to get your balls to the target yourself. Yeah, it’s…

Tech News Mat Honan Jul 4

What does dark energy mean for the end of the universe?

Dark energy is perhaps the most mysterious thing in the cosmos, and yet it accounts for 73% of the observable universe. What’s more, the amount of dark energy seems to be increasing…and that could ultimately rip apart the entire universe. For the purposes of this post, we’re going to be treating dark energy in much…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jul 4

A House Under a Highway In China

Only in China could someone build a house directly underneath a highway and have it stand fifteen years before the Government discovers it and declares it unsafe. This is the plight of a house in Shanxi province which housed 36 families during its fifteen-year long existence. I can’t imagine what it must have been like…

Tech News Kelly Jul 4

There Are Lots of Bacteria in Your Belly Button

Human Hair Necklaces. Why?

Making Art From The Imperfect

The DIY Foghorn that Never Dies

An American Flag Full of Tweets

Dear People of the Year 2076 (1976)

This Bald Eagle Found Freedom on July 4th

Independence Day Roundup

Finally iPad and MacBook Sleeves to Match Your Designer Jeans

True Blood unleashes the sex panther (in your pants)

Bigger and Better TouchPad May Land This August

Most Hipsters Don’t Know Why They Celebrate the Fourth of July

What it looks like when you wear 365 days’ worth of makeup all at once

We Really Hope You’re Not Gross Enough to Need a Man Bowl

As spiders get older, their webs look worse and worse

Hide Ugly Cables Inside Fake Green Vines

See an exoskeleton that helps paraplegics to walk (and other bionics) in motion

Google’s Rube Goldberg Nexus Game Is Totally Addictive

What does dark energy mean for the end of the universe?

A House Under a Highway In China

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