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What Happens When a Bus Stop Is Turned Into a Lounge Room?

Julie Kim wondered what would happen if you placed a coffee table, stack of newspapers and a cheery vase of flowers at an LA bus stop. Secretly filming them, she found that people actually engaged with one another. It certainly poses a question to local councils about how they can improve the environment of waiting…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 27 '11

Google Adds Two-Finger Lion Gestures to Chrome, But Cocks Up the Natural Scrolling

Obviously those who disabled natural scrolling are laughing. But as you may’ve noticed already, Chrome’s three-finger left/right swipe to navigate through previously-viewed pages has been broken in Lion, because that gesture now flips between desktops. https://gizmodo.com/fuck-natural-scrolling-this-is-bullshit-5823588 Google’s since updated Chrome to number 14, as while it’s not been released past the dev channel yet, TechCrunch…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 27 '11

Specs For HTC’s Mango-Running Omega Phone Emerge

If the recent trend of larger-than-your-hand phones has got you down, you’ll be pleased to hear that the rumored HTC Omega supposedly has a 3.8-inch display for the WP7 Mango it’s going to (allegedly) run. Coupled with a 1.5GHz Qualcomm chip, 8MP camera and 16GB of onboard storage, these leaked specs give us something to…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 27 '11

The Flash-Less and OLED Touchscreen-Less Olympus E-PL3 Will Cost $700

I crave the flagship E-P3 like I’ve never craved a micro four thirds before, but at $900/£800 I fear it’s something I’ll have to think over very carefully. The next step down, the E-PL3, has just been priced at $700—a good two hundred notes cheaper, but is that inbuilt flash worth the extra cash? Not…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 27 '11

Anonymous Mounts Legal Protest Against PayPal

Anonymous has PayPal in its crosshairs but this time it’s using a legal strategy to battle the online payment processor. Because of PayPal’s role in the AntiSec arrests, the hackers are asking people to voluntarily close their PayPal accounts. https://gizmodo.com/19-year-old-alleged-lulzsec-hacker-arrested-in-england-5813954 The hacking group hopes to get 10,000 people to support their anti-PayPal movement. Anonymous admits…

Tech News Kelly Jul 27 '11

NASA Visualization Explorer App Brings Science To Your iPad

When you say NASA, people think Space Shuttle. But NASA does so much more. The agency studies topics ranging from astrophysics to climate change. It also has a new iPad app that details these diverse research projects. The NASA Visualization Explorer app brings a new topic from the space agency to your iPad each week.…

Tech News Kelly Jul 27 '11

Software Can Detect Fake Reviews With 90% Accuracy

Don’t you hate reading product reviews? You don’t know which ones are real and which ones are fake. It’s so hard to tell them apart that we need an algorithm to help us says a team of Cornell researchers. The Ivy League researchers developed an algorithm that can detect phony reviews with 90% accuracy. This…

Tech News Kelly Jul 27 '11

Collapsible Shot Glass For Drinkers On The Go

Those that like to drink their liquor in 2 ounces or less know the pain of being next a bottle of tequila with no shot glass in sight. Don’t fret as this collapsible shot glass has got your back. The 1.7 oz. cup has everything you need. It squashes down to a portable size, includes…

Gadgets Kelly Jul 27 '11

Ailing Man Repairs Hernia With Butter Knife

This 63-year old California man has some intestinal fortitude. Rather than wait for a doctor to repair his hernia, he decided to fix it himself … with a butter knife. The wife of the ailing man called the police for help after the dreadful self-surgery. The officers found the man butt-naked on a lounge chair…

Tech News Kelly Jul 26 '11

On Alphas, our heroes take a deep whiff of the scent of madness

Alphas delivered its best showing thus far with “Anger Management,” an episode about the team chasing down an Alpha whose pheromones cause everyone in the vicinity to act like they’re at a Black Flag show. Some much needed character time and an expansion of the show’s mythology made this episode a fun watch, even if…

Television Cyriaque Lamar Jul 26 '11

Frank Darabont stepping down as Walking Dead showrunner

Just days after he touted The Walking Dead’s second season at Comic-Con, rumors are flying that showrunner Frank Darabont is stepping down as the head zombie-wrangler on AMC’s hit undead series. What. The. Fuck. The Hollywood Reporter has just released this loaded bit of news: Sources confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that Darabont, the creator,…

Television Meredith Woerner Jul 26 '11

China Preparing Its First Space Station Module for Launch

China is close to launching its own space station. They are preparing the first module, called Tiangong-1 (“heavenly palace”). It will be first of many and it will launch later this year. Eventually, the space station will play host to unmanned and manned Chinese spacecraft. Even though China shows interest in cooperating with the International…

Space & Spaceflight Kelly Jul 26 '11

Brass Knuckles For The Manly Wal-Mart Shopper

Men, you know what it’s like to slink out of Wal-Mart with a fistful of plastic bags containing “feminine hygiene” products for your significant other. With these Asian brass knuckles, you can reclaim at least some of your dignity. This gut-busting, jaw-breaking weapon has two hooks for your plastic bag and engraved characters that scream…

Gadgets Kelly Jul 26 '11

io9 Roundup: July 26, 2011

LONG HAUL | Deep space is lonely. Make sure you’ve got some powerful thrusters. “Purple Ship” by Titus Lunter, via Concept Ships. https://gizmodo.com/daniel-craig-and-the-lost-indiana-jones-joke-in-cowboys-5825001 Daniel Craig and the Lost Indiana Jones Joke in Cowboys & Aliens Daniel Craig is just like us, in some ways. He can’t sit next to Harrison Ford with a blaster without…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 26 '11

Warehouse 13 shows how not to haze your new gay co-worker

Wow, that was… interesting. One half of last night’s Warehouse 13 was the weirdest hazing session of all time. You know a prank on your gay coworker is getting out of hand when it requires you to simulate heterosexual intercourse. Spoilers ahead… Note to straight people: If your new coworker reveals that he or she…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jul 26 '11

How The 2004 Presidential Election May Have Been Hacked

Ohio’s 2004 presidential election is one many won’t forget. Democrat John Kerry was the leader and exit polls pegged him as the winner. Defying explanation, a last-minute shift in votes favored Republican George W. Bush and propelled him to victory. New filings in the King Lincoln Bronzeville v. Blackwell case sheds some light on how…

Tech News Kelly Jul 26 '11

A Future for Print: This Store Was Made with 1,800 Copies of the NY Times

Newspapers! They’ve finally found their purpose in our digital age! And it’s to be…building bricks for retail kiosks. 1,800 issues of the New York Times will clad this kiosk located in Grand Central Terminal in New York City. The kiosk was designed by Aesop, a skin-care company, and I’m guessing the sight of raggedly grey…

Tech News Casey Chan Jul 26 '11

Daniel Craig and the Lost Indiana Jones Joke in Cowboys & Aliens

Daniel Craig is just like us, in some ways. He can’t sit next to Harrison Ford with a blaster without making Star Wars jokes. While promoting Cowboys & Aliens Daniel Craig sat down with a few journalists including io9 and talked all things, well, cowboys and aliens. Just don’t call his wrist blaster a bracelet.…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jul 26 '11

Frogs are dying in record numbers. Now you can help scientists study this problem.

For decades, zoologists have been dismayed to watch frog and other amphibian populations shrinking dramatically all over the world. In some areas, as many as a third of the local frog species are threatened with extinction. Some scientists say it’s more like half of all species. https://gizmodo.com/frog-deaths-are-a-harbinger-of-sixth-mass-extinction-5036187 The cause of the rapid fall in frog…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jul 26 '11

David E. Kelley’s Wonder Woman pilot would have been Hollywood’s weirdest take on superheroes yet

If things had turned out differently, one of America’s most famous superheroes could have been racing across our screens this fall. But the gods were against Wonder Woman, NBC’s superhero show. And it’s easy to see why. We’ve seen the unaired Wonder Woman pilot, and it’s actually kind of worse than we expected. It’s bad…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jul 26 '11

What Happens When a Bus Stop Is Turned Into a Lounge Room?

Google Adds Two-Finger Lion Gestures to Chrome, But Cocks Up the Natural Scrolling

Specs For HTC’s Mango-Running Omega Phone Emerge

The Flash-Less and OLED Touchscreen-Less Olympus E-PL3 Will Cost $700

Anonymous Mounts Legal Protest Against PayPal

NASA Visualization Explorer App Brings Science To Your iPad

Software Can Detect Fake Reviews With 90% Accuracy

Collapsible Shot Glass For Drinkers On The Go

Ailing Man Repairs Hernia With Butter Knife

On Alphas, our heroes take a deep whiff of the scent of madness

Frank Darabont stepping down as Walking Dead showrunner

China Preparing Its First Space Station Module for Launch

Brass Knuckles For The Manly Wal-Mart Shopper

io9 Roundup: July 26, 2011

Warehouse 13 shows how not to haze your new gay co-worker

How The 2004 Presidential Election May Have Been Hacked

A Future for Print: This Store Was Made with 1,800 Copies of the NY Times

Daniel Craig and the Lost Indiana Jones Joke in Cowboys & Aliens

Frogs are dying in record numbers. Now you can help scientists study this problem.

David E. Kelley’s Wonder Woman pilot would have been Hollywood’s weirdest take on superheroes yet

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