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A Web Browser For Your…Graphing Calculator?

Did anyone ever use a graphing calculator to actually, like, calculate graphs? All I remember is playing Tetris and some Drugwars game. Kids these days have something crazier: Gossamer. It’s a web browser for graphing calculators. Gossamer works with TI-83+ and TI-84+SE calculators and lets you see websites in a cramped, pixelated, black and white…

Tech News Casey Chan Jul 25 '11

The 1.4-Gigapixel Camera Standing Between Us and Armageddon

First step in preventing Armageddon: Spot the asteroid before it obliterates all life on earth. The PS1 Telescope sits atop a Hawaiian mountain with a 1.4-gigapixel digital camera to ensure we get the Ben Affleck-approved ending, not Deep Impact. The PS1 telescope is the first of four Pan-STARRS (Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System),…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jul 25 '11

Easily the most awkward Spider-Man exercise video you’ll watch all day

Need to limber up? This compilation of clips from a strangely disconcerting Spider-Man exercise video will loosen both your joints and your synapses. Don’t watch this unless you want the Sling Stance emblazoned on your mind’s eye. Hat tip to Precious Roy!

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Jul 25 '11

Google’s Street View Fleet Accidentally Mapped Millions of Phones and Laptops

Street View, one of Google’s coolest and move privacy-offending services of all time, has just caught another black eye: CNET reports the WiFi-scanning cars recorded millions of mobile devices—plus their locations. And then released them online. The revelation is just the latest blotch on an already spotty record for Google when it comes to not…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jul 25 '11

An Apple Tree that Bears iPhone Fruit

Graphics like this leave me with both this great sense of nostalgia and this awe at how much Apple’s done in the last 35 years. Artist Mike Vasilev, thanks to Mashable, really captured Apple’s growth and progress through the years. [Mashable]

Tech News Kwame Opam Jul 25 '11

If You Bought an AT&T Android Phone This Year, Gingerbread’s Coming Soon

Fragmentation who? AT&T is pushing Android 2.3 Gingerbread to several handsets, including all Androids released in 2011. The ATRIX 4G gets the OTA update today, and the HTC Inspire will receive it in a few weeks. Other affected handsets are listed below. [AT&T] AT&T Customers to Enjoy Gingerbread Android 2.3 Debuted in the AT&T Portfolio…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Jul 25 '11

Golden Photocopier Unfortunately Won’t Turn Looseleaf Into Gold-Leaf

You know you have way too much money when you start thinking about gold-plating your office equipment. But actually doing it? These are your salad days slowly being eaten away, Mr Yogi Proctor. Designer Proctor is off the hook this time, as this Canon photocopier is actually a model of the real thing, measuring 33…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 25 '11

Ancient black hole contains 100,000 Suns worth of water

A distant, hyper-energetic black hole known as a quasar contains the largest reserve of water in the known universe, equivalent to 140 trillion times the water on Earth. The solution to our water crisis is only 12 billion light-years away! Technically speaking, quasars occur when giant black holes suck in huge amounts of gas and…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jul 25 '11

Why Snail Mail Should Just Die Already

You’d think the UK government would be able to at least afford A4 paper for its printers, considering the amount we pay in taxes. But according to The Telegraph, the HMRC forgot to order enough paper to print tax reminders. I know, you’re thinking what’s so bad about not getting a tax reminder. And I’d…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 25 '11

What the Heck Did People Use to Stay Cool Before Air Conditioning Existed?

Air conditioning is one of man’s greatest inventions. I dare you to disagree with me. But what the hell did people use to stay cool before AC existed? Apparently, mountains of snow, windowless sun-side walls, good ol’ suffering, and more. It’s pretty impressive that humans have been able to last this long on Earth without…

Tech News Casey Chan Jul 25 '11

The Greatest Photo Ever Taken With a BlackBerry?

I’m biased, but this bald eagle photo my stepmother took this morning is basically the greatest phonecam picture ever taken. Check out that depth of field! There’s a trick to it, and it ain’t Photoshop. She took the photo using a BlackBerry Tour 9630, which has a measly 3.2 megapixel camera with a 2x digital…

Tech News Mat Honan Jul 25 '11

Here’s an Office Prank Anyone Can Do Cheaply and In No Time

Just grab a few rolls of Reynolds and turn any cubicle into the Lunar Module. Extra bonus: Protection against radio-frequency snooping. Extra extra bonus: Everywhere is a good place to place your sandwich. [Stuff I Stole From the Internet] https://gizmodo.com/i-just-cant-believe-they-went-to-the-moon-in-this-thing-5820113

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jul 25 '11

Voomote One: The Mr. Potato Head of Universal iPhone Remotes

Universal remotes for your iPhone are old news, but the thing about them is that they’re so, well, universal: You use the same layout for all your devices. The Voomote One lets you have a different remote for your TV than your stereo. The layouts are grouped into profiles, so you can make a group…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Jul 25 '11

Alien life form discovered in China turns out to be hairless monkey

The people of a Chinese village thought they’d encountered E.T. — but it turned out to be a malnourished monkey with no hair. Mao Xiping spotted the creature eating cucumbers in her garden in Gezhai Village, and thought it was a rabbit at first. “At first I thought it was a rabbit, then I was…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 25 '11

Anonymous Strikes Back at Italian Cops with 8 Gigabyte Leak

An Anonymous and AntiSec affiliated hacker has released an alleged 8 gigabytes of data from Italy’s CNAIPIC cyber defense police squad. The dump holds data on defense, corporate, and intelligence agencies from around the world. Plus goofy personal photos. Clearly a retaliatory attack after Italian cops arrested Anon suspects earlier this month, the data cache…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jul 25 '11

Abandoned Pyramids Meet the Majesty of the Milky Way

The Milky Way, old news. But what the hell is this scene? A row of stone pyramids in middle-of-nowhere Nevada. Abandoned. And they’ve been derelict for over a century. The structures, now part of Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic Park, were just that—kilns built to crisp wood into charcoal, part of a much larger town…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jul 25 '11

Why a Curveball Curves

I was recently told that there is a game called ‘baseball’ being played in this season of the year. Intrigued, I looked into this game of “bases” and “balls,” only to discover a physics mystery. It seems the curveball moves mid-flight, without anything seeming to have touched it, and changed its trajectory. What could cause…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jul 25 '11

Just Imagine the Fun You’d Have With a 4mm Gun Hidden Inside a Zippo

This tiny 6mm 4mm gun hidden inside a Zippo lighter may not be as dollhouse-cute as the small-as-matches guns from Russia, but there’s definitely a touch of James Bond to this lighter-gun. https://gizmodo.com/cute-mini-guns-as-small-as-matches-can-actually-shoot-b-5807610 Instead of a wick for lighting the flame, there’s a barrel for shooting the tiny bullets out of. And instead of the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 25 '11

Bryan Singer beams the internet straight into your brain, in the trailer for H+

Watch the first trailer for Bryan Singer’s futuristic webseries H+, in which the population has ditched smart phones for brain implants. And of course, it all goes horribly wrong. Here’s a quick synopsis: H+: The Digital Series takes viewers on a journey into an apocalyptic future where technology has begun to spiral out of control,…

Trailers Meredith Woerner Jul 25 '11

Scientists Ruin Science Fiction by Proving Time Travel Is Impossible

Science decided to be unfun this morning. Physicists at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology demonstrated that a single photon cannot be accelerated beyond the speed of light. This implies that faster-than-light time travel is impossible. FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU… The research team, led by Professor Du Shengwang, set out to close the debate by measuring the…

Tech News Kwame Opam Jul 25 '11

A Web Browser For Your…Graphing Calculator?

The 1.4-Gigapixel Camera Standing Between Us and Armageddon

Easily the most awkward Spider-Man exercise video you’ll watch all day

Google’s Street View Fleet Accidentally Mapped Millions of Phones and Laptops

An Apple Tree that Bears iPhone Fruit

If You Bought an AT&T Android Phone This Year, Gingerbread’s Coming Soon

Golden Photocopier Unfortunately Won’t Turn Looseleaf Into Gold-Leaf

Ancient black hole contains 100,000 Suns worth of water

Why Snail Mail Should Just Die Already

What the Heck Did People Use to Stay Cool Before Air Conditioning Existed?

The Greatest Photo Ever Taken With a BlackBerry?

Here’s an Office Prank Anyone Can Do Cheaply and In No Time

Voomote One: The Mr. Potato Head of Universal iPhone Remotes

Alien life form discovered in China turns out to be hairless monkey

Anonymous Strikes Back at Italian Cops with 8 Gigabyte Leak

Abandoned Pyramids Meet the Majesty of the Milky Way

Why a Curveball Curves

Just Imagine the Fun You’d Have With a 4mm Gun Hidden Inside a Zippo

Bryan Singer beams the internet straight into your brain, in the trailer for H+

Scientists Ruin Science Fiction by Proving Time Travel Is Impossible

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