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Why Patrick Duffy is Writing 3 Man From Atlantis Novels

Patrick Duffy is best known as Bobby Ewing on Dallas, the plucky hero who resurrected by stepping out of the shower. But he actually got his start on another show, The Man From Atlantis, about an amphibian superhero. Duffy feels so strongly that The Man From Atlantis never achieved its full potential, he’s writing a…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jul 28 '11

The Government Will Pay Doctors $44,000 to Use an iPad

The Obama administration strongly desires that all medical records be electronic. There’s a much-lauded app called drchrono for the iPad which can make that transition happen. Logically, the government will toss up to $44,000 to any doctor willing to use it. TheNextWeb says that doctors who use the drchrono app, which has been certified for…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jul 28 '11

Amazon Prime Streaming Now Has 2,000 New Movies and TV Shows from NBC Universal

Amazon has announced a deal with NBCUniversal Domestic TV Distribution to bring over 2,000 new movies and TV shows to its Prime instant streaming video service. Some highlights include “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” and “Being John Malkovich”. [Engadget]

Commerce Michael Zhao Jul 28 '11

Total Amateur Says He Cracked Zodiac Killer’s Impossible Code

The only thing creepier than the Zodiac killer calling himself the “Zodiac killer” and murdering a lot of people in the 60s was his trademark codes. And 40 years later, most of them remain unsolved. Unless you ask this guy. Corey Starliper, a Californian amateur codebreaker and devout Zodiac historian, says he’s busted the murderer’s…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jul 28 '11

Dolphins are among the rare mammals who can see electricity

Not only do dolphins have insane healing powers, but it turns out that they’re the only mammals who can detect electrical fields. Sure, I can detect an electrical field, but only using the excruciatingly painful touch-it-and-scream method. What we’re talking about here is a special sensory organ for passive detection of electrical fields, better known…

io9 Tim Barribeau Jul 28 '11

Garmin Forerunner 610 Runs Fast But Touched Me In a Bad Place

Getting into shape is hard! A good gadget can distract you from the drudgery of exercise. Like the Forerunner 610, a shiny and impressive watch to make you forget about that aneurysm as you delve into its mighty feature set. Why It Matters Garmin’s newest Forerunner is a great hybrid. It’s a fitness tracker that…

Reviews Mat Honan Jul 28 '11

A simple physics demonstration that shows why science still sometimes seems like magic

In this simple demonstration of how waves work, a Harvard instructor shows how a group of pendulums can move through a complicated dance together — due entirely to the way each pendulum oscillates at a different rate. Here’s the explanation provided by the Harvard online natural science demonstration series: What it shows: Fifteen uncoupled simple…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jul 28 '11

Watch Harrison Ford’s epic reunion with Chewbacca, it will give you chills

Old wounds are opened as Harrison Ford loses his shit on Chewbacca behind the scenes, on Jimmy Kimmel Live. So this is what awesome is made of. Why did we get chills? Well, Harrison isn’t the sort of guy to run around making Star Wars gags, but he went full Han Solo in this sketch…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jul 28 '11

Toyota’s Magic Steering Wheel Will Take Over If You Have a Heart Attack

Cars have already come such a long way since the Model-T days, but if you think Google’s driverless cars were fancy, wait until you hear about Toyota’s heart attack-detecting sensors, that will steer a car if you lose control. https://jalopnik.com/googles-driverless-cars-are-now-legal-in-nevada-5815536 The sensor-laden steering wheel has been shown off by Toyota over in Japan, where the…

Health Kat Hannaford Jul 28 '11

10 Quotes that Prove Guillermo del Toro is the Most Outrageous Horror Director Alive

Guillermo del Toro isn’t just one of the great directors of horror and fantasy — he’s also an uncompromising visionary, who calls it likes he sees it. We’ve been blown away by del Toro’s words of wisdom before. https://gizmodo.com/if-you-get-bored-with-nothing-to-do-you-are-not-a-wri-5656279 But at San Diego Comic-Con, we were lucky enough to attend several panels, in which del…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jul 28 '11

New Hunger Games pics want to make it clear, Peeta is a SUPER SEXY baker

A whole crop of new Hunger Games photos have been released and while Gale Hawthorne is looking fly as hell, Peeta Mellark’s “sexy baker” photoshoot is leaving us a little worried. The Hunger Games is the live action adaptation of Suzanne Collins post-apocalyptic YA novel about a group of kids who must battle to the…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jul 28 '11

The Polaroid Z340 Looks Like the Lovechild of the Polaroid One and a Point and Shoot

Polaroid might’ve ditched the instant film business but it doesn’t mean they can’t make digital equivalents. The Polaroid Z340 looks like a great digital compromise: classic body, digicam innards like 14 megapixels, flip-up LCD, etc. and ink-free prints. https://gizmodo.com/polaroid-instant-film-killed-by-the-21st-century-354567 The Polaroid Z340’s built-in printer uses the Zink (Zero Ink) technology so there’s no need for…

Gadgets Casey Chan Jul 28 '11

Electronic Tongue That Distinguishes Different Wines Puts Me to Shame

Let’s face it—most of us will drink anything put in front of us, but an electronic tongue developed at a Barcelona university is capable of telling the difference between not just any old wine, but sparkling cava. This is done by sensors, as you probably guessed, but also by throwing in a bit of math…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 28 '11

What’s so scandalous about a naked singularity?

The centers of black holes are among the strangest places in the universe — so strange that current physics can’t even describe them. Could these singularities be found out in the open? In this week’s “Ask a Physicist” we find out. Illustration by Markus Gann/Shutterstock Let’s face it: black holes are awesome, which is probably…

io9 Dr. Dave Goldberg Jul 28 '11

How To Maximize Your (Beverage’s) Life Expectancy

Hot coffee is supposed to be the kind of tongue-burning liquid that will slap you awake, while iced tea was never designed to be a lukewarm soupy mess. Yet it seems as if most beverage containing devices have overlooked these simple aphorisms, because how many times have you reached for a nice cool/warm swig of…

Tech News Sponsored post Jul 28 '11

The Single Largest Land Vehicle On Earth

You’ve seen the Godzilla of Khazakstan and sure, it’s an impressive piece of machinery. But it’s a Tonka Truck compared to its big brother, the Bagger 288. This 13,500-ton leviathan chews the tops of mountains clean off. https://jalopnik.com/holy-freaking-hell-this-saw-cuts-through-mountains-5799307 The Bagger 288 is what’s known as a bucket-wheel excavator, built by the Krupp company for the…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jul 28 '11

Look at the data stored on your credit card magstripe using flakes of rust

Sometimes, you want to feel like a secret agent. You don’t actually want to be one, since that involves danger (and probably having to run a lot and get up early in the morning), but you want to feel like one. Here’s a super-sneaky way to ‘read’ a credit card. To begin your brush with…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jul 28 '11

Netflix Relief Fund: Will Nobody Think of the Privileged?

When Netflix raised the price on their DVD+Streaming package, it sent shockwaves through the already suffering community of upper-middle class hipsters. But for just $6 a month—the price of a McDonald’s value meal—you can ease their pain. Or you could just direct them to their nearest torrent, maybe. Although honestly, now that four season of…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jul 28 '11

Gmail’s Twee New Ad Campaign Makes Hotmail Seem Fantastic

Gmail’s new email intervention campaign is about as cute as a baby with a kitten. Oh, it’s so precious! Look, Google, I get it. You’re very clever! But you’ve really got to cut out all the twee B.S. Let’s see what we’ve got here. Professorial type speaking in an obviously stilted tone for ironic effect?…

Tech News Mat Honan Jul 28 '11

The best cosplay of Comic-Con 2011

And now, the moment you’ve been waiting for. The very best cosplay we saw last weekend at Comic-Con. The people who bring the most joy to the Con floor are most definitely the cosplayers who wear their passions on their sleeves (and the rest of their bodies). Here are some of the most spectacular outfits.…

io9 Lauren Davis Jul 28 '11

Why Patrick Duffy is Writing 3 Man From Atlantis Novels

The Government Will Pay Doctors $44,000 to Use an iPad

Amazon Prime Streaming Now Has 2,000 New Movies and TV Shows from NBC Universal

Total Amateur Says He Cracked Zodiac Killer’s Impossible Code

Dolphins are among the rare mammals who can see electricity

Garmin Forerunner 610 Runs Fast But Touched Me In a Bad Place

A simple physics demonstration that shows why science still sometimes seems like magic

Watch Harrison Ford’s epic reunion with Chewbacca, it will give you chills

Toyota’s Magic Steering Wheel Will Take Over If You Have a Heart Attack

10 Quotes that Prove Guillermo del Toro is the Most Outrageous Horror Director Alive

New Hunger Games pics want to make it clear, Peeta is a SUPER SEXY baker

The Polaroid Z340 Looks Like the Lovechild of the Polaroid One and a Point and Shoot

Electronic Tongue That Distinguishes Different Wines Puts Me to Shame

What’s so scandalous about a naked singularity?

How To Maximize Your (Beverage’s) Life Expectancy

The Single Largest Land Vehicle On Earth

Look at the data stored on your credit card magstripe using flakes of rust

Netflix Relief Fund: Will Nobody Think of the Privileged?

Gmail’s Twee New Ad Campaign Makes Hotmail Seem Fantastic

The best cosplay of Comic-Con 2011

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