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HP Veer Review: Awwwww

Holy shit this phone is adorable. I feel like I’m bear-hugging it with my hand every time I hold it. https://gizmodo.com/hp-veer-is-a-tiny-tiny-palm-phone-with-a-slideout-keyb-5756088 WHY IT MATTERS I can fit the Veer entirely inside of my mouth. While it’s significant that it’s the first phone produced by the corpse of Palm (now possessed by HP in every sense…

Reviews Matt Buchanan May 16

Thanks to an Exoskeleton, a Paralyzed Boy Got to Walk on His Graduation Day

Austin Whitney, a 22-year-old student, was able to walk on his graduation day at UC Berkeley. Why is that surprising? Because Whitney is paralyzed from the waist down and needed an exoskeleton to make those seven steps. It’s a heartwarming story of a boy who learned his lesson and remained committed to his goal. Before…

Tech News Casey Chan May 16

The aquatic apocalypse of Waterworld was my sexual awakening

Human sexuality is a weird thing, so it makes sense that I learned the laws of attraction from a disgusting, herring-scented merman. And no, I’m not talking about Skeletor’s sidekick. First things first, the title of this piece is a bit of a prevarication. My first official sexual awakening occurred while watching another maritime themed…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar May 16

Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey uses her mermaid wiles in the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie

We recently talked to Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey, who plays the main mermaid Syrena in the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. She told us about her mermaid history and what makes Syrena different from mermaids we’ve seen before. Mermaids are the big supernatural additions to the latest entry in the Pirates franchise, as they…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins May 16

Today’s Best Gadgets

Fake Stick-On USB Cables, For Causing All Sorts of Office-Based Hijinx https://gizmodo.com/lenovo-thinkpad-x1-the-thinnest-core-i7-laptop-money-c-5802408 Lenovo refers to their ThinkPad X1 as a crossover computer. Made for the business set, the Intel Core i7 processor packed into its 0.67-inch body will appeal to a more consumer crowd as well. This wants to go mainstream.More » Lenovo’s ThinkCentre Edge 91z…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola May 16

First Clip from J.J. Abrams’ Super 8: Indie movie-making meets giant CG collision

The first snippet from J.J. Abrams’ 1970s throwback movie Super 8 shows the kids are all right — at least until the nasty train crash happens. Just in this brief 30-second excerpt, you can already tell this movie has heart. Am I the only one who wants to see these kids finish making their scrappy…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders May 16

New Bill Would Make Illegal Streaming a Whopping Felony

You know those semi-shady websites that seem to stream every movie and TV show imaginable? Or, you know, YouTube? If a new bill by Senators Amy Klobuchar and John Cornyn passes, spreading copyrighted works on them will be a felony. And a felony means prison time. The bill would target operators and sharers, not watchers,…

Movies Sam Biddle May 16

Places on Earth that Aliens Might Find Hospitable

NASA released an absolutely stunning gallery of real-world locations where alien life forms might like to spend some time if they visited. These are the weird, extreme places where astrobiologists have studied unusual life forms and conditions. And it doesn’t hurt that they look like alien planets at a glance. Like the above photo of…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 16

Elementary Schools Tracking How Many Pudding Cups the Kids Are Gulping with Calorie-Hunting Cameras

American public schools are known for having some generally pretty terrible food. High in fat and sugar, low in most other things. This leads to childhood obesity. Not good. So some Texas cafeterias are taking a high-tech approach to health. The $2 million trial system, implemented in San Antonio elementary schools, uses cameras to scan…

Health Sam Biddle May 16

First Trailers for J.J. Abrams’ Alcatraz, plus Grimm and Awake!

Fox has finally released the first footage from J.J. Abrams’ mysterious time-traveling series Alcatraz. It’s so Abrams-y, it makes us squeal — quick, to the lens-flare machine! Plus new footage from Terra Nova and NBC’s Grimm and Awake. Alcatraz Not only does Alcatraz have a new trailer, but feast your eyes on these sexy promo…

Television Meredith Woerner May 16

Who’s a bigger fool on Game of Thrones: the King, or his Hand?

It’s easy to think of King Robert as a fool, and Ned Stark as the wise counselor who tries to save the King from his own folly. But like most things in Game of Thrones, it’s not quite that simple. Last night’s episode showed us a few hints that King Robert might actually be shrewder…

Television Charlie Jane Anders May 16

Oh, Ranger! ParkFinder for iPhone

I wanted to enjoy the outdoors more this year. It’s now May and I never once ventured out. But no more excuses! The Oh, Ranger! ParkFinder app curates a list of parks and tells you exactly which activities you can do there. What is it? Oh, Ranger! ParkFinder, Free, iPhone. Oh, Ranger! has curated a…

Tech News Casey Chan May 16

The 1.3 Million-Pound Rockets That Shot Endeavour Into Space

Endeavour was launched into space today for the last time ever. Prayers don’t shoot shuttles into space, though: Hurtling Endeavour and its crew 28 miles straight up were a pair of 1.3-million-pound reusable solid rockets. https://gizmodo.com/the-last-launch-of-endeavour-was-perfect-5802179 At its lightest, Space Shuttle Endeavour weighs 172,000 pounds with both of its rockets attached. But when Alliant Techsystems…

Space & Spaceflight Max Behrman May 16

Not One, But Two Amazon Tablets Coming This Year?

Boy Genius Report has sources telling them that two Amazon tablets are on the way this year, in two different sizes and configurations. The first tablet, codenamed Coyote, might be the smaller of the two and based on the NVIDIA Tegra 2 chipset, presumably at a mainstream price point. The second, codenamed Hollywood, could be…

Tech News Adrian Covert May 16

Silk Is the Magical Material of the Future

Silk! The ancient material is soft, luxurious and…incredibly versatile for the future. New uses and manufacturing techniques for silk have been discovered and you can use it as a vein replacement, bone replacement, optical fibers, microneedles, cups, holograms and more. It’s amazing, Fiorenzo Omenetto discusses the usefulness of silk in a TED talk and it’s…

Tech News Casey Chan May 16

A Gorgeous Dissection of Mermaid Anatomy

Mermaids are a miracle of nature — a chimera with human parts and fish parts, able to move between two worlds. But what are they like on the inside? A slew of artists and scientists have imagined mermaid anatomy. At the top is the work of artist Walmor Corrêa. Possibly the most famous of all…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 16

Photoshop Time Traveling Into World War II Ghost Dimension (Part Two)

Here’s a new series of eerie World War II ghost photos by Russian photographer Sergey Larenkov, made to celebrate last week’s Europe V-day. Like previous ones, this gallery of photos is both disturbing and fascinating at the same time. https://gizmodo.com/photoshop-opens-time-portals-into-a-world-war-ii-ghost-5600272 The shots are from Berlin, Prague and Vienna, and show the Red Army taking over…

Tech News Jesus Diaz May 16

Lenovo ThinkPad X1: The Thinnest Core i7 Laptop Money Can Buy

Lenovo refers to their ThinkPad X1 as a crossover computer. Made for the business set, the Intel Core i7 processor packed into its 0.67-inch body will appeal to a more consumer crowd as well. This wants to go mainstream. The X1 still looks very much like part of the Lenovo ThinkPad family, which is to…

Tech News Adrian Covert May 16

Lenovo’s ThinkCentre Edge 91z Is an All-In-One Gone Corporate

All-in-one computers are machines generally designed for home offices and living rooms. Those addicted to Microsoft Exchange are typically not the target audience. Lenovo’s ThinkCentre Edge 91z reconsiders that assumption. The Edge 91z can handle a quad-core Intel Core i7 processor, a 21.5-inch screen, 8 gigs of memory and either an 80-gig SSD or 1…

Tech News Adrian Covert May 16

Watch a Man Trapped Inside Three Moving iPhone Screens

This is amazing. Ronen Verbit put together a short film that plays back across three iPhone screens. The craziest part is that the iPhones have to be choreographed to show the entire story. So clever. For example, a ball picked up requires a stacked line up to show its vertical movement, whereas a ball thrown…

Tech News Casey Chan May 16

HP Veer Review: Awwwww

Thanks to an Exoskeleton, a Paralyzed Boy Got to Walk on His Graduation Day

The aquatic apocalypse of Waterworld was my sexual awakening

Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey uses her mermaid wiles in the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie

Today’s Best Gadgets

First Clip from J.J. Abrams’ Super 8: Indie movie-making meets giant CG collision

New Bill Would Make Illegal Streaming a Whopping Felony

Places on Earth that Aliens Might Find Hospitable

Elementary Schools Tracking How Many Pudding Cups the Kids Are Gulping with Calorie-Hunting Cameras

First Trailers for J.J. Abrams’ Alcatraz, plus Grimm and Awake!

Who’s a bigger fool on Game of Thrones: the King, or his Hand?

Oh, Ranger! ParkFinder for iPhone

The 1.3 Million-Pound Rockets That Shot Endeavour Into Space

Not One, But Two Amazon Tablets Coming This Year?

Silk Is the Magical Material of the Future

A Gorgeous Dissection of Mermaid Anatomy

Photoshop Time Traveling Into World War II Ghost Dimension (Part Two)

Lenovo ThinkPad X1: The Thinnest Core i7 Laptop Money Can Buy

Lenovo’s ThinkCentre Edge 91z Is an All-In-One Gone Corporate

Watch a Man Trapped Inside Three Moving iPhone Screens

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