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Don’t Cry For This Hacksawed Leica Lens

While most Leica lenses cost thousands of dollars, you can pick one up on eBay now for $995. There’s just one catch…it’s in half. It wasn’t some random Sigma fan armed with a hacksaw—oh no, it was those darned Leica students, who created them for a graduation project. The lenses, a Leica Tri-Elmar-M 28-35-50mm (top)…

Tech News Kat Hannaford May 16

This Is What Happens When You Mix Floods and Railroads

Mayhem, that’s what will always happen if you build a railroad or any other structure in the middle of a water stream without the proper support. This video, taken in Stackpool, Ontario, it’s a good demonstration of that simple principle. The only reason I support engineers making stupid mistakes like this is because they are…

Tech News Jesus Diaz May 16

Remember When AOL Instant Messenger Was Our Facebook?

After bowing down to Google Talk this week, AIM is effectively dead. Most buddy lists are ghost towns. Chatters fled to Google, Skype and Facebook for their conversational needs. But at its pinnacle, AIM was something singular and amazing. https://gizmodo.com/its-official-this-is-the-new-aim-5801395 By opening its gates to Gchat, AIM is saying that it’s no competition. But AIM…

Tech News Adrian Covert and Sam Biddle May 16

These Old Pumas Are Way Cooler Than Your New Kicks

The coolest shoes we’ve come across so far in 2011 are more than 25 years old. It’s an amazing old pair of Pumas, that do just about everything a modern pair of computerized shoes do today, but worse. Edward Boches unearthed this epic ad he put together in the 80s for the Puma RS Computer…

Tech News Mat Honan May 16

Season finales of Supernatural and Big Bang Theory bring H.P. Lovecraft and Star Trek sex fantasies

Supernatural’s sixth season comes to an end, with the first appearance of… H.P. Lovecraft! And The Big Bang Theory’s season finale features Star Trek salaciousness. Plus Maria Hill vs. Hydra, Chuck’s big day, and Family Guy Return of the Jedi! Not to mention more Doctor Who and Game of Thrones. Plus the return of Nikola…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders May 16

Stop Torrenting Things Like a Dirty, Dirty Pirate

Sure, you can’t single-handedly save the music industry, or the television industry, or the film industry, but if you take this short survey, email the last question to [email protected] with “$150 iTunes Contest” as the subject line, you could win one hundred and fifty smackers, good for anything sold in the iTunes store. At no…

Tech News Sponsored post May 16

First look at Transformers “Dark of the Moon” Sideswipe, Bumblebee

The latest Transformers flick “Dark of the Moon” may be yet another extended Chevy commercial, but here’s the first look at the new Camaro ZL1-inspired Bumblebee Camaro and topless Corvette Stingray concept Sideswipe. [Jalopnik] https://jalopnik.com/is-transformers-3-s-optimus-prime-a-giant-robotic-butte-5754280

Tech News Apisuper May 16

A Rolling Terrain Robot That Flies—Why Has it Taken Us So Long?

If you cast your minds back to the appearance of the Sony Rolly, you’ll remember it flapped its wings, but like a little chick, it couldn’t take flight. Someone, somewhere, taught one of the rolling robot’s cousins how to fly. https://gizmodo.com/sony-rolly-rollies-into-us-391976 It may only be small, but if the University of Minnesota’s Center for Distributed…

Tech News Kat Hannaford May 16

I Want to Order McDonald’s From a Touchscreen Too

I’m not envious of Europe often, but I’m super jealous of this: McDonald’s in Europe is starting to roll out new touchscreen terminals that only accept credit/debit card transactions. This will replace cashiers and cash from the ordering process. Maybe it’s a little anti-social but I’ve been dreaming about the day where I can mosey…

Tech News Casey Chan May 16

The motherlode of insights into science fiction books

The Guardian’s book section has been running a slew of interesting and thought-provoking articles about science fiction books, including excerpts of rare interviews with Isaac Asimov and Douglas Adams, great authors choosing their favorite books, and a terrific China Mieville profile. Well worth checking out.

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders May 16

Black Box Data Successfully Recovered From Air France Flight 447 Wreckage

So, you know those black boxes they found from Air France Flight 447, which crashed midway between a flight from Sao Paulo to Paris? They managed to recover all the data from them. Investigators at the French Bureau of Investigations and Analyses spent a full day painstakingly removing, drying and testing the circuits of the…

Tech News Adrian Covert May 16

Plants Vs. Zombies Coming to Android for Free (for a Day)

Buried in a businessy press release from PopCap are two gems: That Plant Vs. Zombies and Chuzzle are coming to Android via the Amazon market-and that they’ll be free apps of the day. PvZ for free is quite good. Chuzzle… [Kotaku]

Tech News Kotaku May 16

Cloud or UFO? You be the judge.

In this gallery, photographers show us unidentified cloudy objects. These are clouds that look so weird that it’s as if some kind of alien vessel shaped them. And who knows? Maybe one did. One of the truly great things about Flickr is that you can search for “UFO cloud” and get over 6,000 results. Here…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 16

AIM and Google Talk Crossover Is Now Active (OMG IM BFFs!)

The Vulcan mind meld between AIM and your Gmail buddies is in effect—though it doesn’t appear to have been officially announced. Sending a message to a friend on the other side is just as easy as we’d hoped. If you’re on Google Talk, just throw an IM to (name of awesome friend)@aol.com. If you’re using…

Tech News Sam Biddle May 16

Was Area 51 a conspiracy between Stalin and Joseph Mengele?

Did two of the most evil Joes of the 20th century team up to troll America with fake child aliens? According to author Annie Jacobsen’s new book Area 51, Stalin and Mengele collaborated on a Cold War of the Worlds. According to Jacobsen, Stalin was inspired by the extraterrestrial hysteria following Orson Welles’ 1938 War…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar May 16

How to Make an Adorable Baby Toy Phone Curse Like a Sailor

Oh, how darling! It’s a little rainbow phone for babies! It has big buttons, and wheels, and some sort of blue elephant thing attached! It’ll also call you a motherfucker over, and over and over again. Human ingenuity. [via Reddit]

Tech News Sam Biddle May 16

Mer-physics: How real-life mermaids would experience the world

We all know that mermaids can perform underwater musical numbers. But how would a real-life mermaid sing underwater? And hear music? Find out in our guide to underwater physics for mermaid chasers. Above the surface of the water, merfolk sense things the same way humans do. They see through human-enough eyes, and hear sound propagated…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell May 16

This Is the Delicious Breakfast That Shuttle Astronauts Had Today

Two grilled lobster tails, one baked potato, butter and sour cream. That’s what Mike Fincke—USAF Colonel and STS-134 Mission Specialist 1 in the space shuttle Endeavour—had for his “send off” breakfast today, just before the launch. One more reason to become an astronaut: You get to order whatever awesome breakfast you want on launch day.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz May 16

The Samsung Galaxy S II Is Going to Be Called Something Stupid

Last year, my friends told me they loved their new Fascinate (or Vibrant/Captivate/Epic) and I thought what the hell kind of dumb name for a dumpphone that was. But I was wrong! It’s a Galaxy S! An amazing Android phone. Well, I’m not entirely wrong. The carriers or whomever that is re-branding these phones are…

Gadgets Casey Chan May 16

The Plot of Monsters Inc. 2 Revealed!

We’ve patiently waited for any news on the rumored Monsters Inc. sequel. Whispers of a “Monsters Inc. University” storyline were circulating, but now the whole plot has been leaked! According to The Disney Blog the movie does have a University bent to it, but instead of Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal) and James P. Sullivan (John…

Movies Meredith Woerner May 16

Don’t Cry For This Hacksawed Leica Lens

This Is What Happens When You Mix Floods and Railroads

Remember When AOL Instant Messenger Was Our Facebook?

These Old Pumas Are Way Cooler Than Your New Kicks

Season finales of Supernatural and Big Bang Theory bring H.P. Lovecraft and Star Trek sex fantasies

Stop Torrenting Things Like a Dirty, Dirty Pirate

First look at Transformers “Dark of the Moon” Sideswipe, Bumblebee

A Rolling Terrain Robot That Flies—Why Has it Taken Us So Long?

I Want to Order McDonald’s From a Touchscreen Too

The motherlode of insights into science fiction books

Black Box Data Successfully Recovered From Air France Flight 447 Wreckage

Plants Vs. Zombies Coming to Android for Free (for a Day)

Cloud or UFO? You be the judge.

AIM and Google Talk Crossover Is Now Active (OMG IM BFFs!)

Was Area 51 a conspiracy between Stalin and Joseph Mengele?

How to Make an Adorable Baby Toy Phone Curse Like a Sailor

Mer-physics: How real-life mermaids would experience the world

This Is the Delicious Breakfast That Shuttle Astronauts Had Today

The Samsung Galaxy S II Is Going to Be Called Something Stupid

The Plot of Monsters Inc. 2 Revealed!

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