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This Medal of Honor Recipient Threw a Live Grenade Back at the Enemy

Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Arthur Petry is one of only two living recipients of the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War. And how he earned it is a story that you need to hear. Petry had holed up with his platoon in a building in Afghanistan when he and his team took on heavy…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jul 12 '11

Build a Stone Wall With These Lego-Inspired Concrete Blocks

Who wouldn’t want to build a minifig fort from a set of concrete blocks made to look like Legos? These must-have blocks for Lego fans were created by Etsy seller Tara Ketchum (studio 1015). Each one is the size and shape of a standard Lego brick. They can be used to build structures that need…

Tech News Kelly Jul 12 '11

Turn Your iPhone into a Radiation Detector

When there’s radioactive meat drifting into your supermarket, you might want a way to screen it yourself. And if you’re in Japan, getting your hands on a geiger counter can be tricky (and expensive). This Kickstarter has a solution. The Smart Radiation Detector’s creators say they can sell the thing—a small black box that plugs…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jul 12 '11

AOL Will Let You “Play” With Your iPhone Tomorrow

Another music sharing app for the iPhone will hit the App Store tomorrow. The new Play app is an AOL creation that launched on Android a few months ago. Play is described as an Instagram for music that lets you share and comment on tracks. It’s very similar to iOS app SoundTracking which also debuted…

Tech News Kelly Jul 12 '11

The Most Sexually Charged Portable DVD Player Robbery Yet

Details are scarce, but we do know this: a man and a woman broke into a Hillsboro, MO garage on Sunday to steal things. Then they got sidetracked by having sex with each other. And then it got weird. According to KDSK news, the woman decided—mid-coitus!—to spray her accomplice/lover in the face with pepper spray,…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jul 12 '11

io9 Roundup: July 12, 2011

A SIGNAL INTO SPACE | Cryzlis, concept art by freelancah on Deviant Art. Computer teaches itself English so that it can play Civilization https://gizmodo.com/computer-teaches-itself-english-so-that-it-can-play-civ-5820624 Computers may be naturally fluent in binary, but how might they fare with learning human languages? Computers were tested by playing the game Civilization. More » With Great Beefcake: The Complete Guide…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 12 '11

Someone Teleported the Pacific Ocean to the Middle of Poland

I love the ocean, which is one of the three reasons I love this project by David Bowen. The other two being that is technically awesome and absolutely mesmerizing. See, this grid that magically floats and morphs in mid air is at the National Museum in Wroclaw, Poland. But in reality, it’s showing a bit…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jul 12 '11

Would You Wear Your iPhone As Part Of Your Shirt?

What would you think of a Kickstarter project that lets you wear your iPhone on your shirt without velcro, straps or magnets? You would think it was nutty idea that puts your iPhone in peril. But it’s not. The Move is an iPhone case that you wear under your clothing. The iPhone snaps into the…

Tech News Kelly Jul 12 '11

Warehouse 13 defeats poetic injustice with the power of friendship

Last night’s Warehouse 13 was a good, solid middle-of-the-road “artifact of the week” romp that reintroduced the crew of America’s storehouse for weird shit. The main thing is, they managed to introduce a new character and actually make him pretty likable and cool, which isn’t that easy to do. And they continued the ongoing trend…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jul 12 '11

Helicopter Dumps Giant Water Load on Reporter and Triggers Smokey Gigglefest

Suzi Theodory was ready to cover an LA County wildfire for Time Warner News. She even had her anti-smoke sunglasses on! But what she wasn’t prepared for was to be doused with hundreds of gallons of water from above. Luckily, she takes it all in stride! Thoroughly soaked, she bursts into an uncontrollable fit of…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jul 12 '11

Watch Santa’s elves fight a polar bear in the trailer for Aardman Animations’ Arthur Christmas

Santa’s Secret Ops team provokes a Polar Bear in the trailer for Arthur Christmas, the movie about Santa’s idiot son from the makers of Wallace and Gromit. We’ve been taken with this film ever since it showed off Santa’s sick new UFO ride. This film appears to be all about the science behind Santa, and…

Trailers Meredith Woerner Jul 12 '11

Read the insane Dazzler script starring Cher and Robin Williams

Imagine a screenplay crammed with so much insanity, the climax pits KISS against the Village People, in the middle of a dystopian feudal New York (where people ride unicorns). That’s the basis for Jim Shooter’s Dazzler script. Stop whatever you are doing and read this now! Dazzler, the Marvel superhero pop star — who has…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jul 12 '11

The Fast-Approaching Future of Google+

Joseph Smarr, a technical lead for Google+, has been fielding questions about the “social sharing” site since yesterday on AnyAsq (think AMA from Reddit). His answers give a behind-the-scenes look into where Google’s latest hit product is headed. https://gizmodo.com/google-to-surpass-10-million-users-5820276 Of course, some it is rehashing the Mountain View party line (Circles is going to change…

Tech News Michael Zhao Jul 12 '11

Fukushima’s Radiation Now Spreading in Japanese Meat

You know what happens when your nuclear reactor explodes, sending radioactive materials into the dirt? The irradiated gunk gets into the plants. Animals eat the plants. Humans eat the animals. You can see where this is going. Japanese health officials have found radioactive cesium in packaged beef, CNN reports—beef that in all likelihood’s been eaten…

Health Sam Biddle Jul 12 '11

Computer teaches itself English so that it can play Civilization

Computers may be naturally fluent in binary, but how might they fare with learning human languages? Computers were tested by playing the game Civilization. Random chance let them win about half the time…but then they started reading the instruction manual. MIT researchers gave their AI this particular challenge because winning a game like Civilization is…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jul 12 '11

The Gizmodo/io9 Giveaway for Robotnik Film Heads

It’s pretty much impossible to make a movie about robots that I don’t want to see. Well, aside from Surrogates, maybe. But that atrocity isn’t playing at this year’s Robot Film Festival! Giz and io9 are giving away tickets to the event to the best robot rhymers. The Goods Two winners will receive a pair…

io9 Kyle Wagner Jul 12 '11

What Is a Derecho? (Hint: It’s a Highly Destructive Force of Nature)

You’re in the middle of a midwestern field right now. You feel a warm breeze gathering. Then wall of clouds starts heading in your direction. The wind gets stronger. Then a thunderstorm comes out of nowhere. Amazingly, the wind gets even stronger. So strong that it damages a barn in a neighboring field. These aren’t…

io9 Adrian Covert Jul 12 '11

What if Calvin & Hobbes were rebooted as hardboiled pulp detectives?

We’ve featured the artwork of Black Panther illustrator Francesco Francavilla before, but he’s outdone himself with these posters for C.H. Investigations, a gumshoe firm that’s 50% luchador (à la Santo). Can Bill Watterson come out of retirement for this? https://gizmodo.com/join-the-dalek-war-effort-5529246 https://gizmodo.com/the-strange-case-of-the-lost-luchador-versus-dracula-nu-5793691 Via Pulp Sunday. Thanks, Warren!

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Jul 12 '11

Your Android Tablet Just Got Better: What’s New in Android 3.2

Android 3.2 is an unexpected little update, especially with Ice Cream Sandwich coming later this year. But good on Google for making its less-than-amazing Android tablets a little bit better all the time until that major new hotness happens. https://gizmodo.com/what-is-androids-ice-cream-sandwich-5800358 So! Here’s what’s new and better in Android 3.2, which is already rolling out to…

Tech News Kwame Opam Jul 12 '11

This Medal of Honor Recipient Threw a Live Grenade Back at the Enemy

Build a Stone Wall With These Lego-Inspired Concrete Blocks

Turn Your iPhone into a Radiation Detector

AOL Will Let You “Play” With Your iPhone Tomorrow

The Most Sexually Charged Portable DVD Player Robbery Yet

io9 Roundup: July 12, 2011

Someone Teleported the Pacific Ocean to the Middle of Poland

Would You Wear Your iPhone As Part Of Your Shirt?

Warehouse 13 defeats poetic injustice with the power of friendship

Top Stories: Tuesday July 12, 2011

Helicopter Dumps Giant Water Load on Reporter and Triggers Smokey Gigglefest

Watch Santa’s elves fight a polar bear in the trailer for Aardman Animations’ Arthur Christmas

Read the insane Dazzler script starring Cher and Robin Williams

The Fast-Approaching Future of Google+

Fukushima’s Radiation Now Spreading in Japanese Meat

Computer teaches itself English so that it can play Civilization

The Gizmodo/io9 Giveaway for Robotnik Film Heads

What Is a Derecho? (Hint: It’s a Highly Destructive Force of Nature)

What if Calvin & Hobbes were rebooted as hardboiled pulp detectives?

Your Android Tablet Just Got Better: What’s New in Android 3.2

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