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Can You Believe This “Entry Level” Turntable Costs $28,400?

Personally, I think this turntable looks like a really poor attempt at making a cake look like a tree trunk candle, but apparently it’s $28,400 worth of audiophilic record-playing quality. It’s only Audio Consulting’s entry-level model mind you—the mind boggles at the thought of what they’d price their high-end model at. It only uses 2…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Magic Piano Comes to the iPhone for Free

Magic Piano, the uber popular instrument app on the iPad, is finally available for the iPhone and it’s going to be free. It’s made by Smule, the peeps behind Ocarina, I am T-Pain, Glee Karaoke, and the app is a similar, albeit shrunkified, experience—like piano playing re-imagined. https://gizmodo.com/ipad-music-apps-5511594 You can play along with popular classical…

Tech News Casey Chan

Hyperspectral Imaging Helped Kill Osama bin Laden. But What the Hell Is It?

Killing ol’ OBL wasn’t just the work of SEAL Team 6—the beyond-badasses had a cadre of support staff backing them up behind the scenes, including classified hyperspectral imaging device experts. So, uh, what does that mean? https://gizmodo.com/meet-seal-team-6-the-bad-asses-who-killed-osama-bin-la-5797701 It’s a way of seeing what the naked eye can’t… Hyperspectral means above or beyond the spectrum—in this…

Tech News Sam Biddle

The Doctor Says to Take the 2011 Gawker Media Census and Win an iPad 2

A lot of poking and prodding last year revealed that when you, dear io9 readers, aren’t delving into the unanswerable questions proposed by science fiction, 71% of you are knee-deep in breaking tech news. The newest widgets, thingamabobs and doodads can wait. Help us emulate the Doctor and fix what ails you. Take a moment…

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The 2011 Gawker Media Census Is Not Available in Print. Take It, and Win an iPad 2

And even if it were, most of you wouldn’t know about it. That’s because according to last year’s census, 81% of you social-media junkies used Facebook as your primary news feed, while 41% used Twitter to get the scoop. Want to help us stay informed? Then take ten minutes away from all that tweeting and…

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Ancient chemical weapons that were ahead of their time

Even in the early days of humanity, people were lazy. They wanted a way to kill each other without having to go to all the trouble of bashing each other’s heads in with rocks. So they turned to better living (briefly) through chemistry. Find out how wolf crap and chilis won wars. No one knows…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Verizon Droid X2 and LG Revolution—the First Android Phone With Netflix—Coming May 12

According to Droid Life, Verizon is getting ready to release an onslaught of Android phones in the next few weeks. Tthe Droid X2, expected to pack a dual-core Tegra 2 chip, and the LG Revolution, a 4G LTE Android phone that’s supposed to be the first Android phone with Netflix, are both expected to release…

Tech News Casey Chan

The real-life superheroes of Salt Lake City are charming and/or terrifying

We’ve seen a few real-life superheroes in recent times, including Seattle’s Phoenix Jones and Tennessee’s The Viper. Now, an eclectic mix of suburban dads and ex-hoodlums known as the Black Monday Society are patrolling Salt Lake City’s crime-strewn thoroughfares. https://gizmodo.com/real-life-seattle-superhero-phoenix-jones-thwarts-carja-5725432 https://gizmodo.com/real-life-superhero-the-viper-defends-tennessee-town-5581307 Unlike most spandex-clad homegrown heroes, members of the Black Monday Society dress like Slipknot.…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

The Two-Headed Sith Series Spyder III Laser: Death by Fun

In honor of May the Fourth (be with you), the real-life lightsaber has gone over to the dark side. The special “Sith Series” edition of the Spyder III, available now as an actual thing you can buy and use and burn things with, combines two Spyder III portable lasers locked together at the boring end…

Tech News Brian Barrett

EcoModo – The Best of TreeHugger

Build your own solar tracker, or go small with a DIY solar charger in an Altoids tin, a brilliant new way to measure sharks, the ultimate bike lock design, a bench that tweets your pic, and more! Make A Cheap & Easy Solar USB Charger With An Altoids Tin The craftster behind the very popular…

Tech News Max Behrman

The Meathook galaxy has been torn apart by a supernova

This gorgeous image of the Meathook Galaxy captures the bizarre distortion in what was once a spiral galaxy. But a recent supernova, combined with ancient encounters with other galaxies and birthing stars, has given it this strange S shape. The Meathook Galaxy is about 50 million light years away from Earth. ESO explains: The Meathook…

io9 Annalee Newitz

In the Minimalist Remake of Texas Chainsaw Massacre Only the NokGear Chainsaw Will Suffice

While far from practical, NextOfKin Creative’s re-imagining of the chainsaw isn’t supposed to cut through trees or be waved around a leathery-faced lunatic’s head out in the country. As you can see from the photo, it’s designed to slice through icebergs! Or sit in a museum looking all pretty. [NextOfKin via Core77]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Long-distance relationships of the future will be more depressing, thanks to this Japanese kissing machine

Researchers at Japan’s Kajimoto Laboratory at the University of Electro-Communications are developing a device that allows the user to engage in some telepresence smooching by furiously tonguing an apparatus that resembles an electric toothbrush or talk box. Sexy futurism? Additionally, the kissing styles can be recorded for posterity. Your children’s children will know that Keith…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Sword-wielding Skateboarder Gets Tased by the Cops

Poor Deandre Irby! Dude was just trying to enjoy the day like any young person would—hanging out at the outdoor mall, skating around with his backpack on, maybe think about getting a pretzel and oh, swinging his ‘fantasy sword’ with a 26-inch blade around. What the hell? That’s how the police describe the sword Irby…

Tech News Casey Chan

Tiny HP Veer 4G Phone on Sale May 15th for Tiny Price of $100

The tiny phone for tiny hands will go on sale May 15th for the tiny price of $100 (with a two-year contract.) [AT&T] https://gizmodo.com/the-hp-veer-is-probably-too-tiny-for-normal-human-hands-5756279

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Read an exclusive excerpt from John Scalzi’s new novel Fuzzy Nation!

A new John Scalzi novel is always a cause for celebration, but Fuzzy Nation is also a “reboot” of a beloved 1962 Hugo-nominated novel, Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper. Can Scalzi win over the devoted fans of Piper’s original vision, and convert a whole new legion of readers who are unfamiliar with the nearly…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Pandora Now Does for Comedy What It Does for Music

Pandora is stretching its wings a bit, expanding its stellar recommendation engine beyond just music and into stand-up comedy. Categories range from PG to “working class” to “urban,” or you can sort by a favorite comic. It seems like a terrific idea, although breaking up an act into a bunch of disjointed bits takes away…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Gory Photos of the iMac Teardown Reveal Little Has Changed

Sure, the new iMacs have a couple of Thunderbolt ports and more grunt between them, but other than that has much else changed? To answer that question, we’ll defer to the iFixit guys, who’ve already torn the 21.5-inch iMac apart. https://gizmodo.com/apples-new-imacs-add-thunderbolt-more-graphics-muscle-5798012 In their teardown, they found that the PCI Express and DisplayPort both have their…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

This Electric Superbike Packs Enough Juice for 185 Miles of Cruising

When you think electric vehicle, you might think of some piddling, golf cart-like geezer, humming its way along gently. Not a futuristic, 125 mph super-cycle. The Lito Sora motorcycle hardly looks like what it is—100% electric and fierce. The Canadian-made Sora not only looks like it drove out of Blade Runner, but has some real…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Happy Star Wars Day: May The 4th Be With You!

It’s Star Wars day! Grab your favorite DIY Cantina cosplay and let your inner Wookiee out! Don’t forget to wish your friends, family and co-workers a happy “May The 4th Be With You.” Images via Unnecessary Umlaut, Wampa Dude Flickr, and WTF Costumes.

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Can You Believe This “Entry Level” Turntable Costs $28,400?

Magic Piano Comes to the iPhone for Free

Hyperspectral Imaging Helped Kill Osama bin Laden. But What the Hell Is It?

The Doctor Says to Take the 2011 Gawker Media Census and Win an iPad 2

The 2011 Gawker Media Census Is Not Available in Print. Take It, and Win an iPad 2

Ancient chemical weapons that were ahead of their time

Verizon Droid X2 and LG Revolution—the First Android Phone With Netflix—Coming May 12

The real-life superheroes of Salt Lake City are charming and/or terrifying

The Two-Headed Sith Series Spyder III Laser: Death by Fun

EcoModo – The Best of TreeHugger

The Meathook galaxy has been torn apart by a supernova

In the Minimalist Remake of Texas Chainsaw Massacre Only the NokGear Chainsaw Will Suffice

Long-distance relationships of the future will be more depressing, thanks to this Japanese kissing machine

Sword-wielding Skateboarder Gets Tased by the Cops

Tiny HP Veer 4G Phone on Sale May 15th for Tiny Price of $100

Read an exclusive excerpt from John Scalzi’s new novel Fuzzy Nation!

Pandora Now Does for Comedy What It Does for Music

Gory Photos of the iMac Teardown Reveal Little Has Changed

This Electric Superbike Packs Enough Juice for 185 Miles of Cruising

Happy Star Wars Day: May The 4th Be With You!

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