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Bubble-Wrapped Kids Can Now Play With No-Chemicals Chemistry Sets

What’s a chemistry set without the chemicals? Seemingly, $21.88 worth of plastic tools and test tubes. The set has “60 fun activities with no chemicals,” based on stuff you can grab from kitchen cabinets, though if they’re suggesting kids should try mixing water with milk and a teabag, there are going to be a lot…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Are Two Tablet Screens Really Better Than One?

Sony announced their dual-screened S2 tablet today. It’s not the only twin-screen tablet, but considering recent ill-conceived efforts from the likes of Acer, Toshiba and Kyocera, we’re a little skeptical. With the S2, Sony’s basically cut a 10-inch screen in half and stuck a hinge in between. How much of a benefit can two screens…

Commerce Adrian Covert

Michael Chabon celebrates The Phantom Tollbooth

If you’re one of the many people who grew up taking the unforgettable journey to another world in Norman Juster’s The Phantom Tollbooth, then Michael Chabon’s essay on the book will remind you of why you loved it. And if you haven’t read the book yet, then Chabon’s essay (which is adapted from his intro…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Google Might Bring Video-Calling to the Gmail Android App

Google’s said to be working on video-calling for the Gmail app, says a tweeter who claims to “work with Samsung.” His tweet read “Just had a video call using gmail on Nexus S. Impressive quality @googlenexus Gingerbread 2.3.4 #io2011,” and as he used the I/O hashtag it’s believed Google will announce the addition at their…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Whatever Happened to Google’s GDrive Storage Service?

Forever rumored, Google’s GDrive storage service never quite materialized. Why? It was killed right before launch. Google VP Sundar Pichai managed to convince people that “Files are so 1990.” [All Things D] https://gizmodo.com/google-gdrive-online-storage-getting-closer-5142791

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Nikon D5100 Teardown Reveals “Billions” of Screws and Shock Hazard

The intrepid crew at iFixit tackled something a little tougher than the iPad 2 Smart Cover, masterfully dissecting Nikon’s new D5100 DSLR. And it proved to be just the challenge they were looking for—screws, screws, and more screws. Perhaps their estimate of “billions” is off by a decimal point or two, but the thing is…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Welcome to the Photosynthetic Restaurant, which serves gourmet sunlight for plants

At the Crocker Museum in Sacramento, CA, you can visit the world’s first restaurant for plants. Light-filtering panels will serve up “prepared” sunlight to the plants, allowing them to taste wavelengths one at a time, instead the usual spectral mess. Want to visit the photosynthetic restaurant and enjoy artisanal light with some leafy pals? We’ve…

io9 Annalee Newitz

This May Be the iPhone 6 Screen: Sharp’s Ultra-Thin p-Si LCD

Oh, you think rumormongering about the iPhone 5 is hot? Just you wait until you hear what’s said to be in next year’s iPhones—some bad-ass ultra-thin Sharp LCD screens, that’s what. Sharp hasn’t even made them yet, but the Japanese newspaper Nikkan has reported the low-temperature poly-silicon displays will be starting production next spring. So…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Want an iPad (or Viagra) in the afterlife? Burn a paper facsimile

Some Taoist and Buddhist funerary traditions involve the bereaved burning facsimiles of household items so the dead can enjoy their use in the afterlife. Consequently, there are shops in Asia devoted to the sale of flammable, fake consumer products. The bloggers at Asia Obscura recently stopped by one of these stores in Melaka, Malaysia and…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Supercomputers Are the New Microscope

Ye olde scientific method isn’t going anywhere, but the tools that advance our understanding of the crazily complicated around (and inside) us have rapidly changed. The NYT takes a look at the easier, better, faster, stronger scientific community. A prime example of the new frontier is what’s been dubbed the “Macroscope” at the Morrison Planetarium…

Tech News Sam Biddle

You could soon be dining on diapers

Now that the human race has been spewing out trash for a good long time, we need to figure out what to do with it. When it comes to diapers, the best recycling policy may be to chow down, with a little help from mushrooms. The population of the world is hitting seven billion in…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

This Commercial Was Made Entirely in Photoshop

While this is one of those ads that leaves you scratching your head and wondering what exactly it is they’re advertising (I think handwash? On Virgin flights?), it’s forgiven because the entire ad was actually made in Photoshop. That’s right—no Illustrator to animate those…germs?, just good ol’ fashioned Photoshop. Design studio Three Legged Legs said…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Interactive Portal Turret plushie will steal your heart

Who needs a companion cube, when you can cuddle up to this turret plushie, that will exclaim “there you are” with each nuzzle? Watch this amazing creation interact with its owners! It’s not a lie! This amazing creation comes from Jonathan M. Guberman and Leigh Nunan. As explained on Guberman’s website Up, Not North: When…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Get Your Droid Incredible 2 Now

The Droid Incredible 2 is here, and while the specs aren’t as awe-inspiring as its predecessor when it launched, it’s 4-inch Super LCD screen, 1 GHz Snapdragon processor, 8 megapixel camera and 768 megs of RAM are nothing to scoff at. https://gizmodo.com/leaked-pics-and-specs-suggest-htcs-droid-incredible-2-w-5782043 The HTC Sense-powered phone still runs Android 2.2 which is kind of a…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Nexus S 4G Is $200 on Sprint May 8

Perhaps the Googliest Google phone, thanks to Sprint’s hardcore Google Voice integration, the Nexus S 4G is hitting Sprint on May 8 for $200. [Sprint] https://gizmodo.com/sprint-is-basically-the-official-google-carrier-with-fu-5783865

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Will Ridley Scott’s Prometheus feature some familiar creatures after all?

Does a new photo reveal Tom Hardy’s look for The Dark Knight Rises? Chris Evans says the Captain America should be set in New York. And what was the real first appearance of the Silents in Doctor Who? Spoilers from here on out! Top image from Transformers: Dark of the Moon. The Dark Knight Rises…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

EcoModo – The Best of TreeHugger

This week, a sperm bike makes donor deliveries, the first EV built by Porsche 100 years ago, an iPhone infographic, find out if you’re in a nuclear hot zone, a couple cool gadget-y videos and more! The ‘Sperm Bike’ Carries Donor Samples to Fertility Clinics Around Copenhagen This one is the ‘Sperm Bullitt’ and it…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

These Tiny Canon USB Sticks Don’t Take Photos, Only Store ‘Em

The mini Canon 5D DSLR flash drive of the other year has a couple of similarly-statured friends joining him at the flash-storage convention: an IXUS 200IS compact camera and Legra HD camcorder version. Both have the same retractable USB arms and 4GB of storage, but my heart will always belong to the 5D. [Behance via…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Are Drones More Ethical Killing Machines?

While the typical narrative of how unmanned drones have affected warfare typically runs somewhere along the lines of “they’re soulless robots” or “they turn war into a videogame” (promoting human detachment), William Saletan makes the opposite argument, based on a handful of reports: “A drone pilot can think more clearly and at greater length before…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

A Lego Helmet For Making Comics Books’ Zaps! Pows! Bangs! Even Louder

What better way to encourage a kid to begin reading, than by fashioning a Lego minifig helmet with padded speakers that read the comic books’ blurbs aloud? Naturally part of the deal is that said kiddywink must read the comic book as well, thus getting some education along with the enjoyment. Designer Jonathan Robson proposes…

Books & Comics Kat Hannaford

Bubble-Wrapped Kids Can Now Play With No-Chemicals Chemistry Sets

Are Two Tablet Screens Really Better Than One?

Michael Chabon celebrates The Phantom Tollbooth

Google Might Bring Video-Calling to the Gmail Android App

Whatever Happened to Google’s GDrive Storage Service?

Nikon D5100 Teardown Reveals “Billions” of Screws and Shock Hazard

Welcome to the Photosynthetic Restaurant, which serves gourmet sunlight for plants

This May Be the iPhone 6 Screen: Sharp’s Ultra-Thin p-Si LCD

Want an iPad (or Viagra) in the afterlife? Burn a paper facsimile

Supercomputers Are the New Microscope

You could soon be dining on diapers

This Commercial Was Made Entirely in Photoshop

Interactive Portal Turret plushie will steal your heart

Get Your Droid Incredible 2 Now

Nexus S 4G Is $200 on Sprint May 8

Will Ridley Scott’s Prometheus feature some familiar creatures after all?

EcoModo – The Best of TreeHugger

These Tiny Canon USB Sticks Don’t Take Photos, Only Store ‘Em

Are Drones More Ethical Killing Machines?

A Lego Helmet For Making Comics Books’ Zaps! Pows! Bangs! Even Louder

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