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The Week’s Best iPad Apps

Jackass: Tens Years of Stupid: Jackass: Ten Years of Stupid for iPad is a behind the scenes look of the biggest Jackasses we know: Knoxville, Steve-O, Pontius, Wee-Man, etc. There’s video clips, gross photos, and essays on the entire history of Jackass. It’s awesome to re-watch some of the epic skits, look back on the…

Tech News Casey Chan May 27 '11

The Week’s Best Android Apps

BBC News: Catching up with the iOS app, the Beeb has just released an Android app for breaking news across any of the categories that could possibly attempt you. You can personalise the homescreen to your interests, too. As is par for the course with these apps, the ability to share a story via email,…

Tech News Casey Chan May 27 '11

The Week’s Best iPhone Apps

Leafsnap: Leafsnap is the smartphone user’s secret weapon to a more meaningful relationship with trees. It’s incredibly simple and strangely addictive: find a tree, grab a leaf, snap a picture. The app scans its outline-parsing criteria like smooth or jagged edges, single- or many-lobed-and tells you what tree it thinks it came from. It’s similar…

Tech News Casey Chan May 27 '11

Learn your vampire basics with a gorgeously illustrated A to Z

Do you have what it takes to survive a vampire attack? Twilight hasn’t prepared you for the full-on ferocity of these fearsome bloodsuckers. That’s why we’re sharing some vampire survival basics. Learn the vampire alphabet before you’re bitten! These lovely vampire pointers come from V is for Vampire: An Illustrated Alphabet of the Undead by…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 27 '11

These 8 Robocoasters Are The Most Fun You Can Have Sitting Down

The mechanical love-child of an industrial assembler and articulated centrifuge, a Robocoaster can flick, flip, and spin riders better than any traditional coaster could. Our friends at Oobject.com have eight great examples of them in action. If you’re looking for more robotic hijinks, try these wall-climbing, sewer-diving and historical toy automotons.

Tech News Oobject.com May 27 '11

RoboCoaster Gallery

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Tech News Andrew Tarantola May 27 '11

The Real Reason Why A Clockwork Orange Was So Disturbing

Why was A Clockwork Orange such a controversial film when it originally came out? It’s not just because of all the sex and violence — or even the combination of the two. Rather, it’s because the film makes you sympathize with a total sociopath and rapist. That’s what Malcolm McDowell argues in this exclusive clip…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders May 27 '11

Cornell’s $500,000 Micro-CT Scanner Lets You See Small Things in Color 3D

Cornell is the place to go if you like looking at small things with expensive machinery. The University recently made its $500,000 micro-CT scanner available for public as well as academic usage. For $40 to $75 a pop, you can use the instrument to look inside stuff like a mouse heart, a fat deposit or…

Tech News Kelly May 27 '11

Is Google Wallet Really the Future of Money?

If Google has its way with Google Wallet, your bank and credit cards will be obsolete. The only things you’ll need a wallet for are IDs and cash. But is Google’s vision really the future of money, here today? https://gizmodo.com/google-wallet-how-googles-going-to-eat-your-real-walle-5805879 Google Wallet is a good idea, no doubt. Is tapping your phone really that more…

Tech News Adrian Covert May 27 '11

Blake Charlton Performs Magic and Medicine on Episode 8 of The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy

Blake Charlton, author of Spellwright, joins us to talk about fantasy, dyslexia, and medical school. Plus, Dave and John discuss magic and medicine in fiction. The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy is hosted by John Joseph Adams and David Barr Kirtley. You can download the MP3 for this episode here, subscribe to The Geek’s Guide…

Books & Comics Johnjosephadams May 27 '11

The Beautiful Romance Between a Girl and Her Robot Companion

There’s no greater friendship than the bond between a girl and her robot companion. Girls and robots share a special bond, as they explore the world together. Here’s our gallery of the coolest art showing women and their robot friends. Some girls are cyborgs, able to call on huge robotic strength and enhanced senses in…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta and Charlie Jane Anders May 27 '11

This is What 43,000 Galaxies Look Like On a Map

The image above is the most complete map of our local universe to date. It took more that ten years to create, has 43,000 galaxies and extends out 380 million light years from the earth. The 3D coordinates of each galaxy was recorded so the raw data could potentially be used to build a realistic…

Tech News Kelly May 27 '11

The Best Deal of the Day

It’s Memorial Day weekend! Hot dogs! Kissing! Kiddie pools! Drunken threats! Grilled steaks! Laughs! Hugs! Ominous text messages from your ex! Fireworks (?) Baseball games! But when all the fun subsides, and you kick the guests out, you’re going to need something to do. How about watching a fun holiday movie, like The Mighty Ducks,…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals May 27 '11

Widgets and Revamped Notifications Coming to iOS 5?

According to TechCrunch sources, the iOS 5 update will come complete with a revamped notifications system and widgets of some form. I would normally explain more here, but that’s all they said. [TechCrunch]

Tech News Adrian Covert May 27 '11

The Everlasting Deliciousness of the Candwich Sandwich in a Can Is Here At Last

The world was denied a breakthrough in food-in-a-can technology and deliciousness when a petty thing like money kept Candwich, the sandwich in a can, off of store shelves. But now it’s here. https://gizmodo.com/candwich-scandal-eats-millions-5583217 Peanut butter & grape jelly to start, with BBQ chicken (oh sweet christ) and PB & strawberry jelly on the way. These…

Tech News Matt Buchanan May 27 '11

Has the second villain in Joss Whedon’s Avengers been revealed?

Forget whatever you think you know about The Avengers’ villains. The latest rumor changes everything. Guess who the second villain in Marvel’s big picture could be! Spoilers from here on out… Latino Review has exclusively revealed that The Avengers big foe (besides the already reported an confirmed adopted brother to Thor, Loki) will be none…

Movies Meredith Woerner May 27 '11

Feds Raid ‘Suicide Kit’ Lady’s Suicide Lair

Selling plastic bags on the internet just might earn you a visit from the FBI. That’s what happened on Wednesday to 91-year-old Sharlotte Hydorn from California, who sells “suicide kits” through the mail for $60. From The San Diego Union-Tribune: A day after agents raided her El Cajon-area house, seizing a sewing machine and other…

Tech News Jeff Neumann May 27 '11

Scandal-Plagued Tech Columnist’s Latest Problem: His Publicist Girlfriend

New York Times gadget guru David Pogue hit the tech scandal sheets this month when he was arrested for a domestic disturbance in which he allegedly hit his wife with an iPhone. Now, we learn he’s dating an executive at a PR firm that represents companies that Pogue writes about all the time. https://gizmodo.com/new-york-times-tech-columnist-allegedly-hit-wife-with-a-5804010 The…

Tech News Adrian Chen May 27 '11

The Neo-Medieval Habits of Tomorrow’s Ruling Classes

In one of those quirky “lifestyles of the rich” stories, Fortune magazine recently highlighted Facebook billionaire Mark Zuckerberg’s new hobby: slaughtering animals for food. This bloody-minded pursuit has been popular among the young and privileged for years now. Though the “killing your own meat” movement is being hailed as a kind of food-conscious, environmentally-friendly trend,…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 27 '11

Anti-Nazi Code-Cracking Machine Rebuilt, Even With the Original Diagrams Being Used For Toilet Paper

Despite there being no original parts left of the Tunny machine post-WWII, a crack-team of British computer boffins were able to rebuild the code-cracking machine, which played a huge part in intercepting Hitler’s commands. It took six years, but finally the National Museum of Computing has a working Tunny machine, identical to the one used…

Tech News Kat Hannaford May 27 '11

The Week’s Best iPad Apps

The Week’s Best Android Apps

The Week’s Best iPhone Apps

Learn your vampire basics with a gorgeously illustrated A to Z

These 8 Robocoasters Are The Most Fun You Can Have Sitting Down

RoboCoaster Gallery

The Real Reason Why A Clockwork Orange Was So Disturbing

Cornell’s $500,000 Micro-CT Scanner Lets You See Small Things in Color 3D

Is Google Wallet Really the Future of Money?

Blake Charlton Performs Magic and Medicine on Episode 8 of The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy

The Beautiful Romance Between a Girl and Her Robot Companion

This is What 43,000 Galaxies Look Like On a Map

The Best Deal of the Day

Widgets and Revamped Notifications Coming to iOS 5?

The Everlasting Deliciousness of the Candwich Sandwich in a Can Is Here At Last

Has the second villain in Joss Whedon’s Avengers been revealed?

Feds Raid ‘Suicide Kit’ Lady’s Suicide Lair

Scandal-Plagued Tech Columnist’s Latest Problem: His Publicist Girlfriend

The Neo-Medieval Habits of Tomorrow’s Ruling Classes

Anti-Nazi Code-Cracking Machine Rebuilt, Even With the Original Diagrams Being Used For Toilet Paper

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