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Virtually Everyone Is Hooked to Bedtime Electronics—And It’s Ruining Your Sleep

Feeling groggy all day? It could be because you’re one of the staggeirng 95% of Americans using an electronic device within an hour of going to bed, says the National Sleep Foundation. The consequence? Suppressed sleep hormones, interrupted drowsing, and fatigue. Great. [Reuters via Register]

Tech News Sam Biddle Mar 7 '11

Why Mobile Sites Can Be So Frustrating

Who do you blame when a site keeps redirecting you to its mobile homepage? The server with the attention span of a concussed gnat, that’s who. Explains so much, solves so little. [xkcd]

Books & Comics Brian Barrett Mar 7 '11

How to Hack an Android Figurine Into a Flashing Morse Code Transmitter

This could work for any hollow figurine you have collecting dust on your shelves, but due to Android’s open-source nature a little robot is the obvious choice for DIY hackery. The full tutorial is on Instructables, but to make him react to sound; turn his head and flash his LED eyes in morse code patterns,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Mar 7 '11

Del Toro’s At the Mountains of Madness starts filming in June [UPDATED]

Guillermo del Toro’s journey into the heart of H.P. Lovecraft’s eldritch horror is really happening, a producer tells io9. At the Mountains of Madness begins filming in June? Could this be the Lovecraftian film that actually destroys your mind? We spoke with producer Don Murphy (Transformers) who’s producing Mountains of Madness along with James Cameron,…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Mar 7 '11

Storm, Elektra, and Wonder Woman get body-painted for Rio de Janeiro’s Carnaval (NSFW)

For the Cubango samba school parade for Rio’s 2011 Carnaval, several nice young ladies donned painted-on superheroine outfits…which is more or less how they look in the comics. I also love how Elektra’s music in this segment is the theme song to Electra Woman and Dyna Girl and Storm’s theme is from Marvel vs. Capcom…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Mar 7 '11

Skype Video Chat Coming to Facebook?

You can already voice-chat with your Facebook pals using Skype, so isn’t it fair that you get to see their lovely faces too? A snippet of Skype code discovered in Facebook last year suggested it was on the way, but we’re as yet to see anything materialize. According to Bloomberg, the two companies are back…

Social Media Kat Hannaford Mar 7 '11

Incredible film of a trip to Saturn, made entirely from photographs taken by the Cassini spacecraft

This is a demo reel for a future IMAX film called Outside In, which recreates a journey through the solar system using only images taken from actual spaceflights – made by satellites visiting our neighboring planets. Effects artist and cinematographer Stephen Van Vuuren animated thousands of still shots from Cassini spacecraft’s Saturn flyby, knitting them…

io9 Annalee Newitz Mar 7 '11

Having your body shattered like a frozen liquid Terminator is good for the Earth

There are a lot of ways to deal with a person’s body after he or she is done using it. Their last remains can be buried, burned, put in trees, or donated to science. But one Swedish company has a different approach to sending people off to their final rewards. Freeze drying. Just like the…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Mar 7 '11

This Cat is a Digital Camera…

…and I want one (obviously.) With the lens housed in one eye, and the sensor in another, this Necono digital camera doesn’t have an LCD screen for viewing your shot, but that’s all part of the Japanese charm. Consider it a digital version of a film camera, if you will. Don’t expect stunning results from…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Mar 7 '11

Captain Kirk Wakes Up Discovery Crew for the Last Time

I’m sure the astronauts laughed with this one—while trying to hold their emotions in their last mission day. [Gizmodo]

io9 Gizmodo Mar 7 '11

Getting Prettier DS Games On The 3DS Means Shrinkage

By simply pressing “Start” and “Select” while booting up a DS game, players can get the title running at a clearer resolution. Better resolution comes at a price, however: shrinkage. [Kotaku]

Tech News Kotaku Mar 7 '11

First look at the new Airbender hero, Korra of the Southern Water Tribe

Even though M. Night Shyamalan tried to kill it, Airbender will live on. Here’s the first ever close up of the brand new hero from Avatar: Legend of Korra the new series that takes place 70 years after the original. The new 12-part mini-series will follow Korra of the Southern Water Tribe as she attempts…

Television Meredith Woerner Mar 7 '11

Ryan Reynolds talks Green Lantern and Deadpool. Plus a new cast member might reveal The Avengers villain!

Peter Parker is headed to a new school in The Amazing Spider-Man. A Thor writer reveals the Asgardian’s most humiliating defeat. Is Batman finally getting a plane? Plus tons of juicy updates on Fringe, The Walking Dead, and True Blood! Spoilers from this point forward! Top image from Battle: Los Angeles. The Avengers Stellan Skarsgård…

Television Alasdair Wilkins Mar 7 '11

Hello? Hello?! Sorry, There’s a Fish Bone in My Phone

Boy, you’d really flounder about in the aquarium phone booth, wouldn’t you? It was installed by two artists for the French Lyon Light Festival, to make a statement about the phone booths that litter our streets, laying dormant save for sex phone-line leaflet hander-outers. I wonder what the bass was like on that phone after…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Mar 7 '11

I Just Bought a Bottle of Ketchup on Facebook

While I was punching in my credit card details on Facebook for a bottle of Heinz ketchup with balsamic vinegar (I’m a sucker for anything limited edition…and ketchup), it occurred to me just how strange it was to be buying anything—let alone a condiment!—on Facebook. But that’s the world we live in now. Have you…

Social Media Kat Hannaford Mar 7 '11

iPads in Delta Cockpits—Soon, if Federal Approval is Won

With some charter pilots now using iPad apps in lieu of paper maps, could the larger commercial airlines start relying on iOS to guide the way? Delta could start using the Boeing app before summer, according to their spokesperson. Approval is still being sought by the regulators, but considering Federal Aviation Administration had no problem…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Mar 7 '11

College professor commissions android clone of himself, presumably to mess with students

This robot right here is the Geminoid DK, an android clone of Professor Henrik Scharfe of Denmark’s Aalborg University. It was built in conjunction with robot manufacturer Kokoro (who built Raptor Santa Claus) and famed roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro of the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International in Nara, Japan. The professors have yet to elaborate why…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 6 '11

The House From Up! Now Exists In Real Life—and It Flies!

This is really nuts. The people from National Geographic have built a house inspired by the Pixar movie Up! Yes, a house tied to gas balloons that actually flies. I’m so giddy I can barely type. Sure, the 16 by 16 feet house is not a full house, but I don’t care. It flies for…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Mar 6 '11

Andy Rooney hates electronic books. The sky is blue. Tonight’s forecast is darkness and other really obvious, unsurprising things.

Andy Rooney just concluded tonight’s 60 Minutes (which featured an amazing segment on polar bears and spy cameras) with a segment of his own on digital books and devices like Kindle. Any guesses as to what he thinks about books that aren’t printed on paper? Update: Video is available at Gawker.tv. Watch watch! [Andy Rooney]

Commerce Jack Loftus Mar 6 '11

Robot Spy Cameras Have Captured Truly Awe-Inspiring Images In the Arctic Circle

Did anyone catch 60 Minutes just now? Bob Simon—who always seems to get the really interesting international assignments—was invited to go along on a polar bear expedition at the top of the world. What he saw there was amazing and…robotic? Yes! Robots. Robot spy cameras, to be precise, that were used to capture truly magical…

Tech News Jack Loftus Mar 6 '11

Virtually Everyone Is Hooked to Bedtime Electronics—And It’s Ruining Your Sleep

Why Mobile Sites Can Be So Frustrating

How to Hack an Android Figurine Into a Flashing Morse Code Transmitter

Del Toro’s At the Mountains of Madness starts filming in June [UPDATED]

Storm, Elektra, and Wonder Woman get body-painted for Rio de Janeiro’s Carnaval (NSFW)

Skype Video Chat Coming to Facebook?

Incredible film of a trip to Saturn, made entirely from photographs taken by the Cassini spacecraft

Having your body shattered like a frozen liquid Terminator is good for the Earth

This Cat is a Digital Camera…

Captain Kirk Wakes Up Discovery Crew for the Last Time

Getting Prettier DS Games On The 3DS Means Shrinkage

First look at the new Airbender hero, Korra of the Southern Water Tribe

Ryan Reynolds talks Green Lantern and Deadpool. Plus a new cast member might reveal The Avengers villain!

Hello? Hello?! Sorry, There’s a Fish Bone in My Phone

I Just Bought a Bottle of Ketchup on Facebook

iPads in Delta Cockpits—Soon, if Federal Approval is Won

College professor commissions android clone of himself, presumably to mess with students

The House From Up! Now Exists In Real Life—and It Flies!

Andy Rooney hates electronic books. The sky is blue. Tonight’s forecast is darkness and other really obvious, unsurprising things.

Robot Spy Cameras Have Captured Truly Awe-Inspiring Images In the Arctic Circle

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