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What do you think Michael Bay is saying in this Transformers 3 set pic?

Could Michael Bay be explaining to NASA how to get the space shuttle program back on track? Or is he preparing his own totally awesome shuttle explosion? What do you think is going on in this new set pic from Transformers 3? These images were released along with a press release saying that NASCAR cars…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 15

Little Mommy Is a Terrifying Vision of Android Baby Dystopia

One weird thing about Toy Fair is all of the stringent gender norms that are pushed in marketing-speak. Trucks are for boys. Transformers are for boys. Nerf is for boys. So what do girls get? This exceedingly creepy robo-baby, designed to train them to be mothers. Seriously. “Little Mommy™ introduces new innovations in nurturing play…

Tech News Sam Biddle Feb 15

Nomis App Tells You About the Music Releases You Should Be Looking Forward To

Sure, you follow a handful of your favorite musicians on Twitter and perhaps even peruse their official websites now and then. That doesn’t mean that some upcoming albums don’t slip by you. Nomis scans your music library—albeit a bit slowly, at this stage—and lets you know about upcoming albums from the bands you already like.…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Feb 15

10 Lessons from Heroes that NBC Totally Failed to Learn

We didn’t get a fifth season of Heroes, but in some ways it feels as though we did. NBC has been giving us The Event and The Cape, two shows that feel like Tim Kring’s deformed stepchildren, in the Heroes time slot. Now that NBC has a new head honcho, is there a chance that…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 15

What’s Next For the Jeopardy! Computer

A medical robot; a Google-killer; a financial adviser; a tool for trawling legal documents; an aide for the intelligence services. These are just some of the careers that could be in store for Watson, a supercomputer created by IBM which this week will challenge human knowledge and intelligence in a three-part special edition of the…

Tech News Jim Giles - New Scientist Feb 15

EcoModo – The Best of TreeHugger

This week on TreeHugger, solar powered cell phones, futuristic houses for Apple-minimalist-zero-clutter-loving people, carnivorous clocks, bikes for the elderly and more. Carnivorous Clock Takes a Bite Out of Bugs While Telling Time Designers and inventors James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau have explored the idea of autonomous robots, and come up with the Carnivorous Clock, which…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Feb 15

Forget the Concorde, I Want to Fly on Boeing’s Lost Flying Boats of the 1940s

12 of these hulking metal flying boats flew the skies between 1939 and 1946, before Boeing scrapped them—or sank them. A nice collection of vintage images have been discovered showing the height of luxury they offered passengers (who had to cough up $760 for a one-way ticket between San Francisco and Hong Kong). That may…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Feb 15

Wednesday’s comics = insectoid alien mayhem and housewives with guns

What’s new in the shops this week? New squabbles with Orson Scott Card’s Formics, a superheroic look at Bill Willingham’s Fables, and graphic novels a-go-go! What first issues do we have this week? Planet Hulk writer Greg Pak tackles the Silver Surfer (Marvel)in the Sentinel of the Skyways’ new series, and Garth Ennis writes Jennifer…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Feb 15

Will Apple’s New Content Subscriptions Punish You? (Updated)

Apple is now offering the same subscription service used by The Daily to all publishers. Despite all the predicted gloom and doom for the magazine industry, Apple’s terms seem fair: publishers would be able to keep using whatever subscription methods they want. Here’s how it works, in Steve Jobs’ own words: Our philosophy is simple—when…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 15

The Cape does what no other TV show has managed in years: Tell a truly original story about terrorism.

It’s been the golden chalice of television scriptwriting since 9/11: Find something profound to say about terrorism ‘n’ stuff. Few shows have managed it, and as the years have gone by, it’s gotten harder and harder. But The Cape made it look easy last night, with a spin on bioterror that I’m pretty sure nobody…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 15

Blu-ray Digital— the World’s Most Complicated Way to Watch Movies on Android

In order to watch Fox’s Blu-ray release of Unstoppable on Android you will need: “the Unstoppable Blu-ray disc, a wi-fi connected Blu-ray player, Android 1.6 or higher, and the PocketBLU app, which can be downloaded free from the Android Market”. If you can manage to get all that together in the same place, connected, charged…

Tech News Gary Cutlack Feb 15

Just Discovered: A strange Mexican monument from over 3,000 years ago

What is this bizarre statue that anthropology researcher John Hodgson has discovered in the wilds of Mexico? It could change the way we understand early American settlers. A release from University of Wisconsin explains what you’re seeing in the sculpture: The main figure on the tablet is depicted wearing an elaborate headdress, loincloth and ornate…

io9 Annalee Newitz Feb 15

Build a Poor-Man’s Remote Start to Warm Your Car this Winter

Reader Cory Lykins likes the benefit of remote start for heating up your car during cold winter months, but he’s not so keen on the price or the waste of gas, so he came up with his own solution using a wireless light switch, an extension cord, and a ceramic heater. Full sizePlug the switch…

Tech News Brian Barrett Feb 15

Push Books Into This Cabinet So the Wall Can Appreciate Its 3D Rear

Like those pin-frames you push your hand into so the shape is revealed on the rear, Chung-Tang Ho’s Push and Store cabinet takes the form of whatever you hide inside it. It’s just a shame that only the wall gets to appreciate it. [Droog via Bonluxat via OhGizmo]

Tech News Kat Hannaford Feb 15

Maps of the world’s future coastlines, as sea levels slowly rise

University of Arizona geology researcher Jeremy Weiss has been tracking ways that climate change affects sea levels – in the distant past as well as the future. Given the rate of global warming today, he and his colleagues estimate that by 2100, ocean levels with have risen at least a meter. And it will continue…

io9 Annalee Newitz Feb 15

Is this the first image from Nolan’s Dark Knight Rises?

The first ever set photo may have leaked out from Chris Nola’s mysterious third Batman picture, The Dark Knight Rises. So is it for real? File your guesses below! Over at the JoBlo Message Boards a reader posted the above image, with this caption: “my good mate who is working on set at cardington where…

io9 Meredith Woerner Feb 15

Disposable USB Sticks, For Those Sad Memories You Don’t Mind Losing

The creative minds of Art Lebedev have once again thought of something interesting to do in the USB world—cardboard. The design team’s concept “Fleshkus” memory sticks are supplied on printed card, with users able to tear one off as needed and write a description straight onto the back. [Art Lebedev via UberGizmo]

Tech News Gary Cutlack Feb 15

How to rip a phonebook in half despite a total lack of arm strength

Let’s face it: You’ve always wanted to rip a phone book in half. Now that the entire corporate world has a webpage and the entire private world is on facebook, there’s no reason to keep phone books around anyway. Ripping one to pieces is practically a public service. You should do it right away! What’s…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Feb 15

Homes of the Future Will Have Tough Gorilla Glass Windows, Says Corning

Bolshy Corning told me that they can envision a future where all our windows are made from Gorilla Glass—the tough as nails glass used in devices such as the Dell Streak, LG Optimus 7, and upcoming Sony Bravia TVs. In fact, they’ve even gone as far as filming that future world where glass is no…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Feb 15

Michael Caine talks the new Dark Knight Rises cast. Plus which major character dies in alien road movie Paul!

Michael Caine has heard all the same rumors we have about who is joining The Dark Knight Rises. January Jones explains the frenzied production schedule for X-Men: First Class. Paul may be a buddy comedy, but it’s also not afraid to shed some blood. Roland Emmerich gives updates on his Foundation adaptation and Independence Day…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Feb 15

What do you think Michael Bay is saying in this Transformers 3 set pic?

Little Mommy Is a Terrifying Vision of Android Baby Dystopia

Nomis App Tells You About the Music Releases You Should Be Looking Forward To

10 Lessons from Heroes that NBC Totally Failed to Learn

What’s Next For the Jeopardy! Computer

EcoModo – The Best of TreeHugger

Forget the Concorde, I Want to Fly on Boeing’s Lost Flying Boats of the 1940s

Wednesday’s comics = insectoid alien mayhem and housewives with guns

Will Apple’s New Content Subscriptions Punish You? (Updated)

The Cape does what no other TV show has managed in years: Tell a truly original story about terrorism.

Blu-ray Digital— the World’s Most Complicated Way to Watch Movies on Android

Just Discovered: A strange Mexican monument from over 3,000 years ago

Build a Poor-Man’s Remote Start to Warm Your Car this Winter

Push Books Into This Cabinet So the Wall Can Appreciate Its 3D Rear

Maps of the world’s future coastlines, as sea levels slowly rise

Is this the first image from Nolan’s Dark Knight Rises?

Disposable USB Sticks, For Those Sad Memories You Don’t Mind Losing

How to rip a phonebook in half despite a total lack of arm strength

Homes of the Future Will Have Tough Gorilla Glass Windows, Says Corning

Michael Caine talks the new Dark Knight Rises cast. Plus which major character dies in alien road movie Paul!

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