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NASA robot and first whole sun picture — coming on Super Bowl SUNday

What do NASA, Robots, the Sun and the NFL have in common? Well … it’s Super SUNday … for Super Bowl XLV on Feb. 6, 2011. The unlikely pairing of Football and Science face off head to head on Super Bowl SUNday. Millions of television viewers will see NASA’s Robonaut 2, or R2, share the…

io9 Ken Kremer -- Universe Today Feb 6

These Soldiers Don’t Need Invisibility Technology

Watch very closely as the camera pans around this landscape and try to locate the horde of soldiers—twenty? thirty?—hiding in plain sight. Apparently, some people in the military need no stinking magic cloaking technology to become invisible. [Thanks Karl!]

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 6

Kobe Bryant Has 3D Basketball Shoes

Don’t ask me why but Nike has decided to release a pair of Zoom Kobe VI 3D for the upcoming All-Star Game. People, 3D televisions, movies, and commercials are NOT enough! We need 3D everywhere! Check it out: Yes, that’s a stitched pair of 3D glasses on the inside of the tongue. Aaaaand a THREE…

Tech News Casey Chan Feb 5

This Is What Happens When a Fighter Jet Gets Too Close to a Bomber

An F-16 taxiing on the ground while a B-1B bomber accelerates to take off on a nearby runway results in one of the most ridiculous and comical airplane accidents I’ve ever seen. The video saw the light for the first time last Thursday—discovered by Stephen Trimble at The Dew Line. According to the comments, the…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 5

Windows Version of Greenpois0n Now Available for iOS 4.2.1, Allows for Untethered Jailbreak

Recently an updated version of the the Greenpois0n tool became available for Mac users and allowed for untethered jailbreaking of iOS 4.2.1 devices. Now Windows users are finally able to get in on the fun as well. As Engadget points out, the official Greenpois0n website is not able to keep up with the volume of…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Feb 5

Researchers May Have Found a Potential Cure for Type 1 Diabetes

Researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center have found that suppressing a single hormone may eliminate the need for insulin injections and may make the condition completely asymptomatic. Truth is, there’s still a ways to go in “curing” type 1 diabetes since the researchers only conducted lab tests with mice. But they found that suppressing the…

Tech News Casey Chan Feb 5

What Is This?

This one may be too easy, but I had forgotten how beautiful it can be. So, what is it? Stylized ornaments? Blowing glass? Maybe even earrings? No, the answer is much more functional than that. It’s called Galileo’s Thermometer and yep, named after Galileo Galilei, the man pretty much responsible for the birth of modern…

Tech News Casey Chan Feb 5

Bill Gates Says It’s an Absolute Lie to Link Vaccines and Autism

Dr. Wakefield’s study once showed a link between vaccinations and autism. Too bad it was based on fraudulent data and “an absolute lie”. Bill Gates has pledged 10 billion dollars to make it the “year of the vaccines”. Specifically, Gates’ $10 billion will be spread over 10 years. In an interview with Dr. Sanjay Gupta…

Tech News Casey Chan Feb 5

Ex-Girlfriend Gets Revenge by Turning Boyfriend Into a Meme

It’s a story as old as time. Boy meets girl. Boy and girl break up. Girl gets revenge by turning boy into a humiliating meme. This appears to be what happened to poor Jack Weppler. So, this story has been shooting around the blogosphere: A kid named Jack Weppler broke up with his girlfriend and…

Tech News Adrian Chen Feb 5

Haptica, A Beautiful Watch Set in Braille

Currently, the blind have two ways of telling time: using an audible watch or an open-face watch to feel the watch’s hands. This watch, the Haptica, actually sets the time in Braille and could become real with your help. Click to view For fear of sounding insensitive, the watch is admittedly great lookin’. That’s not…

Tech News Casey Chan Feb 5

io9 Weekend Round-Up: February 5, 2011

Miss out on some of the excitement? Here are the best io9 stories of the day! Photo of Beijing taken from the International Space Station, via NASA. Supernatural is back in the saddle with virgins and gold From the terrific opening montage to the solid pacing and great one-liners, last night’s Supernatural hit it out…

io9 Io9 Feb 5

Supernatural is back in the saddle with virgins and gold

From the terrific opening montage to the solid pacing and great one-liners, last night’s Supernatural hit it out of the park. “Like a Virgin” was our first taste of the series after a long winter break, and we were rewarded for our patience with an intriguing new big bad, plus the best monsters ever out…

Television Annalee Newitz Feb 5

The World’s Fastest Handsfree Typist Is a Quadriplegic

This is so cool. Hank Torres is paralyzed from the shoulder down but with the use of Swype and a head tracking device he was able to set the Guinness World Record for fastest hands free typing. Here’s the event organizer explaining Hank’s situation: Hank damaged his spinal cord between the 4th and 5th cervical…

Tech News Casey Chan Feb 5

After Two Years, They Finally Arrested the Guy Who Spliced Porn Into the Super Bowl

Do you remember the prank of 2009? It was near the end of a very exciting Super Bowl (Cardinals-Steelers), when the video feed in Tucson, Arizona abruptly switched to a porn scene. Well, they finally caught the guy who did that. If you need a real refresher, here’s the original story (NSFW! NSFW!). Anyway, the…

Television Casey Chan Feb 5

The Seven Types of iPhone Users

Are there only seven types of iPhone owners like there are only seven types of Best Buy employees? I guess so! Well, what about the child iPhone user who just plays game and leaves your screen all gooey? That makes 8. Here are the seven types of iPhone users courtesy of AllAreaCodes.com: the Fanboy, the…

Tech News Casey Chan Feb 5

On the zoological cuteness scale, a tapir nuzzling a capybara scores a 10

Had a rough day? Watch a tapir tenderly massage a capybara and let your troubles melt away. Ungulates and giant rodents are the new monkeys and chimps doing sit-ups. [Buzzfeed]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Feb 5

According to the Montreal Gazette, Canada would be a drugged-up dystopia by 2000 AD

Remember back in the year 2000 when you’d feed your brat kids their breakfast pellets, head to work under the city’s weather controlled dome, your computer overlords only knew you by your nine digit identification number, and you’d end your day fantasizing about a life before computers? The January 18, 1969 Montreal Gazette ran this…

io9 Matt Novak -- Paleo-Future Blog Feb 5

A Crocheted Android Robot

If you’ve never wanted to learn how to crochet, this will make you want to start. Who knew the Android robot would be even cuter in crochet form? You can make one following these complete instructions or buy one for $25. I feel like the instructions are in a completely different language, for example here’s…

Tech News Casey Chan Feb 5

Watch a meticulous fan-assembled documentary of the Star Wars trilogy

Using snippets of behind-the-scenes footage, interview commentaries, and concept art, videographer Jambe Davdar has assembled an awe-inspiring YouTube play-by-play of the Star Wars trilogy. He previously made two of these patchwork documentaries (Building Empire and Returning of the Jedi) and has just finished the final installment, Star Wars Begins. Watch all three of the documentaries…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Feb 5

The Avengers mystery woman is revealed! (Spoilers)

Several days ago, Samuel L. Jackson hinted that S.H.I.E.L.D. head honcho Nick Fury would be bringing on a female sidekick in Joss Whedon’s Avengers flick. Deadline is reporting that How I Met Your Mother actress Cobie Smulders will likely portray agent Maria Hill, who was the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. during the 2006 Marvel mega-event Civil…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Feb 5

NASA robot and first whole sun picture — coming on Super Bowl SUNday

These Soldiers Don’t Need Invisibility Technology

Kobe Bryant Has 3D Basketball Shoes

This Is What Happens When a Fighter Jet Gets Too Close to a Bomber

Windows Version of Greenpois0n Now Available for iOS 4.2.1, Allows for Untethered Jailbreak

Researchers May Have Found a Potential Cure for Type 1 Diabetes

What Is This?

Bill Gates Says It’s an Absolute Lie to Link Vaccines and Autism

Ex-Girlfriend Gets Revenge by Turning Boyfriend Into a Meme

Haptica, A Beautiful Watch Set in Braille

io9 Weekend Round-Up: February 5, 2011

Supernatural is back in the saddle with virgins and gold

The World’s Fastest Handsfree Typist Is a Quadriplegic

After Two Years, They Finally Arrested the Guy Who Spliced Porn Into the Super Bowl

The Seven Types of iPhone Users

On the zoological cuteness scale, a tapir nuzzling a capybara scores a 10

According to the Montreal Gazette, Canada would be a drugged-up dystopia by 2000 AD

A Crocheted Android Robot

Watch a meticulous fan-assembled documentary of the Star Wars trilogy

The Avengers mystery woman is revealed! (Spoilers)

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