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One Guy Designed His Own Heart Implant and Now 23 Other People Are Using It

It’s fantastic enough that a british engineer designed his own heart textile implant in 2004 when he realized it was better than an aortic valve replacement. But even cooler is that since then, 23 other people have had them implanted. Using a rapid prototyper to hone in on his design, Tal Golesworthy’s custom implant was…

Tech News Adrian Covert

They Found a Way to Make Our Jackets USB Compatible

Columbia’s Electro Amp jacket is arguably as teched out as a jacket can get really. Designed by a former Intel engineer, the jacket warms itself through the carbon-fiber threads woven into the coat. And even it recharges via USB. According to GearJunkie, the carbon fiber threads feel like yarn, and they can keep your warm…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Apple’s New Head of Global Security is a “Naval Warfare Information Expert”

With a title like “Director of Global Security” and a background in Naval information warfare and network vulnerability analysis, it seems like new Apple employee David Rice would be helping to guard secrets. But that might not be the case. More than anything else, All Things D is guessing that Rice is coming to 1…

Tech News Adrian Covert

British Satellites Will Beam Info Down From Space Using Android Smartphones

The communication components in smartphones and satellites aren’t all that different, except that satellite guts are better rated for external factors like temperature and impact. But one British aerospace firm wants to see how well a smartphone fares in space. Wired says that the University of Surrey and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited are working together…

Space & Spaceflight Adrian Covert

How To Build a $10 Android Wind-Up Charger

Click to viewIf you find that your Android phone always runs out of juice at the most inopportune times, never fear! Supermodder Ben Heck has heard your pleas, and is here to teach you how to build one cheap, hand-cranked Android charger. Of course, there’s also the chance that you can’t be bothered with all…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Panasonic Lumix TS3: The Rugged Cam That’s Sensitive on the Inside

At one point, springing for a camera that could survive a smash or two meant sacrificing, you know, actually getting a decent camera. Not so anymore! Panasonic’s 12.1MP TS3 is thoroughly rugged and does geotagging and 1080p video. First, the basics. You can beat this thing up. It’s waterproof to 40 feet; shockproof to about…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

The Smallest and Most Precise Missile In the US Arsenal

At only 2.75 inches in diameter, the Direct Attack Guided Rocket—DAGR, pronounced dagger—is designed to be the bread-and-butter air-to-surface weapon in the US arsenal. It’s compatible with every flying thing, very low cost, laser-guided, extremely precise and extraordinarily deadly. The secret is its elegant simplicity and delayed fuzing of its 10-pound warhead, which according to…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

This Is the State of the Web Right Now

Now and then, comic artist Matthew “The Oatmeal” Inman truly manages to capture something that we’re all thinking about but unable to convey. Today that something is the truth about the state of the Internet as it is right now. Republished with permission from Matthew Inman aka “The Oatmeal,” a former web designer turned comic…

Social Media Matthew Inman

Evangelion 2.0 brings giant robot teen angst to America

Anime series Evangelion has mesmerized Japanese audiences since the mid-1990s with its story of angsty teens who fight Earth-destroying “angels” from the cockpits of giant robots. With Evangelion 2.0, its blend of teen drama, techno-action, and apocalyptic mysticism hits Stateside. You don’t have to be a giant Evangelion fan to enjoy Evangelion 2.0, showing in…

io9 Annalee Newitz

The Last Time Sandra Bullock Starred in a Futuristic Movie

We’re thrilled Sandra Bullock’s starring in Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity — we just hope it’s as memorable as her last science-fiction role, in Demolition Man. Here are our favorite Bullock moments from Demolition, including her sex scene with Sylvester Stallone. In case you missed it, Demolition Man takes place in a sterile, politically correct future, where…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Wanna Know Why We Should Never Outlaw The Happy Meal?

See the reactions of these kids in the video? THAT’S WHY. Suck it, San Francisco Board of Supervisors. (P.S. I want those Spongebob toys. All of them. Not even kidding.) [Youtube via Joshua Clements] https://gizmodo.com/san-francisco-comes-to-its-senses-and-unbans-happy-meal-5688861

Tech News Adrian Covert

Here’s the Chair of My 1960s Sci-Fi Dreams

It’s the year 2515 and you have an office with a great view as it orbits around Mars. But you know what your space station workspace is lacking? This chair, in all of its streamlined, future-y goodness. Designed by the MN-based design firm Blu Dot, the Scoop Task Chair combines just the right amounts of…

Tech News Adrian Covert

The “Blueberries” You’re Eating Might Be Made Out of Chemicals

Blueberries! They’re good for you! High in antioxidants! Delicious! Except when they’re made out of “sugar, corn syrup, starch, hydrogenated oil, artificial flavors and artificial food dye blue No. 2 and red No. 40,” as found in a new report. The investigation, conducted by NaturalNewsTV, reveals the truth staring you in the face from the…

Health Sam Biddle

Shopping in the Future (1981)

I’m often shocked at how accurate some 20th century predictions of online shopping were. However, these retail prognosticators frequently miss the mark by assuming that individual goods would need to be photographed or videotaped live for consumers. While I can kind of understand how this might make sense with fresh fruit, today we have sites…

Tech News Matt Novak

No, Italian scientists have not discovered cold fusion

Two physicists recently announced they had figured out the secrets of cold fusion, which is a low energy nuclear reaction that, if it exists, could solve the world’s energy problems. But to call their story fishy is a massive understatement. Cold fusion is sort of like the alchemy of the modern world – yes, there…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

It’s The Eric Schmidt Show!

Hey, we heard that Eric Schmidt was going to leave Google to break into television. We liked this so much we made our own The Eric Schmidt Show to watch over and over until he really makes it on air.

Tech News Joel Johnson

TiltShift Generator for iPhone

http://viddler.com/v/ iPhone photo apps these days have some sort of setting for “tilt shift,” the popular photographic effect that makes scenes look like elaborate (and adorable) sets of miniature models. TiltShift Generator actually lets you control the miniature-making parameters. What is it? TiltShift Generator, iPhone, $1. Beginning as a popular web and Adobe AIR app,…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

What Technologies Are Getting You Through Monday?

Mondays. Right? Pretty sure they’re unconstitutional. But until we get them banned for good, what’s your technological crutch for starting the week? I’ll start. Me, I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t make it through any day of the week without a cup of thin coffee from my Bosch T20 single-serve machine, and an upbeat Pandora station…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Bizarre dinosaur only had one finger on each arm

A newly-discovered, one-fingered dinosaur is the strangest proof yet that if you don’t use it, you lose it. Linhenykus monodactylus lived from about 84 to 75 million years ago in the late Cretaceous. It was a tiny creature that weighed less than half a kilogram, although it was a relative of much larger beasts like…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

The Weird Supersonic Plane That Will Not Boom

There’s a reason why the Concorde only few over the Atlantic Ocean: Sonic booms. If every airplane were supersonic, it’d be extremely noisy and annoying. Fortunately, NASA is working in a solution. https://gizmodo.com/concorde-still-most-amazing-flying-experience-five-year-5069056 NASA is working on multiple experiments to develop an airplane that will not boom like Steve Jobs in a keynote. If they…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

One Guy Designed His Own Heart Implant and Now 23 Other People Are Using It

They Found a Way to Make Our Jackets USB Compatible

Apple’s New Head of Global Security is a “Naval Warfare Information Expert”

British Satellites Will Beam Info Down From Space Using Android Smartphones

How To Build a $10 Android Wind-Up Charger

Panasonic Lumix TS3: The Rugged Cam That’s Sensitive on the Inside

The Smallest and Most Precise Missile In the US Arsenal

This Is the State of the Web Right Now

Evangelion 2.0 brings giant robot teen angst to America

The Last Time Sandra Bullock Starred in a Futuristic Movie

Wanna Know Why We Should Never Outlaw The Happy Meal?

Here’s the Chair of My 1960s Sci-Fi Dreams

The “Blueberries” You’re Eating Might Be Made Out of Chemicals

Shopping in the Future (1981)

No, Italian scientists have not discovered cold fusion

It’s The Eric Schmidt Show!

TiltShift Generator for iPhone

What Technologies Are Getting You Through Monday?

Bizarre dinosaur only had one finger on each arm

The Weird Supersonic Plane That Will Not Boom

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