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An Open Letter to the Smiley Face Following an Insult

You know that thing people do, when they stick a 🙂 right after a rude comment? Yeah, that’s just about the most annoying thing ever, huh? 🙂 Over at McSweeney’s, Jade Ologunja spoke her mind. Dearest 🙂 , So there you are, just smiling directly at me immediately after an unfriendly statement has been typed.…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

The morning space commute

Commuting offworld every day sounds glamorous until you actually spend time in a space elevator, followed by the wormhole train. It’s as if nobody bothers to shower before doing an interstellar jump. My advice? Aromatherapy lip gloss and earbuds. This comes from the work of concept artist Rubén Pérez, who also specializes in fantasy images.…

io9 Annalee Newitz

The Picycle Bike Frowns In the Face of Bike Thieves

Isn’t this just the most cheery bike you’ve ever clapped eyes on? Even if technically-speaking that red frame is actually the shape of a frown. Nonetheless! The electric PiCycle has an inbuilt theft-recovery service, updating its location on your smartphone. Along with that “Find My iPhone”-style recovery service for locating the PiCycle if nasty thieves…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

What happens when you put a Luneburg lens on a silicon chip

Recently British physicists announced to the world that they managed to put a Luneburg Lens on a silicon chip. Here’s why this odd bit of news could change the world. Well, at least the world of data processing. A Luneberg lens is a perfectly spherical lens. All parallel waves of light that hit the lens…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Matthew Vaughn explains the whole plot of X-Men: First Class. Plus totally insane Batman and Doctor Who rumors!

New set photos confirm Spider-Man is going back to his mechanical web-shooters. Christian Bale is up for a fourth Christopher Nolan Batman movie. Chris Hemsworth addresses the “Hawkeye in Thor” rumors. Plus The Hobbit, Looper, Prometheus, and so much more! The Dark Knight Rises An inside source is claiming that Tom Hardy’s Bane will do…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Worst Idea: Filming a Speeding Train Running Over You

An insane person sets up a camera to film a full-speed train passing over him, as he lies flat on the tracks. Now that we’re all caught up: Please don’t try this at home. Please don’t try this at home. The good news is, the guy survived! The bad news is, our gene pool is…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Why 3D Will Never Ever Work

So why will 3D content never take off? It’s not the silly glasses or the lack of content. It’s not even that we all kinda hate it. According to Academy Award-winning editor Walter Murch: it’s evolution, baby. https://gizmodo.com/survey-says-we-all-hate-3dtv-5715891 Murch, writing to renowned film critic (and prominent 3D antagonist) Roger Ebert, says that 3D’s primary failure…

Movies Brian Barrett

Even You Can Park Your Car in Miami’s $65 Million Parking Garage

The top floor, offering stunning city and ocean views, hosts weddings and yoga classes. Above that is the owner’s private penthouse apartment. The floors below showcase Rolls Royces, Ferraris and Bentleys. Welcome to Miami’s new $65 million public parking garage. The garage, a joint effort by a local developer and world-renowned architecture firm Herzog &…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

The Greatest Miniature Golf Shot of All Time

Take one pink golf ball, one water fountain for it to float atop, one putter to strike it with, and one person to do said striking, and what do you have? You have the greatest putt-putt shot of all time. Sure, after the ball somehow manages to sink itself into the cup, the putter and…

Tech News Matt Cherette

Leaked Best Buy Intel Reckons On a $700 Price-Tag For Motorola’s Xoom Tablet

Yesterday we’d heard that the Motorola Xoom tablet was swinging into town on February the 17th, for around $800. According to a leaked Best Buy system screenshot, it’s going to be more like $700. [DroidAttic via DroidLife] https://gizmodo.com/motorola-xoom-lands-at-best-buy-february-17-5741008

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Come Learn Photography In This Camera Obscura Van

So you can go to the Adobe Photo Shop to buff up your photos, but where do you visit to actually, you know, learn how to use those darned photo-snapper things? The orrsome Roulot’ographe camera-van, in Luxembourg. [Springwise via Photojojo] https://gizmodo.com/a-real-adobe-photo-shop-5561051

Tech News Kat Hannaford

You Can Quit Washing Your Jeans—For 15 Months, Actually

When I was about 10, my boyfriend of the time (someone I swapped love-letters with, basically) wore the same pair of jeans for a month straight. I dropped him around day 10 through disgust. But 15 months? Now that’s science. College student Josh Le wore the same pair of jeans for 15 months, racking up…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Any Idiot Can Cook a Soufflé In Gorenje’s iChef+ Oven

With 65 fancy presets designed by chefs and nutritionists, or nine simple ones letting you cook basics such as “roast potatoes,” Gorenje’s iChef+ touchscreen oven displays hi-res examples of what your food should look like. Fingers crossed. [Gorenje via BornRich]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Leak: Nokia’s MeeGo-Running Tablet Appears

Spotted running what looks like Nokia’s upcoming MeeGo platform (though it’s expected to resemble something like this once finished), this tablet isn’t supported by any leaked specs yet, but we’ll find out soon, I’m sure. [MobileReview via MyNokiaBlog via SlashGear] https://gizmodo.com/nokias-leaked-future-tablet-screenshot-large-smartphone-5260260

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Slide These Desk Lamps Into Your Ideal Lighting Set-Up

This Rima desk lamp‘s so clever. Control the light shining onto your laptop or paperwork by sliding LEDs up and down the rail, even changing their color if desired. All that’s missing is a shower-curtain for privacy. [Dreipuls via Fastcodesign]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Recording a Police Officer Could Get You 15 Years in Jail

Citizens recording their public interactions with police sure seems like the kind of thing that would prevent corruption, harassment and bad behavior by cops. Just don’t do it in Illinois, where it’s punishable by up to 15 years in prison. Sixty-year-old Chicago artist Christopher Drew is currently facing an eavesdropping charge because he recorded his…

Tech News Max Read

Telephones of Tomorrow (1962)

Brian Horrigan, co-author of the retrofuturism bible Yesterday’s Tomorrows, pointed me to this amazing advertisement from Bell Telephone System which appeared in the November, 1962 issue of Boys’ Life. The comic follows “Chip Martin, college reporter” as he learns about the future of the telephone. Shut-in kids of the year 2000 are learning from home…

Tech News Matt Novak

New short film brings the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles up from the sewers

Watch April O’Neil (sans awesome yellow jacket) get roughed up by a newly updated Foot clan in this Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle short. Behold the turtle power and full monster suit! Plus more Ghost Shark is on the way. Fight The Foot This fan-made short is actually pretty enjoyable, but we’re sure that a rebooted…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Even a little meditation can change the structure of your brain

Just a few weeks’ worth of light meditation can change the structure of your brain, seemingly for the better. Thirty minutes a day can actually increase people’s capacity for learning while shrinking the parts of the brain responsible for stress. Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital asked their sixteen study participants to take part in an…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Breath, Booze—Etiquette Checker Judges All the Same

Bar breathalyzers are ubiquitous these days (and are totally for entertainment purposes only!) but the one from Topland offers something new: An etiquette checker! What that means, at least in Japan, is it checks for bad breath too. The science behind a device that claims to rate the stink factor of your maw is dubious…

Tech News Jack Loftus

An Open Letter to the Smiley Face Following an Insult

The morning space commute

The Picycle Bike Frowns In the Face of Bike Thieves

What happens when you put a Luneburg lens on a silicon chip

Matthew Vaughn explains the whole plot of X-Men: First Class. Plus totally insane Batman and Doctor Who rumors!

Worst Idea: Filming a Speeding Train Running Over You

Why 3D Will Never Ever Work

Even You Can Park Your Car in Miami’s $65 Million Parking Garage

The Greatest Miniature Golf Shot of All Time

Leaked Best Buy Intel Reckons On a $700 Price-Tag For Motorola’s Xoom Tablet

Come Learn Photography In This Camera Obscura Van

You Can Quit Washing Your Jeans—For 15 Months, Actually

Any Idiot Can Cook a Soufflé In Gorenje’s iChef+ Oven

Leak: Nokia’s MeeGo-Running Tablet Appears

Slide These Desk Lamps Into Your Ideal Lighting Set-Up

Recording a Police Officer Could Get You 15 Years in Jail

Telephones of Tomorrow (1962)

New short film brings the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles up from the sewers

Even a little meditation can change the structure of your brain

Breath, Booze—Etiquette Checker Judges All the Same

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