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Why a sense of rhythm could turn you into a worker drone

A new study reveals that some wasps beat their young into becoming subservient workers while they’re still in the womb. The scary part is that their techniques could work on mammals, too. For years scientists were puzzled by the nurturing behavior of the paper wasp. Wasp eggs were placed in chambers and covered, allowing them…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jan 27 '11

How Hulu Lost Its Place In a Netflix World

Hulu is a terrific service. Who could argue with free, current episodes of primetime TV on your computer? But for months now, Netflix has been eating Hulu’s lunch. And Hulu’s plan to fight back sounds more like a swan song. According to the WSJ, Hulu’s role in the future might not be as an archive…

Television Brian Barrett Jan 27 '11

AT&T Posts Record Numbers, but iPad Activations Lagging

So, completely unsurprisingly, AT&T pulled a ton of revenue last quarter—$31.4 billion. Chalk that up in part to the 4.1 million iPhones they activated. But don’t chalk it up to the paltry 442,000 tablets switched on. The 442,000 figure includes both iPads and Android tabs—and since we figure the latter has been relatively negligible in…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jan 27 '11

For the Love of God, Make This Snow Scraper a Reality

Over at Quirky, the Snowdozer, a collapsable, double-bladed snow scraper, currently has 145 of the 1200 preorders it needs to go into production. Is there any conceivable cause more important for you to get behind this morning? As the snow piled up here in New York last night, I watched out my window as people…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Jan 27 '11

Watch Spidey swing through the air in new reboot set photos, plus a major star might be headed to the Dark Tower!

The best Spider-Man reboot photos yet show our hero webslinging through the streets. An even bigger star than Viggo Mortensen and Javier Bardem might take on the lead in The Dark Tower. The new Magneto joins Ridley Scott’s Prometheus. Spoiler-ha! Spider-Man Reboot These awesome new set photos give us our first look at the new…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jan 27 '11

You Probably Shouldn’t Use Your iPhone as a Ping Pong Paddle

Just like you shouldn’t kickflip your skateboard grip-taped iPhone case, please don’t whack balls with these cases. But, in traditional red, green, blue and black color options, you can at least display your team-colors for $30. [Incase via BookofJoe] https://lifehacker.com/put-grip-tape-on-your-iphone-to-never-let-it-slip-again-5740603

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jan 27 '11

Gerber Fit Multi-Tool Crams an LED Plus Nine Tools Into Its Aluminum Shell

Can you believe this multi-tool costs just $30? With its sleek looks, nine tools plus a 25-lumen LED, it’s bloody good value for those late-night fumblings as you try and break into your own house. Pre-order now. [KnifeCenter via Werd]

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jan 27 '11

HTC’s Next Android Phone Leaks Out in a Series of Photos

Today, photos of HTC’s rumored flagship phone leaked to Engadget after it was spotted in Taipei on a crowded train platform (picture below the jump.) We received another shot of the phone ourselves, with the tipster calling it the “Saga.” Looks like a HTC employee was a little too confident when playing with his as-yet-unannounced…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jan 27 '11

Lose All Dignity With This Front-Worn iPad Cradle

I don’t care if this frontpack makes an iPad easier to use while standing on train or not. I’m not going to look like this big of an asshole for the sake of convenience. Adding financial insult to emotional injury, the Assero Defender apparently costs $130. Really? [Assero via Cnet via CrunchGear]

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 27 '11

New Yorkers Could Be Fined $100 For Yapping on Cellphones While Street-Crossing

This isn’t the first time Senator Karl Kruger‘s proposed a ban on cellphone-use and listening to MP3 players when crossing the street. The motion didn’t get passed in 2007, so let’s hope the same happens again. [CBS via Gawker] https://gizmodo.com/ipod-and-cellphone-ban-coming-to-nyc-234615

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jan 27 '11

Did Steve Jobs and Apple Help Create One of the World’s Earliest Social Networks?

In the 1970s, before Twitter, Facebook or Friendster, two men electronically arranged to transport a helicopter motor using an Apple computer and modem Steve Jobs gave one of the men. From that interaction, a community called The Well was born. According to the BBC, Dr. Larry Brilliant was a World Health Organization officer and friend…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 27 '11

A TV Tray For Holding a Kinect Sensor, PlayStation Eye or Just Your Car Keys

When you’re parked infront of the gogglebox with your TV tray, don’t you think your TV is missing some of the fun? Screw a $40 ScreenDeck into the TV’s VESA holes to hold up his peripherals too. [Amazon via Unplggd]

Television Kat Hannaford Jan 27 '11

The NGP Is Sony’s Super-Powered Playstation Portable

The Sony PSP2 has arrived under the codename NGP. It has a 5-inch OLED touchscreen, dual analog sticks, front/rear cameras,a touch-sensitive panel on the back of the device used for control along with a quad-core CPU and GPU. (Updated) https://kotaku.com/the-psp2-is-here-dual-analog-sticks-touch-sensitive-o-5744485 Update: Turns out the internal magic of the PSP2 lies in its quad-core ARM Cortex…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 27 '11

Weed-Firing Catapult Discovered at U.S.-Mexico Border

There’s not much to add to this AP story: “Pot-firing catapult found at Arizona-Mexico border”. It’s a catapult. It fires pot. National Guard troops spied on drug smugglers using it to shoot marijuana over the border, then seized it. Here’s a spy video of the pot being catapulted by smugglers, taken on Friday evening. And…

Tech News Adrian Chen Jan 27 '11

Klang Ultrasonic Speaker Puts the Sound Waves Where Only You Can Hear ‘Em

How can you listen to music as loud as you want without headphones and without annoying people around you? Consider Klang’s ultrasonic speakers, which use a 30,000hz frequency to beam an audible wave to a single point. Designed as part of a project hosted by Bang & Olufsen, the Klang speakers use a satellite dish…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 27 '11

TV Hit the Public 85 Years Ago Today

Your LCD or plasma has a great, great grandfather. And it’s not the chunky CRT that preceded it in the 90s. No. Eighty five years ago, public eyes first hit TV—while it broadcast the head of a dummy. Although Scottish inventor John Logie Baird’s studies were so rudely interrupted by World War I, he was…

Television Sam Biddle Jan 26 '11

Taco Bell Clarifies: That Recent Lawsuit Is Bogus—Our Seasoned Beef Recipe Is 88% Beef!

Ready for more beef drama? After a terse initial response to a lawsuit claiming that only a small percentage of its ‘Taco Meat Filling’ is actually beef, Taco Bell followed up with a fairly detailed breakdown of the mysterious recipe. https://jezebel.com/this-is-what-really-hides-in-taco-bells-beef-5742413 This is the statement that was provided by a Taco Bell representative: UPDATED STATEMENT…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Jan 26 '11

Professor Breeds Bomb-Detecting Plants

The next hydrangea you grow could literally save your life. With the help of the Department of Defense, a biologist at the Colorado State University has taught plant proteins how to detect explosives. Never let it be said that horticulture can’t fight terrorism. Picture this at an airport, perhaps in as soon as four years:…

Tech News Spencer Ackerman - Wired Jan 26 '11

In the dystopian future, the worst punishment is being impaled on a dominatrix’s spiky nipple

This is the greatest scene in cinematic history. A dystopian overlord is getting his face whacked with a flogger by his personal dominatrix, when a hapless underling interrupts him. So the dominatrix teaches him a lesson… with fists and nipples. This priceless moment of cinematic greatness comes from the movie Battle Queen 2020, which might…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jan 26 '11

How to Spray a Fully Formed Cocktail Out of a Soda Gun

The Waylon is a delicious, deceptively simple cocktail: smoke-infused Coca-Cola, water and bourbon. It’s not shaken or stirred like the average mixed drink, though. Say what you will about the pretentiousness of the term mixology and the feisty little world it tends to circumscribe, but any geek should appreciate the nerdiness that goes into a…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jan 26 '11

Why a sense of rhythm could turn you into a worker drone

How Hulu Lost Its Place In a Netflix World

AT&T Posts Record Numbers, but iPad Activations Lagging

For the Love of God, Make This Snow Scraper a Reality

Watch Spidey swing through the air in new reboot set photos, plus a major star might be headed to the Dark Tower!

You Probably Shouldn’t Use Your iPhone as a Ping Pong Paddle

Gerber Fit Multi-Tool Crams an LED Plus Nine Tools Into Its Aluminum Shell

HTC’s Next Android Phone Leaks Out in a Series of Photos

Lose All Dignity With This Front-Worn iPad Cradle

New Yorkers Could Be Fined $100 For Yapping on Cellphones While Street-Crossing

Did Steve Jobs and Apple Help Create One of the World’s Earliest Social Networks?

A TV Tray For Holding a Kinect Sensor, PlayStation Eye or Just Your Car Keys

The NGP Is Sony’s Super-Powered Playstation Portable

Weed-Firing Catapult Discovered at U.S.-Mexico Border

Klang Ultrasonic Speaker Puts the Sound Waves Where Only You Can Hear ‘Em

TV Hit the Public 85 Years Ago Today

Taco Bell Clarifies: That Recent Lawsuit Is Bogus—Our Seasoned Beef Recipe Is 88% Beef!

Professor Breeds Bomb-Detecting Plants

In the dystopian future, the worst punishment is being impaled on a dominatrix’s spiky nipple

How to Spray a Fully Formed Cocktail Out of a Soda Gun

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