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Why polluted coal is poisoning people in the Chinese countryside

In rural areas of Southwestern China, villagers’ habits of picking up loose coal for use in their homes has lead to an epidemic that may have poisoned millions. The coal is exposed through erosion, and then picked up by locals and used for cooking and heating. Unfortunately the coal is unusually high in fluoride, which…

io9 Tim Barribeau

Robot Progress Report: Can We Still Beat a Bucket of Bolts at Bowling?

Someday, robots will be better than us at everything. Even cuddling. But how are things going on the lanes? Chris Barnes, one of the world’s best human bowlers, and EARL, the world’s best robot bowler, faced off to find out. EARL, the Enhanced Automated Robotic Launcher, is the latest and greatest in robot bowling technology.…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

“The Secret of Kells” takes the religion out of religion

The Secret of Kells, available as video-on-demand, is a fantasy film about monks who never mention God. Is that appropriate for the piece or missing the point? It’s the ninth century in Ireland, and everyone has either been attacked by Vikings, or is waiting to be. Brendan, a young boy who has spent his entire…

Movies Esther Inglis-Arkell

A Note From January Steve Jobs to October Steve Jobs

This is what you get when you mix Steve Jobs’ iPad presentation with yesterday’s MacBook Air presentation, barely ten months later. Of course, a PC netbook is not like an axe-blade-thin MacBook Air. And the MacBook Air isn’t “cheap”. https://gizmodo.com/the-macbook-air-is-thinner-than-an-axe-blade-5669139 The same happened with video iPods and smartphones and tablets too. One day he trashes…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The artisanal, bionic legs that made him a movie star

Everybody comes to Phobos trying to make it in the sim biz, so you’ve got to have something that makes you stand out: a mole, a faint emo smudge under the eyes, knobby knees. Casseopia had his titanium legs. This is another terrific image from California concept artist Winona Nelson, who has done work on…

io9 Annalee Newitz

This Billboard Is Made of Cheese

I asked Virgin Media, the UK ISP whose 100MB broadband’s advertised in cheese in London, if I could lick their billboard. They said yes. I’m gonna refrain as I’ve got a cold, but that 110kg of cheese is awfully tempting. The 5 x 4m billboard was created by English food artist Prudence Staite, who used…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

A rare, light-absorbing property of pumpkin seed oil

The oil in pumpkin seeds has a very rare quality. In a thin layer, it’s green. In deep pools, it is red. Pumpkin seed oil is one of the most dichromatic substances in the world. Pumpkin seed oil has a nutty taste, a thick body, and a host of people claiming that it healthies up…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

No Cranking (or Hearing Aids) Necessary with This iPhone Gramophone Amplifier

One of my favorite unpowered amplifiers is Griffin’s AirCurve, and at $5 more this $25 gramophone horn looks worth it. It’ll add 12db of sound to the speaker, and even acts as a stand too. [CyberGuys via BookOfJoe via Wired] https://gizmodo.com/griffin-aircurve-dock-amplifies-your-iphone-speakers-wi-5053109

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Great Idea: Flex-Flush

It’s an entry in the GE ecomagination Challenge (in the Use Power: Eco Homes/Eco Buildings category), where GE and its venture capital partners have made a $200 million commitment to invest in the best ideas to develop and deploy digital energy technologies. From the developer: FlexFlush™ is a retrofit water conservation device to provide dual…

Tech News Gawkercreative

FCC Tweets Playoff Game Updates For Fox-less Cablevision Customers

The real victims in the ongoing spat between Cablevision and News Corp? Phillies fans, who were denied from watching Tuesday night’s playoff game on Fox. Until the FCC stepped in with live Twitter updates from the game. https://gizmodo.com/news-corp-bans-cablevision-customers-from-watching-hulu-5665721 Matt Cain relieved after 7 strong, 2 H, 0 ER. Giants scored on two singles, throwing error.…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Exceptionally strange Alien prequel details burst out

Wild rumors are circulating about the plot to Ridley Scott’s Alien prequel. Find out what rumored surprises make this new film, “part science-fiction, part psychological drama and part romance.” Major spoilers ahead. The Australian outlet What’sPlaying.au had a copy of the latest Alien prequel script, and here’s what they learned: The main characters in this…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Angry Birds Halloween Has 45 Spooky New Levels

Just in time to help you put off making your Halloween costume, Angry Birds Halloween has arrived in the App Store, boasting 45 new spooky levels. I look forward to the Angry Birds Easter, myself. $1 [iTunes]

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Clues and bombshells on Wolverine 2, Fringe, Superman, Teen Wolf and the Reno 911 crew’s space comedy!

Could Zack Snyder be casting an older Superman? Will the Ouija Board movie be a blockbuster adventure? Hellraiser gets two directors. Also: Harry Potter trailer, Caprica clips, Aronofsky’s Wolverine sequel hints, Hobbit progress, and clues on Teen Wolf and Trek. Superman: The Man Of Steel: We’ve all been told this reboot is about the early…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Where Are Those Damn Penguins?

Item #5 of my List of Things To do Before I Die: Go to Antarctica. Item #6: Pour myself a whiskey with virgin ice. Item #7: Eat one of those cute penguins. [Life, Panoramic]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Nook Will Be Sold at Walmart Starting Next Week

Between the major software overhaul in November, a mystery announcement next week, and the introduction of Nook to the all-powerful Walmart ecosystem, it looks like Barnes and Noble might be making the ebook reader race interesting just in time for the holidays. The Kindle competitor will be sold in 2,500 Walmart stores and Walmart.com starting…

Tech News Brian Barrett

AT&T Sold a Record 5.2 Million iPhones This Summer

It’s maybe not that big a surprise, given the huge number of iPhones Apple moved this past quarter, but it’s still a big number: AT&T activated 5.2 million iPhones this summer. That’s nearly 70% of their entire integrated device activations. https://gizmodo.com/apple-sells-14-1-million-iphones-and-more-ipads-than-ma-5667042 About 24% of those customers were new to AT&T, meaning about 1.3 million people…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Dolls Like Living in Super Modernized Mansions Too

Think the human-race is alone in eyeing up chrome and glass houses like we “often feature” on Giz? Dolls like the touch of a cold steel kitchen bench too. Doubling as a lamp, humans benefit from this dollshouse as well. Created by TDO and Wallpaper*, it was supposedly based on architect Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Prescription 3D Glasses On Their Way Soon, For Samsung 3DTVs

3D glasses may be made big enough to fit over prescription glasses, but it’s still not a pleasant experience. Having to constantly push up one pair of glasses is nerdy enough, but two? Unfortunately it’s just so far Samsung of the big players who’ve commiserated with us four-eyed lot’s plight, though Oakley mentioned last month…

Gadgets Kat Hannaford

Nokia “Will No Longer Be Talking About Symbian^3 or Symbian^4 At All”

Did our words on why we’re not reviewing the N8 cut to the bone of Nokia? They’ve slipped an interesting fact into today’s financial report that they “will no longer be talking about Symbian^3 or Symbian^4 at all.” [Nokia Conversations] https://gizmodo.com/why-were-not-reviewing-the-nokia-n8-5667723

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Despite Germany Threatening to Sue Google, Only 3% Have Opted Out of Street View

Talk about making a mountain out of a molehill. After rioting over Google Street View cars accidentally capturing Wi-Fi network details, less than 3 per cent of Germans actually chose to opt out of having their houses on Street View. That number equates to 244,237 requests from the 8,458,084 houses that were photographed for Street…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Why polluted coal is poisoning people in the Chinese countryside

Robot Progress Report: Can We Still Beat a Bucket of Bolts at Bowling?

“The Secret of Kells” takes the religion out of religion

A Note From January Steve Jobs to October Steve Jobs

The artisanal, bionic legs that made him a movie star

This Billboard Is Made of Cheese

A rare, light-absorbing property of pumpkin seed oil

No Cranking (or Hearing Aids) Necessary with This iPhone Gramophone Amplifier

Great Idea: Flex-Flush

FCC Tweets Playoff Game Updates For Fox-less Cablevision Customers

Exceptionally strange Alien prequel details burst out

Angry Birds Halloween Has 45 Spooky New Levels

Clues and bombshells on Wolverine 2, Fringe, Superman, Teen Wolf and the Reno 911 crew’s space comedy!

Where Are Those Damn Penguins?

Nook Will Be Sold at Walmart Starting Next Week

AT&T Sold a Record 5.2 Million iPhones This Summer

Dolls Like Living in Super Modernized Mansions Too

Prescription 3D Glasses On Their Way Soon, For Samsung 3DTVs

Nokia “Will No Longer Be Talking About Symbian^3 or Symbian^4 At All”

Despite Germany Threatening to Sue Google, Only 3% Have Opted Out of Street View

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