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Walking With Paralysis Is Now a Reality

Amanda Boxtel is about to stand up. A skiing accident 18 years ago partially severed her spinal cord leaving her paralysed. Boxtel is wearing a new exoskeleton called eLEGS, which could soon help people with spinal injuries to walk again. eLEGS is being readied for clinical trials by Berkeley Bionics, based in Berkeley, California. Unlike…

Tech News MacGregor Campbell - New Scientist Oct 7 '10

I Like It On Your Tits

Women have posted surprisingly racy status updates lately “I like it on the kitchen floor.” “I like it on the couch.” They’re talking about where they keep their purses, a viral campaign for breast cancer awareness. Could men help, too? In a show of solidarity with these tantalizing if ultimately completely annoying messages, I am…

Tech News Joel Johnson Oct 7 '10

Gadget Deals of the Day

Be sure to check out today’s awesome deals on gaming consoles, computer accessories, and apps for iOS and Android. Your wallet won’t thank you. Top Deals: • Xbox 360 Elite Slim 250GB Console for $259.99 plus free shipping (normally $300) • Microsoft Arc Wireless Laser Mouse (Purple) for $19.99 (normally $34 – use coupon code…

Tech News Adam Harris Oct 7 '10

iPhone 4 Design Flaw Could Lead to Epidemic of Cracked iPhones

When the iPhone 4 free bumper program finished a week ago, Antennagate ended. But Ryan Block reports that the iPhone engineering team has discovered another major design flaw that could lead to another iPhone 4 scandal. While we’ve had our own concerns over the iPhone 4’s glass back, what the iPhone engineering team discovered post-Antennagate,…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Oct 7 '10

The Weather Apocalypse In London’s Future

This may be the future of London and your city. It’s a terrifying prospect, but one of the potential outcomes of climate change. Floods, ice, extreme immigration… I love the idea of Buckingham Palace in a slum. Watch, and imagine. The photos are part of London Futures, an image exhibition at the London Museum that…

Climate Change Jesus Diaz Oct 7 '10

Devastating volcanoes wiped out the Neanderthals

The ultimate fate of the Neanderthals remains a major mystery. We know they went extinct, but why did they die out when our ancestors thrived? New evidence suggests massive, deadly volcanoes killed off the Neanderthals while completely sparing our ancestors. The solution to the Neanderthal extinction mystery might be found in the Mezmaiskaya cave, found…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Oct 7 '10

A Song About What To Do When Life Is Awkward

On a recent episode of Marc Maron‘s badass WTF podcast, Karen Kilgariff previewed her new song about what we all do when we don’t know what to do. Went to the bar the other day without mine. It was difficult!

Tech News Joel Johnson Oct 7 '10

BOOM! How Comic Book Sounds Become Movie Sounds

Superpower sounds can define a comic book hero as much as any form-fitting costume. And when a character is drafted to the silver screen the sound comes with him. But how exactly does this sonic transposition happen? A comic book artist invents a string of letters (mostly consonants) to simulate a fantastical sound. These sounds…

Tech News Bryan Gardiner Oct 7 '10

Kotaku Talk Radio is Recorded From a Secret Location With a Special Guest

Kotaku Talk Radio isn’t dead, it’s just sleeping. With the sudden closure of the CBS studio that was home to our live, call-in show for about a year, we’re in the midst of finding a new host for a live show. Until then we’re going old school, pre-recording the podcast with two or three folks…

io9 Brian Crecente Oct 7 '10

Anna Torv says the biggest test for both Olivias is coming soon

This season on Fringe, Anna Torv’s been playing two Olivia Dunhams stretched to their limit. But she told a conference call just now that both Olivias are about to face their greatest challenge of all. Spoilers ahead! That challenge? Going home. Torv hinted strongly that both Olivias will have to deal with going back to…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Oct 7 '10

The Ultimate 3D Notebook Showdown

New 3D laptops and have begun arriving en masse. Are they ready to slay their 2D counterparts? A cadre of new 3D laptops make it possible for you to enjoy stereoscopic content on the go. The vast majority of these offerings rely on Nvidia’s 3D Vision kit-a set of powered shutter glasses, a USB-connected IR…

Reviews Katherine Stevenson and Amber Bouman - MaximumPC Oct 7 '10

Georgia’s the perfect place for The Walking Dead’s zombie rampage

We’ve all been thrilled by the glimpses of The Walking Dead’s bleak, intense vistas. But I’ve been more thrilled than most — because it’s about time my home state of Georgia had a zombie outbreak. Confession: I’ve never read The Walking Dead. But one thing I do know is that my home state of Georgia…

io9 Kelly Faircloth Oct 7 '10

“Wanted” is a retelling of Cinderella

Find out why Mark Millar’s comic book Wanted really should have had singing mice and a pumpkin coach. Cinderella is an uber-girlie movie (I am using the movie, primarily in this comparison.) aimed at preteen girls. Wanted is Mark Millar’s violent and cynical comic book aimed at adult men. Although the atmosphere of each is…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Oct 7 '10

One good reason to welcome parasitic infections

Next time you fight off an infection, you can thank your parasites. Often you get infected or cured not because of your immune system – but because of parasites who live in your body. In a paper published today in Science, we get some compelling examples of how “co-infections” work in small mammals. Essentially, one…

io9 Annalee Newitz Oct 7 '10

How to Video Chat From Your Couch Without Breaking the Bank

Video chatting—the future is now! But it sure is expensive. Between Logitech’s Revue ($300 for the box and $150 for the cam), and Cisco’s $600 Roman emperor-priced offering, you might feel left out. But you have (affordable) options. FaceTime is new, and awesome, and laptop video calls are cool—of course. But being able to plop…

Tech News Sam Biddle Oct 7 '10

Simple Hack Allows American Androids to Skype Over 3G

Android users (except for those on Verizon) were understandably excited to hear that the Skype app was now available—until they discovered that it can only be used over Wi-Fi in the US. Fear not, friends, there’s a hack! A Droid Forums poster released a new version of the app allowing for free Skype-to-Skype calls over…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Oct 7 '10

New Earth View Is the True Blue Marble

From this point, looking down the Pacific Ocean, Earth still looks like a virgin jewel in space—a precious gem untouched by toxic human hands, no sign of our species’ uncontrolled greed. All water, it’s the true blue marble. Created with data captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer aboard NASA’s Terra satellite, this view may…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Oct 7 '10

Watch the World’s Largest Yo-Yo Almost Work

Diameter: 35 inches. Width: 18 inches. Weight: 5.4 pounds. Components: two doggie pools and a dream. Soundtrack: 8bit MGMT cover. Everything’s in place for the perfect world’s-biggest-yo-yo demonstration. But can it walk the dog? Actually, not too shabby! Sure, I’d want Chris “Dr. Yo-Yo” Allen’s mammoth yo-yo to show off a few more tricks—forward pass,…

Tech News Brian Barrett Oct 7 '10

A tribute to a great space pornographer, who is too hot to live

Check out this startlingly beautiful image of The Unicorn’s Rose, a rosette nebula located within the Unicorn constellation. NASA’s WISE telescope, which captured this image, has sadly run out of the coolant it needs to continue making such arresting images. It’s always sad when a great artist gets too hot under the collar. NASA launched…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Oct 7 '10

Terraforming Earth Pt. 4: Nowhere to go but up

Our efforts to intentionally alter our home planet have been unpredictable at best. Can we terraform other planets without making the same mistakes? Should we? Current plans to terraform another planet generally involve Mars. There are other terraforming targets in our solar system (certain Jovian moons, for instance), but Mars is more conveniently located. So…

io9 Ed Grabianowski Oct 7 '10

Walking With Paralysis Is Now a Reality

I Like It On Your Tits

Gadget Deals of the Day

iPhone 4 Design Flaw Could Lead to Epidemic of Cracked iPhones

The Weather Apocalypse In London’s Future

Devastating volcanoes wiped out the Neanderthals

A Song About What To Do When Life Is Awkward

BOOM! How Comic Book Sounds Become Movie Sounds

Kotaku Talk Radio is Recorded From a Secret Location With a Special Guest

Anna Torv says the biggest test for both Olivias is coming soon

The Ultimate 3D Notebook Showdown

Georgia’s the perfect place for The Walking Dead’s zombie rampage

“Wanted” is a retelling of Cinderella

One good reason to welcome parasitic infections

How to Video Chat From Your Couch Without Breaking the Bank

Simple Hack Allows American Androids to Skype Over 3G

New Earth View Is the True Blue Marble

Watch the World’s Largest Yo-Yo Almost Work

A tribute to a great space pornographer, who is too hot to live

Terraforming Earth Pt. 4: Nowhere to go but up

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