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How to Fend Off Unwelcome Callers

Creepy stalkers, annoying telemarketers, jilted lovers: The list of people whose calls you don’t want can get long. And you might feel short on options for keeping their profane digits from polluting your sacred caller ID. You’re not. First off, if you’re in a serious situation—we’re talking restraining orders and assault charges—your best bet is…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Oct 13 '10

American Vampire’s Scott Snyder tells us about his upcoming CSI-heavy Batman tales

At NYCC, we spoke with comic scribe Scott Snyder about his forensically inclined run on Detective Comics. Snyder told us his plans to put Dick Grayson through the psychological wringer and what’s next for the bloodsuckers of American Vampire. First off, tell us about what you’re doing with Detective Comics. Well, what we’re trying to…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Oct 13 '10

Shooting Challenge: Rorschach Test

In 1921, Swiss psychologist Hermann Rorschach published his methodology of evaluating patients with inkblots. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, you are going to create photographic versions of his famous test. The Challenge Recreate the classic inkblot in a photo. In other words, half the frame should mirror the other half. And like our awesome lead…

Tech News Mark Wilson Oct 13 '10

Steampunk book covers are ornate, dazzling

When you hear the phrase “steampunk book cover,” certain motifs may spring to mind, like goggles or cogs. But new covers for novels by K.W. Jeter and Harry Harrison will blow your mind with their fancy early-twentieth-century stylings. Behold wondrousness! Big props to Aidan Moher for pointing out the brilliance of these covers for two…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Oct 13 '10

Forget Tsunamis: Asteroids Will Really Kill Us With UV Rays

If a medium-sized asteroid lands in the ocean, tsunamis won’t be the only worry. Water vapor and sea salt thrown up by the impact could damage the ozone layer, leading to record levels of ultraviolet radiation that could threaten humanity. “This suggests new issues you could have with ocean impacts that people hadn’t thought of…

Space & Spaceflight Rachel Courtland-New Scientist Oct 13 '10

The US electrical grid is too crappy to be vulnerable to terrorist attack, say physicists

The US government worries that terrorists could take down the country’s electrical grid just by hitting a small node in the system. But a new study reveals the grid is too unreliable for that kind of attack. Last year, network theorists published some papers suggesting that terrorists could take down the entire US electrical grid…

io9 Annalee Newitz Oct 13 '10

Apple “Back to the Mac” Event Oct. 20: New OS X and MacBook Air?

Is that a Lion lurking in Apple’s invite for a “Back to the Mac” event on October 20? It looks like a brand new version of OS X. I hope they call it Simba. But what else? The surprise could be a revamped MacBook Air. At least, that’s what Daring Fireball thinks: https://gizmodo.com/new-11-6-inch-macbook-air-coming-this-fall-5647229 A “sneak…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Oct 13 '10

Windows Phones Will Sync to Macs, for Reals

Scuttlebutt no more, Microsoft is officially confirming that there will be an app to sync Windows Phones with Macs. Presumably, it’ll work not too unlike the Kin Mac apps. I really don’t know why they didn’t announce this on Monday. https://gizmodo.com/kin-media-sync-for-mac-a-preview-of-windows-phone-7-ma-5537836 Given the phrasing, “Later in 2010 Microsoft will make a public beta available of…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Oct 13 '10

T-Mobile G2 Review: The Purest Android Experience You Can Get

The official sequel to the first Googlephone, the T-Mobile G2 is a long time coming. In a market where carriers molest the open OS anew every time a new handset drops, this is the Android phone for the Android nerd. Specs T-Mobile G2 specs Price: $200 w/ a 2-year contract Screen: 3.7-inch LCD, 800×480 resolution…

Reviews Matt Buchanan Oct 13 '10

Homemade African aircraft are salvagepunk cool (even if they’re not 100% airworthy)

In the last couple years, amateur engineers from Africa have built DIY planes and helicopters out of recycled parts. These rigs look undeniably bad-ass, even if it’s unclear whether they can get off the ground. In Kahawa West, Kenya, Gabriel Nderitu is building an 800-kilogram aircraft using a Toyota engine and other aluminum pieces over…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Oct 13 '10

Cyber Mirror On the Wall

Because everything must come with an operating system now: the Cybertecture Mirror, bathroom glass that shows the weather, your weight, and comes packed with apps aplenty. And it’s not a concept! It’s just very, very expensive. Reflect on that. What other goodies are included? 10W speakers! Wi-Fi! Waterproofing! And the all-important fog-resistant glass. As for…

Tech News Brian Barrett Oct 13 '10

Heroic librarians and the city at the nexus of dimensions: a trilogy we can’t wait to read

Liz Williams, author of the Inspector Chen books, just signed a three-book deal with Prime Books, for her Worldsoul Trilogy. It has the best tagline I’ve heard in ages: “What if being a librarian was the most dangerous job in the world?” And here’s the blurb, from Prime founder/editor Sean Wallace’s blog: The first book…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Oct 13 '10

Video: Six Months of the Everlasting Happy Meal

Sally Davies bought a McDonald’s Happy Meal on April 26, 2010. She placed it on her coffee table, uncovered, and took photos every day for six months. This video shows the results, which are quite scary. Updated: McDonald’s official reply. Update: McDonald’s has released an official reply to this experiment. https://gizmodo.com/mcdonalds-happy-meal-experiment-reply-our-burgers-get-5663454 180 days—and she says…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Oct 13 '10

Gegenschein: The glowing circle in the sky

The moon, stars, comets and planets aren’t the only ones lighting up the night sky. Gegenschein glows in the sky every night – it’s usually just too faint to be seen. You’re on the road in a dark and moonless night, hundreds of miles from civilization. When you look up into the sky, you see…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Oct 13 '10

Flash Memory May Be 10,000 Times Faster In Just Three Years

Most mobile devices today use NAND flash memory. It’s fast! But ReRAM—a joint project of Sharp and Elipa—promises to be 10,000 times faster. And they say they can commercialize it by 2013. What’s that mean for you? For starters, tablets and phones that can download a full HD movie in a matter of seconds. But…

Tech News Brian Barrett Oct 13 '10

The Tate Modern’s New Art Installation: 100 Million Hand-Painted Sunflower Seeds

The Tate Modern has housed some strange art—huge curving slides, a massive artificial sun, and a giant spider, to name a few. But its new installation is the strangest yet: a mind-boggling carpet of 100 million sunflower seeds. The seeds, installed by Chinese conceptual artist Ai Weiwei, come as the eleventh commission in the Tate…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Oct 13 '10

One Man’s Mile-Long Sewer Journey Ends at Golf Tournament

A 3,000 gallon surge of raw sewage sucked a Missouri construction worker one mile through a 27-inch wide sewer pipe before he was finally rescued at the 15th hole of a golf course yesterday. He’s recovering in the hospital. According to the local police chief in Raymore, Missouri, 30-year-old construction worker Daniel Collins “was swept…

Tech News Jeff Neumann Oct 13 '10

30-second Force Unleashed II trailer trumps all 3 Star Wars prequels UPDATE

You’ve seen the Force Unleashed II trailer that explains how Starkiller is still alive. Now watch the theatrical trailer that shows off the cut scenes. How good is it? Starkiller can now burn Stormtroopers alive with his mind! Spoilers ahead. https://gizmodo.com/new-star-wars-the-force-unleashed-ii-trailer-explains-5657864 Click to view We seriously wish that Starkiller would just get his own miniseries…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 13 '10

Time for a Bigger Apartment: LG’s 72″ Beast is Largest LCD 3DTV in the World

If you have space for a 72″ TV, love 3D flicks, and have a large wad of cash waiting, LG has just made your day. Their Infinia 72LEX9 set is the world’s largest 3D-capable HDTV. Korea only, for now. [CrunchGear]

Tech News Sam Biddle Oct 13 '10

Solving the Smallest Rubik Cube In the World

At 0.39 inches (10mm) this is the smallest Rubik Cube in the world and the smallest piece of the 80s you can have in your hands—this side of Simon Le Bon’s fake eyelashes. It was created by Evgeniy Grigoriev, and it’s 2mm smaller than his own previous record. [KaiXevandStanley via DRB]

Tech News Jesus Diaz Oct 13 '10

How to Fend Off Unwelcome Callers

American Vampire’s Scott Snyder tells us about his upcoming CSI-heavy Batman tales

Shooting Challenge: Rorschach Test

Steampunk book covers are ornate, dazzling

Forget Tsunamis: Asteroids Will Really Kill Us With UV Rays

The US electrical grid is too crappy to be vulnerable to terrorist attack, say physicists

Apple “Back to the Mac” Event Oct. 20: New OS X and MacBook Air?

Windows Phones Will Sync to Macs, for Reals

T-Mobile G2 Review: The Purest Android Experience You Can Get

Homemade African aircraft are salvagepunk cool (even if they’re not 100% airworthy)

Cyber Mirror On the Wall

Heroic librarians and the city at the nexus of dimensions: a trilogy we can’t wait to read

Video: Six Months of the Everlasting Happy Meal

Gegenschein: The glowing circle in the sky

Flash Memory May Be 10,000 Times Faster In Just Three Years

The Tate Modern’s New Art Installation: 100 Million Hand-Painted Sunflower Seeds

One Man’s Mile-Long Sewer Journey Ends at Golf Tournament

30-second Force Unleashed II trailer trumps all 3 Star Wars prequels UPDATE

Time for a Bigger Apartment: LG’s 72″ Beast is Largest LCD 3DTV in the World

Solving the Smallest Rubik Cube In the World

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