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Vultures are the social network users of the animal kingdom

Heavy users of Twitter or Facebook who constantly update their status have a counterpart in the animal kingdom…vultures. These birds can quickly change their skin color to let friends and enemies know how they’re doing. Lots of animals have the ability to change their skin color, thanks to special cells that quickly redistribute the pigments…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Oct 7 '10

Call This Urban Speaker Tomorrow and Broadcast Yourself to New York City

This is the Urban Speaker: a smartphone attached to a loud speaker attached to a traffic sign. Tomorrow, when it goes live in NYC, you’ll be able to call it up and announce whatever’s on your mind. I smell mischief! Is your refrigerator running? Yes… Then you better go catch it! That’s funny when you…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Oct 7 '10

Real life unicorn caught on camera, maybe

Watch “real life” footage of an actual unicorn in the wild. Or possibly, watch footage of a clever viral-marketing ad that shoots whatever was left of our sense of wonder in the face. The footage is from the Ontario Science Centre, which claims that the picture was taken by a Canadian birdwatcher. And right there…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 7 '10

Meet the Garlic-Powered Generator

It’s an entry in the GE ecomagination Challenge (in the Create Power: Renewables 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: The Electric Generator powered by garlic vegetable [is] a container with grinded…

Tech News Gawkercreative Oct 7 '10

The Moon affects rainfall here on Earth…and we have no idea why

Even the most ridiculous and obviously false bits of folklore can turn out to have a kernel of truth. It turns out the Moon really can affect how much rain the Earth gets. The reason why is still a mystery. There’s an old wives’ tale that says rain follows both the full and new Moon.…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Oct 7 '10

Who Is Really Winning the Smartphone Race?

Apple fanboys vs HTC fandroids. Crackberry junkies vs Nokia cheerleaders. All of them have their arguments and neverending doses of absurdly blind faith in a corporation. But who is really winning this race? Who is really the dominant smartphone manufacturer? It’s hard to tell See, when you take into consideration more than one factor, you…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Oct 7 '10

Hammer Films moves into publishing — and Jeanette Winterson’s writing their first book

I don’t know what’s more astonishing: that Hammer Films is giving horror publishing a major jolt of life with its new deal with Arrow Books/Random House. Or that literary superstar Jeanette Winterson is writing the first title, a novella. [Guardian]

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Oct 7 '10

Perhaps this chart can elucidate what I’ve been trying to tell you

As you can see from the data, things are going orthogonal. See the place where X is bent sideways and growing a shaggy line graph? Well, that’s the least of your worries. We’ve got more information you need to see. These odd data visualizations were created by Chad Hagen, a graphic designer who grew up…

io9 Annalee Newitz Oct 7 '10

DreamWorks wants to make the Halo movie, but will Microsoft take the risk?

The success of the latest Halo game has sparked DreamWorks’ interest in making a Halo movie. Which on one hand, means Steven Spielberg’s potential involvement. But if the movie’s garbage, would it set back Halo’s very lucrative video-game franchise? [Vulture]

Movies Meredith Woerner Oct 7 '10

Animals Like You’ve Never Seen Them Before, in the British Wildlife Photography Awards

Brits have terrific reputations for wildlife photography, thanks to the likes of David Attenborough snapping where no man snapped before. The BWP Awards are brimming with glorious shots like this frog spawn one, but there can be only one winner… And that winner is Steve Young from the Isles of Scilly, who won the annual…

Biology Kat Hannaford Oct 7 '10

Teenager Jailed for 4 Months for Refusing to Tell Police His Password

You’re constantly warned to change passwords often, and to never reveal your passwords—but what happens when the police requests your computer password? If you’ve already been arrested for kiddyporn, it’s a good idea to hand it over. Refusing to tell police his 50-character long password has landed English 19-year-old Oliver Drage in prison, but as…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Oct 7 '10

Enough rare cult movie interviews to kill your productivity for the rest of the day

A young Bruce Campbell talks about growing up with Sam Raimi, surrounded by monstrous heads. It’s just one of the many, many delights available in The Incredibly Strange Film Show, a 1988-1989 British series about “psychotronic movies” that’s on YouTube. For anybody who’s interested in weird films and horror classics, being able to watch these…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Oct 7 '10

Crafty Musicians MacGyver Some Instruments Out Of a Balloon, String, And a Box

Nerds, put away your Rock Band sets! Watch as these two creative dudes show us how to make a bass guitar out of a balloon and a piece of string, while adding some percussion with an ordinary wooden box.

Television Dan Grappone Oct 7 '10

How owls developed stealth technology

The Guardians of Ga’Hoole, Jareth the Goblin King, and Harry Potter’s messenger owls have the power of creeping up on people. So do owls in real life, due to the design of their wings and feathers. Owls are the bird of choice for the freaky supernatural beings. They look cool. They have the freaky-head-turn thing…

Movies Esther Inglis-Arkell Oct 7 '10

This Controversial Climate Change Ad Made Sony Drop its Sponsorship

They’d obviously spunked a lotta money on the ad, which features a Gillian Anderson voiceover and appearance from famous English footballer/soccer-player Peter Crouch, but when it illustrates exploding kiddies it’s no surprise that Sony wanted nothing to do with it. Made to draw attention to the climate change day October 10th, the 10:10 advert riled…

Climate Change Kat Hannaford Oct 7 '10

New Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II trailer explains the tragic fate of Starkiller

Poor Secret Apprentice. It doesn’t seem like the latest Star Wars video game is giving the smoldering Jedi sex bomb much of a break. Find out what’s troubling Starkiller this time around, in the new Force Unleashed II trailer. Spoilers… Click to view Starkiller, who believes he is a clone — which may explain why…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 7 '10

Concept Phone Made From Copper Charges in Pockets Using a Thermogenerator

What would you sacrifice for a phone that charges by inducting heat from your body? An OS? A brand-name you can be proud of? A touchscreen? That’s the question I pose to you, after spotting this concept Nokia phone. It’s been dreamed up by English designer Patrick Hyland, who envisions the phone to be made…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Oct 7 '10

Natalie Portman won’t do Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity after all. Plus Vincenzo Natali’s finished a Neuromancer script draft.

Like Angelina Jolie before her, Natalie Portman passes on Cuaron’s astronaut epic…but another star’s in the running. Vincenzo Natali knows how he wants to depict Neuromancer’s cyberspace. Idris Elba’s taking on another Marvel role. Wallace Shawn joins Eureka. Spoilers alive! Gravity: The long search for the female lead of Alfonso Cuaron’s space epic continues, as…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Oct 7 '10

HTC’s Online Management and Remote Wipe Site Goes Live for Latest Androids

There is a catch, however: it looks like it’s only available for the Desire HD and Desire Z phones, which should be going on sale any day now. I signed up for it and attempted to use it with my plain ol’ Desire, but didn’t have much luck. If you do upgrade to one of…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Oct 7 '10

Sony’s 16.41MP Sensor Shoots 1080p Video and Will Be in Phones Next Year

Sure, it’s not all about the megapixels, but Sony’s just trumped Panasonic’s Lumix phone with their 16.41MP Exmor R-based CMOS sensor—seen in a phone near you shortly. Shooting 1080p video at 30fps, it uses back-illumination to reduce visual noise. It will be offered to manufacturers from January, and will no doubt show up in Sony…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Oct 7 '10

Vultures are the social network users of the animal kingdom

Call This Urban Speaker Tomorrow and Broadcast Yourself to New York City

Real life unicorn caught on camera, maybe

Meet the Garlic-Powered Generator

The Moon affects rainfall here on Earth…and we have no idea why

Who Is Really Winning the Smartphone Race?

Hammer Films moves into publishing — and Jeanette Winterson’s writing their first book

Perhaps this chart can elucidate what I’ve been trying to tell you

DreamWorks wants to make the Halo movie, but will Microsoft take the risk?

Animals Like You’ve Never Seen Them Before, in the British Wildlife Photography Awards

Teenager Jailed for 4 Months for Refusing to Tell Police His Password

Enough rare cult movie interviews to kill your productivity for the rest of the day

Crafty Musicians MacGyver Some Instruments Out Of a Balloon, String, And a Box

How owls developed stealth technology

This Controversial Climate Change Ad Made Sony Drop its Sponsorship

New Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II trailer explains the tragic fate of Starkiller

Concept Phone Made From Copper Charges in Pockets Using a Thermogenerator

Natalie Portman won’t do Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity after all. Plus Vincenzo Natali’s finished a Neuromancer script draft.

HTC’s Online Management and Remote Wipe Site Goes Live for Latest Androids

Sony’s 16.41MP Sensor Shoots 1080p Video and Will Be in Phones Next Year

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