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MoMA iPhone App Puts a Museum in Your Pocket

The Museum of Modern Art in NYC is one of the best museums in the world, but it can be a little overwhelming. But the new MoMA iPhone app should make visiting a more manageable experience. The free app contains pretty much everything you’d want to know about the museum, from floor plans to schedules…

Tech News Adam Frucci

iOS 4 Code Suggests That a Verizon iPhone and an iPad 2 Are Being Field-Tested

A clever tipster pointed the folks at BGR to something rather curious hidden within iOS 4: A block of code which allows a CDMA iPhone or iPad 2 to be activated automatically without iTunes. BGR explains that such an auto-activate code tends to show up in iOS right before a major product launch and is…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Tomorrow night’s Warehouse 13 is can’t-miss television!

We’ve seen tomorrow night’s Warehouse 13, and we explain why it’s must-watch television. This week’s TV also includes the worst time travel movie ever, a tour of Hellmouths, and Spaceballs! Plus new Futurama, True Blood and Eureka. We were lucky enough to get a DVD screener of tomorrow night’s all-new Warehouse 13, and it continues…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Panasonic Expands VIERA Lineup With 2D-to-3D Conversion

Panasonic has unveiled its GT25 series, the newest addition to the VIERA family of 3D plasma HDTVs, offering 1080p at 42″ for $1699 or 50″ for $2099. The sets also include 2D-to-3D conversion technology—a first for the company. The GT25 models will offer many features already found in Panasonic’s higher-end VT25 series, including Netflix playback,…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Windows Phone 7 App Design Process Demoed

Some 6,000 WP7 phones are said to be out there today, being manhandled by keen developers in the lead-up to the launch. Microsoft’s helping them along with this video demo of a golf app. The video is a lengthy (and rather dull, admittedly) look at just one of the upcoming apps for the WP7 platform,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

The Embassy of Drowned Nations, a home for refugees of rising seas

This is concept art for the Embassy of Drowned Nations, an artificial island on Fort Denison in Sydney, Australia. The facility would be used to temporarily house those who’ve been displaced by rising sea levels. The Australian firm Oculus created this island for Sea Change 2030+, a competition that challenged designers to imagine creative ways…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Glee meets Oz: First look at Lea Michelle’s Dorothy in the animated Wizard of Oz sequel

What happened after Dorothy clicked her ruby slippers home? Apparently everything went straight to hell in Oz. So it’s back to the Emerald City with her! Take a look at the concept art behind the new animated Dorothy Of Oz. Based on the novel by Frank Baum’s great-grandson, Roger S. Baum, Dorothy of Oz takes…

Movies Meredith Woerner

There’s a MacBook Air Trapped Inside This Keyboard and Magic Trackpad

My last four computers have been laptops, but I quietly long for a matching set of Apple’s shiny silver peripherals on my desk. And it would be even better if they housed my whole computer itself, like these do: The intrepid modder behind the MacBook Air Project received a busted up MBA as a gift…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Bird heart controlled by infrared light is the first step toward laser pacemakers

Lasers can stimulate nerves and synchronize the pulsing of heart cells, but now they can control organs. In a breakthrough experiment, scientists used infrared light to control the beats of a quail’s heart. A team at Cleveland’s Case Western Reserve University took a quail embryo out of its egg and attempted to artificially speed up…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

What Exactly Is a Doctorate?

Ever wondered what getting a doctorate really means? Matt Might, professor of Computer Science at the University of Utah, explains it perfectly in this graphic presentation that starts with a simple circle: Every fall, I explain to a fresh batch of Ph.D. students what a Ph.D. is. It’s hard to describe it in words. So,…

Tech News Matt Might

Second-Gen Nikon S1100pj Projector Camera Leaked

An impending update to the mini-projector sporting S1000pj we adored is on its way, according to leaked images by German mag Foto Digital. The S1100pj will add a touch screen and remote control, as well as other unrevealed improvements. https://gizmodo.com/nikon-s1000pj-projector-camera-review-screw-you-all-i-5402528 The S1100pj’s predecessor won us over with its not-gimmicky projector that provided surprisingly decent previews…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Top 10 best moments from Star Wars Celebration V

Last weekend, Orlando was filled with wampas, Ewoks, Jedi Knights, droids and Rancors, for the Star Wars Celebration V. Jon Stewart went toe-to-toe with George Lucas on stage, deleted scenes were revealed, and R2D2 got married. Here are the highlights. Jon Stewart interviews George Lucas The Main Event! Jon Stewart sat down with Star Wars…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Justin Bieber Tweets Enemy’s Phone Number to 4.5 Million Followers

Saturday night, a tweet appeared then quickly vanished on teen heartthrob Justin Bieber’s verified Twitter account: “everyone call me 248-XXX-XXXX 🙂 or text”. The number belonged to a teen in Detroit, and Justin apparently tweeted it out of revenge. http://gawker.com/5495197/the-justin-bieber-guide-for-old-people A little before midnight on Saturday, Justin tweeted this: The tweet disappeared a few minutes…

Tech News Adrian Chen

Apple’s Strangling iAds With Creative Control

Apple’s iAd platform is here, but the advertisements themselves are still few and far between. According to the WSJ, Apple’s desire to closely control the creation of the ads has slowed their arrival. https://gizmodo.com/apple-hates-ads-unless-theyre-the-ones-selling-them-5558561 WSJ notes that of the 17 partners Apple named at launch, only two, Unilever and Nissan, had iAds for the greater…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

46 Swedish RPG character cards from throughout the ages

Even if you can’t read the language, these old Swedish RPG cards are pretty darn neat. The collection ranges from 1982’s Drakar och demoner to modern RPGs. The below cards have a lot of karisma. [Via Piruett. Thanks Magnus!]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Watch a 747 Put On Its War Paint

How does Virgin Atlantic make an aging Boeing 747 look like it just rolled off the lot? Four days, dozens of workers, gallons and gallons of paint, and one pretty sweet time-lapse video. That’s how. Personally, I think they should stick with Silver Surfer mode at around :40. And hey, Richard Branson, next time could you…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Apple’s Latest Hire Might Turn Your iPhone Into Your New Wallet

Following a string of related patents, Apple has hired Benjamin Vigier, an expert in the area of near field communications—the kind of technology that allows you to wave your credit card over a reader instead of swiping it. https://gizmodo.com/apple-ikey-places-a-combination-lock-on-your-wallet-5488271 Near field communications encompasses any short range, wireless interaction between devices—whether buying a ticket at the…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Let Paul McAuley school you on how to talk about science fiction

It’s the opportunity of a lifetime. The Science Fiction Foundation is having a masterclass on science fiction criticism, led by The Quiet War author Paul McAuley and two other luminaries. Spend a weekend in London getting drunk on ideas. According to Stefan Ekmans, who’s attended these master classes in the past, there’s a lot of…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Turn Your iPad Into a Handsome Leather Bound Book

For you iPad owners who want to be extra cheeky about the fact that you’re helping books go the way of the dodo, TwelveSouth’s BookBook case wraps your tablet in hardback leather. Think War and Peace: Plants vs. Zombies edition. Like the BookBook MacBook case before it, BookBook for iPad dresses your Apple product up…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Green Lantern’s villain may have changed. Who will direct the new Superman? And Judge Dredd will kick your ass!

A new rumor reveals major plot details for Green Lantern, and singles out an unexpected villain as the real big bad. A demonic mutant joins X-Men: First Class, and Judge Dredd will bring brutal realism to post-apocalyptic ass-kicking. Spoilers ahead! Green Lantern: When we reviewed this movie’s script a while back, the main villain was…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

MoMA iPhone App Puts a Museum in Your Pocket

iOS 4 Code Suggests That a Verizon iPhone and an iPad 2 Are Being Field-Tested

Tomorrow night’s Warehouse 13 is can’t-miss television!

Panasonic Expands VIERA Lineup With 2D-to-3D Conversion

Windows Phone 7 App Design Process Demoed

The Embassy of Drowned Nations, a home for refugees of rising seas

Glee meets Oz: First look at Lea Michelle’s Dorothy in the animated Wizard of Oz sequel

There’s a MacBook Air Trapped Inside This Keyboard and Magic Trackpad

Bird heart controlled by infrared light is the first step toward laser pacemakers

What Exactly Is a Doctorate?

Second-Gen Nikon S1100pj Projector Camera Leaked

Top 10 best moments from Star Wars Celebration V

Justin Bieber Tweets Enemy’s Phone Number to 4.5 Million Followers

Apple’s Strangling iAds With Creative Control

46 Swedish RPG character cards from throughout the ages

Watch a 747 Put On Its War Paint

Apple’s Latest Hire Might Turn Your iPhone Into Your New Wallet

Let Paul McAuley school you on how to talk about science fiction

Turn Your iPad Into a Handsome Leather Bound Book

Green Lantern’s villain may have changed. Who will direct the new Superman? And Judge Dredd will kick your ass!

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