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I will give you some tips: There are two, and one of them is for the ladies. The one on the left is the first prototype of a toilet for female cosmonauts. It was flown for the first time in the Vostok 6 spacecraft, where it was used by the first woman in space, the…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Sprint Epic 4G Android Slider Phone Engages on August 31 for $250

Sprint’s second 4G Android phone, the Samsung Epic 4G, is going to be available August 31 with a $100 rebate to make it $250. https://gizmodo.com/sprints-second-4g-phone-is-the-samsung-epic-4g-slider-5574084 The quick specs: 1GHz Samsung Cortex A8 processor, 4-inch Super AMOLED capacitive display, Android 2.1 (not surprising that it doesn’t have 2.2 yet), 3G/4G hotspot, 5-megapixel camera with auto focus,…

Tech News Jason Chen

Cox Will Start Selling TiVo Premiere With Complete Video on Demand Support

Cox, the third biggest of the major cable providers, is going to start pushing TiVo Premiere boxes to its customers as what’s basically their “own” DVR solution. Usually, all you get is a lousy Motorola box. https://gizmodo.com/tivo-premiere-review-wheres-the-razzle-dazzle-5498459 What’s also special about this deal is that Cox will support all of their video on demand library…

Tech News Jason Chen

Donut Logic Provides a Whimsical Peek Into Robot Life

From August 14th though September 1st, you can catch San Francisco artist Eric Joyner‘s imaginative art show “Donut Logic” in Culver City, CA. It’s filled with robotry, colorful cupcakes, and a heaping helping of donuts. His pieces “reveal the secret life of robots”, including their penchant for tattoos, their desires, and a glimpse into how…

Tech News Christina Bonnington

This Video Will Make You Cringe So Much That Your Toes Will Curl

I hate stock images, but Carl Burguess took stock footage from Getty Images and put together this wondrous music video for Drugs—the latest song by NYC’s electronic music duo Ratatat. You’ll find it uncomfortable, to say the least. It told you. It’s like Larry David and Ricky Gervais got in bed and had a music…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Lasers So Powerful They Destroy Themselves

Very very powerful lasers—not like the Spyder III, but actual building-sized lasers used for science—might be reaching their physical ceiling for intensity. Going beyond a certain point means they can destroy themselves. https://gizmodo.com/the-spyder-iii-the-worlds-most-powerful-portable-laser-5560206 It all comes down to the fact that light and matter are interchangeable (mass-energy equivalence!), and at high enough energies, that laser…

Tech News Jason Chen

The hyperevolved fish are ready for sexytime in “Humanoids from the Deep” [NSFW]

There are so many delightful Roger Corman-produced movies coming out on DVD that we can barely keep up. Today we celebrate Barbara Peeters’ classic Humanoids From The Deep. Here’s the tagline: “They hunt human women. Not for killing. For mating.” Watch this footage at your own risk. Keep some lye close so you can wash…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Is there any such a thing as being too paranoid when you work at Warehouse 13?

Last night’s Warehouse 13 was a Pete-centric episode, which could have been pretty horrifying. But it was actually a pretty fun episode — especially the first half, in which we got to see Pete being both paranoid and competent. Spoilers! There are a couple things about the first half of last night’s episode that I…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Experts of Repair and Irony

Like ra-eeee-aaaiiiin on your wedding day, like a free ride when you’ve already paid, like some good advice that you just didn’t take…Or like the world’s best repair shop having a broken doorbell. [BoingBoing]

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

World’s biggest clock under construction in Mecca

Now you can travel to Mecca to worship time itself. The ancient city is erecting a 1,983-foot clock tower, and the clock’s faces will be lit with two million LEDs. [via Passport] Image by HASSAN BATEL/AFP/Getty Images

io9 Annalee Newitz

How the Google/Verizon proposal could kill the internet in 5 years

Earlier this week Google and Verizon pledged to uphold a set of network principles that could transform the internet into a husk of its former self. Let’s look down the barrel of the Googlezon* future. Keep in mind that the two-page Googlezon proposal, which you can read here, isn’t law, though both companies have requested…

io9 Annalee Newitz

One Fifth of Americans STILL Don’t Use The Internet

According to a Pew study, 21% of Americans claim that they don’t use the internet (and 5% still connect using dial-up). How is this possible? I think I’ve even seen homeless people peruse the internet on their iPhones. Well, 34% of those non-users actually live in a house with internet access. Other than that, 48%…

Tech News Christina Bonnington

Make Your iPhone Into a Leica (Kind Of)

I’d never use a case, but when they-fix-I-buy the iPhone 4, I’d either get a replacement wooden back or this leather skin. Not only it will protect its very fragile back but it’ll give it the classic Leica look: https://gizmodo.com/apple-will-give-free-bumpers-to-iphone-4-owners-5589004 Kind of. The Deep Black skin is $20, which is kind of too expensive considering…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

iPad-Powered Kegbot

The nerds at Yelp who revolutionized the way 20-something girls could give their opinions on stuff and actually have it matter in the slightest, have turned their attention to beer. Namely, making an iPad and a keg work together. The shouting Yelper explains now the iPad/Kegbot contraption works. The iPad displays beer information—live, while it’s…

Tech News Jason Chen

Beep Beep Boop Beep Verizon R2-D2 Droid 2

This is almost certainly the R2-D2 edition of Verizon’s Droid 2. It’s the Luke to Vader’s black Droid 2, and looks very, very 70s. Perfect for the time travel machine that can only go back 40 years. [Twitter via Engadget]

Tech News Jason Chen

Donut Logic Gallery

“Hell Journey” “Lawnmower” “Mesmerized” “September” “Little Brother”

Tech News Christina Bonnington

‘Computer Desk for Apple iMac’ Refuses to Have Windows Computer Placed Upon It

This is Grant Sonnex’s “computer desk for Apple iMac.” Don’t you even think about putting some piece-of-shit Acer on it, or Sonnex will personally come to your house and kick you in the groin for having terrible taste. [Design Milk]

Tech News Adam Frucci

New Trojan Has Silently Transferred $1 Million Out of Bank Accounts

A new version of the Zeus trojan has been silently stealing money from bank accounts since early last month, according to M86 Security. They say they’ve “never seen such a sophisticated and dangerous threat.” Oh. Wonderful. https://gizmodo.com/russian-botnet-steals-from-another-replaces-virus-with-5469550 Since early last month, the Zeus v3 trojan has managed to steal roughly a million dollars from over…

Privacy & Security Kyle VanHemert

New York City Needs These River Pools

This is the East River State park. It’s next to my house and—in the spring, summer, and early fall—I love to go there and lay down to read a book. Sadly, that pool is not there. The project is a concept for now, but if the people from + pool have their way, it may…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Deathstalker scorpion venom may aid anti-brain cancer gene therapy

UWashington researchers have found that chlorotoxins in deathstalker scorpion venom may become a crucial component in gene therapies designed to combat glioma, the most prevalent brain cancer. The chlorotoxin facilitates the delivery of therapeutic genes into cancerous cells. [ACS Nano]

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Sprint Epic 4G Android Slider Phone Engages on August 31 for $250

Cox Will Start Selling TiVo Premiere With Complete Video on Demand Support

Donut Logic Provides a Whimsical Peek Into Robot Life

This Video Will Make You Cringe So Much That Your Toes Will Curl

Lasers So Powerful They Destroy Themselves

The hyperevolved fish are ready for sexytime in “Humanoids from the Deep” [NSFW]

Is there any such a thing as being too paranoid when you work at Warehouse 13?

Experts of Repair and Irony

World’s biggest clock under construction in Mecca

How the Google/Verizon proposal could kill the internet in 5 years

One Fifth of Americans STILL Don’t Use The Internet

Make Your iPhone Into a Leica (Kind Of)

iPad-Powered Kegbot

Beep Beep Boop Beep Verizon R2-D2 Droid 2

Donut Logic Gallery

‘Computer Desk for Apple iMac’ Refuses to Have Windows Computer Placed Upon It

New Trojan Has Silently Transferred $1 Million Out of Bank Accounts

New York City Needs These River Pools

Deathstalker scorpion venom may aid anti-brain cancer gene therapy

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