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iPad Picture Book Offers First Ever Sign Language Narration

Designed for children ages 2 and up, Danny the Dragon Meets Jimmy is an illustrated, narrated storybook that reads to children on its own. Even better is that deaf children won’t be left out, thanks to built-in sign language video. As kids turn the pages at their own pace, an accompanying interpreter will provide visual…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Sony Ericsson Readying an Android 3.0 PlayStation Phone?

Engadget’s reporting that Sony Ericsson, who hasn’t been quickest on the draw with Android devices, is in the “late stages of planning” for an Android 3.0 smartphone with sliding gaming controls and an accompanying gaming platform. Android fans, listen up. Gamers, listen up. Android fans who are gamers, really listen up. Engadget hears from a…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

How is writing for video games similar to writing for comics?

Marv Wolfman is a comics legend for his work on Teen Titans, Superman and many others. For a half-dozen years, he’s been writing for video games, and he explains how both kinds of writing are about characters more than plot. I’ve played games since the first coin machine version of Pong. Like most I wasted…

Books & Comics Marv Wolfman

Who would you rather be stuck on a space station with: Scarlett Johansson, or Blake Lively?

Alfonso Cuaron has to make a tough decision. His stranded in space film Gravity, with Robert Downey Jr., needs to find its female lead. And it’s down to Scarlett Johansson or Blake Lively. But how to choose? The Hollywood Reporter has released a little information on Gravity’s main female character, which was originally set to…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Mark Hurd Was the Most Despised Major Tech CEO

Of any major tech CEO, recently-ousted Mark Hurd of HP had the lowest approval ratings by his own employees: 34%. To compare: Steve Jobs has a whopping 98% rating, Larry Ellison is 88% and Ballmer is 52%. [TechCrunch] https://gizmodo.com/apparently-former-hp-ceo-mark-hurd-was-a-thug-5609780

Tech News Adam Frucci

I Used a Sea Cave as a Cell Phone Amplifier

In what may be the most impractical discovery I’ve ever made, it came to my attention last week that sea caves make serviceable cell phone amplifiers. Last weekend I was on an 88-foot liveaboard dive boat that was cruising California’s Channel Islands. One of the best parts of the trip is that cell phones work…

Tech News Joel Johnson

How Star Trek’s prop computers presaged the iPad by 20+ years

Designers for Star Trek created flat, minimalist computers in order to save money. But as the franchise continued, the artists were forced to further explain the props’ pretend functions, which eventually mirrored those of touch electronics today. In a nifty interview with Ars Technica, the franchise’s set designers explained how their pragmatism turned into prescience.…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

X-2 Housing GIves You a (Relatively) Compact View 250 Feet Underwater

It looks complex, but put Inon’s X-2 housing in perspective and you will appreciate its grace. Meant for Panasonic’s micro four thirds GF1, the X-2 adds bulk, but only enough to make your camera around the size of an SLR. This approach spares divers from adding thick casing to an SLR, and winding up something,…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Watch an Interview With the World’s First Cyborg

Twelve years ago, Professor Kevin Warwick became the world’s first cyborg. Today, at Motherboard he’s holding court on cybernetics, and how if we don’t embrace our cyber upgrade potential, the robots will someday win. Warwick knows what he’s talking about, not just as the first man to have an RFID implant—letting him turn on lights…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Behind the Amazing Locked Doors of the Museum of Natural History

New York’s American Museum of Natural History is widely known as that huge building with great old stuffed animals inside. And the giant whale! But behind the scenes are facilities doing some of the most amazing science, ever. Let’s peek. We took a trip inside the museum’s labyrinthine back corridors—hallways stuffed with ancient artifacts and…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Transplanted cities and post-apocalyptic weirdness: a book description so strange, we had to ask the author about it

Someone builds a full-scale replica of Manhattan in Puget Sound. A mysterious organization plots to use humanity’s brightest minds to shape the future. And in the distant future, humanity rebuilds after the apocalypse. Ryan Boudinot’s next novel sounds trippily awesome. According to Publishers Marketplace, Boudinot, author of the novel Misconception and the story collection The…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Apple’s Fall Event Pegged For Mid-September, Focusing on iPods and iTVs?

Apple’s yearly fall event is “definitely happening,” according to AllThingsD, and mid-September is looking like an increasingly likely time for that event to happen. Reading the tea leaves, it seems like iPod Touches and AppleTVs will be the focus. The FaceTime-enabled (and possibly Retina Display’d?) iPod Touch seems like a lock, and updates for the…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

AR Labyrinth Android App Turns Layar Into That Windows 95 “3D Maze” Game

There was a time, before GTA, when parents let their children play video games—as long as those games were Windows freebies like Hover! and SkiFree. Or Win95 screensaver “game” 3D Maze, which has reappeared as a Layar add-on. https://gizmodo.com/legendary-microsoft-game-skifree-now-free-for-the-iphon-5496352 If you never sat in front of a PC for hours on end watching the magical…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

What from the Scott Pilgrim universe would you like to see in the real world?

With Scott Pilgrim, Bryan Lee O’Malley created a world ruled by video game logic and filled with flaming-swords, superpowered vegans, and evil ex-boyfriends. We asked the movie’s cast which parts of the Scott Pilgrim universe they wish were real. Spoilers. We talked to several actors from Scott Pilgrim vs. The World at Comic Con —…

Movies Lauren Davis

Rumor: AppleTV Renamed iTV, Will Have Apps but No 1080p Playback

According to an Engadget source—the same one that said the next AppleTV would be a $99 unit with iPhone guts—Apple’s next TV device will be rebranded iTV. And it will have apps, but it won’t play 1080p video. https://gizmodo.com/the-next-apple-tv-to-be-a-100-screenless-iphone-5550180 That last bit has supposedly been a point of contention for Apple, but apparently the new…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

How can Marvel and DC create the next Smallville?

Everybody’s looking for the next Smallville. Both Warner Bros (DC) and ABC (Marvel) are aiming to create the next sensation based on existing comics properties. But given how bad most comics-to-TV adaptations have been, how do you copy Smallville’s success? https://gizmodo.com/14-reasons-why-tv-and-superheroes-dont-mix-5367857 This is a question that’s on everybody’s minds right now. At the Television Critics…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

The Free iPhone Motorcycle Mount

Some brilliant NYC biker hacked together an iPhone mount using the tray from the phone’s packaging, zip-ties, electrical tape, and what appears to be the vinyl sleeve from an old ID badge or something. Who are you, hidden genius?

Tech News Joe Brown

Fend Off Trojans, Worms, Rootkits, and Phishing Attacks with ESET Antivirus

ESET NOD32 antivirus software gives you fast, effective and easy-to-use protection without annoying system slowdowns. Smart, proactive detection blocks most known and emerging threats hours or days faster than other antivirus technologies. Key benefits of ESET NOD32 antvirus software include: * Keeps you safe from viruses, spyware, trojans, password stealers and other malware threats *…

Tech News Gawkercreative

Plug It In App Fixes Blackberry Torch’s Lack of Low Battery Indicator

If you’re a new BlackBerry Torch owner who’s frustrated with fact that the Torch doesn’t have a low battery indicator, you can now download the free Plug It In app. The app lets you set an alert with a pop up, colored LED, and sound at a user-specified threshold. The app then monitors and displays…

Tech News Christina Bonnington

Here’s the Real Entertainment You Get Before Previews at the Movies

Click to viewI hate those packaged ads they show you before movies start, especially when they try to pretend like it’s something we should get there early for. Here’s the real entertainment that happens during those 20 minutes. [CollegeHumor]

Movies Adam Frucci

iPad Picture Book Offers First Ever Sign Language Narration

Sony Ericsson Readying an Android 3.0 PlayStation Phone?

How is writing for video games similar to writing for comics?

Who would you rather be stuck on a space station with: Scarlett Johansson, or Blake Lively?

Mark Hurd Was the Most Despised Major Tech CEO

I Used a Sea Cave as a Cell Phone Amplifier

How Star Trek’s prop computers presaged the iPad by 20+ years

X-2 Housing GIves You a (Relatively) Compact View 250 Feet Underwater

Watch an Interview With the World’s First Cyborg

Behind the Amazing Locked Doors of the Museum of Natural History

Transplanted cities and post-apocalyptic weirdness: a book description so strange, we had to ask the author about it

Apple’s Fall Event Pegged For Mid-September, Focusing on iPods and iTVs?

AR Labyrinth Android App Turns Layar Into That Windows 95 “3D Maze” Game

What from the Scott Pilgrim universe would you like to see in the real world?

Rumor: AppleTV Renamed iTV, Will Have Apps but No 1080p Playback

How can Marvel and DC create the next Smallville?

The Free iPhone Motorcycle Mount

Fend Off Trojans, Worms, Rootkits, and Phishing Attacks with ESET Antivirus

Plug It In App Fixes Blackberry Torch’s Lack of Low Battery Indicator

Here’s the Real Entertainment You Get Before Previews at the Movies

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