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UAE Bans Everything BlackBerry On October 11

Have BlackBerry, will travel? Sure, go to town, vagabonds, just don’t attempt to do so in the UAE come this October. The telecommunications regulatory body there has banned all BlackBerrys and BlackBerry services. Updated. Abu Dhabi: The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) confirmed on Sunday that BlackBerry Messenger, BlackBerry E-mail and BlackBerry web-browsing services in the…

Tech News Jack Loftus

A review of SyFy’s new TV line-up (based solely on one press release)

Yesterday SyFy announced seven new television shows, including new programs from Kevin Sorbo and Lee Majors. Given that the we live in an era of snap judgments, I have already reviewed all seven shows based on a single press release. You can read the full press release here, but I’ll be covering all seven high-concept…

Television Cyriaque Lamar

Future Solar Cells Will Be Made From Fly Eyes To Maximize Efficiency

Scientists believe that fly eyes are perfectly shaped for manufacturing efficient solar cells. Specifically, copying the eye of the Blowfly would allow solar cells to “collect sunlight from a larger area than just light that falls directly on a flat surface.” Blowflies are desirable because their eyes are hemispherical. More importantly, within each half sphere,…

Tech News Casey Chan

The Triceratops Never Existed, It Was Actually a Young Version Of Another Dinosaur

Scientists are saying that the Triceratops dinosaur—you know, the three horned one—was actually a juvenile form of a Torosaurus, the three horned dinosaur you don’t know. Apparently, dinosaurs’ skulls can shape-shift. The scientists, John Scannella and Jack Horner, believe that the Torosaurus and Triceratops are actually of the same species. According to the them, as…

Tech News Casey Chan

Aluminum Rolls Uncoil For An Artistic Metallic Labyrinth

Chikara Ohno‘s “Rolls” twists and turns through the air like giant silvery ribbons, using giant coils of aluminum siding as floor-to-ceiling decor and as chic glass topped tables. I hope the edges aren’t sharp. The installation is being used to display clothing and merchandise at the Diesel Denim Gallery Aoyama in Tokyo. The flexibility of…

Tech News Christina Bonnington

The Curfew, an interactive story about a dystopian UK, is now online

Looking to kill time with an old-school point-and-click adventure? Kieron Gillen, the comics writer behind Phonogram and the upcoming X-series Generation Hope, has penned a free interactive fiction game, The Curfew, which is set in an authoritarian Britain circa 2027. The game, which was made by Channel 4 and Littleloud studio, takes place after a…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Public Libraries Are Beating Netflix, Redbox and Blockbuster in DVD Rentals

Apparently, your local library is the biggest DVD rental store in the US. According to a survey released by the Online Computer Library Center, US public libraries lend an average 2.1 million movies/day. That’s more than Netflix, Redbox and Blockbuster. The libraries’ 2.1 million a day eeks past Netflix, which ships 2 million movies/day, and…

Movies Casey Chan

The Other End of The 70 Gigapixel Budapest Photo

You’ve seen the 70-gigapixel picture of Budapest. Here’s a picture of the gear that took the shot. That’s two Sony A900s with massive 400mm Minolta lenses attached. Combined, these guys took 20,000 images to create the world’s largest photo. [Wired] https://gizmodo.com/the-worlds-largest-digital-photograph-budapest-in-70-g-5600468

Tech News Casey Chan

Electronic Home Library (1959)

Over at Paleo-Future Blog, Matt Novak documents the future that never was. Here, Novak takes a look at an electronic library from Arthur Radebaugh’s whimsical futurist cartoonist strip, Closer Than We Think. Remember 1959? You were just 9 years old, with not a care in the world (except maybe nuclear winter). You spread the Sunday…

io9 Matt Novak - Paleo-Future Blog

These Boots Were Made For Typing

They’re not the flashiest keyboard shoes around but for those looking to add a subtle geeky touch to their wardrobe, this QWERTY keyboard shoe sole definitely does the trick. I wonder what what my WPM would be wearing them. https://gizmodo.com/keyboard-my-foot-165528 Geting a pair in Dvorak would probably be asking for too much. [DeviceMAG via Geekosystem]

Tech News Casey Chan

The plot of Inception as an infographic

Still confused about whose dream was whose in Inception? Dehahs’ Inceptiographic cannily maps out the heist’s trajectory, right down to the free-falling representation of the kick. [Dehahs’ Deviantart via Film School Rejects. Also, thanks SupaChupcabra!]

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Eureka argues that even an altered timeline can’t change who you really are

In last night’s Eureka, Jo searched for the good in Zane against all evidence to the contrary, Allison tried to help a son she doesn’t really know, and Jack discovered reality shifts aren’t the only things that make people change. Honestly, this felt like a sort of minor episode, perhaps because so many of the…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

Tomorrow’s Skyline Blends Glass And Concrete With A Liberal Helping Of Green

From green roofs to tree filled corridors to entire high rise floors left to plants and wildlife, forward looking architects are combining technology and imagination to bring nature into modern homes and buildings. Greening your home or building can have a host of benefits. For Anthi Grapsa and Konstantinos Chalaris’ entry in the Piraeus Tower…

Tech News Christina Bonnington

Colombia’s Caño Cristales is a river of psychedelic algae

For most of the year, Caño Cristales in Serrania de La Macarena, Colombia is a normal river. But for a brief period between the wet and dry seasons, Caño Cristales explodes with kaleidoscopic algae straight out of another dimension. From Atlas Obscura: Caño Cristales is a succession of rapids, waterfalls, and manholes with a water…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

6 Takes On Apple’s Magic Trackpad

We think Apple’s Magic Trackpad marks the beginning of the end for Mac OS X. Other reviewers of the Magic Trackpad touched on other subjects. Here are the highlights of what they said. https://gizmodo.com/apple-magic-trackpad-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-mac-5598828 Ars Technica thought the Magic Trackpad matched perfectly with Apple’s Wireless Keyboard: There’s not much in the box besides the trackpad…

Reviews Casey Chan

Hey, Morgan Freeman: Here’s how to make a Rendezvous With Rama movie

People have talked about turning Arthur C. Clarke’s 1974 Hugo winner into a movie, but no one’s done it. Should that change, here are some thoughts on how a Rendezvous With Rama screenplay should look. (And what I mean by that, Morgan Freeman, is that if your plans ever get back on track, PLEASE CALL…

Movies Josh Wimmer

Don’t Throw a Brick Into Your Washing Machine

Actually screw it, you can if you want to. Seeing a washing machine have a seizure is totally worth it. [Laughing Squid]

Tech News Casey Chan

This Japanese potato-chip-grabbing hand is the zenith of useless cybernetics

Have you ever wished you had a mechanical hand solely designed for eating potato chips? Never fear — the good folks at Takara Tomy have you covered. It’s only ¥699! Buy now! [Spotted on Tokyo Mango]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

An RFID Globe That Controls a Google Earth Tablet

Google Earth’s an incredible (and incredibly useful) piece of software, but there’s still something to be said for the good old, three-dimensional globe. This one not only celebrates the brass-detailed spheres of yore but controls Google Earth for good measure. John Knight is the tinkerer behind the project, which he calls the Electromagnetic Geospacial Globe…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Judge rules that Todd McFarlane owes Neil Gaiman back pay for Spawn characters

In 1992, Neil Gaiman created Medieval Spawn and Angela, a warrior angel, for Todd McFarlane’s up-and-coming Spawn comic. Years later, the characters “Dark Ages Spawn” and “Tiffany and Domina” debuted in Spawn. McFarlane must now pay Gaiman for these derivatives. The legal foibles between McFarlane and Gaiman are nothing new. In 2002, Gaiman won co-ownership…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

UAE Bans Everything BlackBerry On October 11

A review of SyFy’s new TV line-up (based solely on one press release)

Future Solar Cells Will Be Made From Fly Eyes To Maximize Efficiency

The Triceratops Never Existed, It Was Actually a Young Version Of Another Dinosaur

Aluminum Rolls Uncoil For An Artistic Metallic Labyrinth

The Curfew, an interactive story about a dystopian UK, is now online

Public Libraries Are Beating Netflix, Redbox and Blockbuster in DVD Rentals

The Other End of The 70 Gigapixel Budapest Photo

Electronic Home Library (1959)

These Boots Were Made For Typing

The plot of Inception as an infographic

Eureka argues that even an altered timeline can’t change who you really are

Tomorrow’s Skyline Blends Glass And Concrete With A Liberal Helping Of Green

Colombia’s Caño Cristales is a river of psychedelic algae

6 Takes On Apple’s Magic Trackpad

Hey, Morgan Freeman: Here’s how to make a Rendezvous With Rama movie

Don’t Throw a Brick Into Your Washing Machine

This Japanese potato-chip-grabbing hand is the zenith of useless cybernetics

An RFID Globe That Controls a Google Earth Tablet

Judge rules that Todd McFarlane owes Neil Gaiman back pay for Spawn characters

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