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Author posts her vampire novel online for free — and gets an awesome book deal

Can posting your unpublished novels online for free still lead to a nice book deal, now that the web is saturated with free fiction? It worked for author Marta Acosta, whose young-adult vampire novel will come out from Tor Books. Acosta says she got tired of waiting for her YA novel, The Shadow Girl Of…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Transformers 3 set photos and videos galore, plus an intriguing possibility for the new Hulk

New set Transformers photos reveal Michael Bay has sunk even lower. Has Captain America already started filming? Check out the first review of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Will Twilight be in 3D? And we might already know who’s playing the Hulk. Transformers 3: There’s just an insane amount of pictures and videos from the Chicago filming.…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

Apple Censors Discussions On Negative Consumer Reports’ iPhone 4 Test [Updated]

Apple has deleted at least six threads talking about Consumer Reports’ iPhone 4 tests. Customers on Apple’s support boards were discussing the publication’s negative report, which demonstrated that the design flaw could affect all users. [Updated] https://gizmodo.com/on-testing-consumer-reports-retracts-iphone-4-recommen-5584887 The threads were cached by Bing before getting deleted by Apple. It is not the first time that…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Windows Phone Live to Offer Remote Wipe for Free

Every Windows Phone 7 user will get access to a free site called Windows Phone Live. It’ll be a portal to your phone in the cloud, a place to do everything from viewing uploaded media to remote wiping your phone. We don’t have a ton of information yet on the Windows Phone Live site (sorry,…

Tech News Mark Wilson

EcoModo – The Best of Treehugger

On TreeHugger, SuperTramp mobile home on your bike, a spiky pay-to-sit-park bench idea for renting resting spots, iPod packaging doubles as a charger, cars run on coffee cups, technology to keep cyclists safe, and more! Supertramp: Microsized Mobile Living Concept This bike-as-camper, called Supertramp, “explores the practicality of microsized living and downshifting as urban “flowmads”…

Tech News Jaymi Heimbuch

You Buy Powerful 3D Gaming Notebook

There are more than 400 3D ready games out there, according to iBuypower, which doesn’t sound like very many at all. But it’s enough for the company to feel confident about releasing this—its first 3D-capable gaming notebook. It’ll do stereoscopic 3D from gaming, Blu-ray and online video sources, with the 1366×768 wide LCD display powered…

Tech News Gary Cutlack

Sony: Take Your Children to the Eye Doctor

Sony is not taking any risks with its latest set of terms and conditions, warning of “eye strain, eye fatigue or nausea” and suggesting children have their eyes poked by a doctor before being allowed to play 3D games. https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-with-the-actually-decent-playstation-3-3d-5564434 Because the eyes of kids aren’t finished and still have growing to do, Sony suggests…

Tech News Gary Cutlack

Watch the Earth’s Aurora Pulsate, Live

Android app Solaris uses realtime data from several of NASA’s orbital observation satellites, giving you an accurate representation of the magnetic field of the planet. It might come in handy when the apocalypse hits. According to the maker, the “phone vibrates when geomagnetic storm level rises” which will be quite the conversation starter when your…

Tech News Gary Cutlack

See Mars Better Than An Astronaut With Microsoft’s Interactive Maps

In order to create the most interactive 3D-map of Mars ever, NASA had to process 13,000 gigapixel HiRISE images for three years. Now that they’ve finished, the map will let people see Mars better than most NASA scientists ever have. https://gizmodo.com/a-beach-on-mars-5337134 NASA teamed up with Microsoft’s WorldWide Telescope to deliver the highest resolution images of…

Tech News Casey Chan

HelvetiNote Turns Your iPad Into A Beautiful, Minimalist Writing Tool

Many of the note-taking apps for the iPad feel busy or are full of distracting features, but HelvetiNote is a simple minimalist option. It lets you hide everything and just focus on your writing. The app will set you back three bucks and is available in the iTunes store. [iTunes via TUAW]

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Careful! Don’t Accidentally Mail Your iPad In This Bag

I usually have a soft spot for whimsical, girly iPad cases, but for some reason I still couldn’t help but smile when I saw this plain leather iPad bag which appears inspired by the old Macbook Air envelope case. https://gizmodo.com/the-prettiest-cow-skin-you-could-ever-wrap-around-your-5539535 The bag is $60 and available through Peasants and Travelers. [Peasants and Travelers]

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Soon Eye-Tracking Technology Will Reveal If You’re Lying

It seems that The Eagles were on to something when they sang that “there ain’t no way to hide your lyin’ eyes,” because researchers are working on eye-tracking technology which will detect dishonesty better than a traditional polygraph test. This promising-sounding technology is being researched by some folks at the University of Utah: The researchers…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Panasonic Just Wants To Be Your Everything

In an era when companies are getting focused, trimmer, leaner, Panasonic has unapologetically taken the stance that more is more. Thousands of products? Try a million. This is old school everythingism, and I kind of love it. There are plenty of arguments against being a company that makes 152-inch televisions and facial steamers and everything…

Tech News Brian Barrett

A jacket made from bacteria

This jacket is made from a thin, dried sheet of bacterial cellulose grown out of yeast and tea leaves. It’s the creation of designer Suzanne Lee, who calls it “BioCouture.” According to Ecouterre, the garment required “at least a couple of bathtubs, some yeast, a pinch of bacteria, and several cups of sweetened green tea.”…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Say Hello to This Month’s Guest Illustrator: Nikki Cook

I’m pleased to note that our guest artist series continues. You’ve seen Nikki Cook’s art along with a few pieces last week—and she’s going to be around kicking ass through the month of July. Welcome, Nikki! Here’s Nikki’s bio: Breaking hearts via the sequential arts! Nikki Cook is a cartoonist living in Brooklyn, New York.…

Books & Comics Joel Johnson

Quadrotor Flying Robots Team Up To Lift Objects

What’s even cooler than flying robots? Flying robots that work in tandem to grasp and transport objects across a room. Individually, the robots can’t lift much but swarm them together and watch their strength grow. https://gizmodo.com/the-drone-that-can-get-through-your-window-and-kill-yo-5552281 The GRASP Lab at UPenn (yep, these same guys) placed a claw-like gripper on the bottom of each quadrotor…

Tech News Casey Chan

Why’s Warner Bros. claiming a bunch of new Batman-related domains?

Warner Bros. has recently registered several new domain names related to the Batman franchise. Are these domains tie-ins with the upcoming Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 videogame or another Bat-project entirely? Here’s the list of domains the Warners picked up: – ArkhamCity.com – BatmanArkhamCity.com – BatmanAshesofGotham.com – BatmanBrokenGround.com – BatmanNewArkham.com – BatmanGrandDelusion.com – BatmanRiseofArkham.com – BatmanSiegeofGotham.com…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

True Blood ties your vampire ass to the toilet and flushes

The insanity of the last episode was pretty difficult to follow. But when you tape a character to a toilet, put Sookie incognito, and then introduce another half-naked girl, you’re building yet another classic episode of True Blood. Pro: The were-bear is shirtless again. I say Bear, as in he appeals to a certain taste…

Television Meredith Woerner

The Terrible Truth Of How the Tetris Sausage Is Made

Tetris: it’s just good, clean fun, right? Wrong! You’ve actually been stacking Space Invader body parts like some intergalactic sicko all along. This is the game’s SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE moment, and you can wear it on a t-shirt. [TheDailyWh.at]

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Your Next BMW Will Control Your iPod

BMW is the first automobile maker to integrate the iPod Out functionality of the iOS 4. This means that you’ll be able to view your iPod’s screens and menus right on your car’s built-in display. It might not seem like a huge deal, but there are benefits to such a setup: The benefit of using…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Author posts her vampire novel online for free — and gets an awesome book deal

Transformers 3 set photos and videos galore, plus an intriguing possibility for the new Hulk

Apple Censors Discussions On Negative Consumer Reports’ iPhone 4 Test [Updated]

Windows Phone Live to Offer Remote Wipe for Free

EcoModo – The Best of Treehugger

You Buy Powerful 3D Gaming Notebook

Sony: Take Your Children to the Eye Doctor

Watch the Earth’s Aurora Pulsate, Live

See Mars Better Than An Astronaut With Microsoft’s Interactive Maps

HelvetiNote Turns Your iPad Into A Beautiful, Minimalist Writing Tool

Careful! Don’t Accidentally Mail Your iPad In This Bag

Soon Eye-Tracking Technology Will Reveal If You’re Lying

Panasonic Just Wants To Be Your Everything

A jacket made from bacteria

Say Hello to This Month’s Guest Illustrator: Nikki Cook

Quadrotor Flying Robots Team Up To Lift Objects

Why’s Warner Bros. claiming a bunch of new Batman-related domains?

True Blood ties your vampire ass to the toilet and flushes

The Terrible Truth Of How the Tetris Sausage Is Made

Your Next BMW Will Control Your iPod

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