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The Best iPad Apps for Babies, Toddlers and Sanity-Loving Parents

Having a kid aged zero to five means constantly having to come up with entertaining diversions. Fortunately, even this early, the iPad is absolutely brimming with those. If you have a small kid, the iPad bandwagon beckons. There’s no trick to it, no Jobsian black magic: Touchscreens were made for little kids, and the bigger…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Water Plus Sunlight Equals Clean Energy For Mars?

Unlike Earth, Mars is sorely lacking in the energy department. While future Martian cities may eventually be powered by algae, solar steam or even geothermal power plants, colonists are going to need an energy source for their offworld outposts. Fortunately it looks like researches may have discovered a solution that could make living upon Mars…

io9 Darnell - Colony Worlds

Swords: The Original Gadgets

You might think you can’t live without your phone and laptop, but back when men were men and things made sense, a big fucking sword was all you needed. These days, however, swords are strictly for weirdos. [ColdSteel via Geekologie]

Tech News Adam Frucci

Your Liver, I Eats It With Fava Beans

Screw Iron Man 2. I’m so hyped up for Cats & Dogs 2 it’s unreal. For starters these new posters are certifiably insane. Second, the head evil cat wears a puppy skin and is named Kitty Galore. Get it? Anyway, I made a deal with the devil many years ago to get this job, and…

Movies Meredith Woerner

It’s Official: Some Of You Are Human-Neandertal Hybrid Babies

Early humans mated with Neandertals, and modern human DNA was changed forever by it. New genetic evidence, announced today, proves that most humans share 1-4% of their DNA with Neandertals. Unless you’re from Africa, in which case you’re Neandertal-free. A massive, multiyear study at the Max Planck Institute compared the genomes of three Neandertal women…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Omni-Focus Camera Sees Everything Perfectly

There are well-known methods to extend depth of field. There are even digital cheats to extend depth of field. But imagine shooting macro photography and telephoto photography, all in perfect focus, as one image. A new camera makes it possible. https://gizmodo.com/59-fiercely-focus-stacked-photos-5529710 The Omni-Focus Video Camera, by researchers at University of Toronto, can accomplish such a…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Typo Probably Caused “Most Dizzying Half-Hour In Stock Market History”

Sure, typos can be funny, but when a stock trader is able to cause a huge stock plunge by accidentally entering a “b” for billion instead of an “m” for million” it’s just plain scary. [CNBC] https://gizmodo.com/the-typo-weve-been-waiting-for-5497788

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Adam Carolla Complains About Technology

Moving on from electric cars, I prompt Adam to give his thoughts on the newest fad: 3D. The professional that he is, he takes the idea and expands it to talk about technology as a whole, and our collective insatiability. https://gizmodo.com/adam-carolla-complains-about-electric-cars-5531802 Again, it’s NSFW, so turn down the sound if your cubicle is next to…

Tech News Jason Chen

Firing the Army’s Biggest, Baddest Guns

It’s not too often I get to play with military-grade weaponry, and the military is usually pretty wary about reporters handling firearms. But yesterday I traveled to Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD to see the latest improvements in soldier weaponry. Reporters had the chance to test out a range of weapons, from the M4 Carbine to…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

The Sexiest Mutants, Cyborgs And Posthumans Of All Time

Our post-human replacements don’t care if we find them sexually attractive, because we’re a throwback as far as they’re concerned. But that doesn’t change the fact that mutants, cyborgs and other post-humans are hot as hell. Here are the sexiest. Thanks to Samantha Bishop Simmons, Michael Falkner, Al Clay, Steven Michael Alberti Williams, Bonnie Burton,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Opera Finds Flash Unappetizing For Web Video

Speaking to TechRadar, Opera product analyst Phillip Grønvold conceded that Flash is essential to today’s web and will be for the foreseeable future. But for internet video, he says, there are alternatives that won’t make your laptop a stove top. Everyone’s been pitching in their two cents on the matter of Flash, and now Opera…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Mysterious “Dream Man” Gets His Own Movie

Last year, we told you about a strange website chronicling thousands of people’s dreams about the same man. Though the site was a hoax created by marketers, that isn’t stopping Sam Raimi from producing a movie about it. https://gizmodo.com/why-are-thousands-of-people-dreaming-about-this-man-5388286 The good news is that writer/director Bryan Bertino isn’t planning to go all Fourth Kind on…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Paul Rudd’s Computer Is Way Ahead of its Time

I’m not sure what sort of prototype processor he’s running here, but the stuff his computer can do is pretty amazing. It’s like a glimpse into the future! Thanks, Paul! [Belmont]

Tech News Adam Frucci

Has The Scaly Face Of The New Godzilla Surfaced?

Last week we found out that Godzilla was prepping for a full reboot, coming out in 2012. Could this possibly be his brand new face? https://gizmodo.com/another-american-godzilla-movie-set-to-attack-5504707 Undead Backbrain found this exclusive, and later heard from the photographer, Wgzilla, that this was one of the designs from the new Godzilla 3-D movie. Is this the same…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The Real Victims of the iPad: Netbooks, Ebook Readers and… iPods?

Netbook sales aren’t as brisk as they used to be, and some are blaming the iPad. Well, Morgan Stanley’s released an enlightening chart that pegs the victims of the iPad as, well, just about everything. It just makes people anxious. https://gizmodo.com/netboooks-are-dead-baby-netbooks-are-dead-5532511 Anxious about buying other stuff, that is. The chart’ based on a survey of…

Tech News John Herrman

There’s a Dam Hole in the World

No, these aren’t tunnels to alternate universes, or a path to your Sideways life: these are spillways, designed to prevent dam erosion. [via TwistedSifter]

io9 Marc Bernardin

Super Mario World, On the iPad, With a Wiimote

After jailbreaking your iPad, you can install SNES4iPhone, which will not only play SNES romz—it will open the Bluetooth stack, allowing you to play Mario with a Wiimote. Nintendotacular! [Instructions via SwagLikeMe via notcot] https://gizmodo.com/jailbreaking-your-ipad-how-you-can-and-why-you-should-5530906

Tech News Mark Wilson

Torani Bacon Flavoring Syrup Can Ruin Even the Best Coffee

Bacon is divine. (Although far from my favorite pork.) But can we all agree that bacon-as-a-flavor has run its course? If you’re pouring bacon syrup into coffee you’re just stunt casting. Bacon is the racist Robert DeNiro of flavorings. [Torani]

Tech News Joel Johnson

How Will Facebook Look After The Zombie Apocalypse?

After the zombie outbreak, life will go on. And so will the internet. That’s why we’re excited about Mira Grant’s new project, Feed, which gives us a glimpse of social networks after they’re invaded by flesh-eating zombies. Take a look. Feed is the first novel in Grant’s Newsflesh Trilogy, which hit shelves last week. It’s…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

iPad Spy Software Lets You Secretly Record Email and Website Visits

Mobile Spy‘s iPad Spy is a new app for jailbroken iPads that will let you keep track of what the iPad is being used for with the user being none the wiser. Creepy! Once it’s installed, there’s no indication that anything else is running while the iPad is in use. It periodically uploads data silently…

Tech News Adam Frucci

The Best iPad Apps for Babies, Toddlers and Sanity-Loving Parents

Water Plus Sunlight Equals Clean Energy For Mars?

Swords: The Original Gadgets

Your Liver, I Eats It With Fava Beans

It’s Official: Some Of You Are Human-Neandertal Hybrid Babies

Omni-Focus Camera Sees Everything Perfectly

Typo Probably Caused “Most Dizzying Half-Hour In Stock Market History”

Adam Carolla Complains About Technology

Firing the Army’s Biggest, Baddest Guns

The Sexiest Mutants, Cyborgs And Posthumans Of All Time

Opera Finds Flash Unappetizing For Web Video

Mysterious “Dream Man” Gets His Own Movie

Paul Rudd’s Computer Is Way Ahead of its Time

Has The Scaly Face Of The New Godzilla Surfaced?

The Real Victims of the iPad: Netbooks, Ebook Readers and… iPods?

There’s a Dam Hole in the World

Super Mario World, On the iPad, With a Wiimote

Torani Bacon Flavoring Syrup Can Ruin Even the Best Coffee

How Will Facebook Look After The Zombie Apocalypse?

iPad Spy Software Lets You Secretly Record Email and Website Visits

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