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Circular Walking Bookshelf

Pick a book from it, step inside, and start walking. Mens sana in corpore sano until you break all your bones falling down some stairs. [LikeCool]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Mutant Thrash Band Rocks Frogtown!

When James Cameron says that a movie sequel must be more awesome than the original, he’s probably thinking of Hell Comes To Frogtown’s sequel, Return To Frogtown. Just check out this frog-headed rock band and its gogo dancers! The plot of Return To Frogtown is a little hard to discern, even after watching the whole…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The Pinball HD Review: iPad Pinball That’s Close to Greatness

Since the iPad came out, I’ve been waiting, trembling, for a killer pinball app. The Pinball HD falls well short of pinball nirvana, but there are worse ways to drop $3—especially in the App Store. The physics aren’t brilliant—the flippers and ricochets never feel just right. If you’ve been spoiled by Pinball FX (that’s on…

Reviews Mark Wilson

Palm CEO Insists That Palm Can Survive On Its Own

While Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein says the company would certainly “consider takeover offers,” he insists that Palm can survive as an independent company. Not only that, but he has hope for the future: Mr Rubinstein said Palm was working “fast and furious on new handsets”. “We do have a strong pipeline of products in the…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Well, That’s One Way to Fix Android’s App Update Problem

The painful days of updating Android apps one—at—a—time might be at an end with Android 2.2. But is automatic updating really preferable to an “update all” button? It opens questions, and doors, possibly bad ones.[Phandroid]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

New Iron Man 2 Clip Shows Why It Sucks To Be Tony Stark’s Sloppy Seconds

Check out the latest Iron Man 2 clip, in which Tony Stark battles Sam Rockwell’s Justin Hammer with his intellect and raunchy humor. He’ll be here all night folks, try the veal. [via MSN] Plus is you didn’t see the villains featurette we posted earlier, here’s another look. It gives a way better glimpse of…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Watch The Burning Storms On The Surface Of The Sun

Earlier this week we saw the release of the first images from the Solar Dynamics Observatory, a spacecraft whose entire job is to study solar activity. Now we’ve got some fiery videos of mega-blasts on the solar surface. Above you can see a huge flare, erupting over and over again. Below are the many moods…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Crystal Lamp, or Mini Comet?

I always imagined fairies as pansy Disney cartoons. But Gwenael Nicolas’ ‘Sparks’ lamp paints a different picture—one of a brazen, orbicular creature of light that leaves sharp crystals in its wake. [designboom]

Tech News Mark Wilson

Crappiest “Save The Earth” Movie Messages Of All Time

Happy Earth Day, you disgusting mass of consumers! What better way to celebrate than with a round-up of the worst eco-friendly, lecturing movies? We also include a few “green” films that won’t make you feel bludgeoned by a tree. Worst Earth Day Messages In Movies, Ever The Day After Tomorrow Movie Message: Your polluting lifestyle…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Pepsi’s Dream Machine Kiosk Awards Points for Recycled Bottles

Pepsi and Waste Management are teaming up to make every kid’s on-the-go recycling dream come true with Dream Machine, a giant, computerized recycling bin that doles out points for returned bottles. Because who needs deposits when you can have dreams. The internet-connected kiosks will be installed at places like stadiums, parks, and and gas stations…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

How To Fix Today’s Ebook Readers

Kindle and iBooks on iPad still have a long way to go. Craig Mod, publishing experimenter, breaks them down, tells us what needs fixing and offers up some future functionality for digital books. Let’s not talk about video integration. Or new ‘interface paradigms.’ These aren’t CD-ROMs from 1993. Let’s talk about text. Let’s talk about…

Books & Comics Craig Mod

Render Vs. Reality: Sprint 4G iPad Case UPDATE

“There is no elastic. There is no fold-over flap. The case doesn’t even have the little bit of extra room that the one that Sprint is promoting…it’s just a simple zip-up case that resembles a poor man’s clutch purse…” [Gear Live] UPDATE: It looks like Gear Live’s comparison was actually of a different product. But…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Read An Alternate History of Jesus’ Birth, And Help Volcano Refugees

SF writer Lavie Tidhar has just published the first installments of his online serial “Jesus & The Eightfold Path,” which imagines what would have happened if the “three wise men” of the New Testament nativity story had actually been Buddhists. Tidhar writes: “Jesus & The Eightfold Path” was first written when I was living in…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

Toxic Airborne Fungus From Oregon Spreading Across West Coast

Cryptococcus gattii is an airborne fungus usually found in the tropics. But researchers announced today that new, deadly strains are thriving in Oregon, and spreading. These strains kill 25% of people who come into contact with them. A paper published this afternoon in PLoS Pathogens offers details on the new strain of C. gattii, and…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Master Chief Frags Xbox 360 In Epic Case Mod

I’m often pretty sure nothing would be more cathartic than blasting holes in my console. Having Master Chief do the dirty work for me, like in this case mod? All the sweeter. Best of all: you can actually buy it. This (fully functional!) rig, designed by Weta’s Richard Taylor, is up for auction until April…

Tech News Brian Barrett

From Star Trek Actor To Chuck Producer: The Evolution Of Robert Duncan McNeill

Robert Duncan McNeill played Tom Paris, the snarky pilot, on Star Trek: Voyager, and now he’s a director/producer on NBC’s Chuck. He talked to us about comedy, Klingon romance, Captain Proton vs. Captain Awesome, and making out with Sarah Silverman. Oh, and there are minor spoilers for Monday’s Chuck below. McNeill has been an executive…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

How Apple Conceals Prototype iPhones

There’s a reason why more people haven’t seen the next iPhones before Steve Jobs makes an announcement: They’re in disguise. This iPhone, which looks drastically different from the 3GS, was enclosed in a custom-molded plastic case so it could be used in public without attracting attention. In regular use, you would think that this was…

Tech News Jason Chen

Can 8 Students Use a Sony® VAIO to Launch a Rocket into the Stratosphere?

It’s the ultimate science project: 8 students, assisted by Tom Atchison and the Rocket Mavericks team, will attempt to design, launch and operate a rocket using new Sony® VAIO notebooks with Intel Core Processors. Launch details inside. On launch day, the Sony VAIO will be the Mission Control for the launch. It will operate GPS…

Tech News Gawkercreative

The Original Black Hole Trailer is the Best Trailer Ever Made. Ever.

We’re sure Disney’s remake of the 1979 madness-at-the-edge-of-the-abyss sci-fi classic will also have a rad preview, but the original’s got a mood that today’s trailers just can’t touch. There were probably computers the size of small houses that were pushed to within an inch of their capability to create the effects for this Maximilian Schell-Anthony…

Movies Marc Bernardin

iFixit Expands Guides to More Than Just Macs

You know iFixit from their Mac repair guides and parts. (They estimate they’re the second-largest supplier of Mac parts next to Apple.) Now they’re expanding to create repair guides and manuals for everything. It’s another community-based project, so you can be forgiven for being skeptical. These things are only even as good as their contributions.…

Tech News Joel Johnson

Circular Walking Bookshelf

Mutant Thrash Band Rocks Frogtown!

The Pinball HD Review: iPad Pinball That’s Close to Greatness

Palm CEO Insists That Palm Can Survive On Its Own

Well, That’s One Way to Fix Android’s App Update Problem

New Iron Man 2 Clip Shows Why It Sucks To Be Tony Stark’s Sloppy Seconds

Watch The Burning Storms On The Surface Of The Sun

Crystal Lamp, or Mini Comet?

Crappiest “Save The Earth” Movie Messages Of All Time

Pepsi’s Dream Machine Kiosk Awards Points for Recycled Bottles

How To Fix Today’s Ebook Readers

Render Vs. Reality: Sprint 4G iPad Case UPDATE

Read An Alternate History of Jesus’ Birth, And Help Volcano Refugees

Toxic Airborne Fungus From Oregon Spreading Across West Coast

Master Chief Frags Xbox 360 In Epic Case Mod

From Star Trek Actor To Chuck Producer: The Evolution Of Robert Duncan McNeill

How Apple Conceals Prototype iPhones

Can 8 Students Use a Sony® VAIO to Launch a Rocket into the Stratosphere?

The Original Black Hole Trailer is the Best Trailer Ever Made. Ever.

iFixit Expands Guides to More Than Just Macs

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