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SQL Injection License Plate Hopes to Foil Euro Traffic Cameras

Who knows if this little bit of database wizardry would actually cause the traffic camera’s picture-parsing computer to drop a table? Even if it doesn’t it’s covered up his actual license plate. [See Also]

Tech News Joel Johnson

The Hilarious Lost Recaps Of Someone Who’s Never Seen Lost

Even the most ardent Losties find the show inscrutable at times, but can you imagine what Season 6 looks like to someone who’s never seen the show? The wonderfully bemused blog Never Seen Lost tries (and fails) to keep up. Massive confusion and weird Easter eggs are the name of the game for Lost –…

Television Cyriaque Lamar

Warners Unveil DC Movie Strategy… Maybe

How to replace a multi-million dollar movie franchise with Harry Potter? Well, if you’re Warner Bros., the answer seems to be “Suddenly realize you own a company that’s specialized in creating movie franchise IP for years.” Enter the DC years… Speaking at ShoWest this week, Warners movie head Alan Horn told theater owners that they…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Sprint Overdrive Commercial Features Masticating Actor and iPhone 4G Connectivity

In this recently released commercial from Sprint, altruistic “Matt” grants his friend “Steve” (ha!) 4G speeds on his 3G network iPhone by way of the Overdrive mobile hotspot. Then he eats an apple—so clever! Cleaver, yes, but why do I get the feeling Sprint would love to take more than just a symbolic bite out…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Scarier Monsters And Super-Creepy Doctor/Companion Relationships In New Who?

The new Doctor Who will see familiar monsters be scarier than even before, according to new showrunner Steven Moffat, and that’s not even describing the new Doctor/companion relationship… Mild spoilers ahead. With the press push for the new Doctor Who season well underway in the UK, Moffat has been teasing what fans should expect from…

Television Graeme McMillan

Memory Lane

Memory is a fickle thing. As far as my brain is concerned, I didn’t exist before age three. Remembering four or five is easier, but there are holes. Thankfully, all it takes are some voyeuristic navigation tools to fill them. Google Maps and Street View. These burrs in the side of privacy advocates and “get…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Delay Line Memory: How Computers Remembered Before RAM

Before there was random access memory, there was delay line memory. It was random in a different sense; it involved turning electrical pulses into sound waves, sending them through long tubes of mercury, and re-electrifying them at the other end. The technology had its roots in the work of engineer J. Presper Eckert, who developed…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Idapt i4 Charges 4,000 Gadgets, Four At a Time

Until your house is beaming juice to your gadgets wirelessly, you will resolutely consider charging stuff a pain in the ass. The Idapt i4 gets where we’re coming from and offers one word of consolation: consolidation. The i4 is the latest in a long line of chargers from the company. This model lets you charge…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Steampunk Dinosaur Madness in Luc Besson’s “Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec”

You don’t need to speak French to appreciate how awesome this trailer is for Luc Besson’s latest SF flick. A brilliant, sexy adventurer named Adèle Blanc-Sec has discovered a dinosaur egg – and now a pterodactyl threatens steampunk Paris! The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec hits theaters in late April, and as far as I…

Movies Annalee Newitz

America Doesn’t Care About Cell Phone Radiation (But the Rest of the World Does)

When it comes to cell phone radiation, everyone thinks they’re an expert. Recently, however, GQ talked to the real experts, and though there’s no consensus, one thing’s clear: the rest of the world is worried. The U.S. is not. Last week I posted a link to a study of the 20 cell phones that emitted…

Health Kyle VanHemert

Private Planes of the Future (1944)

The July, 1944 issue of Popular Science contains this private plane of the future, as imagined by Douglas Rolfe. Previously on Paleo-Future: Personal Helicopter (1943) Torpedo Boat of Tomorrow (1943) Passenger Air Travel (1945) Gryoscopic Rocket Car (1945) Commuter Helicopter (1947) Word Origins: Imagineering (1940s)

Tech News Matt Novak

Take a Peek Inside the Windows Phone 7 Series Emulator

The Windows Phone 7 emulator has already yielded a few treasures—perhaps treasures isn’t the right word?—so maybe you’re hankering to take a look around yourself. If you’re so inclined, Engadget has a nice walk-through of how to get the emulator up and running. If that seems like like too much work, there’s a 10 minute…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Book Artists And Designers Pick Their Favorite Recent Covers

What’s more amazing — the arresting loveliness of many recent SF book covers, or how different from each other they are? SFSignal asked artists and designers for their favorite recent covers. Here are a few of the ones they picked. It’s well worth checking out the whole feature over at SFSignal, both for the gorgeous…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

When You’re Convinced Your Loved Ones Are Imposters

You’re looking at a woman who resembles your mother. She moves and talks like your mother, and she’s even dressed the same as your mother. In fact, she is your mother. But you’re absolutely certain that she’s an imposter. This is the experience of someone suffering from a Capgras delusion, a rare medical disorder in…

Health Kyle VanHemert

First Teaser Trailer For The Return Of Futurama!

Thanks to the Panama Wormhole — which is a sort of Comedy Central Channel in space, Futurama is coming back in June! And here is the first trailer.

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Why V’s Reality Makes Less Money Than Its Promise

The ratings may have fallen during its four week run, but that didn’t stop ABC’s V from being one of the largest moneymakers on television last year. How good a position does that put the show in for next year? Forbes lists V as the fifth largest moneyspinner on television in 2009, but notes that…

Television Graeme McMillan

Evolution in the Balloon Animal Kingdom

People have been twisting balloons into squeaky little animals for decades, but Willy Chyr’s work marks an evolution in the craft. Instead of dogs and bunnies, he makes gigantic, science-inspired sculptures of jellyfish, neurons, and zooids. Huh? Chyr, who has degrees in economics and physics, learned the art of balloon-twisting at Le Vorris & Vox…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Space Rays Might Be Responsible For Crashing Your Car

Toyota vehicles have been having a problem with sudden, uncontrollable acceleration lately. It’s been variously attributed to faulty circuits and driver error, but the real culprit might be radiation from beyond the skies. Every day, the Earth is bombarded with trace amounts of radiation from space. It poses no threat to humans—at least, no direct…

io9 Alex Eichler

NYPD’s Computers Are Certain That This 82-Year-Old Woman Is a Dangerous Criminal

Rose Martin has been questioned by police some 50 times in eight years, stemming from her involvement in crimes ranging from robbery to murder. Of course, she’s not actually involved, but the NYPD’s computers continue to think otherwise. For nearly a decade, police have regularly visited Martin’s home in Brooklyn, where she lives with her…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Microsoft SenseCam Review: What It’s Like to Record Your Whole Life

Imagine a format that lies somewhere between photos and video, and a device that takes that format automatically, without you having to click a button. Microsoft’s SenseCam is a prototype that hangs around your neck, lifecasting everything you see. https://gizmodo.com/camera-records-your-life-10-days-at-a-time-5383272 Around three years ago, lifecasting was all the rage. We idolized iJustine, Justin.tv and the…

Reviews Kat Hannaford

SQL Injection License Plate Hopes to Foil Euro Traffic Cameras

The Hilarious Lost Recaps Of Someone Who’s Never Seen Lost

Warners Unveil DC Movie Strategy… Maybe

Sprint Overdrive Commercial Features Masticating Actor and iPhone 4G Connectivity

Scarier Monsters And Super-Creepy Doctor/Companion Relationships In New Who?

Memory Lane

Delay Line Memory: How Computers Remembered Before RAM

Idapt i4 Charges 4,000 Gadgets, Four At a Time

Steampunk Dinosaur Madness in Luc Besson’s “Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec”

America Doesn’t Care About Cell Phone Radiation (But the Rest of the World Does)

Private Planes of the Future (1944)

Take a Peek Inside the Windows Phone 7 Series Emulator

Book Artists And Designers Pick Their Favorite Recent Covers

When You’re Convinced Your Loved Ones Are Imposters

First Teaser Trailer For The Return Of Futurama!

Why V’s Reality Makes Less Money Than Its Promise

Evolution in the Balloon Animal Kingdom

Space Rays Might Be Responsible For Crashing Your Car

NYPD’s Computers Are Certain That This 82-Year-Old Woman Is a Dangerous Criminal

Microsoft SenseCam Review: What It’s Like to Record Your Whole Life

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