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Fancy Math Allows For Near-Perfect Enhancement of Poor-Quality Images

It’s a common thing to see on TV: the cops get a dark, blurry image of a perp, and using the magic of computers, are able to zoom in and see his face. But now that might be actually possible. The technique, called compressed sensing, won’t work like those fake programs do on TV. And…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Firefox’s Chrome Ceiling

A disheartening chart from Ars Technica, if you’re a Firefox booster: That gentle downward slope indicates Firefox might never reach 25 percent marketshare. Why? Because companies with money care about browsers now. Or, in a word: Chrome. Chrome is the only browser that gained marketshare from January to February, bouncing .41 percent to 5.61 percent.…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Microsoft Makes Surface Mobile By Turning It Upside Down

Microsoft’s Surface tables are sweet but they have two problems: They’re huge pieces of furniture and they cost a lot. Turns out, they could solve both problems by turning the system upside down, using a portable camera/projector and any surface. Surface tables are just cameras and projectors pointing upward at a tabletop of glass. Since…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Disaster Response Vehicle (1960)

The September 11, 1960 edition of Arthur Radebaugh’s Closer Than We Think envisioned a type of disaster response vehicle that could seemingly accomplish many of the things people still complain about whenever governments respond to crises. With a decimated infrastructure those “terra tires” (crushing cars, mind you) would certainly come in handy. It’s interesting that…

Tech News Matt Novak

Is Serge’s Twitter Offering Caprica Teases?

We don’t know if they’re spoilers or someone in Syfy’s online department having fun, but the Twitter account “belonging to” Caprica’s Serge the robot has been offering up some unusual comments lately… Potential spoilers ahead. Responding to questions posed by Caprica fans, Serge has revealed that he was built five years before the start of…

Television Graeme McMillan

The Sound of Olympic Gold Isn’t So Different From Olympic 14th Place

Olympic finishes always look close, but when these fractions of a second are charted in audio, you really conceptualize the nearly nonexistent margin between the top of a podium and the bottom of a scotch bottle. Just listen: [NYTimes]

Tech News Mark Wilson

It’s Not Your Imagination: Windows 7 Release Candidate Started Exploding Today

Today kicks off the bi-hourly shutdowns for anybody still running their free copy of Windows 7 Release Candidate, which will continue until June 1, when the seizures turn the OS into straight crippleware. (Or more specifically, your copy of Windows is marked as non-geniune, locking you out of any feature that requires a legit version…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Google Picks Up Picnick Image Editor to Make Picasa Better

One of the more straightforward acquisitions Google’s made in a while, they’ve just bought the online image editor Picnick. Given Google’s past acquisition strategy—turning Grand Central into Google Voice, Writely into Google Docs—the logical expectation is that it’ll get merged into its already excellent Picasa photo managing app. [Picnick]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Two Literary Superstars Publishing Science Fiction Novels Soon

The trend of literary authors veering into science fiction shows no sign of slowing down, as science fiction remains the best way to talk about our weird era. Ian McEwan and Rick Moody both have SF books in the pipeline. McEwan’s book, Solar, comes out March 18, and has to do with a new technology…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Plastiki, the Ship Made From 12,000 Plastic Bottles, Will Set Sail This Month

After what feels like years of concept renders and photos of the hairy David de Rothschild accompanying gushing magazine pieces about his plastic bottle boat, the Plastiki will set sail this month across the Pacific Ocean. https://gizmodo.com/boat-made-from-plastic-pet-bottles-to-sail-on-11-000-mi-5166844 If you’ll remember, the boat was constructed using 12,000 plastic 2-liter bottles, which have been pressurized using dry…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

High Tech Collides With High Fashion At Eyebeam’s NYC Fashion Show

Last week Diana Eng unveiled her Fairytale Fashion collection at the Eyebeam Art and Technology Center in New York. Equal parts high-grade electronics and fabrics, Eng’s collection is straight from a future where arc reactors are haute couture. More information on Eyebeam’s upcoming art and technology shows can be found here and some of the…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Behind The Scenes With Sam Rockwell’s “Transvestite Captain Kangaroo”

We’re all familiar with Sam Rockwell’s brutal hero from Jared Hess’ Gentlemen Broncos. But what about his metafictional other half, the femmed-up Brutus? Check out our exclusive behind-the-scenes clip with the superhero that Rockwell nicknamed the “Transvestite Captain Kangaroo.” https://gizmodo.com/sam-rockwells-superhero-looks-like-a-transvestite-capt-5054541 Jared Hess’ Gentlemen Broncos is coming onto DVD and Blu-Ray tomorrow and to celebrate we…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Wishful Thinking Edition

In today’s Remainders: wishful thinking. Nikon fans hope they’ve stumbled on a viral campaign for new cameras; magazine companies hope their slick new ads will keep you buying magazines; Google CEO Eric Schmidt gets pranked in 1986, and more. Follow the Signs Camera geeks are getting excited over some mysterious cards that have been showing…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Security Expert: Flash Is the Root of Browser Insecurity (Oh, and IE8 Isn’t So Bad!)

You’re probably relatively confident in your various machines’ integrity against hackers. Repeat Pwn2Own hacking competition victor Charlie Miller would like you to know that you’re wrong—especially if you have Flash. In an interview with OneITSecurity, Miller picks off questions about hacking and security with just enough ease and nonchalance to make me queasy. Like, you…

Privacy & Security John Herrman

Convert Your Paycheck to Battlestar Galactica Cubits

If you’re looking to invest in some extremely foreign currency, try Jon Heilman’s Battlestar cubits. Sure, they’re only replicas, but how else will you impress those Twelve Colonies high-rollers? Also check out Jon’s time map, from Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits. Here’s a closer look at those counterfeit Battlestar cubits… …and the detail on Jon’s time…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Gadget Deals of the Day

Here lies today’s dealz. Grab the Archos 9 before the new ones drop, enjoy some free jams from SXSW 2010, and if you’re feeling lucky pick up Fallout 3 for your timebomb of a PS3. Good luck, you bargain hunters. https://gizmodo.com/choose-one-the-archos-7-and-archos-8-home-tablets-each-5482693 Top Deals: • Archos 9 PC Tablet for $504.66 plus free shipping (normally $540).…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals

Hydrofloors’ Swimming Pools Belong In the X-Men’s Danger Room

I don’t know who has the pockets and the space to install Hydrofloors—mechanically operated tiles that sink into the ground slowly, revealing a swimming pool already full of water—but I want to meet them. Watch them in action: According to the manufacturer, the system is “nearly invisible” and you can adjust the depth of the…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Why Warehouse 13 Works, or Relax, It’s Just Everything

Bob Goodman, one of the writers on Warehouse 13, offers some insights into the creative process as this series moves from its first to second season, and shares his theory about why a “storehouse of weirdness” show caught the zeitgeist. Note: What follows is one writer’s opinion, and doesn’t represent the thoughts of the staff…

io9 Bobgoodman

Rumor: Apple Finally Sees the HDMI Light

After years of Mini DVI and Mini DisplayPort, will Apple really give us HDMI? A bucketful of rumors from AppleInisider say HDMI is replacing DVI in the next Mac minis, and reveals a long lost audio/video Mini DisplayPort adapter. The new Mac mini, according to AppleInsider, will ditch its old DVI port for HDMI, which’ll…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Noktor ƒ0.95 HyperPrime Lens Gives Your Micro Four Thirds Camera Night Vision

Sure, you could just sit tight and wait until mega ISO camera sensors give all of our cameras flawless night vision, but what if you have a Micro Four Thirds camera right now? Then this lens will do just fine. https://gizmodo.com/giz-explains-why-iso-is-the-new-megapixel-5470334 Noktor’s HyperPrime 50mm has something I’ve only seen one other time in a consumer…

Tech News John Herrman

Fancy Math Allows For Near-Perfect Enhancement of Poor-Quality Images

Firefox’s Chrome Ceiling

Microsoft Makes Surface Mobile By Turning It Upside Down

Disaster Response Vehicle (1960)

Is Serge’s Twitter Offering Caprica Teases?

The Sound of Olympic Gold Isn’t So Different From Olympic 14th Place

It’s Not Your Imagination: Windows 7 Release Candidate Started Exploding Today

Google Picks Up Picnick Image Editor to Make Picasa Better

Two Literary Superstars Publishing Science Fiction Novels Soon

Plastiki, the Ship Made From 12,000 Plastic Bottles, Will Set Sail This Month

High Tech Collides With High Fashion At Eyebeam’s NYC Fashion Show

Behind The Scenes With Sam Rockwell’s “Transvestite Captain Kangaroo”

Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Wishful Thinking Edition

Security Expert: Flash Is the Root of Browser Insecurity (Oh, and IE8 Isn’t So Bad!)

Convert Your Paycheck to Battlestar Galactica Cubits

Gadget Deals of the Day

Hydrofloors’ Swimming Pools Belong In the X-Men’s Danger Room

Why Warehouse 13 Works, or Relax, It’s Just Everything

Rumor: Apple Finally Sees the HDMI Light

Noktor ƒ0.95 HyperPrime Lens Gives Your Micro Four Thirds Camera Night Vision

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