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A Tribute To Girls Who Wear Glasses

Jezebel, our sister site, has some words of appreciation for those members of the finer sex who manage to make corrective eye wear look so good. Girls who wear glasses, I implore you: never get contacts. [Jezebel Image: SashaW] https://jezebel.com/girls-who-wear-glasses-a-tribute-5499292

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Mar 23 '10

Going Back To The Future With Hot Tub’s Crispin Glover

We talked to Crispin Glover about going back in time 25 years for Hot Tub Time Machine, a quarter century after Back To The Future premiered. And he told us about playing Nikola Tesla’s drunken nemesis, Thomas Edison. It is such a welcome shock to see THE George McFly strutting around in the new time…

Movies Meredith Woerner Mar 23 '10

The World’s Smallest Laser

Just in time for its 50th birthday party, the world’s smallest laser has arrived. It’s 30 millionths of a meter long, it could revolutionize microprocessors as we know them, and it emits an impossibly adorable “pew pew” when fired. https://gizmodo.com/happy-50th-birthday-lasers-5499302 The microlaser, which was developed over the last year and a half in Zurich, is…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Mar 23 '10

Why Warner Bros. Is Screwing Netflix by Giving DVDs to Blockbuster a Month Early

It’s appropriate, almost, that Warner Bros. is giving Blockbuster—the chain that’s closing 500 locations and bringing back late fees—a 28-day exclusive rental window over Netflix and Redbox. Two archaic institutions, sticking together. https://gizmodo.com/blockbuster-to-close-500-locations-5480585 Under the agreement, Blockbuster will get new Warner Bros. releases to rent out the same day they’re released on DVD and Blu-ray.…

Movies Matt Buchanan Mar 23 '10

Want To Redesign Nature? Now You Can.

Synthetic Aesthetics is a new program to bring synthetic biologists together with designers and artists. Apply now to get a grant that could help you become a better designer of living things. Sponsored by science agencies in the US and the UK, Synthetic Aesthetics will bring together six artists and six scientists for a month-long…

io9 Annalee Newitz Mar 23 '10

5 Dystopias Healthcare Reform Could Prevent (And One It Could Cause)

We’ve heard a lot of hype, on both sides, about the healthcare reform bill President Obama signed today. But how will it really affect our future? Here are five dystopias it may save us from, and one it could cause. Oh, and there are spoilers in this post. Watch out! So the House of Representatives…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 23 '10

You Can Set This Weapon to Kill or Stun

This is the Lund Variable Velocity Weapons System, a combustion-powered rifle that can both kill or stun an enemy. It was developed by the creators of Honey My Baby Pony and Tickle Me Elmo dolls for the Pentagon. No kidding. Lund—a company specialized in creating toys—started to work with the Pentagon under the Small Business…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Mar 23 '10

Is This A Vision Of A Sinister Shorty-Hating Future?

Who are these revelers, and what’s with their massive clodhoppers? Are they from a future prone to dinky flash floods? Are these shoes weighted to deal with low gravity? Or are they victims of a dystopian heightocracy? These blue foam shoes are the brainchild of German artist Hans Hemmert of the Ignes Idee art collective.…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 23 '10

Cold Fusion — Will It Save The World Or Be Forgotten?

Since cold fusion’s troubled birth, it has been relegated to the fringes of science and the stuff of fiction. But this week, several chemists present evidence that cold fusion may be about to come online. Cold fusion entered the public spotlight in 1989 with a scandal. Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons claimed they’d produced a…

io9 Tim Barribeau Mar 23 '10

James Cameron Hates Commercials on His DVDs, Too

James Cameron on why both the Avatar Blu-ray and DVD will be released without any superfluous trailers.

Movies Mark Wilson Mar 23 '10

An Interview With Peter Hagelstein

Professor Hagelstein talked to us about our post on cold fusion. The interview was interesting enough that we thought it warranted being run in its entirety. Tim Barribeau: Thank you for taking the time to talk to us…we’re hoping you could talk to us a bit about your research and the models you’re working with…

io9 Tim Barribeau Mar 23 '10

Eye-Fi X2 Cards Double Capacity and Hotspot Access, Keep Prior Generation’s Price

The next generation Eye-Fi cards, the Connect X2 and the Explore X2, are faster, stronger, and better than the prior generation yet the price hasn’t changed. The new cards have double the capacity and hotspots of the old ones. The new cards are available now, starting at $50 right along with a new version of…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Mar 23 '10

Where Is This?

Aspen? The Swiss Alps? The Himalayas? No. Much, much farther away. It’s Mars, a small bit of the Mojave Crater, on the Xanthe Terra region, as imaged by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. That crater is 37 miles in diameters. And that slope is 2.6 miles long.…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz Mar 23 '10

There’s A Special Place In Hell For Kurt Vonnegut, In Larry Niven And Jerry Pournelle’s Travelogue

Kurt Vonnegut was still alive when Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle consigned him to the sixth circle of Hell, in their 1976 novel Dante-inspired novel Inferno, which just had a follow-up, Escape From Hell. Blogger Robert R. Chase points our attention to the Vonnegut cameo in Inferno, which takes place during science-fiction author Allen Carpenter’s…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Mar 23 '10

Microsoft Job Posting Tongue Slip Sorta Confirms Courier Is Real

Six months ago, we revealed Courier, and Microsoft has been atypically stoic regarding its existence. Until a post on its JobsBlog mentioned “the upcoming Courier digital journal.” Oops. https://gizmodo.com/courier-first-details-of-microsofts-secret-tablet-5365299 Here’s the full blurb: Do you already know everything about Project Natal and the Cloud? Is Blaise Aguera y Arcas’ jaw-dropping TED talk on augmented-reality Bing…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Mar 23 '10

GameCrush Lets You Pay To Play Xbox With Hot Chicks

GameCrush, the first “social site for adult gamers,” launches in mere hours, pairing undersexed dudes and enterprising girl gamers for awkward videochat/videogame encounters. Kotaku has the full NSFW-ish scoop on how your Xbox will soon become a virtual bordello. [Kotaku] http://kotaku.com/5499552/would-you-pay-women-to-play-xbox-games-with-you/gallery

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Mar 23 '10

Sprint’s HTC Evo, the First Ever 4G Phone: Meet the New Terrific

It’s official: Sprint’s first WiMax/4G phone is everything we hoped it would be. The HTC Evo combines the “perfect specimen” hardware of the Touch HD2, the Sense-on-Android smoothness of the Legend, and unprecedented download speeds. It’s a beast. UPDATED: Hands on! The Evo (rumored as the Supersonic) has the much-loved 4.3-inch screen (480×800 TFT LCD),…

Tech News Brian Barrett Mar 23 '10

Guess Olivia Munn’s “New” Iron Man 2 Character

Olivia Munn’s original Iron Man 2 cameo is now on the cutting room floor. But instead of losing her entirely director Jon Favreau decided to recast and reshoot her as an entirely new character. Who’s she playing now? Vote below. In an interview with Complex Magazine, Munn spilled the beans: You’re in two gigantic movies…

Movies Meredith Woerner Mar 23 '10

Mythbusters’ Adam Savage Doesn’t Trust Robots

Mythbusters’ Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman recently sat down for a chat with Wired’s Kevin Kelly, and they discussed just how much trust you can place in machines. It’s tough to disagree if you’ve seen the evidence. [FORA.tv]

Tech News Adam Frucci Mar 23 '10

Why Onions Have Been Making Us Cry For 500 Million Years

There’s an evolutionary reason why people cry when they cut onions – it’s the body’s way of keeping us away from dangerous chemicals. And it’s such a useful adaptation that every living animal on Earth possesses it. The mechanics of why we cry when we cut onions have been understood for a while. Onions contain…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Mar 23 '10

A Tribute To Girls Who Wear Glasses

Going Back To The Future With Hot Tub’s Crispin Glover

The World’s Smallest Laser

Why Warner Bros. Is Screwing Netflix by Giving DVDs to Blockbuster a Month Early

Want To Redesign Nature? Now You Can.

5 Dystopias Healthcare Reform Could Prevent (And One It Could Cause)

You Can Set This Weapon to Kill or Stun

Is This A Vision Of A Sinister Shorty-Hating Future?

Cold Fusion — Will It Save The World Or Be Forgotten?

James Cameron Hates Commercials on His DVDs, Too

An Interview With Peter Hagelstein

Eye-Fi X2 Cards Double Capacity and Hotspot Access, Keep Prior Generation’s Price

Where Is This?

There’s A Special Place In Hell For Kurt Vonnegut, In Larry Niven And Jerry Pournelle’s Travelogue

Microsoft Job Posting Tongue Slip Sorta Confirms Courier Is Real

GameCrush Lets You Pay To Play Xbox With Hot Chicks

Sprint’s HTC Evo, the First Ever 4G Phone: Meet the New Terrific

Guess Olivia Munn’s “New” Iron Man 2 Character

Mythbusters’ Adam Savage Doesn’t Trust Robots

Why Onions Have Been Making Us Cry For 500 Million Years

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