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Temperature-Adjusted OLEDs Simulate Sunlight

OLEDs are known for having a kind of clinical coldness to the color gamut (read: “blue-ish”), but a Taiwanese researcher has worked out a way to up the temperature to the point where it comes very close to simulating sunlight. Basically, he adjusted the voltage on a certain type of OLED, which produces a light…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Jan 13 '10

Bear Attacks Plane, Pilot Fixes Plane With Duct Tape, Pilot Flies Duct-Taped Plane Home

I’m not sure this story is true, but if it is, I’m going to go buy a hat just so I can take it off in this guy’s honor. Is there anything duct tape can’t do (besides repair ducts)? So this pilot was flying out in the Alaskan backcountry (is there a frontcountry in Alaska?)…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Jan 13 '10

Sensor Network Could Sniff Out Terrorists, Literally

OK, so you might feel weird about those naked-o-vision scanners they’re installing at the airport. Here’s a nice alternative: chemical noses that can sniff out explosives and precisely track them through crowded areas. Researchers from Germany’s Fraunhofer Gesellschaft have created a network of these chemical noses that can do just that. First, the sensors pick…

Privacy & Security Adam Frucci Jan 13 '10

Cellphone Steadicam Rig Leaves No Excuse for Shaky Home Videos

Camera stabilization rig maker Steadicam-Tiffen is making its first anti-shake mounts for cellphones and pocket cameras, including the iPhone, Droid, and Flip. I say it’s about damn time for it because I’m tired of shaky cellphone spy videos. No pricing or release information is available for these small scale rigs at this time, but I…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Jan 13 '10

Punxsutawney Phil Is Going To Text His Prediction This Year

I know there is a tradition to uphold, and I enjoyed the movie, but groundhog texting? Do they even have thumbs? Of course, the idea is to get the word out to the millions of crazy people out there that rely on a talking groundhog to predict the weather. If you are one of those…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jan 13 '10

Apple “Experts” Will Make Geniuses Feel Like Dunces

We’ve teased that Apple Geniuses might not be the brightest in the bunch, but now Apple itself might make them feel stupid. The company is supposedly adding “experts” who’ll roam retail stores and answer support questions without need for appointments. https://gizmodo.com/apple-store-geniuses-might-actually-be-dunces-5055539 From the sounds of it, this new job position translates as a sales floor…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Jan 13 '10

Building a Lego Router

I never really cared for the classic look of Linkysis routers to be perfectly honest. The solution: dress it up with Lego. That’s just what Luke Anderson did with an old WRT54GL. He noticed that the guts fit nicely with the dimensions of Lego bricks, so he set about making a new case. The entire…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jan 13 '10

The Best Representation Of Kick-Boxing In Cyberspace Ever Created

Everything about this cyber-security ad is awesome — the explanation of the CyberWorld, the Segway that Jackie Chan rides through Cyberspace on, and the kung-fu battle against malware. Most of all, the final double thumbs-up is AWESOME. [Thanks Jason Scott!]

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jan 13 '10

The 53 Best iPhone Games

Scouring the App Store for the best games is a full time job. Luckily, it’s a job held by the guys over at Touch Arcade. Here are their picks for the best games—and only games—available on the iPhone. While the App Store had clearly been a huge success in 2008, the continued growth and explosion…

Tech News John Herrman Jan 13 '10

D-Link’s MiFI-Like MyPocket 3G Router Hits FCC

D-Link’s diminutive MyPocket 3G, which takes a 3G connection and outputs it as Wi-Fi, just got approved and poorly photographed by the FCC. It’s definitely destined for North America, since it uses our local 3G GSM bands. We don’t have much more information on the MyPocket just yet—we know it can handle up to 7.2Mbps…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Jan 13 '10

Lego Short Film Makes Me Want to Play With Legos Immediately

CL!CK is a short film made by Lego about how Legos can inspire you to come up with great ideas. It’s a fancy ad, to be sure, but a truly lovely one. [YouTube via NotCot]

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 13 '10

What If The Neandertals Didn’t Die Out?

With recent news that Neandertals painted, and proto-human homo erectus sailed to Europe on boats, this is the week for hominid power. In that spirit, let’s take a look at a subgenre of science fiction where Neanderthals never went extinct. While the subject of contemporary Neandertals is often treated with startling gravity in many SF…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jan 13 '10

Peter Sarsgaard To Play Green Lantern’s Heady Foe, Hector Hammond

Critically-acclaimed actor Peter Sarsgaard is in talks to play evil, giant-head Hector Hammond opposite Ryan Reynolds’ Green Lantern. Given that Sarsgaard and Hammond may not exactly be household names for all film-goers, here’s a little background on them both. Sarsgaard has gained plaudits for his roles in Boys Don’t Cry, Shattered Glass, and Jarhead. He…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Jan 13 '10

If Life Were a Role Playing Game

Using a Peek lowers your intelligence by 3, and wearing three T-Shirts only gives you +1 to defense, but +20% cold resistance. [Dog House Diaries]

Books & Comics Jason Chen Jan 13 '10

Reality Is A Strange Commodity, As The MultiReal Saga Ends

We’ve been tempted to hack our own biochemistry to speed up our perceptions of time and ease the wait for Geosynchron, the third book in David Louis Edelman‘s ambitious biohacking/reality-hacking saga. But it’s here at last, more warped than ever. There are definitely spoilers in this review, although I don’t give away any major plot…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Jan 13 '10

DIY Quadrocopter Might Be Out of My Realm of Expertise

If you’re bored over the weekend, you could while the hours away playing video games. Or you could build yourself a badass Arduino quadrocopter. You know, either way. [Quaduino via Make]

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 13 '10

The Gear We Used At CES

New gadgets are the stars of CES, but there was a ton of gear behind the scenes that was instrumental to our coverage of the event. Here’s what kept us alive in Vegas. Let’s get this out of the way: MacBooks. We all use them. Except for Rosa.* It hasn’t always been this way—a few…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Jan 13 '10

Engineering The Perfect Racecar – At Nano Scale

For several years, we’ve had nanomachines with buckyball wheels, able to traverse a gold surface. But these nanocars are tricky to control. Now scientists are staging nanocar races to figure how to make the tiny machines go really, really fast. Scientists in Texas took the H-shaped nanocar and implemented some of the designs seen on…

io9 Tim Barribeau Jan 13 '10

Avatar, The Videogame (Atari 2600 Edition)

I don’t want to say that ILM and Weta did a bad job on Avatar’s visual effects, but an Atari 2600 edition of Avatar would still get most of the point across. [Penney Design via GameSetWatch via Kotaku] https://kotaku.com/new-movies-as-old-video-games-5446993/

Tech News Mark Wilson Jan 13 '10

MiniGuru Keyboard Makes Typing Quicker By Keeping Your Fingers On The Home Row

The MiniGuru keyboard has three layers of functions designed to keep your fingers on the home row. Theoretically, that means you could type more efficiently. It would also mean a major overhaul to your typing technique. Special modifier keys can be held down with a free thumb, allowing the user to cycle through layers of…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jan 13 '10

Temperature-Adjusted OLEDs Simulate Sunlight

Bear Attacks Plane, Pilot Fixes Plane With Duct Tape, Pilot Flies Duct-Taped Plane Home

Sensor Network Could Sniff Out Terrorists, Literally

Cellphone Steadicam Rig Leaves No Excuse for Shaky Home Videos

Punxsutawney Phil Is Going To Text His Prediction This Year

Apple “Experts” Will Make Geniuses Feel Like Dunces

Building a Lego Router

The Best Representation Of Kick-Boxing In Cyberspace Ever Created

The 53 Best iPhone Games

D-Link’s MiFI-Like MyPocket 3G Router Hits FCC

Lego Short Film Makes Me Want to Play With Legos Immediately

What If The Neandertals Didn’t Die Out?

Peter Sarsgaard To Play Green Lantern’s Heady Foe, Hector Hammond

If Life Were a Role Playing Game

Reality Is A Strange Commodity, As The MultiReal Saga Ends

DIY Quadrocopter Might Be Out of My Realm of Expertise

The Gear We Used At CES

Engineering The Perfect Racecar – At Nano Scale

Avatar, The Videogame (Atari 2600 Edition)

MiniGuru Keyboard Makes Typing Quicker By Keeping Your Fingers On The Home Row

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