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The Rubik’s Cube’s Secret Life as an 8-Bit Work of Art

First, the venerable Rubik’s Cube recreated the masterworks of Da Vinci. Today’s example, while not quite as grandiose, is still impressive. Ladies and Gents, the Space Invaders are here. https://gizmodo.com/da-vinci-s-the-last-supper-painted-in-4000-rubiks-cube-5390088 And Sonic. And Pac-Man. Even President Obama makes an appearance, although I don’t think Hope: The Video Game is out just yet. For reference, artist…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Why the mainstream media is dying

Every once in a while you get to see a mainstream outlet cover a story right alongside a blog, so you can put them up against each other and see why one was so much better than the other.

Tech News Fake Steve Jobs

Spy Shot Reveals… Traditional Apple Store Tables In New NYC Apple Store

Work continues on the posh Manhattan Apple Store, and reader/levitation expert Vincent snapped us some pics of this latest bastion of Apple retail consumerism. It looks like an Apple Store… from the sky—at night! Also, wooden tables. Trendy ones. https://gizmodo.com/apples-fourth-manhattan-store-almost-ready-5391615

Tech News Jack Loftus

Rumor: Mirrorless Ricoh Camera, Interchangeable Lenses Coming November 10

From the aptly named Photo Rumors blog comes word today that Ricoh is all but ready to reveal a premium, mirror-less camera on or about November 10. Multiple sources hint that the camera will be a number of things, including “premium,” “compact” and that it will feature at least two interchangeable lenses at launch, possibly…

Tech News Jack Loftus

In Space, No-One Can Hear Us Squee

Fanfiction comes in many shapes and sizes, but rarely does it look as cool as Paul Maybury‘s wonderful Alien short. Someone, please let this guy go a full-length Aliens comic sometime soon (Click through for the rest). [LJ] (Via) (Update: Now with correct spelling of Paul’s name. Sorry, Paul.)

io9 Graeme McMillan

Dell Mini 9 Accelerometer Hack Creates One Affordable Little Windows Tablet

The hacktastic Dell Mini 9 goes well with all sorts of aftermarket add-ons and OS’s, including this latest addition: Updated. An accelerometer tied to a touchscreen. Why not, right? Seems like a logical progression after we saw this tiny tot of a netbook hacked to serve as a stylus-driven tablet. https://gizmodo.com/converted-dell-mini-9-netbook-makes-for-a-great-interne-5381552 It’s no Courier, certainly,…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Here Be Lego Dragons

Dragons existed? Well, no, not unless their bones were made of Lego. Which would have been equally cool, right?! I mean, we discover dragons exist, and then we learn that their magical bones are made from one of the world’s most beloved customizable creations? Nerdgasm, not to mention an epic overhaul of the paleontology field…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Is Thursday The New Friday?

With Smallville’s ratings on the rise, it looks like we may have found a show that survives the Friday Night Death Curse, and just in time: Now it’s looking like Thursdays are also nights that will kill our favorite shows. Both Fringe and FlashForward are seeing ratings in a worrying freefall right now; Meredith has…

Television Graeme McMillan

Specialized DVR For Cars Could Make Teens Better Drivers

Technological progress is amazing. Case in point: When I was learning to drive, my safety monitor was a “mom.” It barked orders at me as I navigated Massachusetts streets, oftentimes recklessly at high rates of speed. In the future? Computers! At least, that seems to be the safest route, if some amazing test results from…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Introducing An Ancestor Of The First Space Elevator

Only four years after it was first created, an annual competition set up to promote wireless energy transfer in hopes of speeding the creation of a Space Elevator has finally managed to give out one of its two cash prizes. The Power Beaming Challenge was founded in 2005 (and seeded with $2 million in prize…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Matte Black Earthrace Power Boat Hunts Those Who Hunt Whales

Last we heard from Earthrace, the super sleek 78-ft. power boat that runs on its captain’s fat, it was circumnavigating the globe. Today, the ship has a new Batman paint job and a new mission: Hunting whalers. https://gizmodo.com/speedy-power-boat-powered-by-human-flab-to-circumnaviga-336162 Specifically Japanese whalers. The same Japanese whalers who were made famous by the camera-happy efforts of the…

Tech News Jack Loftus

New Official Posters For Wolfman Make Us Drool

The first teaser posters for Joe Johnson’s The Wolfman (Released February 2010) are out, giving glimpses of Benicio Del Toro’s hairy alter ego and Emily Blunt’s damsel in distress. Click through to see them. [Ain’t It Cool, Cinematical]

Movies Graeme McMillan

Apple TV 3.01 Update Saves Your Data From “Temporarily Disappearing”

Word to the wise: Update your Apple TV to 3.01 stat, else suffer the strange data disappearing act some users report is occurring with 3.0 during syncing. It’s important to note the data was not deleted, just “invisible.” Update now, says Apple. [TUAW]

Tech News Jack Loftus

Are Nanoparticles Unsafe?

Nanoparticles don’t need to come into actual contact with human DNA in order to affect them, according to new research carried out by British scientists. Does this mean our miniature future is more dangerous than first thought? The Guardian reports that scientists from the University of Bristol placed cobalt-chromium nanoparticles on one side of a…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Surely, This Remote-Controlled Bowling Ball Is the Devil’s Contraption

You thought Walter and the Dude got mad when that guy stepped over the line in The Big Lebowski? Just wait until they run into this bewitched remote-controlled bowling ball. The Dude most certainly does not abide, man. Sadly, there’s more tech involved here than witchcraft, which doesn’t exist. Instead, this cheater’s bowling ball, created…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Famous Paintings Reproduced In Coffee

Sure this reproduction of Michelangelo’s The Creation of Adam is a lil’ bit perverted by the inclusion of a coffee cup, but look closer. The entire masterpiece was painted using only coffee I’m amazed that I haven’t seen these coffee art clones before. They’re the creation of Karen Eland, a former barista, who one day…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

MIT Media Lab: Electronic Wallpaper, Conductive Threads and More

Diana Eng, who you might remember as Project Runway‘s premiere nerd designer, took a look at MIT’s Media Lab and found some pretty cool stuff, mostly run off of Arduino microcontrollers. Check it out below. A lot of this stuff is just playful, so some of the clothes don’t need to be too polished—but I…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

64% of Men Don’t RTFM Before Calling Tech Support

Gadget Helpline, a UK tech support service, found that well over half of their male customers didn’t even bother to read the manual before calling tech support. C’mon guys, is that the best we can do? Apparently, only 24% of females don’t read the manual before picking up the phone. Good on you, ladies. Apparently…

Tech News Chris Jacob

The Cité du Design Certainly Lives Up to Its Name

This gorgeous building in France is more than just a pretty complex. The Cité du Design does one of the best jobs I’ve ever seen at concealing the solar panels that help power the structure. The building is made up of 14,000 equilateral triangles. Some are solar panels, some are windows, others just fill out…

Tech News Chris Jacob

3-D Model Of Lee Harvey Oswald’s Head: A Setback For Conspiracy Theorists

For decades, JFK conspiracy theorists have claimed this photo of Lee Harvey Oswald holding a rifle and a Marxist newspaper was a fake. Dartmouth College digital forensics expert Hany Farid built a 3-D model of Oswald’s head and proved otherwise. Actually, Farid says you can’t prove a photo is real, but he did knock down…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The Rubik’s Cube’s Secret Life as an 8-Bit Work of Art

Why the mainstream media is dying

Spy Shot Reveals… Traditional Apple Store Tables In New NYC Apple Store

Rumor: Mirrorless Ricoh Camera, Interchangeable Lenses Coming November 10

In Space, No-One Can Hear Us Squee

Dell Mini 9 Accelerometer Hack Creates One Affordable Little Windows Tablet

Here Be Lego Dragons

Is Thursday The New Friday?

Specialized DVR For Cars Could Make Teens Better Drivers

Introducing An Ancestor Of The First Space Elevator

Matte Black Earthrace Power Boat Hunts Those Who Hunt Whales

New Official Posters For Wolfman Make Us Drool

Apple TV 3.01 Update Saves Your Data From “Temporarily Disappearing”

Are Nanoparticles Unsafe?

Surely, This Remote-Controlled Bowling Ball Is the Devil’s Contraption

Famous Paintings Reproduced In Coffee

MIT Media Lab: Electronic Wallpaper, Conductive Threads and More

64% of Men Don’t RTFM Before Calling Tech Support

The Cité du Design Certainly Lives Up to Its Name

3-D Model Of Lee Harvey Oswald’s Head: A Setback For Conspiracy Theorists

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