Designed by Foster + Partners, the Incheon “super-city” will incorporate biomass energy generation, hydrogen fuel cells, and hydroponic roofs in order to be the greener city on the other side. No word on how much pollution the construction will cause. The hope is that Incheon will one day become an epicenter of R&D for sustainable…
This is one of the worst waterproof cameras I have ever used, even if its the cheapest and does 720p video. Maybe you can recommend it to a merman you hate? Price $150 Waterproofness Because it lives in its own magic bubble housing, its good for 15-feet. That’s good, but not great. The Canon D10…
In 2008, Apple announced that we would see ZFS as part of Snow Leopard Server, but a year later our copies are shipping with ZFS nowhere to be found. What went wrong? And will we ever get ZFS? https://gizmodo.com/mac-os-x-snow-leopard-for-servers-getting-zfs-5018512 Robin Harris, who has worked in the data storage field for as long as I’ve been…
Just follow these simple steps. It’s actually not as scary as it looks. The chart’s a compilation of all of the useful—and interactive—charts for PC troubleshooting and repair by Morris Rosenthal, found here. But, uh, sometimes, we prefer the one-step solution: Buy a new damn computer. [Morris Rosenthal via BeeBeeGee]
Astronomers are rejoicing that they’ve found the best place on earth for astronomical observation. The only problem? It also happens to be the “very worst place on the surface of the planet for humans.” Whoops. Send in the Robots. Dubbed Ridge A, this magical spot in Antarctica provides such a clear view of the heavens…
Time Bananas and awkward statements aside, Jason Chen’s a pretty cool guy to work for. I’m sure that unlike Vicki Walker’s boss, he wouldn’t fire me for going nuts with bold or colorful fonts in emails. RIGHT? https://gizmodo.com/jason-chen-and-the-time-banana-5253189 According to her employer, ProCare Health, Vicki Walker was terminated from her position as a financial controller…
It was bound to happen, so I’m not surprised: According to The Onion—reportedly America’s finest news outlet—Apollo 11 Mission Commander Neil Armstrong has finally admitted that the Moon landings were fake and staged. All thanks to Ralph Coleman: https://gizmodo.com/the-apollo-11-moon-landing-liveblog-5318744 “It only took a few hastily written paragraphs published by this passionate denier of mankind’s so-called…
Taste Test food week wouldn’t have been complete without our fun Q&As with Alton Brown, but his hot-out-of-the-oven book Good Eats: The Early Years is the real news peg. (Book tour dates below!) If you’ve read his I’m Just Here For the Food books, you know that they’re more helpful for overall skills, only sporadically…
If there’s a greater movie than Cyborg, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, we’re not sure we could stand to watch it. In this sequence, post-apocalyptic pirate-fighter Gibson gets crucified and has a traumatic flashback. Below, the greatest rain fight scene ever. So in the above sequence, the bad guys have crucified Gibson, and he’s reliving the…
newVideoPlayer(“/evan_rachel_wood_cameo.io9.flv”, 506, 423,””); Last night was the big campy Queen vampire reveal. Will she be pretty? Will she be rich? here’s what vampire Evan Rachel Woods said to me… que sera sera. This episode seemed to tread water a little bit, much like last week’s, but at least we got in some quality Eric time.…
Are you able to solve a Rubik’s Cube quickly and easily? Does that make you feel like a real smart guy? Well, piss off. Try the Bram’s Cube, created by the creator of BitTorrent. Click to viewBram Cohen, known as the dude who allowed you to download cams of shit movies you don’t want to…
For every copy of Internet Explorer 8 downloaded from here, Microsoft donates $1.15 to Feeding America—but if you upgrade from IE6, they’ll double their donation. Even if you switch to Firefox immediately, help give Microsoft’s money away: [BrowserFortheBetter]
UK-based Tech 21 have devised a real-life, mailable, flubber-esque gel that becomes rigid on impact. This substance dubbed “d30” is used to safeguard an iPhone or iPod Touch from owners with buttery fingers. According to the product page, d30 cases can offer up to “150% more protection than other cases.” Of course, that protection doesn’t…
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Hardcore photo geeks know that Leica’s M9 is supposedly due out on 09/09/09 (exactly one 9 less cool than the Sega Dreamcast’s release). Now the company’s second digital offering has been captured in several blurry shots from a promo. Live Webcast on 9/9/2009 – The next Generation of Leica Cameras from leica camera on Vimeo.…
The next hundred years could see the United States merge as a mature global power, only to see a rival nation threaten its space assets, and face aggression from a strong and prosperous Mexico, according to geopolitical forecaster George Friedman. Friedman is an intelligence officer with Strategic Forecasting, a private intelligence agency, as well as…
Apple recently published a small Mac OS X Snow Leopard application blacklist. Now, some users have set up wiki with an exhaustive directory of Mac OS X 10.6 software, each with their compatibility status. [Snow Leopard Compatibility—Thanks Traviscat] https://gizmodo.com/the-mac-os-x-snow-leopard-applications-blacklist-5347769
SF Signal asks up-and-coming author Paul Melko (whose The Walls Of The Universe we reviewed here) whether the ways people consume mass media are influencing pop culture. And he says: https://gizmodo.com/alternate-universes-are-big-business-5107999 I like the idea that we as a species evolved with story as a part of intelligence. When we see disconnected facts, our brains…
Alan Turing, a father of computer science and WWII code-breaker was prosecuted by the British government for being gay. Then chemically castrated. Sign this petition if you think this is fucked up and want them to apologize. Turing committed suicide two years after his prosecution in 1954. He is most well known for his Nazi…
James May’s Lego abode may be shaping up to be spectacular, but he’s far from the first person to build a house out of something novel. Here are ten more amazing homes with, shall we say, unorthodox constituents. https://gizmodo.com/take-a-look-at-the-house-made-completely-of-lego-bricks-5344423
