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Kinetic Phone Charger Concept Generates Juice With Jogging

The premise behind Lola Mensa’s Cargador De Celular is pretty simple: By the time you get back from a morning run, you’ll have enough power stored up to keep your cellphone charged for the rest of the day. The charger uses the same technology found inside self-winding wristwatches. With every footfall, you give a little…

Tech News Jack Loftus

What’s With All The Undeath In Superhero Comics?

First, DC Comics unleashed a legion of undead characters in its Blackest Night event. Now, Marvel has announced Necrosha, an upcoming X-Men storyline that will bring back lots of dead mutants. When did zombie superheroes become the hot new thing? I have a few ideas of my own that we’ll get to in a moment,…

Books & Comics Alasdair Wilkins

Vegetal City Takes Green Design Literally

Where other architects attempt to design buildings with a low-impact on the environment, Luc Schuiten envisions an urban future that is truly green. His imagined cities are filled tree-inspired buildings that integrate, rather than compete with, living plants. Schuiten has coined the term archiborescence to describe his biomimetic architecture, with buildings that are inspired by…

io9 Lauren Davis

Amphibious Hybrid Gives Paddle Boating Some Much-Needed Machismo

As you can see form the picture, this is no ordinary paddle boat. In fact, when the exhilarating water fun is over, there’s no need to disembark. Just hit a switch and drive home. The key component are the three wheels, which morph from the paddle form you see in the image to a traditional…

Tech News Jack Loftus

New Heroes Videos Catch You Up On The Shows You’ll Wish You Saw

Think you know what to expect from Heroes? Three exclusive new videos from NBC show you the different sides of the show – Romance, teen angst and the weirdest serial killer comedy you’ll wish was on television every week. The clips catch people up on recent backstory from the superhero soap, as well as show…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Archbishop Cautions Texting, Email Could Lead to Suicide

He stopped short of calling texting and social networks the devil‘s playground, but nevertheless Archbishop Vincent Nichols warned us all in an interview today that these “dehumanizing” practices can often lead to suicide. That’s right. When little Timmy gets Susie to “sext” him nudie pics in class, not only are both parties degrading the moral…

Social Media Jack Loftus

Xbox Live NXE Beta Reveals Smaller Game Install Sizes

Word from Kotaku is the Xbox Live NXE preview beta thing going on now features smaller game install sizes. Not one of the more exciting features, sure, but if you’re the type of gamer who enjoys seeing their games boot up a few second fast than usual it’s gravy. [Kotaku] https://kotaku.com/xbox-live-preview-dropping-game-install-sizes-5328027

Tech News Jack Loftus

These Are The Droids You’re Bidding For

Fancy getting a one-of-a-kind Star Wars figure and helping charity at the same time? Check out the wonderful Empire Muggs Back auction from Lucasfilm, helping the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Click through for examples of some of the awesome figures available. The online auction – which you can participate in here – offers fans the chance to…

io9 Graeme McMillan

The Robot Uprising Will Begin With a Game of Catch

Forget running humanoids, autonomous drones and the like. As this video demonstrates, our future robot masters will in fact disarm us with their lightning reflexes and squishy rubber balls. [YouTube via Geekologie]

Tech News Jack Loftus

The Secret Agenda Behind Eureka

Ever notice that Syfy’s Eureka is full of… well, attractive people? Even Fargo, the comedy relief geek within a show full of geeks has a certain charm about him. According to co-creator Jaime Paglia, that didn’t happen by accident. Paglia told Discover Magazine that Eureka very intentionally doesn’t buy into the stereotype of the nerdy,…

io9 Graeme McMillan

IBM SNAzzy Knows Your Circle of Friends Better Than You Do

That heavy breathing you hear on the phone sometimes? It’s IBM. Specifically, it’s the IBM Social Network Analysis for Telecom Business Intelligence data mining tool, or SNAzzy for short, and it knows all about who called who and for how long on the network of “one of the largest mobile operators in the world.” The…

Social Media Jack Loftus

Battlestar Best TV Show, Say Critics

Battlestar Galactica may have been ignored by the Emmys, but America’s television critics aren’t afraid to put their awards where their mouths are; they officially named the Syfy show as the program of the year last night. The nod came from the Television Critics Association, which held its annual awards ceremony last night in Pasadena,…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Windows Mobile 6.5 Final Build Demos Zune-like UI, Marketplace, Synching

Here’s a quick peek at the purported final build of Windows Mobile 6.5 (we call it “Windows Phone,” he says) running on an HTC Touch Diamond 2. Aside from the subtle name/branding change, there’s some meat here in the form of the UI (Zune-ish), Marketplace for Windows 6.5 Phone, the My Phone sync service (free)…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Say Hello To Your New Mad Max?

Is this man really the next Mel Gibson? We’re somewhat doubtful, but Jeremy Renner is definitely in talks with George Miller to appear in the new Mad Max movie in some capacity. Renner, who can currently be seen in The Hurt Locker, told the Modesto Bee that he’s currently screen testing for the movie, and…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Toyota Humanoid Robot Gives Asimo a Run For Its Money

Shown here is Toyota’s running robot. At 7 km/h it’s not going to win any wind sprints in the Olympics, but nevertheless this thing is airborne for 100ms between strides as it skirts across the floor (i.e. genuine running). For comparison’s sake, Honda’s Asimo robot can only manage a meager 6 km/h. We assume Toyota…

Artificial Intelligence Jack Loftus

Will ABC Soap Derail Torchwood Season 4?

Russell T Davies has been quoted as saying that the Torchwood that returns next season may not be the one people are expecting to see… But is that because John Barrowman may be jumping ship to star in Desperate Housewives? Digital Spy is reporting that Barrowman told Radio 1 listeners in the UK that he’s…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Recycling Meets DIY With iPhone 3GS “Water Resistant Prototype”

After you drain that cool, refreshing soda and prepare to go out on that 50-mile bike ride you had planned today, don’t forget to retain the bottle and protect that iPhone. [Flickr – Thanks, Chris]

Tech News Jack Loftus

You Need Some Psychic Advice From Darth Vader

I always thought Vader would make a good etiquette adviser, but it turns out his talents lie in psychic readings. Fan filmmaker John Hudgens explains it all to you in his award-winning vid "Darth Vader’s Psychic Hotline." I think I’ve actually watched this show on late night TV, or maybe just wished I was watching…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Hallelujah! FCC Investigating Apple For Google Voice App Rejection

YES. The FCC is looking into Apple’s chickenshit shenanigans with Google Voice, asking whether AT&T was involved, why it was rejected and what’s going on with this Google Voice thing. Updated with correspondence among FCC, Apple, AT&T and Google. https://gizmodo.com/apples-chickenshit-approval-process-has-gone-too-far-5325539 The request is part of a broader-ranging inquiry by the commission on exclusive deals between…

Tech News Jason Chen

Leaked 2009 Roadmap of Sprint’s 4G WiMax Rollout

Engadget stumbled on what appears to be Sprint’s WiMax roadmap for the rest of 2009, and it’s an odd mix of major and minor cities—with some notable exceptions, especially New York City and San Francisco. The third quarter looks like mostly little cities and towns, with WiMax only coming to some more major cities (Philly,…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Kinetic Phone Charger Concept Generates Juice With Jogging

What’s With All The Undeath In Superhero Comics?

Vegetal City Takes Green Design Literally

Amphibious Hybrid Gives Paddle Boating Some Much-Needed Machismo

New Heroes Videos Catch You Up On The Shows You’ll Wish You Saw

Archbishop Cautions Texting, Email Could Lead to Suicide

Xbox Live NXE Beta Reveals Smaller Game Install Sizes

These Are The Droids You’re Bidding For

The Robot Uprising Will Begin With a Game of Catch

The Secret Agenda Behind Eureka

IBM SNAzzy Knows Your Circle of Friends Better Than You Do

Battlestar Best TV Show, Say Critics

Windows Mobile 6.5 Final Build Demos Zune-like UI, Marketplace, Synching

Say Hello To Your New Mad Max?

Toyota Humanoid Robot Gives Asimo a Run For Its Money

Will ABC Soap Derail Torchwood Season 4?

Recycling Meets DIY With iPhone 3GS “Water Resistant Prototype”

You Need Some Psychic Advice From Darth Vader

Hallelujah! FCC Investigating Apple For Google Voice App Rejection

Leaked 2009 Roadmap of Sprint’s 4G WiMax Rollout

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