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Artists Create Stunning Works Of Art From Mounds Of Data

Visual Complexity is a website featuring brilliant visualizations collected by Manuel Lima, a Nokia interaction designer interested in how complex data sets can be expressed. The image above was created by Oliver Reichenstein as a way to visualize internet connections. [Visual Complexity via Wired UK]

Tech News Don Nguyen

FDA Deems E-Cigs As Bad As The Real Thing

Put down that e-cigar, Mark! The FDA has ruled that electronic cigarettes, cigars, and similar devices contain known carcinogens and slammed them for being marketed to younger age groups. We’ve looked at what’s inside e-cigars and our Mark Wilson has even tried them out, but what’s the point of using a $200 gadget that’s as…

Health Rosa Golijan

Krang Rejoices: Artificial Brain Ten Years Away From Reality

Scientists are claiming that a functional, artificial brain is only a decade away. This prediction correlates with the above chart, according to which our current computing capabilities limit us to…simulated lizard brains. Photo by Journal of Evolution and Technology Using an IBM Blue Gene machine with 10,000 processors, the folks at the Blue Brain Project…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Muji Stealth Shower Radio Is Disguised as a Shampoo Bottle

Muji’s shower radio is shaped like a shampoo bottle, but we’re not sure why: Is it just to blend in with other shower accoutrements? Or does the Muji Shower Radio have a dark secret from which it needs to hide? The shower radio provides an AM/FM tuner (the volume control is cleverly built into the…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

The Insane Attention To Detail That Made Back To The Future 2 A Classic

Robert Zemeckis was clearly cracking the whip of continuity on the Back To The Future set. Check out this intense back to back comparison between the conclusion of the original, and the beginning of the sequel (girlfriend upgrade included). Click to view See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

io9 Meredith Woerner

Caption Contest: Steve Ballmer Holding Microsoft’s Sekrit Google Virus Windows 7 Final

Here’s Steve Ballmer at the ceremony for Windows 7 going gold (final), holding, obviously, a gold disc. But what’s he about to write on it with that Sharpie? You tell us. [Image via Brandon LeBlanc] https://gizmodo.com/windows-7-officially-released-to-manufacturing-no-goin-5320008

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Now Shipping

With all the gadgets that we report on every day, it’s hard to keep track of which ones are shipping or when they’ll be available. We’ve put together a list of gadgets, some we’ve reported on and some we haven’t, that are shipping out today. • The LH90 Series LCDs (the first with THX certification)…

Tech News Don Nguyen

Twitter Clock Secretly a Countdown to the End of the World

On the surface, TimeTweets pulls the numbers it needs to show the current time from live tweets. But really, it’s a countdown to the end of world, which has to be close if we’re using Twitter to tell time. [TimeTweets]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Pope Talks DJing, Comics And Eternal Experiences

Comicsdestroyer Paul Pope is a true renaissance man, visiting SDCC this year as a DJ instead of just cartooning genius. We talked to him about DJing, music, comics, “pure” fantasy and why kids need new heroes. If anyone else in comics was doing a DJ set, I’d be much more cynical and think that’s just…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Times Are Tough For The Joes: Snake Eyes Looks For Additional Income

It’s like a geek cereal box, and the free prize is a Ninja. Norton’s Internet Security software uses the best Joe to get the job done — the job being keeping your porn stash safe. Check out the additional mouth breathing Snake Eyes pics — he looks winded in just about all of them. [Pictures…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Our Palm Pre Ad Remix Makes More Sense

Click to viewThis Palm Pre ad is much better, don’t you think? Truth in advertising. Also, see if you can pick an even more creepy actress next time. [YouTube] Want to make one? Go here.

Tech News Jason Chen

Half-Amazing, Half-Terrifying Concept App Combines Facial Recognition with Augmented Reality

We’ve seen some cool augmented reality apps shown off that will point you towards the closest subway or find your mom, but this TAT Augmented ID app takes it to the next level. It’s mindblowing, but it leaves me conflicted. https://gizmodo.com/nearest-tube-iphone-app-adds-digital-directions-to-your-5308705 Using facial recognition, it allows you to point your phone at someone and immediately…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Another Brick in the Wall-E? Pixar Meets Pink Floyd

You’re probably family with the widespread claims that The Wizard of Oz synchs up with Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon. Now some fans are saying the same is true of robot love story Wall-E and The Wall. Improv comedian Matt “Tinz” Herzau claims that he deliberately attempted to recreate the magic of Dark…

io9 Lauren Davis

Dear You, Last Chance to Tell Us More About Yourself…

…by completing this fun-filled survey all about YOU. Send the last question to [email protected], thereby entering yourself to win a $300 AMEX gift card. Then we’ll take a long walk on the beach together, planning our future while the surf gently laps at our toes. Love, Gawker. [Contest rules apply.]

io9 Chrissie Lamond

Fox Business Network on the Apple Tablet: DUUURRRRRRRRR

Lots of techies have been guilty of overspeculation about the mythical Apple tablet, and in our defense, it’s kinda fun. But what happens when a Fox Business Network reporter dips her dainty toe into Apple’s rumor stream? Magic, is what. https://gizmodo.com/apples-tablet-the-story-so-far-5249808 It’s not even worth getting into everything that goes wrong here, and anyway, it’ll…

Tech News John Herrman

Scientists Make Color-Changing Light Bulbs From Fish DNA

Yes, you read that correctly. Scientists at the University of Connecticut have made adjustable LEDs out of strands of salmon DNA. The DNA is mixed with dye that absorbs UV light and emits bright white light. The team used two different dyes: one absorbs UV light emits blue visible light, and the other absorbs part…

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World’s Largest Solar Audio System Delivers 105dB to 40,000 Spectators

Earlier this month, Grzebik Design completed work on what they are calling the “world’s largest solar powered loudspeaker system” in the Taiwan National Stadium in Kaohsiung. It is capable of cranking out 105 dB of sound to 40,000 spectators. The Taiwan National Stadium makes use of 60 distributed Apogee Sound AE-7SX weather-resistant loudspeakers for primary…

Tech News Sean Fallon

California Will No Longer Yield Fruit in 100 Years

Warming winters in California mean that the state may no longer produce its fruit and nut crops in the 22nd century. A new study reveals that the state famous for its fields of delicious fruit could soon be barren. The study, published today in PLoS One, is the result of work on climate modeling based…

io9 Annalee Newitz

When Carriers Update Your BlackBerry With Spyware

How scary is this? A BlackBerry upgrade sent out by the service provider Etisalat in Dubai and Abu Dhabi is actually spyware. RIM says they had nothing to do with the update it, and are telling affected people how to get rid of it. So far, no one knows exactly why the carrier sent out…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

The Like, Official Skype Headset

Everybody’s getting into hardware lately, so it’s not shocking Skype has its own headset. The idea is that it’s cheap (under $25) and USB powered, so your Skype calls don’t sounded like blended kitties. [Skype via TechCrunch]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Artists Create Stunning Works Of Art From Mounds Of Data

FDA Deems E-Cigs As Bad As The Real Thing

Krang Rejoices: Artificial Brain Ten Years Away From Reality

Muji Stealth Shower Radio Is Disguised as a Shampoo Bottle

The Insane Attention To Detail That Made Back To The Future 2 A Classic

Caption Contest: Steve Ballmer Holding Microsoft’s Sekrit Google Virus Windows 7 Final

Now Shipping

Twitter Clock Secretly a Countdown to the End of the World

Pope Talks DJing, Comics And Eternal Experiences

Times Are Tough For The Joes: Snake Eyes Looks For Additional Income

Our Palm Pre Ad Remix Makes More Sense

Half-Amazing, Half-Terrifying Concept App Combines Facial Recognition with Augmented Reality

Another Brick in the Wall-E? Pixar Meets Pink Floyd

Dear You, Last Chance to Tell Us More About Yourself…

Fox Business Network on the Apple Tablet: DUUURRRRRRRRR

Scientists Make Color-Changing Light Bulbs From Fish DNA

World’s Largest Solar Audio System Delivers 105dB to 40,000 Spectators

California Will No Longer Yield Fruit in 100 Years

When Carriers Update Your BlackBerry With Spyware

The Like, Official Skype Headset

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