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Zoom Q3: Finally A Flip-Type Pocket Cam With Decent Audio

Our Battlemodo showed that while cheap pocket camcorder video quality has come a long way, audio quality is usually abysmal. The Zoom Q3 aims to change that with TWO directional microphones that can be focused much like a lens zooms. https://gizmodo.com/the-ultimate-cheap-camcorder-battlemodo-5013420 To be sure, the Zoom Q3 looks like it neglects video quality in favor…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Just Let Me Use My Gadgets

Lisa at Boingboing—OK, actually, my girlfriend—wrote about our long standing debate about checking email in public. Reading it I felt indignation, and then shame, but in the end I have to yet again disagree. I know, I’ve been rude. I’ve checked email at places like dinner, bars, at morning in bed, while we’re in the…

Tech News Brian Lam

True Blood Gives Furries A Whole New Meaning

This week, everybody’s getting some — even the animals. Plus, Sookie continues her life-long pursuit to ruin the lives of everyone she meets, and there’s a Viking flashback. This week’s episode treats us to another big fat reveal in the first few seconds, just like old times. Sadly the rest of this week’s episode is…

Television Meredith Woerner

Asus First To Feature USB 3.0 With P6X58 Motherboard

Asus is set to release the P6X58 Premium motherboard which features two USB 3.0 “SuperSpeed” ports. The board also supports a Core i7 processor, six DDR-3 slots, 3 PCI-Express slots, and a SATA 3.0 interface capable of 6Gb/sec transfer speeds. Asus has yet to announce pricing and release date information, and no benchmarks have been…

Tech News Don Nguyen

Doctor Who’s Deja View Offers Unexpected Experiences

Doctor Who: Room With A Deja View hits stores this Wednesday, offering a mystery you know the solution to, a Doctor with only himself to thank, and a comic that makes playing with the medium more fun than you’d expect. The 32 page oneshot from IDW (who just launched a monthly series starring David Tennant’s…

io9 Graeme McMillan

The Cloud Project Would Theoretically Make Ice Cream Fall Like Snow

The Cloud Project is a tricky little concept that would spray flavored condensation and liquid nitrogen into clouds, “seeding” them, and forcing flavored snow to fall from the heavens. It’s pretty much straight of of a children’s book. The whole thing is purely conceptual for now; it involves certain bacteria and ice nucleation and a…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Shure SRH Over-the-Ear Headphones for People Who Don’t Like Brain Tickling

I’ve tried in-ear headphones and I just can’t stand them. That’s why I walk around like an 80s DJ nowadays, with big over-the-ear muffs and Rick James t-shirt. That’s why Shure wasn’t on my list of potential headphones until today. Shure has always been famous for their in-ear headphones, which to me feel like they…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

What’s The Cause Of Jupiter’s Newest Spot?

Yesterday, an amateur astronomer noticed that a large black spot had appeared near Jupiter’s Southern pole. These first pictures of the phenomenon are prompting many to speculate that a passing comet or asteroid struck the gas giant. Anthony Wesley reports that he noticed the spot (seen at the top of the photo above) while observing…

io9 Lauren Davis

Your Can’t-Miss-It Guide To Comic Con 2009!

Here it is: the complete io9 guide to every Comic Con panel you just can’t afford to miss. Sadly there’s a lot of overlapping and you’ll face some tough decisions. But we’re still more than excited. Best year ever, perhaps? Click on each picture to see our favorite picks of the Con, broken down by…

io9 Meredith Woerner

German University Constructs Giant Planet-Saving Spherical Building

The Bibliosphere, an administration and student services buiding at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany, is both an ecological and architectural achievement. It’s incredibly environmentally-friendly, and did we mention it’s a giant sphere? The Bibliosphere is focused on sustainability, with natural lighting, ventilation, and using only renewable energy sources, and consumes an amazing 50% less…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

If There’s Not Life On Mars, We’ll Add Some

Scientists have long speculated that Mars might have played host to microbial life in an earlier era. Now that it’s certain water exists on the Red Planet, they’re trying to grow some microbes that could live there. The microbe Methanosarcina barkeri is known to grow on Earth in places where oxygen and nutrients are scarce…

io9 Megan Carpentier

Sunday

The Spectacular Spider-Man 10:00-11:00 The Spectacular Spider-Man Panel, go and support the cartoons that don’t scare the kids. Where: Room 6A Doctor Who, featuring DAVID TENNANT 10:00-11:00 David Tennant, David Tennant, David Tennant, David Tennant, David Tennant, David Tennant, and David Tennant. Yeah, that about clears it up. Where: Ballroom 20 Smallville 10:30-11:30 Smallville Screening…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Saturday

In Celebration Of Floppy-Haired Fake Nerds: It’s A Chuck Screening 10:00-11:00 The cast of Chuck is making a cameo at the Con which means Adam Baldwin. It also means more of Zachary Levi pretending he’s crap with women and unattractive, plus the show creators. It’s a good PG way to start your day — extra…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Friday

Batman: Brave And The Bold featuring Neil Patrick Harris 10:00-11:00 Start off your morning with a little light Batman music. The latest Bat cartoon will be screened, “Mayhem of the Music Meister” — featuring Doctor Horrible himself — and the show creators and voice talents will be on hand for commentary. Where: Room 6DE Book…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Thursday

This Zombie t-shirt is part of a promotion for Capcom’s Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles Wii game, and will be handed out at the Con. It’s fantastic, though I dread the sea of shirtless Conners this will likely inspire. Thursday io9 Helps You Rethink Your Existence: 10:30-11:30 Science Fiction That Will Change Your Life. The staff…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Eighteen Science Fiction Authors Remember the Moon Landing

Over at Tor.com, there is a lovely collection of essays by everyone from Jo Walton to Charles Stross about what the 1969 Moon landing meant to them. io9 pal Andrew Liptak has collected all the posts into a handy list over on his blog.

io9 Annalee Newitz

Barnes and Noble Announces “World’s Largest eBookstore”, Upcoming eReader

Rumors about Barnes & Noble’s plans to develop an eReader have been confirmed in a company statement that launches a new eBookstore and outlines a partnership with Plastic Logic to develop an eReader for an early 2010 launch. https://gizmodo.com/barnes-and-noble-may-jump-into-e-reader-market-5204267 B&N also notes that they will offer eBooks on devices like the iPhone, iPod Touch and…

Commerce Sean Fallon

Apollo 11 Astronauts Push For A Mission To Mars

Last friday, at the National Museum of the USAF, the Apollo 11 astronauts participated in a panel discussion about their historic Moon landing. They spent a good portion of the discussion, however, not on the Moon — but Mars. The discussion took place during the National Aviation Hall of Fame Spirit of Flight Award. Neil…

io9 StephenGoldmeier

Ianto Jones Talks Love, Explosions And Dark Secrets

As Ianto Jones, Gareth David-Lloyd has become a mesmerizing presence in Torchwood, the Doctor Who spin-off. He’s grown from a small supporting role to become Captain Jack’s love interest and our hero. David-Lloyd told us about season three. Minor spoilers… Note: We talked to David-Lloyd a few weeks ago, before we’d actually seen “Children Of…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

URC MX-5000 Remote Puts Haptic Feedback Where It Belongs

For every five products that claim some kind of haptic feedback support, maybe one actually puts it to good use—like the URC MX-5000 touchscreen remote, which uses the technology to guide your fingers while they guide your TV. Beyond the haptics, the MX-5000 is a fairly standard high-end universal remote, intended for system builders to…

Tech News John Herrman

Zoom Q3: Finally A Flip-Type Pocket Cam With Decent Audio

Just Let Me Use My Gadgets

True Blood Gives Furries A Whole New Meaning

Asus First To Feature USB 3.0 With P6X58 Motherboard

Doctor Who’s Deja View Offers Unexpected Experiences

The Cloud Project Would Theoretically Make Ice Cream Fall Like Snow

Shure SRH Over-the-Ear Headphones for People Who Don’t Like Brain Tickling

What’s The Cause Of Jupiter’s Newest Spot?

Your Can’t-Miss-It Guide To Comic Con 2009!

German University Constructs Giant Planet-Saving Spherical Building

If There’s Not Life On Mars, We’ll Add Some

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Eighteen Science Fiction Authors Remember the Moon Landing

Barnes and Noble Announces “World’s Largest eBookstore”, Upcoming eReader

Apollo 11 Astronauts Push For A Mission To Mars

Ianto Jones Talks Love, Explosions And Dark Secrets

URC MX-5000 Remote Puts Haptic Feedback Where It Belongs

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