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Samsung’s New Smartphone QWERTY Idea: Keep Trying, Guys

Samsung filed a patent for this avian-looking smartphone concept: Two spring-loaded half-keyboards burst from the sides of the phone, which in theory provides both a larger keyboard and more screen space, since hands are out of the way. In theory. It’s a half-baked idea, of course, which is why we’re only seeing it in a…

Gadgets Dan Nosowitz

Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post

Invisible ink reappears…Mobile app tracker turns up 3rd-gen iPod Touch…UFO-shaped seating sure to upset City Hall…Porn publisher takes blame for overheated iPhones… Remember the novelty invisible ink you could buy for like a dollar and spray at your sister? She’d bludgeon you bloody before realizing the ink disappeared. (The blood tended to stain.) Well—in a…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Pegasus Open 50 Log: Day 4, Following the Low Pressure

July 8, 3:30 PM PST Pegasus has been chewing up the miles and we are very lucky for that. Our last two days were 305 and 295 nautical miles respectfully. We like our heading with a lot of West and a bit of South in it, averaging about 255 true. Tactically and strategically we’re able…

Tech News Philippe Kahn

Solar-Powered County Fair Makes So Much Sense

This year’s Marin County fair in northern California took its environmental theme seriously. A huge photovoltaic setup provided about 40% of the fair’s energy with clean solar power—and a solar-powered county fair makes perfect sense. Think about it: The only time you’d go to a fair (and not be miserable) is during a sunny summer’s…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

LSD Creator Albert Hofmann to Steve Jobs: “How Was LSD Useful to You?”

The Huffington Post published a previously-unseen letter from LSD creator Albert Hofmann to Steve Jobs, who has in the past praised LSD’s influence on his creative thinking. https://gizmodo.com/the-life-of-steve-jobs-5301470/ The letter itself isn’t too illuminating; Hofmann was an incredible 101 years old at the time of writing, and merely mentions that he knew Jobs had mentioned…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

The Singularity Backlash

Are you sick of the shiny, high-tech future where humans evolve into superbeings? Join the club. The latest trend is for anti-singularity futures, where tomorrow looks like yesterday. Singularity science fiction follows a Moore’s Law of the future, where science improves our lives exponentially over time. Eventually human life is so radically transformed that it’s…

Movies Annalee Newitz

The Art of Bomber Girls

One of the things I remember from my childhood years is falling in love with a bomber girl in the cover of an old PC game. Maybe that’s why I like airplanes—and airplane pinups—so much: Check the rest at Deputy Dog. [Deputy Dog]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

HTC Android Family Portraits: G1, myTouch 3G and Hero

Ever wondered what it’d be like to get three generations of Android phones together—G1, myTouch 3G and Hero? If you think that’s kind of kinky, oh man, I hope you have a clean pair of pants lying around. https://gizmodo.com/t-mobile-g1-google-android-phone-review-5062977 A couple interesting things gleaned about the Hero as I barely refrained from cramming it down…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Google Chrome OS Partners: PC and Chip-Makers, but Not Dell, Sony, or Toshiba

Google released a partial list of their Chrome OS partners, and it includes most of the big boys you’d expect, from all sectors of the computing world, from full-featured PCs to netbooks to handhelds, plus Adobe for some Flash support. The full list: Acer, Adobe, ASUS, Freescale, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments. Google is quick…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

AnalogColor Ruins Quality Photos to Create Mock-Polaroid Results

For those who cared enough to be hurt at the death of Polaroid Instant Film but not enough to make it themselves, there’s AnalogColor, which turns your crystal-clear photos into murky, nostalgic simulacrums of the classic format. https://gizmodo.com/polaroid-instant-film-killed-by-the-21st-century-354567 There’s definitely other software that’ll do this kind of thing, but AnalogColor lets you create faux-Polaroids by…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

World’s Largest RC Chopper Is Probably Big Enough for a Very Short Pilot

This RC helicopter is a scale model of a Russian Mi-24 chopper, a monstrous beast that’s 55 feet long. The scale version looks about 1/8th the size, and still scares the crap out of us. Check out the video below. We don’t really know anything about the giant “toy” helicopter, except the model it’s based…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

You Could Be Wearing A Different Robot T-Shirt 101 Days In A Row

Awesome t-shirt nerd blog Hide Your Arms went all-out and delivered unto us the manna of geek fashion: A collection of 101 robot t-shirts that you can pull over your head right now (well OK you have to buy them on the internets first). Happily, the list includes my new favorite “Robots No Follow” shirt…

io9 Annalee Newitz

LaCie’s LaCinema Rugged HD Enclosure Outputs 1080p Video, Ruggedly

LaCie’s new LaCinema Rugged HD is a 250/320/500GB, USB-powered external hard drive marketed as a multimedia player: It’ll output 1080p video to a TV over HDMI, and has a rugged enclosure in case you keep your HDTV in the woods. The LaCinema Rugged HD packs pretty much everything you’d want in a mutlimedia enclosure, with…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Windows Software Guru Now President of the Whole Windows Business

Steven Sinofsky, the amazingly competent dude at the helm of Windows 7 software development, has just been named president of the whole Windows division. He basically assumes the managerial duties of Bill Veghte, who was overseeing the business side. Having met Sinofsky on a number of occasions, I can say that it makes total sense.…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

New Harry Potter Clips Unleash Death-Eater Wrath Upon The Gingers

It’s not all kisses and hugs this Potter-go-round, and Crazy-Eyed Helena Bonham Carter is going to make sure of it. Watch as this Death-Eater descends on her next victim, all the while singing creepy little songs. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince will be out July 15.

io9 Meredith Woerner

Tornado Tower Looks Like a Cloud, Makes Its Own Energy

The Tornado Tower is a design for a performing arts center in Taipei, Taiwan, and man is it crazy. That huge bubble on top is where the theater sits, and the whole thing harnesses the wind for energy. The entire exterior is covered with curved fins that generate wind energy while also making it look…

Tech News Adam Frucci

TV Tricklesaver Makes Sure Standby Consoles Don’t Cost You Money

The Tricklesaver does two things: detect when your TV is off, and cuts off power to whatever console is plugged in so it doesn’t waste power when “off”. This is good, in theory. In theory, a standby PS3 uses about $250 a year when in the off standby position. An Xbox 360 uses a little…

Television Jason Chen

Should We Be Bothered About Dollhouse’s Debut Move?

Fox have pushed the start of Dollhouse’s second season back by one week, but is this really a sign of more trouble for the show, or are people just too ready to jump to bad conclusions? Fox announced the move via press release (which also revealed that Joss Whedon would be writing and directing the…

Television Graeme McMillan

Arctic Summers Could Be Ice-Free And Filled With Life By 2030

Arctic waters may look a lot less forbidding by 2030. New research suggests that the ice sheet on top of arctic waters will melt in summer, creating the perfect conditions for new life to take up summer residence there. Researchers at the UK National Oceanography Centre have inspected samples from arctic sea floors, discovering that…

io9 StephenGoldmeier

Giz Explains: What the Hell’s Google Chrome OS?

Google. Chrome. OS. Just reading that makes my pants tingle. But, uh, what is it exactly? Here’s what Google says: “Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks” and “most of the user experience takes place on the web.” That is, it’s “Google Chrome running within…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Samsung’s New Smartphone QWERTY Idea: Keep Trying, Guys

Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post

Pegasus Open 50 Log: Day 4, Following the Low Pressure

Solar-Powered County Fair Makes So Much Sense

LSD Creator Albert Hofmann to Steve Jobs: “How Was LSD Useful to You?”

The Singularity Backlash

The Art of Bomber Girls

HTC Android Family Portraits: G1, myTouch 3G and Hero

Google Chrome OS Partners: PC and Chip-Makers, but Not Dell, Sony, or Toshiba

AnalogColor Ruins Quality Photos to Create Mock-Polaroid Results

World’s Largest RC Chopper Is Probably Big Enough for a Very Short Pilot

You Could Be Wearing A Different Robot T-Shirt 101 Days In A Row

LaCie’s LaCinema Rugged HD Enclosure Outputs 1080p Video, Ruggedly

Windows Software Guru Now President of the Whole Windows Business

New Harry Potter Clips Unleash Death-Eater Wrath Upon The Gingers

Tornado Tower Looks Like a Cloud, Makes Its Own Energy

TV Tricklesaver Makes Sure Standby Consoles Don’t Cost You Money

Should We Be Bothered About Dollhouse’s Debut Move?

Arctic Summers Could Be Ice-Free And Filled With Life By 2030

Giz Explains: What the Hell’s Google Chrome OS?

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