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Autism Genes Are Linked to Early Learning

Most studies of autism link it to genetics. The condition is often referred to as the “geek syndrome” because some studies have shown a high incidence of autism in areas like California’s Silicon Valley, where highly technical people are having children together. Scientific studies have backed up the idea that autism is genetic, identifying several…

io9 Annalee Newitz

3GTV Is Hoping To Make You Miss Doctor Who A Little Less

Now that Doctor Who has, to all intents and purposes, left our screens until 2010 (Yes, I know that SciFi still has a few episodes left of the current season, and that there are four specials starting this December), you may be wondering what can fill the void left behind? Under the jump, we look…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Intel Health Guide Lets Doctors Check Up On You Electronically

Intel’s taking some serious steps into the medical world with its just-FDA-approved Intel Health Guide, an 8lb gadget that functions as a personal health care system. The Health Guide includes a small touch-screen PC running Windows XP and a web portal that helps connect patients and doctors. The computer can be used to remind patients…

Tech News Elaine Chow

Sony Teases New Centrino 2 Notebook Line for Monday

Sony Style has posted a teaser on its front page promising that the company’s going to drop some knowledge on Monday at 9PM. Chances are, it’s about Sony’s new Centrino 2-based VAIO line, which should offer better performance while consuming less power than its older models. Laptops rumored to be featured include the company’s first…

Gadgets Elaine Chow

How Will Smith Will Save Hollywood

With the continued, somewhat inexplicable, success of Hancock, it seems that the only constant in Hollywood math is “(Will Smith) + (4th of July Weekend) x (Genre Movie) = $$$.” Bearing that in mind, we thought that it’s be kind of us to demonstrate to some stalled SF movie projects just to how to use…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Automatic Cat Faucet is One DIY Hack That Felines Will Love

Luckily, my cat was always too dumb to make the connection between the faucet and fresh water, so she’s made do thus far with just sipping from her water dish. But I’ve heard that once kitties taste from the tap, they never want to go back. For running water addicted cats, MAKE contributor tsruzik has…

Tech News Elaine Chow

Meet Pittsburgh’s BigBots

If you’ve been putting off that trip to Pittsburgh, now might be the time to call your travel agent. Yesterday, the Steel City kicked off the Robot 250 Festival, a 17-day celebration of robot art and technology, featuring art exhibits, workshops, lectures, parties, film, and theater, all with a robot theme. Punctuating the festivities are…

io9 Lauren Davis

Seeker Robot Leads You To Steampunk Awesome

The must-have home accessory of this season has to be The Seeker Robot. This 3 1/2″ tall droid will, according to its maker, “seek whatever it’s current master commands … object, information, person … all other orders recinded!” If only it were more than an awesome (and affordable) sculpture from Etsy artist The Builder’s Studio.…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Certus Turntable Makes You Choose Between Listening to Records or Feeding Your Family

Got a lot of money to spend and a fetish for obsolete technology? The Certus Turntable by Teres Audio will play whatever records you still own for the hefty price of between $13,900 and $25,500. For the annual wage of a migrant farmer, you get a “magnetic damped multi-phase synchronous drive system to directly drive…

Tech News Elaine Chow

Did Doctor Who Hit An All-Time High? You Decide!

Last night the Sci Fi Channel aired the Doctor Who episode “Midnight” for the first time. I thought it was by far the best episode of the year, and in the running for best of the new series. You can read my recap right here. Please consider this an open comment thread for people who’ve…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Belkin Laptop Accessories Keep Your Lap Cool During Marathon Internet Surfing Sessions

Belkin has unveiled several solutions that’ll help keep laptop people like me from burning our tender flesh. Come this October, the bunch of us that adamantly refuse to work from an actual desk can choose between the $64.99 CushTop Hideaway, which doubles as a laptop storage case, or the $39.99 Laptop Cooling Lounge, which uses…

Tech News Elaine Chow

King City Free At Last

Having his publisher cancel his book and refuse to give him the rights to take it to another publisher hasn’t stopped cartoonist Brandon Graham from releasing the second book in his King City series. He’s just decided to bootleg it online. The sequel to KIng City, Graham’s sexy and wonderful 2007 book about burglar Joe…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Zing Laser Brings Laser Cutting Goodness to the Average Guy

Fans of laser engraving can now prettify all their stuff with Epilog Laser‘s new Zing Laser, a machine that’s roughly about the size of a bulky office scanner. The Zing Laser, one of the first fully functional low-cost laser etchers on the market, has 25 watts of cutting power and can engrave designs into wood,…

Tech News Elaine Chow

Warner Steps In To Show DC How To Play With Their Superhero Toys

For everyone who’s been complaining that DC Comics don’t know what to do with their characters… You’re not alone. Parent company Warner Brothers is, according to reports, stepping in to work with DC to create a cohesive strategy for how to handle the Justice League of America, Teen Titans and Metal Men (amongst others) once…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Telerobotic Shopper Lets You Hit the Malls Using a Cellphone

Japan, the land of using technology to solve problems we didn’t know we had, has come out with a new robot that will let people shop at malls without ever leaving their home. Robot developer tmsuk revealed a telerobotic shopper that can be controlled using NTT DoCoMo’s cellphone technology. In the demo, unveiled at the…

Tech News Elaine Chow

Yes, We Are Painfully Aware That Your Blenders Will Easily Pulp an iPhone 3G To Bits Thank You Very Much For Asking Again

The original iPhone with its metal back couldn’t survive the Blender’s assault, so what chance does this iPhone 3G’s plastic spine have? Zero. Then again, has anything ever failed to blend properly? I’d say these guys need a new shtick but we keep linking and you keep clicking so I guess I’m not actually as…

Tech News Brian Lam

iPod Touch Firmware 2.0 Finally Out

It’s officially up for $9.95 and you can download it from iTunes. [iTunes via Macrumors]

Tech News Brian Lam

Premium Rock Band 2 Drum Kit Surfaces: “Badass” Is The Word You’re Looking For

I play Rock Band like a champ, and when I’m with my crew I’m usually on drums. I’m a drummer, and I love playing them, and the included drum controller always seemed just fine to me. Kotaku found this photo of the premium Rock Band 2 kit and I’ve decided I must have it. UPDATE:…

Tech News Matt Hickey

Fishnet-Clad Robot Legs Are No Match For The Brainbuster Special!

A robo-girl in a leather miniskirt challenges Japan’s most invincible middle manager to a subway-train seat-getting duel — which escalates into a space battle — in this demented moment from Japan’s DVD magazine Grasshoppa!. The DVD mag, which only lasted four issues, always contained a mixture of freaky anime and bizarre live-action skits, but few…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

You’re Superhuman! So How Do You Save A Kid From Bullies?

Won’t somebody think of the bullied kids? They’re everywhere, including several of this summer’s biggest movies. Everywhere you look, kids are roughed up, getting robbed of their lunch money, having their car keys tossed in a sewer (in Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem). Even Shia got hassled by jocks in last summer’s Transformers. Luckily, there’s almost…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Autism Genes Are Linked to Early Learning

3GTV Is Hoping To Make You Miss Doctor Who A Little Less

Intel Health Guide Lets Doctors Check Up On You Electronically

Sony Teases New Centrino 2 Notebook Line for Monday

How Will Smith Will Save Hollywood

Automatic Cat Faucet is One DIY Hack That Felines Will Love

Meet Pittsburgh’s BigBots

Seeker Robot Leads You To Steampunk Awesome

Certus Turntable Makes You Choose Between Listening to Records or Feeding Your Family

Did Doctor Who Hit An All-Time High? You Decide!

Belkin Laptop Accessories Keep Your Lap Cool During Marathon Internet Surfing Sessions

King City Free At Last

Zing Laser Brings Laser Cutting Goodness to the Average Guy

Warner Steps In To Show DC How To Play With Their Superhero Toys

Telerobotic Shopper Lets You Hit the Malls Using a Cellphone

Yes, We Are Painfully Aware That Your Blenders Will Easily Pulp an iPhone 3G To Bits Thank You Very Much For Asking Again

iPod Touch Firmware 2.0 Finally Out

Premium Rock Band 2 Drum Kit Surfaces: “Badass” Is The Word You’re Looking For

Fishnet-Clad Robot Legs Are No Match For The Brainbuster Special!

You’re Superhuman! So How Do You Save A Kid From Bullies?

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