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Question of the Day: Does Your Partner Understand Your Gadget Obsession?

It’s funny how technology can really put a wedge between two people in a relationship. That is to say, finding a couple where both parties share a genuine love for gadgets seems pretty rare. This issue is especially problematic when video games are involved. We are constantly hearing stories about how some dude is turning…

Gadgets Sean Fallon Jul 23 '08

Amazing Wii-Like 3-D Controller Interface Built With Foil, Wiring, Resistors and Arduino

What you’re looking at here is an actual Wii-like 3-D controller interface that can track objects like your hand in real time. It may look a little shoddy, but what’s amazing is that this very functional 3-D interface was built by a hobbyist with parts most DIYers can find in their couch cushions—six resistors, aluminum…

Tech News John Mahoney Jul 23 '08

Lightning Review: Caps4Stix Thumstick Covers

The Gadget: Caps4Stix rubber thumbstick covers for Xbox 360 and PS3. They’re meant to add more grip for better precision and control. The Price: About $2 per pair. The Verdict: Pretty good! I usually hate this rubbery add-on stuff that fattens up a sleekly designed gadget, but I have to admit, playing both the PS3…

Reviews Mark Wilson Jul 23 '08

Mad Science Contest: Build a Lifeform and We’ll Send You to Hong Kong or Give You $1000

You still have over a month to enter io9’s mad science contest to build a lifeform. Synthetic biology is the science of the future! You can never have too many garage laboratories and mad scientists devoted to it. That’s why io9 is sponsoring a contest to find two of the best synthetic life forms you…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jul 23 '08

MythTV’s MyMote iPhone Remote App

The idea of controlling your DVR via your iPhone is nothing new, but this MythTV iPhone remote allows Linux DVR users to get in on the fun of using their phones as visual remotes. It’s got a real-time program guide so you can easily set recordings, plus the standard channel and volume buttons to flip…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 23 '08

Just Call Harvey Dent The Comeback Kid

Don’t give up on Harvey Dent! Gotham City’s crusading district attorney wouldn’t give up on you, so why shouldn’t you have faith in his comeback chops? Actor Aaron Eckhart is ready – eager, even – to reprise the “white knight” role from The Dark Knight in a third Batman movie. Spoilers ahead, kiddies. Eckhart told…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 23 '08

Crazy Human-Powered Monorail Would Deliver You to Work in a Sweaty Capsule

How’s this sound: rather than hopping on the subway, when in a large city you’d hop into a little pod hanging from an elevated track. It would have pedals. You would then pedal yourself around the city, working up a lovely sweat before you reached your destination. Sound good? No? Well, thank your lucky stars…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Jul 23 '08

On Esquire’s Stupid E-Ink Cover

I love stupid gimmicks, don’t get me wrong. But this cover is one of the worst ideas I’ve heard from a publication in awhile. Said the editor to the NYTimes: “Magazines have basically looked the same for 150 years,” Mr. Granger said. “I have been frustrated with the lack of forward movement in the magazine…

Commerce Brian Lam Jul 23 '08

AT&T Bringing (a Tiny, Frustrating Bit Of) Speech Recognition to the iPhone, Others

AT&T’s Speech Mashups is a web-based service that will bring voice-activated search to the iPhone, as well as other Edge and 3G handsets. Instead of managing speech recognition on the actual handset, Speech Mashups sends the audio sample to the server, processes it and sends back a text transcription or command to your phone. Unfortunately…

Tech News John Herrman Jul 23 '08

Ford Says Electric Cars “Commercially Feasible” By 1977

Move over, EV Smart Car, here comes your granny—the Ford Comuta! Two test models of the tiny (80 inch long) electric car were built by Ford in 1967 and demonstrated in the U.S. and Britain. Powered by batteries located in the wheel hubs, the Comuta’s top speed was a mere 25 mph. Six months prior…

io9 Lynn Peril Jul 23 '08

SlyDial: Avoid Annoying Conversations by Going Directly to Voicemail

If there is one thing I can’t stand it is getting into long-winded conversations with people on the phone. This is especially true if that person happens to be annoying. If I am forced to initiate the call, I find myself muttering a silent prayer that they won’t pick up, but the fact of the…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jul 23 '08

Rumor: Next iPod nano to be Multi-Colored

According to a rumor that’s been getting a little traction on the Mac sites, the new iPod nano will be multi-colored. Notice that we said “nano” and not “nanos.” Because while the current nano line is offered in multiple colors, 9to5Mac is claiming that the next nano will have more than one color on each…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jul 23 '08

Researchers Squeeze 60% More Light Out of OLEDs With Tiny Lenses

Optics junkies at the University of Michigan have found a way to greatly boost the efficiency of OLEDs to produce 60% more light from the same amount of power as those previous, cranking out 70 lumens per watt. Their method uses a layer of five-micrometer-wide lenses mounted on top of a reflective grid, which coaxes…

Tech News John Mahoney Jul 23 '08

Show Your Book Trailer To Movie Audiences — And Stephen King

We’ve already told you about the hot trend of Youtube trailers for books, and now it’s going to the next level – a book trailer chosen by Stephen King will appear in movie theaters. http://io9.com/5026422/watch-jeff-carlson-kill-and-see-aliens-get-laid-++-in-book-trailers Okay, so it’s only a couple of theaters: at a New York city movie premiere and in the winner’s hometown.…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Jul 23 '08

Syd Mead Tells All About the “Erotic Machine” that Got Cut from Bladerunner

Today on BoingBoing TV, you can see the final part of Joel Johnson’s epic interview with conceptual designer Syd Mead, the man who made the citiscapes of Bladerunner into some of the most memorable futuristic settings ever committed to film. Mead talks about the many alternate openings he created for the movie (one of which…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jul 23 '08

Gyroxus Full-Motion Gaming Chair Leans Your Entire Body

There are gaming chairs that have speakers and a subwoofer, which are nice and have been done to death, but Gyroxus’ gaming chair is a GAMING CHAIR. It’s akin to the types of rigs you see in arcades that jiggles you like crazy in sync with whatever racing, flying or shooting game you’ve just thrown…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 23 '08

XM-Sirius Merger Nears Approval, Comes Down To One Commissioner’s Vote

And here she is. After FCC commissioner Johnathan Adelstein withdrew his support today, the vote is now deadlocked and awaiting the yea or nay from Deborah Taylor Tate, a Republican who is expected to approve the merger so all of this can finally be over and done with (something tells me a large batch of…

Tech News John Mahoney Jul 23 '08

William S Preston, Esq, To Direct Ben 10 Live-Action Movie

Cartoon Network are taking another opportunity to miss the point of their name by planning a second live-action TV movie based upon their successful Ben 10 franchise, following on from last year’s record-breakingly successful Ben 10: Race Against Time movie. Unlike the first movie, however, this sequel will introduce a scary new component: teenagers. Based…

io9 Graeme McMillan Jul 23 '08

Lightning Review: BookEndz Docking Station for MacBook, MacBook Pro

The Gadget: A laptop docking station for your Apple MacBook and MacBook Pro that makes it extremely easy to plug in all your various ports in one easy lever-based motion instead of one by one like some sort of neanderthal. The ports are replicated in the back of the BookEndz so you can always keep…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 23 '08

First BlackBerry Kickstart 8220 Impressions (Verdict: Solid Hardware)

The kids over at CrackBerry got their hands on the new Blackberry Kickstart 8220-the first flip phone BlackBerry. And while they have yet to publish a complete review, CrackBerry definitely likes the hardware, claiming that RIM has not cheapened the build quality for its casual audience. But how does it match up to the BlackBerry…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jul 23 '08

Question of the Day: Does Your Partner Understand Your Gadget Obsession?

Amazing Wii-Like 3-D Controller Interface Built With Foil, Wiring, Resistors and Arduino

Lightning Review: Caps4Stix Thumstick Covers

Mad Science Contest: Build a Lifeform and We’ll Send You to Hong Kong or Give You $1000

MythTV’s MyMote iPhone Remote App

Just Call Harvey Dent The Comeback Kid

Crazy Human-Powered Monorail Would Deliver You to Work in a Sweaty Capsule

On Esquire’s Stupid E-Ink Cover

AT&T Bringing (a Tiny, Frustrating Bit Of) Speech Recognition to the iPhone, Others

Ford Says Electric Cars “Commercially Feasible” By 1977

SlyDial: Avoid Annoying Conversations by Going Directly to Voicemail

Rumor: Next iPod nano to be Multi-Colored

Researchers Squeeze 60% More Light Out of OLEDs With Tiny Lenses

Show Your Book Trailer To Movie Audiences — And Stephen King

Syd Mead Tells All About the “Erotic Machine” that Got Cut from Bladerunner

Gyroxus Full-Motion Gaming Chair Leans Your Entire Body

XM-Sirius Merger Nears Approval, Comes Down To One Commissioner’s Vote

William S Preston, Esq, To Direct Ben 10 Live-Action Movie

Lightning Review: BookEndz Docking Station for MacBook, MacBook Pro

First BlackBerry Kickstart 8220 Impressions (Verdict: Solid Hardware)

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