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What Happens When a Computer Programmer Decides to Build a Cheap Surfboard?

Not surprisingly, you get the nerdiest surfboard ever. The “Shredder” surfboard was designed by a computer programmer named Mike Sheldrake after he decided to replace his old board. Since he did not possess the skills necessary to make a board the traditional way, he decided to use 3-D modeling software to design a snap-together deck…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

Massive Steampunk-y Telectroscope Lets You See From New York to London

The Telectroscope is more than a giant telescope—looking through its lens in NYC, you can see all the way to London—and vice versa. These steampunk creations were unveiled today in the two cities to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Brooklyn Bridge. Artist Paul St George’s Victorian-style gold and wood trim make the behemoth-size scopes…

Tech News Benny Goldman

Classic Alien Love Story In Animal Collective Video

Animal Collective’s “Peacebone” music video from the Strawberry Jam album is a perfect example of musicians embracing their inner scifi-ness. It’s the classic story: monster meets girl, monster and girl fall in love, girl has surprise for monster, and then the two do what every young couple in love does: smash mailboxes with bats.

io9 Meredith Woerner

Geniuses at AT&T Rush Out a Package with Only a Plastic Bag Inside

We’ve shown you irresponsible shipping before, but this one takes the cake. Brett from TUAW ordered a refurbed 16GB iPhone. He got (and was charged) for two by accident. OK, that’s annoying enough. But the next day he received another package from AT&T. It was shipped 2-day via DHL. Inside? One empty plastic bag, complete…

Tech News Adam Frucci

OMG Space Doggy!

Here’s a detail from “Chip And Batty Explore Space” by artist William Wegman, showing a dog looking out from a space station. The full image shows another dog space-walking in a spacesuit. It’s just one of the pieces of freaktastic art that NASA commissioned over the decades, which are going on display at the Smithsonian…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

You Can Never Have Too Many Cute Monsters

Cinemarcade has a great sheet of tiny, cute kaiju icons. For some reason, they decided to randomly rename all the Godzilla creatures Elvis — so you’ve got MechaElvis and Baby Elvis in among the other giant monster classics. I guess Godzilla is the king. Of course, my personal favorite is Ghidorah, but Megalon and Hedorah…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Yamaha Branded Deus Ex Machina Motorcycle Exoskeleton: A Segway On Steroids

Art Center Pasadena student Jake Loniak has taken everything that is cool about exoskeletons and motorcycles and crammed it into this Yamaha-branded Deus Ex Machina concept motorcycle. The vehicle is powered by ultra-capacitors and doped nano-phoshpate batteries (similar to the ones currently used in hybrid cars) and it is controlled using 36 pneumatic muscles with…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Will Mankind Ever Wear Video Glasses?

Video glasses. They should have taken over by now. The technology is good enough and cheap enough for the entire tech-buying world to be watching movies on simulated 40-inch screens (rather than squinting at their phone’s pitiful 2.4-inch display, pretending we can really see the movie). But we’re not. For well over a decade, Man…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Pentax Optio W60 Extreme Weather Cam Good for Dips, Not Dives

The Optio W60 is the most waterproof Pentax cam yet. A step up from the W30, it’s a 10MP point-and-shoot that will survive at depths up to 13 feet for two hours, good enough for the pool, beach and most non-competitive snorkeling. It also handles freezing temps (14°F) and is certified dustproof against dirt, sand…

Tech News Benny Goldman

Zoe Saldana Talks To io9 About Star Trek And Avatar

We caught up with Zoe Saldana, who plays Uhura in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek. While she couldn’t reveal too much about her work in Trek and James Cameron’s Avatar, she did give a little bit of a behind the scenes look into both. Plus she addresses whether the skirts in the new Trek will be…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Google Adds Climate-Change-Predicting Layers to Google Earth

Google has teamed up with the British Government to create a couple of really interesting new environmental layers to Google Earth based on climate change estimates for the next century or so. The first layer, produced from the data supplied by the Hadley Centre depicts CO2 concentrations spanning from November 1999 forward to October 2099.…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Jupiter Has Come Down With a Case of Chicken Pox

Jupiter seems to be sprouting lots of Red Spots these days. Of course the original gangsta, the multiple Earth-sized Great Red Spot has been around for just about four centuries. But back in 2006 Red Spot Jr. appeared and as this picture shows, researchers have just observed a third spot west of big daddy. What’s…

io9 Michael Reilly

When Will You Be Able to Replace Your Arm with a Cybernetic One?

Our Philip K. Dick-obsessed cousins apparently have their very own biogeek sage, who today tackles that most pressing of sci-fi tech questions: Where are my cybernetic implants? Short answer: They’re coming, it’s just that building people parts out of metal and plastic is hard! The sense of touch is tricky, and our nerves are not…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Guitar Hero World Tour Gets Official

Guitar Hero World Tour is now official for a Fall of 2008 release thanks to a press release making it so. As our friends at Kotaku have pointed out, the most innovative aspect of the game is the Music Studio feature that will allow users to create and share original music, essentially making the Guitar…

Tech News Sean Fallon

An Alien Invasion Via Poison Snowflakes And Giant Bugs

Argentina’s most famous alien-fighting superhero is set to star in his own movie, directed by Lucrecia Martel (whose The Woman Without A Head is appearing at Cannes right now). In El Eternauta, an alien invasion begins with a lethal snowfall that blankets Buenos Aires. The snow kills most of the city’s residents, and our hero,…

io9 Meredith Woerner

#1 Dad Notebook Mouse Has a Pretty Specific, Limited Target Market

You’re a pretty good dad, I guess, but are you the #1 dad? Are you better than all the other dads in the world? If so, this notebook mouse is designed with you and you alone in mind. If not, get back to ruining your kid’s future with your shoddy parenting. There’s nothing for you…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Look Inside The High-Tech HQ Of Control In Get Smart

A ton of new production stills from July’s Get Smart just came out, and they show the gleaming futuristic interior of Control’s headquarters. What is that weird globe-like thing behind Steve Carrell? For a moment, I hoped it might be the Cone of Silence, but I don’t think so, sadly. Click through for a gallery,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

More Job Hunting at Apple: RF Engineer With WiMax, Mobile TV and 3G Experience

Another intriguing job opportunity at Cupertino today is for a senior RF System Engineer. Unlike the GPS one, it’s not iPhone specific. Here are the chops you need: “Knowledge about Bluetooth, 3G, UWB, WiMAX, GPS, Mobile TV and similar wireless technologies and/or experience with wireless module integration into PC system or consumer products is a…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Folding Colander Is Perfect for Flat Noodles

It took 100 prototypes to figure it out, but someone engineered the folding colander. The colander uses a 12-hinge design to retain its shape for straining and then folds flat to store easily in the always precious real estate of kitchen cabinetry. It’s $29 and comes in green or white—which are specifically not the baby…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

The House Always Knows Who The Final Cylon Is

You might feel dead-on certain that you know who the final Cylon is on Battlestar Galactica — but are you willing to put money on it? Gambling site BetCRIS is taking your bets right now — and they’ve already decided the odds-on favorite to be the last, and maybe most significant, of the secret Cylons.…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

What Happens When a Computer Programmer Decides to Build a Cheap Surfboard?

Massive Steampunk-y Telectroscope Lets You See From New York to London

Classic Alien Love Story In Animal Collective Video

Geniuses at AT&T Rush Out a Package with Only a Plastic Bag Inside

OMG Space Doggy!

You Can Never Have Too Many Cute Monsters

Yamaha Branded Deus Ex Machina Motorcycle Exoskeleton: A Segway On Steroids

Will Mankind Ever Wear Video Glasses?

Pentax Optio W60 Extreme Weather Cam Good for Dips, Not Dives

Zoe Saldana Talks To io9 About Star Trek And Avatar

Google Adds Climate-Change-Predicting Layers to Google Earth

Jupiter Has Come Down With a Case of Chicken Pox

When Will You Be Able to Replace Your Arm with a Cybernetic One?

Guitar Hero World Tour Gets Official

An Alien Invasion Via Poison Snowflakes And Giant Bugs

#1 Dad Notebook Mouse Has a Pretty Specific, Limited Target Market

Look Inside The High-Tech HQ Of Control In Get Smart

More Job Hunting at Apple: RF Engineer With WiMax, Mobile TV and 3G Experience

Folding Colander Is Perfect for Flat Noodles

The House Always Knows Who The Final Cylon Is

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