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Disneyland Jetpack (1966)

The Disneyland TV program aired Disneyland Around the Seasons on December 18, 1966. The episode contained this great clip of a man wearing a jetpack (or rocketbelt), flying around Disneyland. The entire program can be found on the DVD Disneyland: Secrets, Stories & Magic. Rocketman Uploaded by donaldtheduckie. – Videos of the latest science discoveries…

Tech News Matt Novak

Poor People Use Yahoo, Richies Use Google

Hey, don’t kill the messenger. But online marketing firm Hitwise has published a socioeconomic demographic rundown of Yahoo and Google users. And, without giving too much away, you might not want to tell your friends that you still use Yahoo (or that your Armani suit is a knock off). According to Hitwise data and this…

Tech News Mark Wilson

LEGO New Clone Wars Sets Will Excite Whoever Gets Excited by Clone Wars

The new LEGO Clone Wars sets announced at Toy Fair 2008, to be released just in time for the new Clone Wars animated movie and TV series, look nice. “Nice” as opposed to awesome giant bombers, ingenious Steam Wars, funny Indiana Jones, good old classic Star Wars or some of the best sets ever. Still,…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

iAno iPhone App Gives Your iPhone C-Minor Key

Between iAno – the newly released iPhone app that turns your cellphone into a piano – and the earlier released PocketGuitar, which does much of the same but with a guitar, it is only a matter of time before we see the first iPhone band. That will be awesomely groundbreaking, and what we ask is…

Tech News Haroon Malik

How Grandma Sees The Remote

In this comic by Roz Chast really sums it up nicely, for grandmas, parents and, let’s be honest, sometimes even ourselves during our darkest moments of troubleshooting. It reminds me of a funny story that happened to my wife’s grandma a few years back. Her television was hit by a power surge and began speaking…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Lightning in Block Form Adds to Desk Clutter, Looks Amazing

Lichtenberg figures are fantastic; they perfectly display branching electric charges that occur within, or on the surface of, certain insulating materials. Sure, that may sound like a whole load of boring, but check the image above to see why you are wrong—they look amazing. Popsci is hosting a video that shows you how to make…

Tech News Haroon Malik

Awesome Batman Toy Cape With Pop-Out WingsTurns Kids Into Dark Knight

I’ve wanted to be Batman since I was a little kid, but I’ve never had the billions required to hire Morgan Freeman to construct swollass para-military gear for me to wield an overwhelming advantage over ill-financed and poorly equipped common criminals. So, I’m going to have to settle for projecting my dreams onto my future…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Reuters/NHK: Toshiba To Pull Plug on HD DVD Next Week

Both Japan’s NHK and Reuters are reporting that Toshiba is going to finally pull the trigger on HD DVD, ending the format war after being punted by Wal-Mart (the country’s biggest retailer), Best Buy and Netflix. The official announcement will come next week, though Reuters’ source confirmed that “We have entered the final stage of…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

PSP Time Machine Lets You Restore Firmware Versions of Old

Dark-AleX has just released a hack for the PSP that boots from the Memory Stick, and will allow you to select any firmware version you so choose. The app, dubbed Time Machine, will also boot-up PSPs with destroyed firmware, a second life for you not-so-great hackers out there. It functions via Pandora, and looks a…

Tech News Haroon Malik

Looking for Life on Mars with the Next Generation Rover

Definitely one of the coolest symposia at AAAS was the one this afternoon devoted to the Martian rovers — past, present, and future. On the panel were NASA’s Richard Cook, who helped design Spirit and Opportunity as well as the next Martian rover; Steven Squyres, a Cornell geologist who has been working with Spirit and…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Make Your Own Physical Gmail Notifier

There are quite a few email notifiers on the market, but none of those gadgets can give you the satisfaction that comes with building something with your own two hands. Given the fact that I am lazy and unskilled, I would just as soon purchase the device, but for anyone with skills and some determination,…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Farmer Jones and the Year 2000 (1956)

The Independent Press-Telegram magazine, Southland (Long Beach, CA) dedicated their entire November 4, 1956 issue to “You and the Year 2000.” The section about farming appears below. The most odd scenario depicted is one in which an H-bomb actually makes crops grow better. The entire article by George Serviss, entitled “Anyone for a Garchidrose?” appears…

Tech News Matt Novak

Darth Vader Vs. The Spartans

If you’ve ever wanted to see Star Wars mashed up with 300, then this clip from the short-lived 1978 show Quark may make you happy. Or maybe not. The Great Gorgon, a transparent Darth Vader rip-off, comes in his big orange Death Star to conquer the planet of Spartans… who surrender. I remember loving Quark…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

New Atomic Clock Will Be Accurate for 200 Million Years

Physicists at the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics have developed a new atomic clock that is so accurate, it will not lose a second of time in more than 200 million years. That makes the old atomic clock record holder and its 80 million year accuracy rating look like something you would get out of…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Get Your Steampunk Freak On With New Webcomic

If you’ve been hankering for a beautifully-illustrated, free steampunk webcomic, then today’s launch of FreakAngels may be just the thing you’re looking for. The six page launch episode of the weekly strip by Warren Ellis and new artist Paul Duffield may currently be full of familiar Ellis-isms, but is worth your time for the art…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Palm Gets Dicky Towards RIM With Full Page Newspaper Ads

Remember the BlackBerry outage? You know, the one that happened on Monday? Palm sure didn’t, and they’re betting that you didn’t either, which is why they’ve taken out advertisements in major newspapers across the country to simultaneously kick RIM in the nads and pump up their own service. As you can see above, they’re emphasizing…

Tech News Jason Chen

World’s Largest Solar Farm Opens: A Billion Trees Probably Died to Build It

A solar farm has opened in Spain that consists of 120,000 solar panels over 100 hectares (247 acres). It also has a peak capacity of 20 megawatts and it can power up to 20,000 homes—making it the world’s largest solar farm to date. The farm is expected to generate an estimated annual income of $28…

Tech News Sean Fallon

How To Create The Most Boring Villains In The Universe

Now that we know volume three of Heroes will be called “Villains,” it’s not too soon to start bracing ourselves for the worst. After all, that show hasn’t had the greatest track record in creating and sustaining villains so far. There’s no surefire way to make a villain scary and memorable. But there are some…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

60 Second Charcoal Starter is Not a Bunch Of Hot Air…Wait, Yes It Is

I think that most people will agree that charcoal grilled burgers taste better, but getting those little briquette bastards to light can be more trouble than it is worth. Fortunately, there are dangerous man-tools out there that can help get the job done. Hammacher has just such a device—in fact, they claim that their starter…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

Aircraft Carrier Condominiums In A Post-Nuclear Junkyard

Fallout 3 comes out later this year. Like the first two games, it’s all about surviving in a post-nuclear world full of mutants, radiation, and other bad stuff that wants to kill you. In the concept artwork above, you can see how mankind has adapted to what’s left of the world by building a makeshift…

io9 Kevin Kelly

Disneyland Jetpack (1966)

Poor People Use Yahoo, Richies Use Google

LEGO New Clone Wars Sets Will Excite Whoever Gets Excited by Clone Wars

iAno iPhone App Gives Your iPhone C-Minor Key

How Grandma Sees The Remote

Lightning in Block Form Adds to Desk Clutter, Looks Amazing

Awesome Batman Toy Cape With Pop-Out WingsTurns Kids Into Dark Knight

Reuters/NHK: Toshiba To Pull Plug on HD DVD Next Week

PSP Time Machine Lets You Restore Firmware Versions of Old

Looking for Life on Mars with the Next Generation Rover

Make Your Own Physical Gmail Notifier

Farmer Jones and the Year 2000 (1956)

Darth Vader Vs. The Spartans

New Atomic Clock Will Be Accurate for 200 Million Years

Get Your Steampunk Freak On With New Webcomic

Palm Gets Dicky Towards RIM With Full Page Newspaper Ads

World’s Largest Solar Farm Opens: A Billion Trees Probably Died to Build It

How To Create The Most Boring Villains In The Universe

60 Second Charcoal Starter is Not a Bunch Of Hot Air…Wait, Yes It Is

Aircraft Carrier Condominiums In A Post-Nuclear Junkyard

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