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HTC Vive’s New Tracker Turns Every Real World Object Into a VR Toy

Last year, HTC made the best virtual reality experience possible. One as close to the promise of Star Trek’s Holodeck as we’ve ever come. This year, at CES HTC hopes to improve on that experience by introducing two new accessories, a welcomed new headset strap and the Vive Tracker, a small peripheral that lets you…

Tech News Alex Cranz

A New Accessory Makes the MacBook Pro Actually Suitable For Pros

One of the biggest professional gripes about the new MacBook Pro—dongle issues aside—is its lack of upgradability. Apple made the decision to solder the storage onto the logic board (just as it does with RAM), making it impossible for users to upgrade past the capacity they choose at the time of purchase. Fortunately, longtime Mac…

Tech News Christina Warren

Would You?

At CES on Wednesday, Toyota revealed Concept-i, an AI-assisted concept vehicle that uses machine learning to “build a relationship that is meaningful and human.” Among other things, this apparently means the ability to wink demurely at its driver. This poses the question: Would you? Well? Would you do it?

Sploid Hudson Hongo

Lush 2D Animated Film Reflections Examines the Many Stages of Heartbreak

Morgan Gruer’s fluid Reflections is made up of 1,100 individual drawings—it looks exactly like a watercolor painting come to life. Just as striking as the artwork is the subject matter, as a woman endures rapidly shifting emotions (and, for a moment, questions the nature of reality) after a sudden breakup. [Vimeo Staff Picks]

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This Stabilized Footage of a Drone Flying Up a Mountain Is Pure Gorgeousness

Damn. I feel like I’m watching the Paramount Pictures title sequence (you know, the one with the stars and the snowy mountain) come to life. Or, like, the opening sequence to a huge blockbuster movie right before it kicks off its first action scene. But I’m just watching a drone fly up the east ridge…

Sploid Casey Chan

Black+Decker’s New Robovac Compresses Dirt Into Garbage Discs That Are Easy to Throw Away

Robots have been cleaning our floors ever since the first Roomba arrived 14 years ago, but it’s not a completely hands-off chore yet. You still have to occasionally clean out your robovac’s dirt bin, which Black+Decker is making a little easier with its new Smartech Robotic Vacuum that compresses debris into discs that are easy…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

What the Hell Is Technics Thinking?

Last year, Panasonic revived the famous Technics 1200 line of turntables. We were stoked to see the beloved DJ-staple make a comeback, but the mouth-watering $4,000 price point put it out of contention for most DJs or vinyl snobs. That’s exactly why we were excited to see Panasonic unveil the updated Technics SL-1200GR (the “R”…

Tech News Christina Warren

NASA Is Actually Going to Visit That Insane Metallic World

There’s nothing quite like Psyche anywhere else in our solar system—a small asteroid belt object made entirely of iron-nickel metal. Which is why NASA has decided to send a probe to check out the bizarre beast up close. “Human kind has visited rocky worlds and icy worlds, but we’ve never seen a metal world,” Lindy…

Space & Spaceflight Maddie Stone

What’s Up with Characters Drinking Milk in Movies?

It’s not a glass of whiskey, and it’s certainly not a martini that’s shaken, not stirred. But there is something surprisingly cinematic about a character drinking a glass of milk in movies. This is partly because we can relate to drinking milk from our childhood. Adults drinking milk is also just so damn creepy. It’s…

Sploid Casey Chan

This Han Solo Fan Film Is the Next Best Thing While Waiting For the New Star Wars Spinoff

We heard yesterday that we might have to wait a little longer to see the young Han Solo Star Wars Story movie. While you’re waiting, why not check out this nifty fan film that gives a little taste of just how fun a pre-A New Hope Han Solo film could be? Han Solo: A Smuggler’s…

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Samsung’s New Chromebook Knows What You Want to Write Before You Do

Google knows who I want to email before I email them. It knows what I want to type before I type it. It even knows where I want to drive to before I drive. So it was only a matter of time before Google figured out what I wanted to write with my pen before…

Gadgets Alex Cranz

How Russians Imagined the Year 2017 In 1960

How did the people of the Soviet Union expect to live in the year 2017? A filmstrip from 1960 shows that their expectations were pretty similar to the futuristic predictions of Americans. With a touch more Communism, of course. Matt Baillie from the Facebook group Soviet Visuals sent me a tip about the retro-futuristic filmstrip,…

Tech News Matt Novak

Astronomers Pinpointed the Location of Multiple Weird Radio Bursts Beyond Our Galaxy

Fast radio bursts, powerful pulses of radio energy of unknown cosmic origin, are a source of endless fascination to astronomers and alien conspiracy theory fodder to everybody else. But while most FRBs discovered to date are one-off events—a single chirp in the interstellar void, if you will—these phenomena got more interesting last year when astronomers…

Space & Spaceflight Maddie Stone

Kubrick’s Game Is The Da Vinci Code Written for Film Nerds

If you’re a fan of movies, Stanley Kubrick, and propulsive beach-reads books where plots, prose, and character are second to crazy twists and turns, Derek Taylor Kent’s new novel Kubrick’s Game is for you. It follows a group of film students trying to solve a complex puzzle embedded in the films of Stanley Kubrick, all…

io9 Germain Lussier

Photoshop Contest: What Large Poster Should Bernie Have Brought to the Senate Floor?

On Wednesday afternoon, Bernie Sanders decided to print out a big ol’ copy of a Donald Trump tweet and bring it to the floor of the United States Senate. The incident happened during a debate about the repeal of Obamacare, and the tweet in question was this one: As we noted earlier today, Bernie was…

Tech News Sophie Kleeman

This Shiny Connected Toaster Uses Your Smartphone to Remember Your Perfect Toasting Settings

It’s one of the simplest appliances in your kitchen, but how many times have you popped bread in a toaster, only to have it nuke your slice because the previous user had it set to well done? Too often, which is why Griffin Technology’s shiny new Connected Toaster isn’t that absurd of an idea. The…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Clever Chargers Remind You to Plug in Your Phone Whenever You’re Near Them

There’s no point in buying a backup battery if you keep forgetting to top off your mobile devices before they die. So Griffin Technology’s new PowerBlock Beacon and PowerJolt Beacon external chargers will actually send your smartphone or tablet a notification when they’re nearby, reminding you to top off their batteries. Both chargers connect to…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Glide Across the Water Like a Douchebag Swan on the New ‘SwagSurf’

Swagtron, the ludicrously named company that previously went by the equally ludicrous name Swagway, has some new gear for 2017. One of the gadgets is called “SwagSurf,” and it’s exactly what it sounds like: a chariot that will (supposedly) carry you across bodies of water like a shitty millennial Jesus. Swagtron is set to show…

Tech News Sophie Kleeman

A New Zombie Classic Is Coming Out Very Soon and You Don’t Want To Miss It

One of the best zombie movies to come out in years is finally coming to the U.S. later this month, and we want to make sure you don’t miss it. It’s called The Girl With All The Gifts, and it’s got a new trailer. Directed by Colm McCarthy and starring Paddy Considine, Glenn Close, and…

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Bernie Just Printed a Gigantic Trump Tweet and Brought It to the Senate Floor

The Senate is currently debating the repeal of Obamacare. And since Senators love their visual aids, it makes sense that Bernie Sanders brought one along with him to work today. But Bernie’s sign marks the dawn of a new era in a lot of ways. He literally just printed out a tweet from President-elect Donald…

Tech News Matt Novak

HTC Vive’s New Tracker Turns Every Real World Object Into a VR Toy

A New Accessory Makes the MacBook Pro Actually Suitable For Pros

Would You?

Lush 2D Animated Film Reflections Examines the Many Stages of Heartbreak

This Stabilized Footage of a Drone Flying Up a Mountain Is Pure Gorgeousness

Black+Decker’s New Robovac Compresses Dirt Into Garbage Discs That Are Easy to Throw Away

What the Hell Is Technics Thinking?

NASA Is Actually Going to Visit That Insane Metallic World

What’s Up with Characters Drinking Milk in Movies?

This Han Solo Fan Film Is the Next Best Thing While Waiting For the New Star Wars Spinoff

Samsung’s New Chromebook Knows What You Want to Write Before You Do

How Russians Imagined the Year 2017 In 1960

Astronomers Pinpointed the Location of Multiple Weird Radio Bursts Beyond Our Galaxy

Kubrick’s Game Is The Da Vinci Code Written for Film Nerds

Photoshop Contest: What Large Poster Should Bernie Have Brought to the Senate Floor?

This Shiny Connected Toaster Uses Your Smartphone to Remember Your Perfect Toasting Settings

Clever Chargers Remind You to Plug in Your Phone Whenever You’re Near Them

Glide Across the Water Like a Douchebag Swan on the New ‘SwagSurf’

A New Zombie Classic Is Coming Out Very Soon and You Don’t Want To Miss It

Bernie Just Printed a Gigantic Trump Tweet and Brought It to the Senate Floor

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