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This Ingenious Car From 1923 Turned Into a Boat

It seems like every futurist and her sister wanted to turn cars into boats back in the 20th century. Remember the Water-Mobile of 1947? Or how about the poor man’s yacht of 1958? Well, this Jazz Age invention had them all beat. The October 1923 issue of Practical Electrics magazine included this peek at the…

Tech News Matt Novak Jul 6 '16

NASA Kepler Twitter Account Hacked, Tweets Sexy Butt

The official Twitter account for NASA’s Kepler, which surveys parts of the Milky Way Galaxy in search for hospitable planets, just got hacked. It’s unclear how or why the account was hacked, but it definitely tweeted a butt and a sketchy link. Unfortunately for NASA, the tweet also shows up in the mission website. This…

Tech News William Turton Jul 6 '16

What Are the Guts of a Dartboard Made of?

In the above gif you can see that the face material of a dartboard looks a whole lot like horsehair. And plenty of people will insist that high-quality dartboards are made with horse or camel hair, but it simply isn’t true. What’s really in a dartboard is called sisal, and it’s more closely related to…

Sploid Avery Ellis Jul 6 '16

A 15-Year-Old Black Girl Is Going to Replace Tony Stark As Iron Man

It looked like Riri Williams was going to be the next War Machine, taking the spot of the recently deceased James Rhodes. But it turns out that the subplot involving the teenage genius will be going somewhere else entirely. Marvel says that Riri will be wearing red-and-gold power armor soon and becoming an Iron Person.…

io9 Evan Narcisse Jul 6 '16

How to Shoot 360-Degree Photos With Your Smartphone

Flat, two-dimensional photos are old news. The future is 360-degree photos that let you look around in any direction from a single standing position. You can share 360-degree photos everywhere from Facebook to Street View, and unlike 360 video, they can be easily snapped using the phone you’ve already got. Here’s how to get started.…

Gadgets David Nield Jul 6 '16

Trump’s Favorite Real Estate Will Get Swallowed by the Ocean

Celebrity cheese puff and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has a problem: climate change. Despite dismissing our global planetary crisis as a Chinese hoax, the real estate mogul’s prized real estate is directly in the line of fire. In thirty years, Tump’s Mar-a-Lago club could be under a foot of water. The Guardian commissioned…

Climate Change Maddie Stone Jul 6 '16

Yet Another Tesla Crash Blamed on Autopilot Mode

Another Tesla vehicle crashed while operating in Autopilot mode, according to the car’s driver. The latest crash occurred on July 1st, just two days after US regulators announced they were investigating the first fatality in a wreck involving a car in self-driving mode. The latest crash involved a Tesla Model X, the more spacious variant…

Tech News Michael Nunez Jul 6 '16

Guy Spends Four Years, $50K Building Giant Computer to Play Tetris

We’ve all got hobbies that we probably spend too much time and money on. But only one of us has spent four years and $53,000 building a giant computer that can play Tetris. James Newman’s “Megaprocessor” is 33 feet wide, 6 feet high, and weighs half a ton. It’s really, really big. It has 10,000…

Tech News Angela Chen Jul 6 '16

Barge-Size Noah’s Ark Is a Creationist’s Wet Dream

Built by Christians who believe the Earth is 6,000 years old, a 510-foot-long, $100 million “replica” of Noah’s Ark is set to open in a new Kentucky theme park later this week. Critics say the attraction is nothing more than a big church that’ll be used to perpetuate creationist nonsense. The new theme park, called…

Tech News George Dvorsky Jul 6 '16

More Luke Skywalker Clues in New Star Wars Episode VIII Set Footage

John Bradley talks about those Sam Tarly/Citadel theories on Game of Thrones. A sequel to cult classic Goonies is looking even less likely. Kevin Smith confirms his Flash return. Plus, a new clip from The Killing Joke, and when to expect the return of American Horror Story. Behold, Spoilers! Star Wars: Episode VIII A new…

Television James Whitbrook Jul 6 '16

Google’s Self-Driving Cars Can Recognize Cyclist Hand Signals

Last month, Google focused on teaching its self-driving cars to honk appropriately. Now, it’s taking safety into its own hands and learning how to deal with all those cyclists on the road. According to Google’s latest self-driving car report, the autonomous cars can now detect a cyclist’s hand signals, and use machine learning to remember…

Tech News Angela Chen Jul 6 '16

Now Scientists Are Teaching a Robot to Hunt Prey

Some scientists are hard at work making a “kill switch” to overpower a too-strong AI and protect us, if needed. Others are specifically teaching robots how to hunt prey, also to help us. What a world. Researchers at the University of Zurich’s Institute of Neuroinformatics are teaching a small, truck-shaped robot to see, track, and…

Artificial Intelligence Angela Chen Jul 6 '16

NYC’s Elegant Storm-Proofing Proposal Will Probably End Up Being a ‘Big Dumb Wall’

In 2014, New York City funded a proposal called the “Big U,” a 10-mile barrier around Lower Manhattan to prevent the devastating effects of both storm surges and sea-level rise. The biggest strength of the $540 million project was that the infrastructure would do double-duty by adding parks and public space around the perimeter of…

Climate Change Alissa Walker Jul 5 '16

How Champion Eater Joey ‘Jaws’ Chestnut Scarfed Down 70 Hot Dogs in 10 Minutes

Competitive eater Joey “Jaws” Chestnut set a new record this Fourth of July when he scarfed down a whopping 70 hot dogs and buns in just 10 minutes at the annual Famous Nathan’s hot dog eating contest in Coney Island. How do he and other champion competitive eaters do it? With a couple of savvy…

Tech News Jennifer Ouellette Jul 5 '16

A New Rogue One Trailer Is Coming Next Week

Star Wars fans have long suspected that our next glimpse at Rogue One: A Star Wars Story would come on July 15. That’s when a panel on the film takes place at Star Wars Celebration in London, so a trailer felt inevitable. Now, we have confirmation that it’s coming—and it’ll be on TV too. Making…

io9 Germain Lussier Jul 5 '16

BearCam Is Back, Bitches

Summer is here, and it’s time for some hot bear-on-fish action. The bears who munch on tasty salmon at Brooks Falls in Alaska’s Katmai National Park have become social media celebrities. Thanks to Explore.org, the circle of life has turned into an annual internet event, now with 24/7 coverage, several camera angles, and the ability…

Tech News Alissa Walker Jul 5 '16

The World’s Largest Vertical Farm Is Being Built in New Jersey

A huge vertical farm—where crops are planted, grown, and harvested all with neither sun nor soil—is being built in New Jersey. When it’s finished, it will be the largest one in the world. You can see one of the (smaller) existing factories from AeroFarm, on which the new one will be modeled, above in this…

Tech News Ria Misra Jul 5 '16

How Star Trek Is Attempting to Rule Comic-Con 2016

We all know 2016 is the 50th anniversary of Star Trek, and that’s cause for a lot of fanfare. A new movie, a new TV show, and multiple conventions are just a few of the things on the way. It also seems Star Trek has set its phasers to conquer the biggest convention of them…

io9 Germain Lussier Jul 5 '16

The Killing Joke Trailer, Redrawn in the Style of the Original Comic

One criticism levied at the upcoming animated adaptation of The Killing Joke is how the movie’s art style fails to really capture the aesthetic used by Brian Bolland and John Higgins in the original graphic novel. This brilliant trailer remake imagines what might have been if it did. Made by Emil Ryderup (better known as…

io9 James Whitbrook Jul 5 '16

People Describe the First Time They Drank Gatorade in a Highly Inspirational Video

Do you remember the first time you drank Gatorade? I do. I was 14, and I had just finished the final set of “suicides” that my asshole tennis coach made our team do in 95-degree heat. It was amazing. I got nothing on the people in this video, though. The “football milk”—alternately described as a…

Sploid Sophie Kleeman Jul 5 '16

This Ingenious Car From 1923 Turned Into a Boat

NASA Kepler Twitter Account Hacked, Tweets Sexy Butt

What Are the Guts of a Dartboard Made of?

A 15-Year-Old Black Girl Is Going to Replace Tony Stark As Iron Man

How to Shoot 360-Degree Photos With Your Smartphone

Trump’s Favorite Real Estate Will Get Swallowed by the Ocean

Yet Another Tesla Crash Blamed on Autopilot Mode

Guy Spends Four Years, $50K Building Giant Computer to Play Tetris

Barge-Size Noah’s Ark Is a Creationist’s Wet Dream

More Luke Skywalker Clues in New Star Wars Episode VIII Set Footage

Google’s Self-Driving Cars Can Recognize Cyclist Hand Signals

Now Scientists Are Teaching a Robot to Hunt Prey

NYC’s Elegant Storm-Proofing Proposal Will Probably End Up Being a ‘Big Dumb Wall’

How Champion Eater Joey ‘Jaws’ Chestnut Scarfed Down 70 Hot Dogs in 10 Minutes

A New Rogue One Trailer Is Coming Next Week

BearCam Is Back, Bitches

The World’s Largest Vertical Farm Is Being Built in New Jersey

How Star Trek Is Attempting to Rule Comic-Con 2016

The Killing Joke Trailer, Redrawn in the Style of the Original Comic

People Describe the First Time They Drank Gatorade in a Highly Inspirational Video

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