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New Challenger Approaching: Fossil Shows Off New Android Wear Watch

At the Intel Developers Conference—the company’s chance once per year to talk about more than just chips (but also chips)—Fossil along with Intel took the covers off its first wearable, an Android Wear smartwatch that still remains mysteriously unnamed. We’ve known this watch was coming for awhile and in the looks department, it seems like…

Tech News Darren Orf

Someone Made an Interactive Sculpture Out of Ferrofluid and it is Mesmerizing

Ferrofluid is a magnetic liquid, invented by a NASA engineer in the 1960s, that has, in recent years, become a popular medium among scientifically inclined artists. Ferroflow is an interactive desktop sculpture that makes it possible to play with ferrofluid—needless to say, we want it. Creator Matt Robinson calls Ferroflow “a modern day, high tech…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

California Burning: Dramatic Photos Of Firefighters In Action

On Friday, California firefighters managed to fully contain the once-69,000-acre Rocky Fire. But 17 other fires still burn, with 13,000 men and women actively involved in fighting them. These photos capture the ongoing intensity. Want to follow along at home? This map from Cal Fire uses live data to plot its ongoing firefighting efforts. It’d…

Tech News Wes Siler

Intel and Google Voltron Their 3D Cameras Into a Single Smartphone

We’ve still got no idea when you’ll be able to buy a smartphone with Google’s 3D-sensing Project Tango technology inside, but here’s a spot of good news: Intel is contributing its own 3D camera tech to Google to help make it a reality. Even though Intel has its own competing depth-sensing camera technology, Intel RealSense,…

Tech News Sean Hollister

This Addictive Tool Creates Emoji Mosaics of Any Photo

Eric Andrew Lewis works as a web developer at The New York Times, but in his spare time he likes to find ways to make it hard for people to get any work done on a Tuesday afternoon. That’s why he created this simple online tool that turns any photo into a colorful mosaic of…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

This Bedtime Book Uses Psychology Tricks To Make Kids Fall Asleep Fast

There’s a new weapon in the war on bedtime that might finally give parents the definitive advantage over their kids. The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep is a new children’s book written using specific psychological techniques that help kids relax and quickly doze off. Self-published by a Swedish behavioural psychologist and linguist named Carl-Johan…

Books & Comics Andrew Liszewski

How Horror Brings Human Beings Together

Horror stories can get our blood pumping and our hearts racing, but what is the social benefit of scary tales? In a roundtable on horror fiction for Mind Meld, Pretty Little Dead Girls author Mercedes M. Yardley shares an oddly sweet take on the positive side of fear. I love to use fear as a…

io9 Shaenon K. Garrity

The trippy story of a Japanese rock singer turned professional killer

Karaoke, Japan, rock and roll, gummy bears, professional killers. I don’t really know what the hell I just watched but I couldn’t take my eyes out of it. The weirdness in this short film builds up and up and when you think it can’t possibly get any weirder something even more weird happens. Oni Go…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi

9 Star Wars Toys That Were Canceled Before Anybody Could Buy Them

Star Wars merchandising is infamous for making a toy out of almost everything in the movies and beyond. That fervor is something we’ll be seeing again next month, when new toys for The Force Awakens come out. But not every Star Wars toy planned has actually been released! Here are nine that never saw the…

io9 James Whitbrook

Your Car Can Be Hacked. So What Are Auto-Makers Doing About It?

When I watched some security researchers hack into several cars without even touching them, my head exploded a little bit. There are countless models on the market now that offer slick upgrades like 4G LTE connectivity and even wifi. Why have wifi in your car? Who cares, the car companies must think, people will pay…

Privacy & Security Adam Clark Estes

When You Have an Orgasm for No Reason

Imagine you’re playing a video game, maybe walking somewhere, basically minding your own business when the orgasm arrives. No arousal, no physical stimulation, no buildup, no control: just an instantaneous shift from status quo to woaaah. It’s called an orgasmic seizure. Here’s what scientists are learning from people with this unusual condition. For people with…

Tech News Diane Kelly

Hayley Atwell Wants to Be Doctor Who and I Will Destroy Anyone Who Tries to Stop Her

In a casual Twitter Q&A session, Agent Carter actress Hayley Atwell was asked if she might want to make a guest appearance on Doctor Who. Her answer was no… only because she wants to BE the Doctor. So. Who do I have to kidnap and hold against their will to make this happen? Here’s the…

Television Rob Bricken

“Holy Grail” of Superconductors Could Revolutionize Electronics

The smell of rotten eggs may make you think of a nasty garbage can situation, but someday it could help power your high-speed trains. Hydrogen sulfide—the chemical compound that emits a powerful rotten egg smell—is a superconductor with enormous potential. The compound conducts electricity with no resistance at temperatures as high as 203 kelvin (–70…

Physics & Chemistry Maddie Stone

Europe’s First Farmers Were Shockingly Violent

Archaeologists working in Germany have uncovered evidence of a violent clash between a pair Early Neolithic farming communities, a grim encounter that resulted in a surprising number of deaths—and may have even involved torture. Violence on this scale isn’t what immediately comes to mind when we think of Europe’s first farmers, but as a new…

io9 George Dvorsky

How Humans Became One of the Most Compelling—and Human—Shows on TV

What does it mean to be human in a world where A.I. doesn’t just exist, but is an ordinary facet of life? AMC’s Humans, which wrapped up this past weekend, has been asking that throughout its run. It hasn’t quite given us all the answers yet, but what it has given us is some of…

io9 James Whitbrook

It’s About Damn Time: FCC Says Convention Centers Can’t Block Wifi

We’ve all been ripped off when paying for wifi. But now, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is cracking down on companies that block you from using anything but their exorbitantly priced services. The agency just slapped a company with a $750,000 fine for blocking wifi hotspots at convention centers. The company in question is Smart…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

The Art of Lego Scale Modeling Will Make You Wish You Were a Better Builder

The beauty of Lego is that anyone, be they a toddler or retired, can use the toy to build whatever they can imagine. However, there are some Lego fans who are a lot better at turning a pile of plastic bricks into a masterpiece, and some of their most amazing creations have been collected into…

Books & Comics Andrew Liszewski

Video: A totally stunning aerial tour of forests and mountains

I’m a city person. I like buildings and bridges and streets and corners. I like angles and materials and signs and lights. But even I can let my jaw hang throughout this entire video about forests and mountains. The aerial video filmed by Earth Porn Films starts with the greenery of Alberta, Canada and transforms…

Sploid Casey Chan

The Real Story of Alfred Packer, the Wild West Cannibal Who Became An Unlikely Folk Hero

Alfred G. Packer first made headlines in 1873, when he returned from a harrowing journey through the Colorado Rockies … alone. What happened to his five traveling companions became the stuff of legend, as author Harold Schechter explores in the new Man-Eater: The Life and Legend of an American Cannibal. Detailed and carefully researched, Man-Eater…

Tech News Cheryl Eddy

Vic and Igor Are the Original Science Bros in the First Victor Frankenstein Trailer

I have no idea how to feel about this trailer for Victor Frankenstein. James MacAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe have a great chemistry as the doctor and his assistant, respectively, and I love how the movie seems to be doubling down on the mad science aspect of the classic story. I even like Victor and Igor…

Trailers Rob Bricken

New Challenger Approaching: Fossil Shows Off New Android Wear Watch

Someone Made an Interactive Sculpture Out of Ferrofluid and it is Mesmerizing

California Burning: Dramatic Photos Of Firefighters In Action

Intel and Google Voltron Their 3D Cameras Into a Single Smartphone

This Addictive Tool Creates Emoji Mosaics of Any Photo

This Bedtime Book Uses Psychology Tricks To Make Kids Fall Asleep Fast

How Horror Brings Human Beings Together

The trippy story of a Japanese rock singer turned professional killer

9 Star Wars Toys That Were Canceled Before Anybody Could Buy Them

Your Car Can Be Hacked. So What Are Auto-Makers Doing About It?

When You Have an Orgasm for No Reason

Hayley Atwell Wants to Be Doctor Who and I Will Destroy Anyone Who Tries to Stop Her

“Holy Grail” of Superconductors Could Revolutionize Electronics

Europe’s First Farmers Were Shockingly Violent

How Humans Became One of the Most Compelling—and Human—Shows on TV

It’s About Damn Time: FCC Says Convention Centers Can’t Block Wifi

The Art of Lego Scale Modeling Will Make You Wish You Were a Better Builder

Video: A totally stunning aerial tour of forests and mountains

The Real Story of Alfred Packer, the Wild West Cannibal Who Became An Unlikely Folk Hero

Vic and Igor Are the Original Science Bros in the First Victor Frankenstein Trailer

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