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Rockets of the world

I’m a sucker for rockets and technical illustrations, which is why I love this poster of rockets of the world drawn to scale by Tyler Skrabek—a clean, updated version of a 1995 classic by professor Peter Alway, published in the book Rockets of the World. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook or…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

Sick Bricks Has Everything Kids Love: Building, Gaming, and Fart Jokes

If the remarkable popularity of figurines like Disney’s Infinity or Nintendo’s amiibo have proved anything, it’s that kids still love to collect things, and today’s kids love being rewarded for those collections. So is there room for yet another collectible series of figures in kids’ hearts? Of course there is. Especially when Spin Master has…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

10 Cold War-Era Board Games About Spies and Secret Agents

Americans were obsessed with spy culture during the Cold War. I mean, who didn’t love James Bond? Communists, that’s who. The gosh darn Communits. Spying seeped into every aspect of pop culture in the 1960s and 70s—from TV and movies to comic books and even board games. Below we have a collection of ten board…

Tech News Matt Novak

Drool Over This Two-Foot Long Version of the Best Batmobile Ever

We’ve all got a soft spot for the Tumbler that Batman drove in the Christopher Nolan films, even the Batmobile from Tim Burton’s take on the caped crusader was memorable. But nothing will ever top the sleek, art deco-inspired Batmobile from Batman: The Animated Series that many of us remember from our childhoods. So we’re…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Greatest Spies In Pop Culture, Ranked

If you believe fiction, spies are everywhere. You cannot turn around without bumping into someone in a wig, armed with a gun masquerading as a tasteful pair of earrings, and carrying secret plans in microdot form. There are so many, we decided to rank them. We have fifty entries on this list, and we are…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta and Meredith Woerner

Watch Bolivians Protest A Change In The Simpsons‘ Broadcast Time Slot

Protests aren’t always symbolic. Sometimes they bring about real change … like the recent outcry in Bolivia over network Unitel’s decision to change the time slot for its daily Simpsons broadcast. Nearly 2,000 protestors (mostly youthful, some in costume) convinced the channel to re-think its decision. The below video (from Unitel, as it happens) is…

Television Cheryl Eddy

Suunto Ambit2 (HR) Review: The Smartwatch For Badasses

The Suunto Ambit2 (HR) won’t read you your email and doesn’t know Will.i.am’s phone number. But, it will tell you your precise location anywhere on earth and powerfully monitors your physical exertion. How many beers did that climb burn? https://gizmodo.com/achieving-himalayan-ecstasy-at-20-000-1664180012 What’s It Supposed To Do? The Ambit2 is designed to be the only device you…

Reviews Chris Brinlee Jr.

How You Can Track Every Spy Satellite In Orbit

Nobody should be surprised that spy satellites are kept secret. But it’s actually more complicated. The launches are aired, but with scheduled media blackouts. We get mission patches, but no details on the nature of the payload. But the weirdest thing is how easy it is to track these satellites. https://gizmodo.com/decoding-hidden-messages-in-those-geeky-spy-satellite-m-1671164600 Top image: The National…

io9 Mika McKinnon

A Complete Primer On Every Kind Of Seal In The World

From the Antarctic Fur Seal all the way to the Weddell Seal, Kinja-user mythbri, so it goes has been exhaustively cataloguing the world’s species of currently living seals. The Observation Deck has the full rundown on everything you’ve ever wanted to know about pinnipeds after the jump. Image: Crabeater seal / Jerzystrzelecki https://observationdeck.kinja.com/pinnipednesday-the-complete-series-1685337016

io9 Ria Misra

Supercut Of Knight Rider‘s Sexytime Scenes Will Make You Uncomfortable

You probably don’t remember quite how skeevy David Hasselhoff could get on Knight Rider. So here’s a refresher course, compiled for you by the peeps at NBC.com and premiered exclusively at io9. As we mentioned before, NBC.com is posting full episodes of classic shows for free on their website and their app. And to promote…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

You Can Finally Build Your Own Crazy Multi-Blade Lightsaber

The internet is still trying to figure out what the deal is with that crazy three-bladed lightsaber revealed in the first teaser for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. But with Hasbro’s upcoming Star Wars Bladebuilders kits, you can outdo both George Lucas and J. J. Abrams with a Jedi or Sith weapon that defies all…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week

Welcome to another week and another roundup of apps. We’ve got software that’s going to make your trips around town quicker, spice up your emoticon-laden texting conversations, keep track of your favorite eSports team, track all your quirky habits (smartphone or otherwise), and seriously step up your Instagram game. Get that download finger ready. Multi-Platform…

Tech News Darren Orf

The Closest View Yet Of Charon Orbiting Pluto

The New Horizons spacecraft has beamed back a time-lapse “movie” showing an entire day in the Pluto-Charon system. Captured from a distance of just 126 million miles (203-million km), the footage clearly depicts the “wobble” imposed on the dwarf planet by its large moon. The time-lapse is composed of shots taken from January 25–31. The…

io9 George Dvorsky

We’re Dumping Way More Plastic Into the Ocean Than We Thought

Garbage in the ocean is a big problem, but until now we didn’t know how big. A study published today in Science drops a rough but still astounding estimate: 8 million metric tons per year. That’s 20 to 2000 times more than what experts had estimated. Until now, a lot of our information about how…

Tech News Sarah Zhang

Fix Your iMac By Adding Four USB Ports To the Front Where They Should Be

For every ten steps forward that Apple’s designers make in terms of improved usability for the company’s products, they still always manage to take a couple steps back. The world may never fully know why the USB ports are hidden away out-of-reach on the back of an iMac, but companies like Satechi are working hard…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Matthew Vaughn Explains The Problem With Modern-Day Spy Movies

This weekend Kingsman, the movie director Matthew Vaughn left the “800 million dollar gorilla” Days of Future Past to make, hits theaters. And with it come back the glory days of actually fun spy movies — something Vaughn thinks is sorely lacking in today’s culture. A few months back, after a very early screening of…

io9 Meredith Woerner

This Wallpaper-Like Pattern Isn’t Flowers, It’s The Smallpox Vaccine

This print sure looks like petals (it’s even called Flowers). But nope: the pattern is liver cells that have been treated with the smallpox vaccine. Artist Vik Muniz created the work with bioengineer Tal Danino and MIT professor Sangeeta Bhatia as part of The Art of Saving a Life, a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

Why Viagra Tints Your Vision Blue

One of the lesser-known side effects of Viagra is blue-tinted vision. How does a pill that’s supposed to help men maintain an erection cause them to see the world as too blue? Find out. Viagra is the trade name of a drug called Sildenafil, a drug originally developed to treat high blood pressure. In certain…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

How to Turn Your Smartphone Into the Ultimate Spy Tool

You don’t need to be Bond to get your own spy gadgets. You’ve already got the ultimate spy tool in your pocket: a smartphone. And who would suspect you’re spying when you’re probably just texting a friend? Here are the apps and peripherals you need to take your phone on a covert mission without Q…

Gadgets Sean Hollister

An Expertly Crafted Short About Two Men Who Hack The Brain To See God

A computer scientist teams up with a film student for an ambitious project: finding the perfect set of images that will induce hallucinogenic visions of God. But just as they succeed, they find themselves pursued by a mysterious religious sect. Be sure to watch this one to the very end. The Brain Hack, which was…

io9 Lauren Davis

Rockets of the world

Sick Bricks Has Everything Kids Love: Building, Gaming, and Fart Jokes

10 Cold War-Era Board Games About Spies and Secret Agents

Drool Over This Two-Foot Long Version of the Best Batmobile Ever

The Greatest Spies In Pop Culture, Ranked

Watch Bolivians Protest A Change In The Simpsons‘ Broadcast Time Slot

Suunto Ambit2 (HR) Review: The Smartwatch For Badasses

How You Can Track Every Spy Satellite In Orbit

A Complete Primer On Every Kind Of Seal In The World

Supercut Of Knight Rider‘s Sexytime Scenes Will Make You Uncomfortable

You Can Finally Build Your Own Crazy Multi-Blade Lightsaber

Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week

The Closest View Yet Of Charon Orbiting Pluto

We’re Dumping Way More Plastic Into the Ocean Than We Thought

Fix Your iMac By Adding Four USB Ports To the Front Where They Should Be

Matthew Vaughn Explains The Problem With Modern-Day Spy Movies

This Wallpaper-Like Pattern Isn’t Flowers, It’s The Smallpox Vaccine

Why Viagra Tints Your Vision Blue

How to Turn Your Smartphone Into the Ultimate Spy Tool

An Expertly Crafted Short About Two Men Who Hack The Brain To See God

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