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You Can Finally Build a Robot Army Using Cheap Plastic Drinking Straws

Early last year a Kickstarter project for a product called Strawbees that turned ordinary drinking straws into a giant building toy rocketed past its modest funding goal. And in the same way that Mindstorms brings ordinary Lego to life, the Quirkbot wants to bring those Strawbees to life, letting kids build robots and other animated…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 20 '15

The Idaho Government Once Forced Beavers to Skydive With WWII Parachutes

“The Saga of the Skydiving Beavers” sounds like the title for a quirky children’s book, but it’s also a fitting epitaph for a strange, true story of an unconventional approach to habitat resettlement. In 1948, Idaho’s Fish and Game service decided the best way to keep beavers away from growing urban centers was to strap…

Biology Kate Knibbs Jan 20 '15

New nightmare crosswind landing videos will haunt my flights forever

We’ve seen insane landings before—those videos haunt my thoughts vividly every time I’m on a plane. And yet, I want to see more. Here are two new videos showing the terrifying wind conditions over Birmingham’s airport in England. I just added it to my list of places I don’t want to fly to. SPLOID is…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Jan 20 '15

No, This Artificially Intelligent Super Mario Is Not Self-Aware

German researchers have created a version of Nintendo’s Super Mario Advance in which the videogame hero can learn and venture through the game according to his “feelings.” It’s an exciting advance, but the claim that Super Mario is now “self-aware” is grossly overstated. There’s definitely some cringe-worthy reporting going on about this University of Tubingen…

io9 George Dvorsky Jan 20 '15

Brian Michael Bendis’ Powers TV Series Gets A Release Date

The live-action series adaptation of the comic book Powers, created by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming, finally has an air date. And the first episode will be free! As PlayStation Network’s first original series, Powers will premiere on March 10th. The pilot episode will be free for one and all, but every episode…

Television Meredith Woerner Jan 20 '15

Rare Promo Art For Joss Whedon’s Wonder Woman Movie That Never Was

While we never did get to see Joss Whedon’s movie take on Wonder Woman, at least one piece of artwork was made to promote the film. And now this poster and the original sketch have been put up for auction for a good cause. Several pieces of artwork are up on eBay right now to…

io9 Lauren Davis Jan 20 '15

A GoPro For Kids Captures How Those Skinned Knees Happened

The outlandish stunts of even the most extreme athletes still can’t compare to the exploits of a bored six-year-old on a Saturday afternoon. And the only thing more thrilling than jumping a tricycle off a makeshift ramp is watching the replay of the resulting crash again and again. So VTech has made a kid-friendly GoPro-like…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 20 '15

Here’s What Happened When A Rainmaker Ended Up In Court

Charles Hatfield was a celebrated rainmaker, but when one of his rainmaking schemes worked too well, he became a notorious rainmaker. Here’s how a flooded city refused to pay the man who claimed to have flooded it. Charles Hatfield, The Rainmaker San Diego created Charley Hatfield, and it had cause to regret doing so. Hatfield…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jan 20 '15

GE’s New Sensor Turns Induction Cooktops Into Compact Sous Vide Machines

Revived sometime in the mid-1960s, sous vide is a method of evenly cooking food using an airtight vacuum-sealed plastic bag submerged in a temperature-controlled water bath, and it’s become increasingly popular for home use in recent years. But instead of requiring yet another appliance that occupies precious kitchen counter real estate, GE has developed a…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jan 20 '15

The photo is actually an oil painting made by a 23-year-old dude

When I first saw the work of Michael Sydney Moore I thought he was a photographer. After some research I realized I was wrong. The realism of his oil paintings is impressive but the fact that he already masters the technique at the age of 23 is completely mind-blowing. Michael Sydney Moore is an oil…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Jan 20 '15

A Map Of The Different Ways People Get To Work All Over America

How did you get to work this morning? Did you hop into your car? Venture down into your city’s metro? Flag down a co-worker for a rideshare? Or did you simply open up your laptop and get to work? Nathan Yau over at FlowingData put together this interactive map using data from the Census Bureau’s…

io9 Ria Misra Jan 20 '15

The World War Z Movie Sequel Will Start With A “Clean Slate”

The World War Z film adaptation of the hit book made a lot of money, but let’s get real, it was nothing like the fantastic source material. Which is why we’re happy that the sequel is going to be a “clean slate”… or maybe we’re just cautiously optimistic. In an interview with Indie Wire, sequel…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 20 '15

The New ATLAS Is Stronger, Faster, Scarier, and Battery-Powered

As if the original version of Boston Dynamics’ ATLAS robot wasn’t unsettling enough, ahead of the upcoming DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals in June about 75 percent of the robot has been redesigned and rebuilt to make it stronger, faster, quieter, and less encumbered by cables thanks to a battery-filled backpack that will now keep it…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 20 '15

HP’s New 12-Inch Tablet Has a Hybrid Pen-Stylus That Writes on Anything

Tablets are getting bigger. Several rumors have now detailed Apple’s intention on getting into the giant tab game with the iPad Pro, and over the weekend, several websites reported that Apple could also be debuting its first stylus. Today, HP’s newly announced tablets are hoping to stay ahead of Cupertino’s plans. Today, HP announced a…

Tech News Darren Orf Jan 20 '15

10 Tricks to Make Youself a Firefox Master

Firefox 35 is out with improvements large and small. If you’ve never tried out Mozilla’s alternative web browser, or you’re tempted to come back to it after a break, here are 10 software tips that will make your experience with Firefox all the more productive and rewarding. You can download the latest version of the…

Gadgets David Nield Jan 20 '15

Gordon Is Through Taking People’s @#$% On Gotham

If you have complaints about last night’s episode of Gotham, I’m going to assume “not enough happened” isn’t one of them. “What the Little Bird Told Him” took Gordon out of Arkham, pitted him against the show’s first real supervillain, and even brought a major status quo change to the myriad mob machinations. This is,…

io9 Rob Bricken Jan 20 '15

Oliver Queen Ditches His Bow For A Lightsaber In This Awesome Fan Edit

Arrow’s latest midseason finale featured some pretty impressive sword fighting as Oliver took the fight to the League of Assassins – but, as with all swordfights, they can be improved with the humble addition of Lightsabers. Warning: The video contains footage from Arrow’s midseason finale, The Climb. If you’re not caught up with Season 3,…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Jan 20 '15

Cops Have Used a Secret Radar That “Sees” Through Walls for Two Years

A new device that can “see” through walls using radio waves started stirring up privacy concerns in a federal appeals court just last month. And it’s about damn time; according to a recent report from USA Today, over 50 law enforcement agencies have secretly been using the new radars for the past two years. The…

Privacy & Security Ashley Feinberg Jan 20 '15

Watch This Tiny Side Table Transform Into a Full-On Rowing Machine

It’s hard enough to find the motivation to work out when you’ve got access to a gym, but it’s even harder when you have to drag out your exercise gear in a cramped apartment because space is limited. So the creator of the Ram & Row engineered their rowing machine to transform into a stylish…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 20 '15

Sony Hackers Used a Zero Day Vulnerability to Break In

That hackers really messed up Sony’s shit is indisputable, but how they did it (and also who they were) is still up in the air. A Recode report sheds some light on the former, though; access was apparently gained through a Zero Day vulnerability, a previously unknown hole that could very well have been for…

Tech News Eric Limer Jan 20 '15

You Can Finally Build a Robot Army Using Cheap Plastic Drinking Straws

The Idaho Government Once Forced Beavers to Skydive With WWII Parachutes

New nightmare crosswind landing videos will haunt my flights forever

No, This Artificially Intelligent Super Mario Is Not Self-Aware

Brian Michael Bendis’ Powers TV Series Gets A Release Date

Rare Promo Art For Joss Whedon’s Wonder Woman Movie That Never Was

A GoPro For Kids Captures How Those Skinned Knees Happened

Here’s What Happened When A Rainmaker Ended Up In Court

GE’s New Sensor Turns Induction Cooktops Into Compact Sous Vide Machines

The photo is actually an oil painting made by a 23-year-old dude

A Map Of The Different Ways People Get To Work All Over America

The World War Z Movie Sequel Will Start With A “Clean Slate”

The New ATLAS Is Stronger, Faster, Scarier, and Battery-Powered

HP’s New 12-Inch Tablet Has a Hybrid Pen-Stylus That Writes on Anything

10 Tricks to Make Youself a Firefox Master

Gordon Is Through Taking People’s @#$% On Gotham

Oliver Queen Ditches His Bow For A Lightsaber In This Awesome Fan Edit

Cops Have Used a Secret Radar That “Sees” Through Walls for Two Years

Watch This Tiny Side Table Transform Into a Full-On Rowing Machine

Sony Hackers Used a Zero Day Vulnerability to Break In

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