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Anyone Can Buy Google Glass Now

Anyone with $1500 dollars can head over to this page and buy Google Glass right now. Though Google hasn’t made a formal announcement about a public launch for the augmented reality specs, the shopping page is live. It’s worth noting, that though the page is live, we haven’t actually completed a transaction because, uh, $1500.…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Apr 24 '14

Every Trunk Needs a Backup Phone Battery That Can Jumpstart Your Car

By now there are countless backup batteries on the market that promise to revive a dead smartphone when there’s no power outlet in sight. But the JUMPR promises to be there for another thing you probably never leave home without—your car. With 6,000 mAh of power, you can actually recharge a couple of smartphones or…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Apr 24 '14

This Huge Camera Rig Was the Howitzer of Early Action Photography

Photojournalism has come a long way in the last 65 years. Back in the first half of the 20th century, photographers looking to capture the fast action of car races and baseball games were forced to shoot with enormous camera contraptions like this Graflex “Big Bertha” large format press camera. But the pictures it captured…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Apr 24 '14

The Plot To The Goosebumps Movie Is Insane

We had assumed that Rob Letterman’s (Gulliver’s Travels) Goosebumps movie would contain a few monsters. Instead, it will feature ALL of the classic Goosebumps monsters. We also did not expect horror author R.L. Stine to play a major character in the movie! In a recent press release it was revealed that Jack Black has been…

Movies Meredith Woerner Apr 24 '14

Package concept changes its design as it approaches its expiration date

Here’s a cool concept created by Ko Yang: a carton that morphs its design overtime using color-changing ink. It can be done but, most probably, it will never be used in real life—most companies don’t want people to skip their older merchandise at the supermarket. Or perhaps some companies would end up doing it, to…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Apr 24 '14

A Disturbing Visualization of Global Small Arms Trade

Countries in Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa are witnessing a surge in violence. But as this astonishing interactive infographic reveals, many of the countries trying to curb this violence are also the ones making it possible by selling small arms and light weapons to the aggressors. While overall rates of gun violence are…

io9 Mark Strauss Apr 24 '14

The Hamper Chair Is Your New Best Excuse For Never Doing Laundry

It’s hard not to feel guilty when your underwear is on its third tour of duty because you haven’t done laundry for weeks. But Brandon Washington has managed to find a plus side to procrastinating on a trip to the laundromat with his Martino Hamper chair that’s all but useless without a mountain of soiled…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Apr 24 '14

Spacecraft Graveyard on the Moon

With the recent arrival of the crashed remains of LADEE, it’s time to look at the space-junk accumulating on the far side of the moon. https://gizmodo.com/the-dark-side-of-the-moon-is-a-spacecraft-graveyard-1567017530

Tech News Mika McKinnon Apr 24 '14

Never-Ending Winter at the Great Lakes

Lake Superior is still covered in ice, yet that still doesn’t disprove climate change. https://gizmodo.com/lake-superior-is-basically-in-the-middle-of-a-never-end-1567053013

Tech News Mika McKinnon Apr 24 '14

A Man Living In A Clockwork Solar System Must Save His Tiny Planet

In the short film Bulb, a very small man lives in a model solar system where all of the planets orbit along physical tracks. So when an object comes hurtling toward his miniature world, he has to get to work. Bulb was made by Andy Dupont at Supinfocom Valenciennes, with music by Harry Gregson-Williams and…

io9 Lauren Davis Apr 24 '14

Brazil’s World Cup Logo Sure Looks Like Someone Facepalming

With less than 50 days to go before Brazil hosts the World Cup finals, chatter over whether it’s prepared has been growing by the day. This doesn’t help: The event’s logo is being ridiculed for bearing an uncanny resemblance to the internet’s favorite way to express disgust, shame, or embarrassment—the ol’ facepalm. Twitter user Holly…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Apr 24 '14

Shaming Soap Alarm Won’t Turn Off Until You Wash Your Hands

If you’re someone who regularly washes your hands after going to the bathroom, statistics say that at least one of the people sitting on either side of you does not. And since personal hygiene clearly isn’t motivation enough for these bathroom bandits, Safeguard is resorting to good, old-fashioned public shaming to get the job done.…

Gadgets Ashley Feinberg Apr 24 '14

The Days of Atomic Locomotives in America

In the mid-1950s, Dr. Lyle B. Borst—a physics professor at the University of Utah who had formerly been a reactor designer with the Atomic Energy Commission—and his students in his Physics 280 Nuclear Technology course had a great idea. Regular locomotives had to make frequent stops to take on coal or oil. How much better…

io9 Ron Miller Apr 24 '14

The FDA Thinks Electronic Cigarettes Are Tobacco Products

The FDA has proposed new rules that would bring electronic cigarettes under its regulations for tobacco products, even though that’s not exactly what they are. The proposed rules we first heard about last night bring electronic nicotine delivery systems aka e-cigs under the exact same stringent rules as Marlboros. The new rules are open for…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Apr 24 '14

NASA image and data demonstrates how hard winter has been

In case there was any doubt about it, NASA has confirmed that “ice cover this spring is significantly above normal.” And with “significantly” they actually mean “are you freaking kidding me?” When the Aqua satellite passed over Lake Superior on April 20, the lake was 63.5 percent ice covered. Last year it was at 3.6…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Apr 24 '14

Lake Superior Is Basically In The Middle Of A Never-Ending Winter

Winter may be over, but Lake Superior is unexpectedly still covered in ice, which is up to 18-inches thick in some spots. The picture was snagged by one of NASA’s satellites this week and shows the largest of the great lakes still over 60% covered in ice. To get a sense of just how weird…

io9 Ria Misra Apr 24 '14

The Third Hobbit Movie Will Now Be Named The Battle Of The Five Armies

As suspected, the third Hobbit movie is officially getting its subtitle changed from “There and Back Again”. But instead of the rumored “Into the Fire,” New Line has announced the movie shall henceforth be known as The Battle of the Five Armies. Peter Jackson explains… Our journey to make The Hobbit Trilogy has been in…

Movies Rob Bricken Apr 24 '14

DarkMarket Could Be the New Silk Road the Feds Can’t Take Down

The original Silk Road got seized by the feds. Its successor got hacked apart and robbed. Third time’s a charm? Maybe. The minds behind a new proof-of-concept marketplace called “DarkMarket” say their model is impossible for the feds to take down. Amir Taaki and the other developers behind DarkMarket revealed their baby at the Toronto…

Tech News Eric Limer Apr 24 '14

Facebook Is Getting Into the News Business with Its Own Newswire

People are constantly posting photos, videos, and accounts of what’s going on around them on Facebook. Sometimes, it’s more than just a birthday party people are posting about, and the information is actually newsworthy. Facebook just launched FB Newswire to help journalists and regular people alike find the good stuff. The new FB Newswire page…

Social Media Mario Aguilar Apr 24 '14

This Obsidian Mirror Was Once Toxic Chemical Waste

There are plenty of ways to deal with chemical waste: You could ship it across the ocean. Or pump in into Ohio. Or, you could use a Back to the Future-style process that “recreates the conditions inside a volcano” to incinerate waste. One byproduct of the process? A glassy synthetic obsidian. As part of a…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Apr 24 '14

Anyone Can Buy Google Glass Now

Every Trunk Needs a Backup Phone Battery That Can Jumpstart Your Car

This Huge Camera Rig Was the Howitzer of Early Action Photography

The Plot To The Goosebumps Movie Is Insane

Package concept changes its design as it approaches its expiration date

A Disturbing Visualization of Global Small Arms Trade

The Hamper Chair Is Your New Best Excuse For Never Doing Laundry

Spacecraft Graveyard on the Moon

Never-Ending Winter at the Great Lakes

A Man Living In A Clockwork Solar System Must Save His Tiny Planet

Brazil’s World Cup Logo Sure Looks Like Someone Facepalming

Shaming Soap Alarm Won’t Turn Off Until You Wash Your Hands

The Days of Atomic Locomotives in America

The FDA Thinks Electronic Cigarettes Are Tobacco Products

NASA image and data demonstrates how hard winter has been

Lake Superior Is Basically In The Middle Of A Never-Ending Winter

The Third Hobbit Movie Will Now Be Named The Battle Of The Five Armies

DarkMarket Could Be the New Silk Road the Feds Can’t Take Down

Facebook Is Getting Into the News Business with Its Own Newswire

This Obsidian Mirror Was Once Toxic Chemical Waste

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