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WWII Propaganda Billboards From The United States’ Secret Atomic City

During the 1940s, the denizens of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, worked for the Manhattan Project, developing atomic weapons in their government-owned city. They went about their daily lives in the shadows of billboards exhorting them not only to support the war effort, but also to keep quiet about their jobs. After Oak Ridge was acquired by…

io9 Lauren Davis Apr 24 '14

Looks Like Honeywell Is Cooking Up Its Own Nest Thermostat Clone

What’s this we have here? We just got a tip from a reader that this is Honeywell’s answer to Nest. It looks like a Nest, it smells like a Nest, and the only difference is that Honeywell branding. We’re thin on details, but this screenshot reportedly came from the Facebook page of a (maybe soon-to-be-former)…

Tech News Leslie Horn Apr 24 '14

A Complete Guide to Cooking in Space

Space is full of mysteries, but one in particular has been weighing on our minds lately: How’s the food up there? Here’s how space meals get made, the best astronaut food hacks, and the experiment that showed just where the best french fries in the galaxy would really be found. The Astronaut Diet Over the…

io9 Ria Misra Apr 24 '14

The World’s Longest Conveyor Belt System Can Be Seen From Space

There isn’t much in the Western Sahara, but there is this giant conveyor belt running over 60 miles from a Moroccan phosphate mine to the edge of the ocean. Look closely—this could be the future of our global food supply. If you haven’t heard of Western Sahara, it’s because the “non-self-governing territory,” to use U.N.…

Tech News Sarah Zhang Apr 24 '14

Ballooning in Antarctica

The Balloon Array for Radiation belt Relativistic Electron Losses, or BARREL, launched 20 instrument-laden balloons in the endless day of Antarctic summer. Now the team is home, and the photos of their flying plastic jellyfish exploring the sky for science are fantastic. BARREL is contributing data to understanding the Van Allen belts, two gigantic donuts…

Tech News Mika McKinnon Apr 24 '14

First Footage From The Simpsons All-Lego Episode

It looks good! Everything is really awesome in the first-ever clip from all Lego-ized Simpsons episode (wait a few minutes into the video; the clip is at the end).

Television Meredith Woerner Apr 24 '14

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

WWII Propaganda Billboards From The United States’ Secret Atomic City

Looks Like Honeywell Is Cooking Up Its Own Nest Thermostat Clone

A Complete Guide to Cooking in Space

The World’s Longest Conveyor Belt System Can Be Seen From Space

Ballooning in Antarctica

First Footage From The Simpsons All-Lego Episode

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

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