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Google Field Trip Looks Like It Was Made for Glass (Because It Was)

Field Trip is Google’s tour guide of a mobile app that automatically pushes you tips and information about your surroundings. It’s now available for Google Glass Explorers, which is a very smart, near perfect use for the augmented reality specs. https://gizmodo.com/google-field-trip-explore-the-hidden-history-in-your-o-5947109 In fact, it’s so obvious that apparently Niantic Labs, which created Field Trip, originally…

Tech News Leslie Horn Aug 21 '13

Hot Jupiters are the most astounding planets in the galaxy

They’re big, full of gas, and have a penchant for hanging out way too close to their parents. These “hot Jupiters” are among the most common extrasolar planets in the galaxy. Here’s what the latest science is telling us about these celestial wonders. To date, astronomers have catalogued over 850 planets outside our solar system.…

io9 George Dvorsky Aug 21 '13

Your iPhone Could Soon Get Predator-Vision

FLIR, or Forward-Looking Infrared, has long been a staple technology for militaries around the world, allowing operations under the cover of night without the blinding shortcomings of conventional night vision goggles. And slowly but surely, this heat-sensing imaging technology is working its way into the consumer market. Specifically, onto your iPhone. At the Association for…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Aug 21 '13

Take all the “smart” off your phone and get a plain vanilla iPhone

Smart phones are awesome. We walk around with amazing amounts of computing power in our pocket, connected to the entirety of human knowledge. Also: Plants Vs. Zombies! Angry Birds! Grindr! But what if you bought a $600 iPhone and now just want it to be a plain phone? https://lifehacker.com/how-i-turned-my-iphone-into-a-simple-distraction-free-1175739059

Sploid Ken Layne Aug 21 '13

New TMNT cartoon stars underwear, butt-cannons and Lil’ Casey Jones

By all accounts Nickelodeon’s new CG Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon is thoroughly all right — a nice mix of action, comedy, and TMNT lore. So I won’t give it guff for a preview that focuses primarily on asses and ass-accessories, because it’s just a preview. The new Casey Jones, however, is a different story.…

io9 Rob Bricken Aug 21 '13

Facebook Denies Zuck Wall Hacker $500 Reward, Internet Gives Him $10K

Remember our friendly white hat hacker, Khalil Shreateh, who got stiffed on his just reward after identifying a Facebook bug that let him post on Zuckerberg’s wall? Well, looks like the hacker community has no intention of letting their buddy’s bank account fall to the wayside. After setting up a fundraising campaign on GoFundMe, security…

Social Media Ashley Feinberg Aug 21 '13

Ha, the Most Hated Customer Service Companies Are All Cable and ISPs

You know cable companies are unpopular. ISPs are, generally, too. But seeing just how unpopular is just too funny. As in: pretty much the entire bottom end of the list was made up of cable and internet companies. The chart here is made up of a survey of 10,000 consumers on 235 companies, across 19…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Aug 21 '13

The Mortal Instruments is like The Avengers of teen fantasy

Remember when The Avengers came out, and it was just so gleefully jam-packed with crazy shit? Like, they shook the bag until every last thing fell out? The Mortal Instruments is like that, except for teen urban fantasy. This movie has everything in it, and it will make you laugh until you pass out. Spoilers…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 21 '13

Why This Luxury Resort Appeared in the Middle of the Mongolian Desert

The Desert Lotus Hotel doesn’t seem like a particularly convenient place to vacation. Embedded in the rolling dunes of Inner Mongolia, the hotel is more than 500 miles west of Beijing, far from the coast or any major metropolitan centers. But it is close to one thing: Baotou, the Chinese city that mines more than…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Aug 21 '13

Scientists Just Figured Out How to Make Lightning-Fast Graphene CPUs

Graphene has the power to change computing forever by making the fastest transistors ever. In theory. We just haven’t figured out how yet. Sound familiar? Fortunately, scientists have just taken a big step closer to making graphene transistors work for real. https://gizmodo.com/where-do-all-those-amazing-discoveries-go-anyway-1053115334 Graphene transistors aren’t just fast; they’re lightning fast. The speediest one to date…

Tech News Eric Limer Aug 21 '13

NASA Captures Footage of South Pole During Aurora, Makes a GIF

Ever seen an aurora? Ever seen an aurora from space? You have now. https://gizmodo.com/a-breathtaking-aurora-from-earths-largest-geomagnetic-s-5879920 Via the usagov tumblr: This is an animation of the Aurora Australis (Southern Lights), eight days after a record-setting solar flare sent a shower of charged particles towards Earth. From Earth, this glowing ring would appear as a curtain of light…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Aug 21 '13

The World’s Biggest Test Bench Puts Wind Turbines Through the Wringer

Vestas‘ latest and greatest offshore wind turbine, the 8 MW V164, is designed to operate for a quarter century with minimal upkeep. To ensure that these massive turbines (their blade sweep area is equal to three football fields) are robust enough for 25 years of service in the North Atlantic, Vestas tortures its housings atop…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Aug 21 '13

A Simple Waterproof Camera That Automatically Shares Your Shots Online

Samsung’s Android-powered Galaxy Camera was the first dedicated shooter that let users instantly upload their photos to their favorite social networks. And while it offered better image quality and controls over a smartphone’s built-in camera, at $500, plus the cost of a data plan, it was a tough sell. But at just $200, plus a…

Social Media Andrew Liszewski Aug 21 '13

Millions of unemployed Chinese college graduates live in “ant colonies”

Every year, China puts out millions of college graduates who can’t find jobs. Without any possibility to have a house of their own, they go to live into huge compounds—often underground—where they share rooms and bunk beds. They call them the “ant tribes.” https://kotaku.com/a-look-into-the-homes-of-chinas-ant-tribe-1107163431

Sploid Jesus Diaz Aug 21 '13

Would a Marvel/Star Wars crossover be the worst idea ever?

Greetings, fellow denizens! Today’s mailbag has a bit of an international flair, with letters coming all the way from Belgium and the Philippines! How did a fake mailman in post-apocalyptic America with nothing but a horse receive these letters? I have no fucking idea. Top image by Jonathan Moore. Make Mine Mon Mothma Ross A.:…

io9 Rob Bricken Aug 21 '13

Ancient Romans Built Monuments Centuries Before Archaeologists Believed

We already knew Rome wasn’t built in a day. But it turns out it took a lot longer to build than anyone imagined. According to The New York Times, last summer an archeological dig about 11 miles from central Rome revealed that the Romans were erecting monuments far earlier than we previously thought. How much…

Tech News Leslie Horn Aug 21 '13

7 Up Used to Include Prescription Mood Stabilizers

Today I found out that the soft drink 7 UP used to include a psychiatric medication as one of its ingredients. The lemon-lime flavored soda, 7 UP was created by Charles Grigg of the Howdy Corporation in 1929 and first launched two weeks before the stock market crash that spurred the Great Depression… Timing! It…

Health Staci Lehman - TodayIFoundOut.com Aug 21 '13

Isolated Peruvian tribe attempts to make contact, asks for food

Members of the Mashco-Piro tribe — one of the most isolated on Earth — recently attempted to make contact with outsiders, resulting in a tense stand-off at a river hamlet. The Mashco-Piro, who live in Peru’s southeastern Amazon, are one of several tribes designated by officials as “uncontacted people.” This particular tribe, which numbers in…

io9 George Dvorsky Aug 21 '13

Bradley Manning Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison

Bradley Manning has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for crimes related to stealing government documents and sharing them with WikiLeaks. The sentence, handed down by Judge Denise Lind, is significantly less than the 60 years that the government asked the Army colonel to hand down. The judge did send the young soldier through…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Aug 21 '13

Extraordinary sleuthing connects Rita Hayworth and the atom bomb

Rita Hayworth was one of the most celebrated celebrities of all time, and a favorite wartime pin-up. But she became an infamous pin-up when a picture of her was rumored to have been put on an atomic bomb. Thanks to some amazing detective work, we now know the rumors were right. Orson Welles, who was…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Aug 21 '13

Google Field Trip Looks Like It Was Made for Glass (Because It Was)

Hot Jupiters are the most astounding planets in the galaxy

Your iPhone Could Soon Get Predator-Vision

Take all the “smart” off your phone and get a plain vanilla iPhone

New TMNT cartoon stars underwear, butt-cannons and Lil’ Casey Jones

Facebook Denies Zuck Wall Hacker $500 Reward, Internet Gives Him $10K

Ha, the Most Hated Customer Service Companies Are All Cable and ISPs

The Mortal Instruments is like The Avengers of teen fantasy

Why This Luxury Resort Appeared in the Middle of the Mongolian Desert

Scientists Just Figured Out How to Make Lightning-Fast Graphene CPUs

NASA Captures Footage of South Pole During Aurora, Makes a GIF

The World’s Biggest Test Bench Puts Wind Turbines Through the Wringer

A Simple Waterproof Camera That Automatically Shares Your Shots Online

Millions of unemployed Chinese college graduates live in “ant colonies”

Would a Marvel/Star Wars crossover be the worst idea ever?

Ancient Romans Built Monuments Centuries Before Archaeologists Believed

7 Up Used to Include Prescription Mood Stabilizers

Isolated Peruvian tribe attempts to make contact, asks for food

Bradley Manning Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison

Extraordinary sleuthing connects Rita Hayworth and the atom bomb

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