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The Best Android Apps of the Week: The World Didn’t End (Yet)

Ashley’s out this week, so you’re stuck with me for your apps coverage. Did you know that I use a Windows Phone? There’s a newish Domino’s app for Windows Phone that is pretty good but also it tricked me into ordering a Domino’s pizza when it came out, so I’m sort of holding a grudge.…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Jul 5 '13

A Map of the Entire Internet, 1977

Once upon a time, you could draw a map of the known Internet. Here’s what the world of networked computers looked like in 1977 when ARPANET was still just a huge government-funded science project. It’s actually incredible that the network proliferated this much in the eight years after the first four-node network was established back…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jul 5 '13

Sandy Play-Doh Lets You Build Your Castles Anywhere

Engineering the perfect sand castle is tricky even in ideal conditions. If you don’t get the sand to water ratio just right, your majestic creation will collapse and wash away. Unless you’re cool with cheating. In that case all you need is a jar of Brookstone’s magical Sand that’s always the perfect consistency. Remember that…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jul 5 '13

Daredevil: Marvel’s mightiest murderer of small children

Daredevil’s life is admittedly pretty horrible, but it might be possible that it’s not entirely undeserved. This page may provide some context: …or not.

io9 Rob Bricken Jul 5 '13

The Greenhound: Our Favorite New Summer Drink

We are officially in the dog days of summer. Here in New York it’s brutally hot, and the air has the consistency of bath water. You need something refreshing. The Greenhound is that something. It’s Friday afternoon, you’ve made it through the long week, and it’s time for Happy Hour, Gizmodo’s weekly booze column. A…

Tech News Brent Rose Jul 5 '13

Big Bertha Is Digging Seattle’s Massive Underground Freeway

The 2001 earthquake that brought down a length of State Route 99 running through downtown Seattle was a measly 6.8 on the Richter scale. But rather than rebuild the Alaska Viaduct, as the double-decker section was known, city officials instead decided to take the freeway underground in their very own Big Dig. To do so,…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jul 5 '13

New Snowpiercer trailer explains how humanity destroyed the Earth

Still wondering how the whole of humanity wound up on a giant train in the middle of a frozen wasteland? Bong Joon-ho’s latest trailer for Snowpiercer and CG backstory video explains (almost everything). What happened: Snowpiercer is set in a future where, after a failed experiment to stop global warming, an Ice Age kills off…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 5 '13

Say Goodbye To Hex Wrenches: Furniture That Assembles With Coins

If you’re a college student or a young professional in your first apartment, you’re probably well versed in assembling Ikea furniture. But soon after, those vital hex wrenches always seem to go missing, and when it’s time to move your bedroom set, it’s off to the hardware store to try and find a replacement. So…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jul 5 '13

Duels of the Planeswalkers 2014: brilliant decks, flawed sealed play

The annual refresh of the casual console version of Magic: The Gathering gets high marks for fun, well-constructed decks, but the highly anticipated sealed deck mode leaves a lot to be desired. It’s still a great MtG fix for $10. The core of the DotP experience is playing the game’s built-in preconstructed decks, unlocking new…

io9 Ed Grabianowski Jul 5 '13

One Great Way to Fake Working on a Summer Friday

It’s the fifth of July, and in most parts of the country, it’s a gorgeous summer Friday that many of us, sadistically, have to spend indoors, in front of computers. Or do we? This is a story about a friend of mine. This friend always forgets to turn off auto-capitalization on his phone when he…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Jul 5 '13

Using Algorithmic Modeling to “Print” Smarter Fields

Combination planting—where certain crops are planted together to stave off pests or enhance taste—is as old as farming itself. But up until recently, it’s been difficult to be precise about where and how different crops can benefit from each other. Benedikt Groß, a UK-based interaction designer, is using algorithmic processing to improve on a practice…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Jul 5 '13

2560×1440 Resolution For Under $300 Is Your Deal Of The Day

We’ve seen super high resolution monitors become far more affordable recently, especially from the likes of Monoprice, but this QNIX LED is sitting at an especially compelling price point. $289 gets you 27 inches of 2560×1440, and while you’ve probably never heard of QNIX, this is a Samsung Panel, which is what matters. Free shipping.…

Tech News Shane Roberts Jul 5 '13

Arsenic poisoning may have spawned two different movie monsters

Arsenic is one of the oldest and most well-known poisons in the world. It changed political dynasties and spawned the science of toxicology. It also might be responsible for two different movie monsters. Arsenic is such a famous poison that it earned an affectionate little nickname — “inheritance powder” was what you slipped into dear…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jul 5 '13

Self-Assembling DNA Could Make You Immune to Cigarettes

Nicotine, the reason why people smoke, chew or snort tobacco, is hard to quit. The American Heart Association says nicotine is about as addictive as heroin or cocaine, which explains why your cig-sucking coworkers get so grumpy and antsy leading up to a smoke break. Since quitting is so difficult and relapsing is so easy,…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich Jul 5 '13

Cut-Way Enterprise Model Makes It Way Easier To Build Your Own Starship

If you’ve tried and failed to build your own starship to explore the universe, it’s maybe because you just didn’t have a thorough understanding of how a craft like the U.S.S. Enterprise works. So if you’ve got it in you to try one more time, this cutaway model of Kirk’s pride and joy should give…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jul 5 '13

No, that spider didn’t bite you. Probably.

Hey, remember that time you thought a spider bit you? Well, it probably didn’t. According to arachnologists, that “bite” you got was more likely from one of the many other creepy-crawlies out there. It could even be an infection (unrelated to spiders). I like spiders. If I see one in my house, I don’t kill…

io9 Joseph Bennington-Castro Jul 5 '13

Tropical Moths Use Ultrasonic Crotch Blasts to Confuse Attacking Bats

In what has to be one of the most brilliant self-defense mechanisms ever developed, several species of tropical moths are able to rasp their genitals against their bodies to produce ultrasonic signals that confuse an attacking bat’s acoustical targeting system. Several species of Tiger Moth and Hawk Moth have been found to use this technique,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jul 5 '13

The Solar-Powered Car Clark Griswold Would Drive

Most solar-powered vehicles are so tiny and light that they can only carry one environmentally cautious driver. But not any more. The big-boned Stella, designed by Solar Team Eindhoven, is the first solar-powered car with enough room to fit your whole four-person family. Made of lightweight carbon and aluminum, Stella is no slouch; it has…

Tech News Eric Limer Jul 5 '13

Magnificent Lego Acropolis Is Made of 120,000 Bricks

Over 300 hours of hard work went into creating this Lego Acropolis. Starting tomorrow, builder Ryan McNaught—AKA TheBrickMan—will be displaying his creation at Sydney’s Nicholson Museum. The classical build comes complete with a minifig Oedipus stabbing his eyes out, with blood spilling over the stage. This build is a bit tongue-in-cheek, as it features a…

Tech News Tatiana Danger Jul 5 '13

This Week in Time Capsules: DVDs, Radar and Ruminating About Death

This week was a big one for capsule aficionados. Time capsules are as much a Fourth of July tradition as hot dogs, boating, and getting your fingers blown off with homemade fireworks. So, needless to say, a lot of time capsules were plunged into American soil yesterday. But for some people — like Oceanside, California…

Tech News Matt Novak Jul 5 '13

The Best Android Apps of the Week: The World Didn’t End (Yet)

A Map of the Entire Internet, 1977

Sandy Play-Doh Lets You Build Your Castles Anywhere

Daredevil: Marvel’s mightiest murderer of small children

The Greenhound: Our Favorite New Summer Drink

Big Bertha Is Digging Seattle’s Massive Underground Freeway

New Snowpiercer trailer explains how humanity destroyed the Earth

Say Goodbye To Hex Wrenches: Furniture That Assembles With Coins

Duels of the Planeswalkers 2014: brilliant decks, flawed sealed play

One Great Way to Fake Working on a Summer Friday

Using Algorithmic Modeling to “Print” Smarter Fields

2560×1440 Resolution For Under $300 Is Your Deal Of The Day

Arsenic poisoning may have spawned two different movie monsters

Self-Assembling DNA Could Make You Immune to Cigarettes

Cut-Way Enterprise Model Makes It Way Easier To Build Your Own Starship

No, that spider didn’t bite you. Probably.

Tropical Moths Use Ultrasonic Crotch Blasts to Confuse Attacking Bats

The Solar-Powered Car Clark Griswold Would Drive

Magnificent Lego Acropolis Is Made of 120,000 Bricks

This Week in Time Capsules: DVDs, Radar and Ruminating About Death

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