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A Watch Inspired By–And Made From–The Apollo 11 Moon Landing

Romain Jerome has become known as the watchmaker that incorporates exotic materials into its timepieces, from moon dust, to metal from the Statue of Liberty, to volcanic ash. And while it’s still embracing that role with the new Moon Orbiter, the watch actually puts more focus on the highly engineered flying tourbillon exposed at the…

Space & Spaceflight Andrew Liszewski Jun 19 '13

Lytro Enables Wi-Fi and Launches a GIF Making App For iOS

Since launching in 2011 Lytro, a miniaturized light field camera, has steadily rolled out a number of updates and new colors. After all, not everything needs to be updated with a new model every year! And today the company is unlocking a new feature that’s been hidden since day one: Wi-Fi. Oh, and they’re releasing…

Tech News Peter ha Jun 19 '13

These Gorgeous Fuji Mirrorless Cameras Are Your Deal of the Day

Fuji’s X-Series mirrorless cameras may not be the most beginner-friendly cameras, but they’re certainly some of the prettiest. Beauty may come at a price, but both the X-Pro1 and the X-E1 recently got a $200 price cut. Most mirrorless cameras are geared towards the semi-pro consumer. But the X-Series is proudly aimed at pros, or…

Tech News Kif Leswing Jun 19 '13

Game Industry Biggest Show Is a Playground for Sexist Men

E3 is the game industry’s biggest event, showcasing the new games and consoles. It also showcases the creepy sexism that permeates this multi-billion dollar business, according to Kotaku editor Tina Amini’s own experiences—from a security guard who groped a female journalist to a male journalists who slipped his business card in a PR woman’s dress.…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Jun 19 '13

Feed your inner maths nerd with this TI-83 T-Shirt

Loving this minimalist homage to the greatest mathematical companion/handheld gaming device of all time (Falldown, anyone?), created by Brooklyn Designer Jonathan Bobrow. Available for $25 bucks through Cotton Bureau. (Though, if they wanted to make it really authentic, they’d charge $100 bucks for it AND NEVER LOWER THE PRICE EVER.) [Via NOTCOT]

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jun 19 '13

Turn Your Seasonal Outfits Into a Comfy Place To Crash

Why waste closet space storing seasonal outfits you’re not going to wear until it gets cold or warm again when you can repurpose them as the most comfortable place to sit? The upper half of this soft storage chair from Mimish is your standard beanbag that will conform and smoosh to however you awkwardly want…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jun 19 '13

9 Hipster Zombies Who Took Over the World

Being dead — yeah, it’s a thing that happened. It was a little awkward. But get over it, OK? Use your app, take your meds, whatever. It sucks to be a hipster zombie, but here are nine examples of the hip and partially dead who are totally making the best of it. 1. Warm Bodies…

Movies Annalee Newitz Jun 19 '13

You Can Now Put Images in Your Facebook Comments

Facebook has been doing a lot of work on its comment system between threaded replies and emoticon support. Now (finally?) you can throw images in there too. Brace yourself; the image macros are coming. https://gizmodo.com/facebook-is-rolling-out-threaded-comments-to-pages-and-5992320 Facebook hasn’t said anything about the new feature, but it’s starting to roll out to people in the form of…

Social Media Eric Limer Jun 19 '13

The Kite-Borne Camera That Captured Post-Quake San Francisco in 1906

Drone photography is in the news this week, with protesters in Istanbul using unmanned cameras to document the events from above. Interestingly, the very first instance of remote aerial photography was devised to document an urban crisis, too: the 1906 earthquake that partially leveled San Francisco. George R. Lawrence was an eccentric, brilliant aviator and…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Jun 19 '13

FBI Chief Confirms That Spy Drones Are Watching You In America

FBI Director Robert Mueller has admitted to the U.S. Senate that government spy drones are operating over the United States. But it’s only “in a very, very minimal way, and seldom,” which is obviously untrue. Are spy toilets next? https://gizmodo.com/confirmed-the-fbi-is-spying-on-the-us-with-drones-514322947

Sploid Ken Layne Jun 19 '13

Shooting Challenge: Rust

Rust. It’s the product of metal oxidation, which we interpret as everything from a ruined car to a highly sought antique patina. And for this week’s Shooting Challenge, you’ll capture the beauty (or horror) of rust. The Challenge Photograph rust. The Technique Now I’m biased, but I think rust will make a remarkable subject this…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jun 19 '13

Did You Know That Judi Dench Stitches Rude Words During Movie Shoots?

According to actor Matthew MacFayden, Dame Judi Dench embroiders swear words during movie shoots. Really bad ones. Then she gives them as presents. https://groupthink.kinja.com/tonight-in-things-i-did-not-know-before-513650758

Sploid Jesus Diaz Jun 19 '13

This Jacket Lets You Control Your Body Temperature

As you get older, you just want to simplify your life, have less clutter and maybe have a few jack of all trade go-to items for the outdoors. Take for, instance, this new jacket from Helly Hansen called the H2 Flow that allegedly keeps you cool and warm when you need it. And it’s super…

Tech News Peter ha Jun 19 '13

Never-Before-Seen Steve Jobs On Video: History Will Forget Our Work

Steve Jobs gave one of his most illuminating interviews in 1994, when he was promoting the NeXT computer platform he would later sell to Apple and use as the basis for the new Macs that brought the company back to life. In this never-before-seen clip, Jobs humbly notes that his own contributions will be forgotten,…

Sploid Ken Layne Jun 19 '13

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Upgrade’s adhoc Cyborg-themed linkfest – Ray Kurzweil gets a music video. – New Elysium trailer puts the one per cent in orbit. – 3D printing brain implants. – A thought-powered helicopter. – Houseplants as sun-seeking cyborgs. – Azimov predicts self-driving cars for 2014. – Tiny batteries for tiny robots. – India’s robot army. – Biocomputers…

Tech News Izzy Jun 19 '13

Mechanic accused of inventing a death ray for Israel and/or the KKK

A mechanic who worked at General Electric in New York spent the past several years perfecting a deadly, truck-mounted radiation weapon. According to the FBI, he tried to sell it to some Jews in his area, whom he figured could hand it over to Israel. Failing that, he tried to sell it to some friends…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jun 19 '13

30 Years Ago, the Next Silicon Valley Could Have Been in Vermont

There’s Silicon Valley in the San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Beach in Los Angeles, Silicon Alley in New York, Silicon Hills in Austin and lately tech boosters in New Orleans have been trying to get the name Silicon Bayou to stick. Everybody wants their region to be the next destination for science and technology-oriented companies…

Tech News Matt Novak Jun 19 '13

Millionaire in the machine

Dmitry Itskov dreams of immortality. It’s a dream that the Russian multimillionaire is hoping to engineer into reality in a relatively short 32 years with his creation of the “2045 Initiative” – a project devoted to the kind of “life extension technologies” that currently populate science fiction. Mr Itskov’s second attempt at promoting those technologies…

Tech News Tracy Alloway Jun 19 '13

This breathtaking short film is becoming a TV series

In Arrowhead: Signal, a mercenary named Kye crash-lands on a desert world, where survival will take everything he’s got — and he’s not alone. This cool-looking short film was intended to lead to a full-length feature, but instead it’s spawned a brand new TV series, appearing on Australian TV. According to CNET Australia, Melbourne film-maker…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jun 19 '13

A map showing the original meanings of place names in North America

Now this is impressive: It’s called the Atlas of True Names, and it reveals the etymological origins and translations of familiar place names whose original meanings we’ve mostly forgotten. Looking at it, you’d think North America was some sort of fantasy novel. The Atlas of True Names was compiled by cartographers Stephan Hormes and Silke…

io9 George Dvorsky Jun 19 '13

A Watch Inspired By–And Made From–The Apollo 11 Moon Landing

Lytro Enables Wi-Fi and Launches a GIF Making App For iOS

These Gorgeous Fuji Mirrorless Cameras Are Your Deal of the Day

Game Industry Biggest Show Is a Playground for Sexist Men

Feed your inner maths nerd with this TI-83 T-Shirt

Turn Your Seasonal Outfits Into a Comfy Place To Crash

9 Hipster Zombies Who Took Over the World

You Can Now Put Images in Your Facebook Comments

The Kite-Borne Camera That Captured Post-Quake San Francisco in 1906

FBI Chief Confirms That Spy Drones Are Watching You In America

Shooting Challenge: Rust

Did You Know That Judi Dench Stitches Rude Words During Movie Shoots?

This Jacket Lets You Control Your Body Temperature

Never-Before-Seen Steve Jobs On Video: History Will Forget Our Work

Hooking up

Mechanic accused of inventing a death ray for Israel and/or the KKK

30 Years Ago, the Next Silicon Valley Could Have Been in Vermont

Millionaire in the machine

This breathtaking short film is becoming a TV series

A map showing the original meanings of place names in North America

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