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Clever Rooftop Carrier Doubles as an Emergency Boat

You never know when a sudden rainstorm might threaten to ruin your family’s summer road trip. And in the event that flash flooding leaves your vehicle stranded in a quickly rising tide, you’ll be glad your luggage is packed away in the multi-function BoatPack which transforms into an emergency dinghy. With a maximum supported weight…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski May 10 '13

Cryptomnesia makes us accidental plagiarists

We know that people make up false memories if prompted. But since our brain never stops being a jerk, we can also convert real memories into things we believe we imagined. Cryptomnesia can strike via our own memories, or our memories of things that others tell us. One of the most famous cases of cryptomnesia…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell May 10 '13

A gorgeous composite image of yesterday’s ring of fire eclipse

Yesterday’s annular – aka “ring of fire” – eclipse was only visible from Australia, Papau New Guinea and boats floating in just the right patch of the Pacific Ocean. Here’s what it looked like from Cape York, Australia. The photograph was captured by Mike Hancock and posted to reddit earlier this morning. You can check…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez May 10 '13

NASA’s Space Exploration Vehicle: Pimp My Rover

After spending all that time, money and effort delivering a crew of astronauts millions of miles through space to some distant celestial body, do we really expect them to trundle around like a pack of schmucks once they get there? Not a chance. That’s why NASA’s next explorers will roll deep in the Space Exploration…

Space & Spaceflight Andrew Tarantola May 10 '13

How to build a bridge from electricity and water

Mixing electricity and water is rarely a good time for the mixer, but it does make for some entertaining videos. In one particular case – that of a water bridge – the experience is even educational. Under just the right circumstances, electricity and water form a floating bridge between two containers. First demonstrated by William…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell May 10 '13

Nokia Lumia 928: Here’s the New Best Windows Phone

It’s about time. Nokia just officially announced the new Lumia 928, and finally, there’s a great Nokia Windows Phone on Verizon. The 928 is a Verizon exclusive, and an update to the 920, which had been exclusive to AT&T. The biggest feature is that it’s significantly thinner and lighter than the 920, and retains the…

Tech News Kyle Wagner May 10 '13

Report: Google’s Unified Chat Hub Will Be Called Google Hangouts

Word on the street is that Google’s incoming unified messaging service has ditched its Babel moniker. According to a source talking to TechRadar it will hit our handsets simply called Google Hangouts, which already exists, so isn’t really new, then? Oh, and that it’ll be launched at Google I/O next week. [TechRadar]

Tech News Sam Gibbs - Gizmodo UK May 10 '13

ISS Crew Plans Emergency Spacewalk to Fix ‘Very Serious’ Ammonia Leak

On late Thursday, “a very steady stream of flakes” was spotted drifting away from the space station — an apparent ammonia leak. The crew isn’t in any danger, but an emergency spacewalk is being planned to inspect and fix it. Liquid ammonia is used as a coolant to extract the heat that accumulates in electronic…

io9 George Dvorsky May 10 '13

First Gravity Trailer: In Space, Silence Is Scarier Than Aliens

The thought of being ditched at sea isn’t as terrible as being left behind in space. At least when you compare the trailers for Open Water and Alfonso Cuarón’s latest, Gravity. The synopsis for this space odyssey goes something like this: Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle…

Movies Peter ha May 10 '13

State Department Is Demanding the Removal of the 3D-Printed Gun Plans

After finding its way to over 100,000 hard drives in a matter of mere days, the blueprints for the world’s first fully 3D-printed gun have finally been pulled from the designer’s website at the request of the US State Department. https://gizmodo.com/100-000-people-have-already-downloaded-3d-printed-gun-p-498755006 As digital files for highly regulated weapons, 3D-printed gun blueprints currently fall into a…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg May 10 '13

Just when Obi-Wan Kenobi thought he was out, they pull him back in…

Obi-Wan Kenobi’s arranged a nice little retirement for himself on the sunny world of Tatooine — but you don’t leave this life behind. It’ll always come find you. Check out the first look at a brand new Obi-Wan-centric Star Wars novel. We already brought you the first look at a new Princess Leia book a…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders May 10 '13

$18 for a Dozen Eggs by 2010? Inflation Fears in 1982

The Omni Future Almanac was published in 1982 — a year when America would see double-digit inflation and double-digit unemployment. Despite all this, the authors of the book were generally optimistic about the future of the nation. Technology, they explained, would solve many of the problems facing the country. In conjunction with this, the American…

Tech News Matt Novak May 10 '13

Slow-mo reel of kids tasting foods for the first time. You’re welcome.

This is First Taste, a video created by Saatchi & Saatchi and Heckler for TEDxSydney 2013. It’s slo-mo footage of kids eating a variety of foods for the very first time, and it’s probably the cutest thing we’ve ever seen ever. Apart from maybe this. https://gizmodo.com/heres-an-adorable-baby-elephant-gallivanting-around-at-5971139 Fun fact: I’ve had Vegemite maybe half a dozen…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez May 10 '13

One Tiny But Vital Safety Check Before Going To The Moon

This item from the upcoming RR Space & Aviation Auction is one of the most interesting lots. What we see is a mission-critical X-ray image of Armstrong’s space suit connections, portion of Armstrong’s A7L space suit torso showing the neck ring and the suit’s PLSS and OPS inlets, taken only nine days before the launch…

Space & Spaceflight Attila Nagy May 10 '13

9 Casino Games Too Ridiculous To Believe

Casinos are awesome, especially once you accept the fact that the house always wins. And if you’re going to give away your money regardless, you might as well do it at one of these incredibly, wonderfully weird games. Hands up and gimme all your cash! A literal one-armed-bandit in Henry’s Western Gift Shop in Reno,…

Tech News Attila Nagy May 10 '13

John Hurt drops a major bombshell about Doctor Who‘s 50th birthday!

Director Gavin Hood and star Asa Butterfield open up about Ender’s Game. Check out new videos from Star Trek Into Darkness and Man of Steel. Will Arnett’s Ninja Turtles role is revealed. Zoe Saldana talks up Guardians of the Galaxy. What lies ahead for Person of Interest and The Vampire Diaries? It’s spoilers all the…

Television Alasdair Wilkins May 10 '13

Disney World Will Slap Your Head On a Stormtrooper Now

Last summer guests at Disney’s Hollywood Studios had the opportunity to get a miniature version of themselves frozen in carbonite thanks to the magic of 3D printing. And this year that one-of-a-kind souvenir will be available again, with the addition of a Stormtrooper option if you like what the Empire has been doing in that…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski May 10 '13

Quantum Computer Kicks PC Ass in First Ever Head-to-Head Test

Scientists often claim that quantum computers will blow the competition away in the coming years—and now the world’s first head-to-head test has shown they leave regular PCs reeling in their wake. Quantum computer use the idea of quantum bits, called qubits, that can theoretically take the value of 0 and 1 at the same time—unlike…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe May 10 '13

Your iPad Smart Cover Could Switch Off a Pacemaker

The little magnets sure make the iPad’s Smart Covers useful—but they could switch off pacemakers, too, if a new series of experiments is anything to go by. When 14-year-old Gianna Chien set out on a science fair project earlier thus year, she decided to test if the magnets in the iPad Smart Cover were strong…

Health Jamie Condliffe May 10 '13

The ISS Has Ditched Windows Entirely–For Linux

The United Space Alliance has decided to stop using all Windows computers aboard the ISS, in favour of Linux—to ensure it’s systems are “stable and reliable”. Ouch. The decision will see “dozens of laptops” change from running Windows XP to Debian 6, reports Extreme Tech. There are already Linux systems aboard the ISS, but from…

Space & Spaceflight Jamie Condliffe May 10 '13

Clever Rooftop Carrier Doubles as an Emergency Boat

Cryptomnesia makes us accidental plagiarists

A gorgeous composite image of yesterday’s ring of fire eclipse

NASA’s Space Exploration Vehicle: Pimp My Rover

How to build a bridge from electricity and water

Nokia Lumia 928: Here’s the New Best Windows Phone

Report: Google’s Unified Chat Hub Will Be Called Google Hangouts

ISS Crew Plans Emergency Spacewalk to Fix ‘Very Serious’ Ammonia Leak

First Gravity Trailer: In Space, Silence Is Scarier Than Aliens

State Department Is Demanding the Removal of the 3D-Printed Gun Plans

Just when Obi-Wan Kenobi thought he was out, they pull him back in…

$18 for a Dozen Eggs by 2010? Inflation Fears in 1982

Slow-mo reel of kids tasting foods for the first time. You’re welcome.

One Tiny But Vital Safety Check Before Going To The Moon

9 Casino Games Too Ridiculous To Believe

John Hurt drops a major bombshell about Doctor Who‘s 50th birthday!

Disney World Will Slap Your Head On a Stormtrooper Now

Quantum Computer Kicks PC Ass in First Ever Head-to-Head Test

Your iPad Smart Cover Could Switch Off a Pacemaker

The ISS Has Ditched Windows Entirely–For Linux

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