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This Tiny Hand-Built House Is Fit for a Very Small King

Who says you need a big house with an expansive yard to achieve the American Dream these days? One Washington State resident has found her perfect home in the 140 square feet of living space she’s built herself. Located in Snohomish, WA, Apartment Therapy reader Melissa submitted her teensy abode as part of the site’s…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola May 8 '13

Jaron Lanier wants you to get money for your Instagram photos

Jaron Lanier is the guy who popularized virtual reality, back when it was still cool. He’s a futurist visionary, a musician, and a digital shit-disturber. We’ve got an excerpt from his new book, Who Owns the Future?, which proposes a new way to manage the economy for the information age. From the introduction to Who…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz May 8 '13

Why Isn’t Gatsby in the Public Domain?

When The Great Gatsby rolls out to theaters across the country this weekend, it will bring to the screen a story familiar to millions from a literary classic that’s often dubbed the proverbial “Great American Novel.” Here’s what many folks don’t know: even though the book was published nearly 90 years ago and is a…

Tech News Parker Higgins - EFF May 8 '13

YouTube Censors Bowie’s New Music Video Full of Depraved Priests

YouTube has deleted David Bowie’s new music video (NFSW) for the song The Next Day arguing that it goes against the site’s terms of service. The video stars Gary Oldman as a priest and Marion Cotillard as a martyr dancing in a bar full of semi-naked saints and catholic priests. At one point, Cotillard’s stigmata…

Sploid Jesus Diaz May 8 '13

True love beats douchebaggery in a schizophrenic (but good) Grimm

Did anyone feel like they were watching two separate Grimm episodes last night? Because for the first 35 minutes, I honestly thought we were getting the most boring, useless Grimm of the season. Then, shit started happening. Good shit. So good that we’ve got some actual momentum heading into the last two episodes. Let’s recap…

Television Rob Bricken May 8 '13

Here’s What $100 Worth of Gaming Console Looks Like Inside

Oh hai, Kickstarter success story. So this is what it looks like when you disassemble an open-platform Android console. Today, we get to look deep within this animal’s soul thanks to our friends at iFixit. Yes, Ouya only costs $100, but you’re getting a the guts of a solid—if not industry-leading—smartphone: An Nvidia Tegra 3…

Tech News Mario Aguilar May 8 '13

The scientific equivalent of “When did you stop beating your wife?”

There’s a famous joke question: “When did you stop beating your wife?” The structure of the question is funny — or disturbing — because any response condemns you. You’d assume that a quick-witted person could see through it. But this study proves that you’re wrong. “Do you think your contempt for America might influence your…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell May 8 '13

A Jacket Made from Ziploc Bags Is a Never-Ending Supply of Pockets

Genius comes in all shapes and sizes, and today it’s in the form of a surprisingly stylish jacket made from nothing but resealable Ziploc sandwich bags. It probably doesn’t breathe in hot weather, you can’t put it in the wash, and you can forget about ironing. But in terms of available pockets, it simply can’t…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski May 8 '13

Google Doodle pays a stylish tribute movie artist Saul Bass

Today would have been legendary graphic designer Saul Bass’ 93rd birthday. As a tribute, Google has transformed their doodle into an amazing collection of Bas- inspired movie titles and posters, and it’s gorgeous. Bass created over 40 title sequences including Psycho, Vertigo, Around the World in 80 Days, Big and has created many classic posters…

Movies Meredith Woerner May 8 '13

Koss Fit Series Ears On: Big Sound from Tiny, Cheap Headphones

It’s great when you find a pair of headphones that you can wear while you’re working out without thinking about them. Koss’s new line of Fit Series Headphones are just that—they’re lightweight, they fit well, and sound pretty damn good for something that’s super dinky and only $30. But, they’re Just for Women. Groan away,…

Tech News Leslie Horn May 8 '13

Seaweed-Sucking Truck to Clean Spain’s Hottest Beaches

Keeping Alicante’s miles of shoreline pristine for the multitudes of beachgoers that congregate to the Mediterranean city every year is no small feat—what with all the seaweed that washes up there. Problem is, the city’s existing seaweed mitigation techniques end up eroding the beaches they’re meant to clean. This automated seaweed collector, however, removes all…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola May 8 '13

Spoken in the ice age, these words might actually have made sense

The sentences above are special. According to newly published research, they comprise words that have been passed down for millenia, from a language that all but disappeared toward the end of the last ice age. What remains of that tongue are words like the ones above – words that mean the same thing today, and…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez May 8 '13

Xerox’s New Grading Copiers Will Finally Make Scantron Obsolete

Not content with having them only print, copy, collate, and staple, Xerox is adding a new trick to its photocopiers that promises to give teachers more time with their students. Custom software will actually let a school’s photocopier not only grade papers, but also keep tabs on which students are struggling in certain subjects. Automated…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski May 8 '13

“She Hulk” Attacks Teen Girl On Rampage Through U.K. McDonald’s

A rash of Hulk attacks continues with a “She Hulk” accused of running wild in a McDonald’s and smashing a teenaged girl. The red-haired assailant, covered in green body paint and wearing ripped clothes, was captured on closed-circuit security cameras in York, England, but police have yet to catch the monster. http://gawker.com/300-pound-drunken-monster-attacks-stormtrooper-and-ghos-493166278

Sploid Ken Layne May 8 '13

Air Force Fires 17 Incompetent Nuclear Missile Launch Officers

The AP is reporting that the US Air Force has decided to strip “an unprecedented 17 officers of their authority to control nuclear missiles after a string of unpublicized failings.” The Minot Air Force Base officers failed their tests to launch Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles, the backbone of the US atomic arsenal. [Gawker] http://gawker.com/no-biggie-but-our-nuclear-missile-launch-teams-are-inc-496036588

Sploid Jesus Diaz May 8 '13

How good is Batman at sex?

Today’s “Postal Apocalypse” will satisfy you like nothing ever has. And while you read it, your cat will be giving you a judging look. Make sure to email your questions to [email protected], but for now, on with the sexy times! Partyman Todd R.: Rob, our apocalyptic postman! This may fall out if your jurisdiction, but…

Books & Comics Rob Bricken May 8 '13

How Adobe Built a Stylus Fit For the Cloud

Yesterday we learned that Adobe is abandoning Creative Suite for the cloud. But at the tail end of its announcement, the company also revealed a surprising little hardware project that shows how it plans to augment Creative Cloud: a pressure-sensitive iPad stylus called Project Mighty and its ruler cousin, Napoleon. https://gizmodo.com/say-goodbye-to-creative-suite-adobe-rebrands-cs-as-cre-493155052 A digital stylus (much…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan May 8 '13

This may be the oldest dome-headed dinosaur ever discovered

Paleontologists from Canada have unveiled a newly identified species of a dog-sized pachycephalosaurs. It’s considered the oldest of its kind ever discovered in North America — and quite possibly the world. Called Acrotholus audeti, the two-legged herbivore roamed the plains of southern Alberta about 85 million years ago. The name is derived from the Greek…

io9 George Dvorsky May 8 '13

New Under The Dome footage displays double the dome action

This new footage from Brian K. Vaughan’s Under The Dome looks good — it looks really good. Especially the cow part. Perhaps this could be the show that saves us all from crappy mainstream scifi TV, like The Cape. Based on the Stephen King book, Under The Dome premieres Monday, June 24th.

Television Meredith Woerner May 8 '13

Printable Self-Assembling Bots Will One Day Be Our Affordable Minions

There seem to be two major camps when it comes to robotic research these days: those working to create the most capable and human-like robots with no concern over cost, and those looking to build useful robots but on the cheap. And the researchers at Harvard and MIT behind this printable inchworm, obviously fall into…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski May 8 '13

This Tiny Hand-Built House Is Fit for a Very Small King

Jaron Lanier wants you to get money for your Instagram photos

Why Isn’t Gatsby in the Public Domain?

YouTube Censors Bowie’s New Music Video Full of Depraved Priests

True love beats douchebaggery in a schizophrenic (but good) Grimm

Here’s What $100 Worth of Gaming Console Looks Like Inside

The scientific equivalent of “When did you stop beating your wife?”

A Jacket Made from Ziploc Bags Is a Never-Ending Supply of Pockets

Google Doodle pays a stylish tribute movie artist Saul Bass

Koss Fit Series Ears On: Big Sound from Tiny, Cheap Headphones

Seaweed-Sucking Truck to Clean Spain’s Hottest Beaches

Spoken in the ice age, these words might actually have made sense

Xerox’s New Grading Copiers Will Finally Make Scantron Obsolete

“She Hulk” Attacks Teen Girl On Rampage Through U.K. McDonald’s

Air Force Fires 17 Incompetent Nuclear Missile Launch Officers

How good is Batman at sex?

How Adobe Built a Stylus Fit For the Cloud

This may be the oldest dome-headed dinosaur ever discovered

New Under The Dome footage displays double the dome action

Printable Self-Assembling Bots Will One Day Be Our Affordable Minions

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