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Boston Cops Hilariously Pose Online As Punk Rockers

A recent city noise control ordinance in Boston has cops cracking down on roving rock shows that don’t take place in formal venues. So they’re posing as punk rockers online to sniff out concert locations so they shut them down more easily. Only problem is their police work reads like an out of touch parent…

Tech News Leslie Horn Mar 29 '13

Watch This Commie Retro-Futuristic Space Tale

It is always interesting to see how people imagined the future in certain ages, even so we have the separate trend ‘retro futurism’ for our viewing pleasure. A few weeks ago I purchased an amazing Hungarian dia film set (of two parts), which was created back in 1960, just one year before Gagarin’s flight and…

Tech News Attila Nagy Mar 29 '13

True facts about the naked mole rat, nature’s best impression of a scrotum with teeth

If you haven’t watched Ze Frank’s absurdly entertaining nature series, “True Facts About _______,” you owe it to yourself and those around you to take a personal day and just rip through the whole lineup, starting with this week’s installment on the naked mole rat. The NMR is a perennial favorite ’round these parts, and…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Mar 29 '13

10 Great Stories About Epic Power Struggles

By Katharine Trendacosta and Charlie Jane Anders. This weekend sees the return of Game of Thrones, and once again we’ll be watching the nobles of Westeros slaughtering and betraying each other. But George R.R. Martin isn’t the only terrific author to capture the huge sweep of battles over power and glory. Here are 10 other…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Mar 29 '13

Being Off-Key Can At Least Look Good With This Pretty Tuning App

The smartphone has all but killed the standalone tuner, but while most apps just emulate their old-fashioned counterparts, Tunable brings something new—and pretty—to the table. Available for iOS and Android, Tunable isn’t just about getting your sound-maker in tune; it’s about showing you what that looks like. When you’re tuning, or just noodling around, Tunable…

Tech News Eric Limer Mar 29 '13

This Delightful Dragonfly Drone Swims Swiftly Through The Air

Not every drone out there has to have terrifying grabby arms or run on lasers. The BioniCopter is content to just cruise around like the insect that inspired it. No frills needed. https://gizmodo.com/just-what-we-need-drones-with-grappling-claws-5990586 Designed by Festo, the BioniCopter does have some subtle little tricks up its sleeve. Each of its four wings, for instance, has…

Tech News Eric Limer Mar 29 '13

This new discovery will finally allow us to build biological computers

The dawn of biological computers is at hand. In a major first for synthetic biology, Stanford engineers have used genetic material to create a biological transistor. Called the “transcriptor,” the creation is the final, missing component necessary for the creation of a biological computer that could enable researchers to program functions into living cells. Modern…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Mar 29 '13

New DNA-Based Transistor Brings Us One Step Closer to True Human Computers

The increasingly ambiguous divide between man and machine just got blurred that much more with Stanford’s recent announcement: scientists have successfully created the first truly biological transistor made entirely out of genetic material. Considering that transistors are essentially the foundation of modern electronics, it certainly seems fitting that genetically engineered versions of our very own…

Health Ashley Feinberg Mar 29 '13

This Grizzly Won’t Eat You So Much as Carry Your Luggage

It’s a long hike through difficult terrain out to your favorite hunting blind—a trek made worse when you have to lug the season’s equipment and supplies along. But with this autonomous ATV from Cleartrail, you’ll barely have to lift a trigger finger. The Grizzly Robotic ATV measures 68.9 x 50.5 x 31.9-inches and stands on…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Mar 29 '13

This robotic jellyfish could be the future of aquatic surveillance

Engineers at Virginia Tech have developed an autonomous jellyfish weighing 170 pounds and measuring nearly six feet in length. It’s called Cryo, and it’s part of a U.S. Navy funded project that could turn these life-like aquatic robots into spies. Cryo is equipped with eight mechanical legs that circle around its metal chasis. Its body…

io9 George Dvorsky Mar 29 '13

What’s Facebook’s Big Mysterious Phone?

Next week, Facebook is going to show us its “new home on Android.” What does that mean? We’re not sure—we could be days away from The Facebook Phone, or just a lovely new life-consuming app. But here are our best bets for what Zuck has up his Androidy sleeves. If we take off our cool…

Social Media Sam Biddle Mar 29 '13

The Host is the most terrible movie you’ll ever fall in love with

Everybody loves dystopias right now. And we’re in the middle of a huge boom in movies about sexy young people who are struggling to figure out their identities and which hottie they want to boink. Both of these trends are inherently absurd, so it’s a pleasure to encounter a movie that embraces the absurdity as…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Mar 29 '13

The Jetsons Get Schooled: Robot Teachers in the 21st Century Classroom

This is the last in a 24-part series looking at every episode of “The Jetsons” TV show from the original 1962-63 season. The final episode of the first season (and only season until a mid-1980s revival) of “The Jetsons” originally aired on March 17, 1963, and was titled “Elroy’s Mob.” In the opening sequence of…

Tech News Matt Novak Mar 29 '13

It’s Captain Kirk vs. the Gorn: The Rematch!

William Shatner may not have gotten a cameo in either of J.J. Abrams’ new Trek movies, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t willing to play the new Star Trek videogame… or star in a commercial for it. Even if that means taking on his old nemesis the Gorn. I don’t want to spoil it for…

io9 Rob Bricken Mar 29 '13

Someday Soon, Video Games Will Look Like This Incredible Unreal Engine 4 Graphics Demo

So this is gorgeous. The video up top is a leaked demo of the Unreal Engine 4. It’s been shown at GDC, and Kotaku isn’t sure if it’s a new, next gen game or just a tech demo. But either way, it’s stunning for in-game visuals. https://kotaku.com/impressive-unreal-engine-4-graphics-demo-infiltrator-462820497 Facial expressions, particle effects, light and shadows; this…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Mar 29 '13

DARPA’s Spleen-on-a-Chip Solves Sepsis

Blood poisoning is the number one cause of death among critical care patients in the US, killing more than 200,000 people annually. However, a radical new treatment option could transform the way we treat sepsis and save thousands of lives every year. Sepsis, also known as blood poisoning, is the result of your immune system…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Mar 29 '13

Spoilery character reveal changes everything we thought we knew about Man of Steel

We thought we knew everything there was to know about Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel, plotwise. But now, what started off as an origin story and ended in a alien showdown between Kat-El and General Zod has fleshed out into something much more comic book-centered, thanks to presence of this new character. Spoilers! Ain’t It…

Movies Meredith Woerner Mar 29 '13

The Rio Bonito House Fully Lives Up To Its Name

The The Rio Bonito House is set in a lush mountainous area in eastern Rio De Janeiro. It looks the the perfectly pleasant weekend getaway, but more than that, the design is notable because of the balance of both delicate and strong materials. Two thick stone walls punctured by four steel beams buoy the floating…

Tech News Leslie Horn Mar 29 '13

The time Buck Rogers saved the galaxy from the horrors of rock and roll

When 20th century astronaut Buck Rogers was transported to the 25th century, he discovered while many things had changed over the last 500 years, some things stayed the same — namely, that rock and roll is evil and young people are the worst. And in the insanely horrible episode of Buck Rogers in the 25th…

Television Rob Bricken Mar 29 '13

The man who used letters to make explosions more destructive

You can etch words into metal with an explosion, and those words reveal a startling thing about how explosives work. It’s called The Munroe Effect, named for a guy who helped make explosions more damaging than ever. Charles Munroe was not a sailor, but he spent the latter part of the 1800s working with them…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Mar 29 '13

Boston Cops Hilariously Pose Online As Punk Rockers

Watch This Commie Retro-Futuristic Space Tale

True facts about the naked mole rat, nature’s best impression of a scrotum with teeth

10 Great Stories About Epic Power Struggles

Being Off-Key Can At Least Look Good With This Pretty Tuning App

This Delightful Dragonfly Drone Swims Swiftly Through The Air

This new discovery will finally allow us to build biological computers

New DNA-Based Transistor Brings Us One Step Closer to True Human Computers

This Grizzly Won’t Eat You So Much as Carry Your Luggage

This robotic jellyfish could be the future of aquatic surveillance

What’s Facebook’s Big Mysterious Phone?

The Host is the most terrible movie you’ll ever fall in love with

The Jetsons Get Schooled: Robot Teachers in the 21st Century Classroom

It’s Captain Kirk vs. the Gorn: The Rematch!

Someday Soon, Video Games Will Look Like This Incredible Unreal Engine 4 Graphics Demo

DARPA’s Spleen-on-a-Chip Solves Sepsis

Spoilery character reveal changes everything we thought we knew about Man of Steel

The Rio Bonito House Fully Lives Up To Its Name

The time Buck Rogers saved the galaxy from the horrors of rock and roll

The man who used letters to make explosions more destructive

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