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G.I. Joe: Retaliation trailer: Oh snap! The President’s the bad guy!

Many months ago, toy movie G.I. Joe: Retaliation was packed away to be rewritten and re-released this March. And now here it is with a more action-centric trailer. Gone is the camp, replaced with even more guns, explosions and air sword fights. We kind of loved how self-aware the old trailers were, so let’s hope…

Trailers Meredith Woerner Feb 18 '13

Report: The Galaxy S IV Is Definitely Being Announced on March 14th

It should come as no surprise the Samsung Galaxy IV is coming. The only question was whether or not it would rear its head at the upcoming Mobile World Congress alongside competitors like the HTC one. Apparently not. According to The Verge, sources say it is definitely coming on March 14th at a Samsung event.…

Gadgets Eric Limer Feb 18 '13

The Internet’s Kevin Bacon Effect: Any Web Page Can Be Accessed From Any Other In Just 19 Clicks

In theory, every actor and actress in the planet could be connected to Kevin Bacon in six steps or less. And in theory, according to Hungarian physicist Albert-László Barabási, every random web page can be accessed from any other random page by clicking just 19 times or less. That’s what he discovered in his research,…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 18 '13

13 Presidential Tech Firsts: From Running Water to UFOs

It’s Presidents’ Day, the annual Monday in February when we close our banks and sleep in to honor our leaders. But who was the first early-adopter-in-chief to use a telephone? To ride in a car? To send an email? Here’s a look back at which of our 44 presidents have been on the forefront of…

Tech News Leslie Horn Feb 18 '13

Obama to take first step toward building Skynet

The Obama administration wants to jumpstart brain research in an ambitious collaborative enterprise that’s already being called the Human Genome Project of Neuroscience. The decade-long endeavor will explore the inner workings of the human mind and work toward charting a map of its activity. According to the NYT, the announcement could come as early as…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Feb 18 '13

A software program that could reconstruct the earliest human languages

Languages are like species. They evolve in mostly predictable ways, splitting into new species or dying out over time. Now, a group of linguists and computer scientists in the US and Canada have created a piece of software that can analyze enormous groups of languages to reconstruct what the earliest human languages might have sounded…

io9 Annalee Newitz Feb 18 '13

This Bladeless Fan Is Your Beautiful-Appliance Deal of the Day

While the Dyson Air Multiplier looks nothing like a conventional fan — it more closely resembles a quidditch goal — it’s actually a fully functional appliance that got quite a bit of attention when it came out. Although Dyson touts the Air Multiplier as bladeless, it actually has a tiny fan hidden inside the body…

Tech News Kif Leswing Feb 18 '13

The Forgotten Gadget That Powered The Industrial Revolution

Recently, a group of students at Purdue University used a simple device to make a ping-pong ball break the speed of sound. But that’s not the coolest part. The device they used, called a de Laval nozzle, is actually centuries old. It’s no exaggeration to call this the gadget that made the industrial revolution possible…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Feb 18 '13

In Japan They Sculpt Blocks of Ice Into Diamonds for Drinks

Here’s Hidetsugo Ueno, a barman from Bar High Five, Tokyo, hand cutting ice in the shape of a giant diamond. Why? You don’t need a why. It’s not a perfect sphere, but it sure looks a lot cooler. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-make-the-perfect-ice-cube-5945245

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 18 '13

The Super Easy Way Twitter Could Make All This Account Hacking Stop

Twitter accounts are getting hacked left and right. Today it was Burger King. Before that, it was the Westboro Baptist Church (Admittedly, they deserved it). And before that, it was us and Mat Honan. Hacks will always happen, but this is dumb because Twitter could make this all go away. Forever. All we need is…

Privacy & Security Eric Limer Feb 18 '13

Death Star PR prefers you call their ship a “Justice Moon”

Watch a spin team at its best. The Death Star PR group attacks the Alderaan explosions with the twisty tricks that only the Empire could employ. This new webseries by Robbie Boland is actually quite brilliant. We can’t wait to see how they tackle the next PR disaster for the Empire. [via The Mary Sue]

Television Meredith Woerner Feb 18 '13

This Week’s TV: Community heads to an Inspector Spacetime Convention

Get a double dose of awesome this week when Community star Donald Glover stars in the new Adventure Time. Plus, the Greendale gang heads to an Inspector Spacetime Convention. What will the meta minds at Community have to say about conventions, especially since Comic Con and Wonder Con were such big events for these characters?…

Television Meredith Woerner Feb 18 '13

Who Needs to Knit When You Can Use a Lego Machine that Makes Clothes Automagically?

There are many things you probably don’t know about Lego. One of them, however, is not the fact that you can build anything with it, from sorting M&Ms to an an entire house. This awesome Lego loom is another example of this. https://gizmodo.com/everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-about-lego-5019797 There are other Lego looms (see below) but this one is truly…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 18 '13

The Best Smartphone Camera

A zillion new smartphones are going to be announced soon at Mobile World Congress, each promising camera advancements that may or may not live up to the hype. Before we get there, though, we wanted to take stock of how good the cameras are in the smartphones you can buy now. Here’s how the flagships…

Tech News Mario Aguilar and Nick Stango Feb 18 '13

This Beautiful Color Picker Will Lure You in With Endless Hues

It is a primary job of any designer, illustrator, or artist to deal with choosing colors. Most software only provides cumbersome or inelegant ways of doing so. This utterly simple and addicting website will help you in your hue-rific journey with pristine, undulating tones. Ahhhh. Color.hailpixel is the handiwork of coder-extraordinaire Devin Hunt. It’s easy.…

Tech News Michael Hession Feb 18 '13

Israeli Lunatic Sniper Instagrams a Photo of a Child in His Crosshairs

The Israeli Defense Forces has a history of overzealous campaigns on its official social media accounts. So maybe we shouldn’t be surprised that an IDF sniper doesn’t take his job very seriously. Or that’s the impression we get, since he Instagrammed a photo of what appears to be a Palestinian child in the crosshairs of…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Feb 18 '13

The 25 Coolest Catch Phrases for Scientific Concepts

One of the best parts about science is that it contains no shortage of awesome-sounding terms to describe complicated ideas. Here are 25 of our favorites. 1. Absolute Zero: The coldest possible temperature 2. Action At A Distance: A term used in quantum mechanics to describe the eerie effect when objects separated in space still…

io9 George Dvorsky Feb 18 '13

How Is This Raw Chicken Egg Standing Whole Without Its Shell?

What kind of sorcery is this? How is this egg standing whole without its shell? Apparently, the inner membrane—the thin layer that you can see stuck to the hard shell when you boil an egg—is strong enough to hold it without breaking its shape. But how can you do this? According to author Biswarup Ganguly—an…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 18 '13

Fragments of Russia’s meteor could be worth 40x their weight in gold

Last week, a meteor blew apart over Russia’s Chelyabinsk region, generating a shockwave that injured hundreds and caused millions of dollars in damage. The disintegrating fireball strewed bits and pieces of itself over the country’s Ural mountains, some of which researchers now claim to have recovered. But scientists aren’t the only ones interested in the…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Feb 18 '13

Burger King Twitter Hacked Into McDonald’s (Update: Account Suspended)

Most Twitter hackers go after heads of states or companies to stir up some humiliation. But today’s target is Burger King, which has been transformed into a combination of McDonald’s and amphetamine addict. Enjoy it while it lasts. It’s not Anonymous, it’s not UGNazi, it’s… I have no idea who it is. He seems to…

Tech News Sam Biddle Feb 18 '13

G.I. Joe: Retaliation trailer: Oh snap! The President’s the bad guy!

Report: The Galaxy S IV Is Definitely Being Announced on March 14th

The Internet’s Kevin Bacon Effect: Any Web Page Can Be Accessed From Any Other In Just 19 Clicks

13 Presidential Tech Firsts: From Running Water to UFOs

Obama to take first step toward building Skynet

A software program that could reconstruct the earliest human languages

This Bladeless Fan Is Your Beautiful-Appliance Deal of the Day

The Forgotten Gadget That Powered The Industrial Revolution

In Japan They Sculpt Blocks of Ice Into Diamonds for Drinks

The Super Easy Way Twitter Could Make All This Account Hacking Stop

Death Star PR prefers you call their ship a “Justice Moon”

This Week’s TV: Community heads to an Inspector Spacetime Convention

Who Needs to Knit When You Can Use a Lego Machine that Makes Clothes Automagically?

The Best Smartphone Camera

This Beautiful Color Picker Will Lure You in With Endless Hues

Israeli Lunatic Sniper Instagrams a Photo of a Child in His Crosshairs

The 25 Coolest Catch Phrases for Scientific Concepts

How Is This Raw Chicken Egg Standing Whole Without Its Shell?

Fragments of Russia’s meteor could be worth 40x their weight in gold

Burger King Twitter Hacked Into McDonald’s (Update: Account Suspended)

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