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9 Overlooked Technologies That Could Transform The World

We live in an era of accelerating change. Technology is changing and innovating faster than most of us can keep up. And at the same time, it’s easy to get so caught up in shiny visions of the future, and not notice the astounding things that are happening in science and technology today. So the…

io9 George Dvorsky

New iPod Nanos Look Like Gorgeous Tiny iPhones

Brand new iPod Nanos also joined Apple’s iPhone 5 party at the Moscone Center today. The totally redesigned junior MP3 players have a larger display, and come in seven beautiful candy-hued colors. https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-5-everything-you-need-to-know-5942588 The new iPods also have Bluetooth for the first time as well as the brand new lightning connector and the longest battery…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Alleged Photos of Final iPhone 5 Leak Just Before the Event

French site Nowhereelse claims to have found photos of what seems to be a complete, final version of the iPhone 5. It sure looks like a shiny iPhone 5 fresh out of the factory. The photos were just posted in a Chinese forum web site. The black version’s rim seems quite a lot darker than…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

New trailer for Wreck-It Ralph shows the horrors that await “unplugged” video games

This new trailer for Wreck-It Ralph is just hopelessly endearing. Scads of insider gamer gags paired with the super-sweet voice acting of Jack McBrayer (who plays Ralph’s video game antagonist, Fix-It Felix) equals a lot of laughs. This adorable “Toy Story for video games” flick — which hits theaters November 2 — is really starting…

Trailers Meredith Woerner

Adaptive Resonance Technology Could Make Wireless Charging Far Less Finicky

Even though the companies involved have finally come together in a consortium and finalized a standard, wireless charging is still struggling to gain acceptance. But a new technology called adaptive resonance from Fulton Innovation promises to bridge the gaps between devices, and make wireless charging pads less difficult to use. With current hardware a device…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

These are the Breaking Bad meets Star Wars GIFS you were looking for

A bold and beautiful Photoshop contest hosted by Something Awful has created some of the most glorious cinematic GIFs and images we’ve ever seen. Behold what happens when the internet mixes up Breaking Bad and Star Wars in perfect harmony. You can find even more over at Something Awful.

Movies Meredith Woerner

This otherworldly amphibian has a completely transparent underbelly

The cloud forests of South America are home to some of Earth’s most extraordinary creatures, but few are as intriguing as the glassfrog. Seen from above, most glassfrog species look pretty nondescript, but a glimpse of their underbelly reveals a fascinating anatomical anomaly: translucent abdominal skin. From underneath, a glassfrog’s heart, liver, and various other…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Shooting Challenge: Isolated Motion Blur

When you don’t want blur, it’s the worst. But when you can control it—even isolate it in the frame—blur can be beautiful. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, you’ll capture a clear subject in a world of motion blur. https://gizmodo.com/shooting-challenge-one-focal-length-exposures-5940329 The Challenge Capture a sharp moving subject surrounded by blur. The Technique This is true photographic…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Shooting Bands In America’s Live Music Capital Is as Badass as It Sounds

Austin’s the answer! The capital of Texas is also a capital of live music, and home to enough promising bands to fill its endless rows of it’s-a-miracle-the-neighbors-don’t-complain music venues on a nightly basis. It’s also where we sent photographer Diana Levine for the latest installment of our Intel-Inspired Ultrabook™ Shooting Challenge. So if you tweet-guessed…

Tech News By Seth Porges

NASA: Extreme forms of life can survive on planets with weird orbits

Biologists who study extremophiles know just how tough and resilient life can be. Microbes have been discovered in virtually all four corners of the Earth, including deserts, extreme altitudes, and undersea volcanoes. Insights like these have forced astrobiologists to reconsider the types of environments where life is capable of emerging and flourishing. https://gizmodo.com/the-extremest-extremophiles-microbial-oasis-underneath-5886377 https://gizmodo.com/the-microbes-in-earths-most-arid-volcanoes-are-unlike-a-5917218 https://gizmodo.com/methane-exhaling-microbes-found-in-undersea-volcanoes-r-5932477…

io9 George Dvorsky

Over a dozen reasons why this Indian superhero makes Batman look like total crap

Batman is normally bandied about as the paragon of all the superheroes — he’s resourceful, has the best gadgets, and can make guano rain down upon his foes with but a snap of his fingers. But Batman pales in comparison to the serpentine Indian beefcake Nagraj, who possesses basically every damn superpower out there, but…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Nike Wants Displays in Your Golf Club That Tell You Exactly How Badly You Shanked It

Nike has always been like Chubbs was to Happy Gilmore, helping you improve your golf game. But now it wants to do it digitally—it just earned a patent to put data-collecting sensors in clubs that would track your swing. In one form, an analysis of your swing would be shown on a screen located on…

Tech News Leslie Horn

The Big Bad Wolf Ain’t Got Nothing on the World’s Only Category 5 Hurricane Simulator

When Hurricane Andrew rolled ashore in South Florida back in 1992, it destroyed $27 billion worth of property. The storm was the third most destructive to ever hit the US, an outcome due in part to the insufficient building codes of the time. Structures simply weren’t built to withstand the storm’s fury. These days, Florida…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

13 Features the iPhone 5 Definitely Won’t Have

Everyone is going crazy over all the new features that are being “confirmed” by Apple’s website. And sure, that’s fun, but we thought we’d do you one better. Instead of just telling you what will be in the iPhone 5, here’s a list of what’s been left on the cutting room floor. https://gizmodo.com/apple-leaks-iphone-5s-lte-powers-early-5942576 The iPhone…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Genetic Proof That You Really Do Hate Cilantro

Scientists have had a hunch for some time that cilantro hating might be partly inherited. But now a genetic survey of nearly 30,000 people has given us a definitive answer: hating cilantro is hard-wired into your genes. https://gizmodo.com/is-cilantro-hating-genetic-5911387 A large chunk of the US population—including the likes of culinary goddess Julia Child—have claimed that it…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Watch JFK’s iconic Moon speech, delivered fifty years ago today

Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s legendary clarion call to the United States, to invest its heart, hopes and mind in the exploration of space. An enduring message of audacity and spirit, it remains as rousing (and, arguably, as relevant) today as it did when Kennedy delivered it at Rice University in…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Eating Rice Oozed from a Tube Sounds Efficient and Delicious

Taking some inspiration from the sucker-in-a-sleeve known as a Push Pop, Takara Tomy’s Smart Han bento lunchbox lets busy office drones enjoy sticky rice lunch extruded from a large tube. It’s not unlike the Sushi Bazooka, except that this contraption is designed to pump the food directly into your mouth. https://gizmodo.com/sushi-bazooka-5926339 A screw on cap…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

iPhone 5: The Complete Rumor Roundup

There’s been so much rumor-hawking and speculation the past few weeks that whether you’re ready or not, we’re squarely in the middle of iPhone season. So here’s a quick rundown of everything we think we know about Apple’s next iPhone. Appearance We think we have a pretty good idea of what the new iPhone will…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Apple Leaks iPhone 5’s LTE Powers Early

Using the same method of URL guesswork on Apple.com, you can find evidence that the iPhone 5 will be LTE-powered. https://gizmodo.com/the-new-iphone-will-be-called-the-iphone-5-update-new-5942567 This was expected, but we thought we’d at least have to wait until today’s keynote speech to get confirmation. This does the trick. We will have to wait and see what the carrier plan…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Watch the Moment that Defined America’s Most Epic Quest In History

50 years ago today, on September 12, 1962, President John F. Kennedy delivered one of his best and most inspiring speeches. Arguably, one of the best in the history of the United States. The year before, in front of a special joint session of the US Congress, he announced a plan to put a man…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

9 Overlooked Technologies That Could Transform The World

New iPod Nanos Look Like Gorgeous Tiny iPhones

Alleged Photos of Final iPhone 5 Leak Just Before the Event

New trailer for Wreck-It Ralph shows the horrors that await “unplugged” video games

Adaptive Resonance Technology Could Make Wireless Charging Far Less Finicky

These are the Breaking Bad meets Star Wars GIFS you were looking for

This otherworldly amphibian has a completely transparent underbelly

Shooting Challenge: Isolated Motion Blur

Shooting Bands In America’s Live Music Capital Is as Badass as It Sounds

NASA: Extreme forms of life can survive on planets with weird orbits

Over a dozen reasons why this Indian superhero makes Batman look like total crap

Nike Wants Displays in Your Golf Club That Tell You Exactly How Badly You Shanked It

The Big Bad Wolf Ain’t Got Nothing on the World’s Only Category 5 Hurricane Simulator

13 Features the iPhone 5 Definitely Won’t Have

Genetic Proof That You Really Do Hate Cilantro

Watch JFK’s iconic Moon speech, delivered fifty years ago today

Eating Rice Oozed from a Tube Sounds Efficient and Delicious

iPhone 5: The Complete Rumor Roundup

Apple Leaks iPhone 5’s LTE Powers Early

Watch the Moment that Defined America’s Most Epic Quest In History

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