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How to Ditch Cash and Pay for Everything Electronically

It’s 2012, and we’re still fussing with paper currency. Why isn’t everything electronic? Or at the very least, exclusively utilizing magnetic strips on plastic rectangles? Where are those ID/Passport/money-replacing cards we were promised in the 90s? There’s hope. Over the past few years, a handful of savvy startups and developers have begun exploring the electronic…

Tech News Adrian Covert Sep 29 '12

This is what a gun firing underwater looks like

Firearms blogger Andrew Tuohy fired a few rounds from his M1911 pistol underwater to expand his bullets and snagged photos of the process. Here, we can witness the explosive power that erupts from the barrel of a gun as it pushes through liquid. Tuohy has posted one other underwater shot to his blog, and says…

io9 Lauren Davis Sep 29 '12

Artist Brings Street View Bystanders Back Into the Real World

Countless thousands have become the subject of candid photos thanks to Google’s Street View campaign. After they’re photographed, their faces are dutifully blurred, and they stand as digital statutes in cyberspace, but one artist likes bringing them back into the real world. Paolo Cirio likes to search around Street View for a subject, and when…

Tech News Eric Limer Sep 29 '12

Star Wars: Clone Wars and DC Nation return this week, plus a Lego Empire Strikes Back Special!

This week in the world of cartoons, EVERYTHING comes back! Star Wars:The Clone Wars (now on Saturday mornings), Green Lantern: The Animated Series, and Young Justice: Invasion return this week, putting the DC vs. Marvel cartoon wars into full effect. Adventure Time is off this week, but definitely check out Riders of Berk and the…

io9 Keith Veronese Sep 29 '12

If You’re Going To Buy a Nexus 7, You Should Do It Right Now

So maybe you’ve been sitting back, waiting to see what tablets the world has in store. That’s not a bad idea, but if you’ve been leaning towards the Nexus 7, you should just pull the trigger right now. Why? Because it still comes with a $25 Google Play credit, but only until tomorrow. Of course,…

Tech News Eric Limer Sep 29 '12

Watch a Bunch of Computer Parts Somehow Sing That Gotye Song

I don’t know if I’m more sick of this Gotye song or that Call Me Maybe song (though Gangnam Style is quickly catching up to both of them) but this is actually pretty freaking cool: a bunch of old computer parts—hardrives, scanners, etc—combine to sing the song, ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ by Gotye.…

Tech News Casey Chan Sep 29 '12

Every Infomercial Is Just Like This

When you’re up late at night for god knows why and flipping through channels for a show that no longer exists, you always run into infomercials. And they’re always so damn catchy! Like buying that new spout will change your life overnight! Pleated Jeans pokes fun of the sameness of every informercial ever and it’s…

Tech News Casey Chan Sep 29 '12

Here Are More Pictures and Video Showing Off the Rumored iPad Mini

Because the iPhone 5 just released, it seems like the iPad Mini rumor mill has gotten a little quiet. A little too quiet, if you ask me. Don’t worry though, the leaks will continue to come. Like this video, which shows off the small size of the rumored iPad Mini. The video is just a…

Tech News Casey Chan Sep 29 '12

Watch the Flaming Beauty of a Molotov Cocktail in Slow Motion

The unpredictable nature of fire makes for a pretty awesome dancing light show. The psychotic nature of a Molotov cocktail makes for a pretty dangerous way to start the fire to see that dancing light show. SO WHY NOT WATCH A MOLOTOV COCKTAIL EXPLODE IN SLOT MOTION. Yes, please. The Slow Mo Guys (who else?)…

Tech News Casey Chan Sep 29 '12

A 10 Foot USB Extension Cable Will Change Your Life

Here’s one thing that you can buy for five bucks that’ll make your life instantly better: a 10-foot long USB extension cable. I swear—this is not hyperbole here—buying one of these cords will change your smartphone using habits as much as buying a new iPhone 5 would, for a fraction of the price. Yeah. It’s…

Tech News Casey Chan Sep 28 '12

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Humblebrag

The subtle art of the humblebrag, a twitter conceit so well-received that they’ve actually made a book out of it. Not familiar? Let the cast of Parks and Rec educate you. Full video below; and honestly isn’t getting the cast of the funniest show on TV to promote your book the humblest brag of all?…

Tech News Splitsider Sep 28 '12

Google Autocomplete Tells Us That Women Are Crazy and Should Not Wear Pants

The Internet is a terribly sexist place and nothing proves that more than Google Autocomplete, which autocompletes potential searches with terms people often use on Google. Case in point: Start typing in ‘women’ in Google and see the weird and wild Autocomplete suggestions you get. BuzzFeed Shift decided to have a little fun with Google…

Tech News Casey Chan Sep 28 '12

Solomon Kane: Like Game of Thrones with Pilgrims!

Today, the long delayed cinematic adaptation of Robert E. Howard’s Solomon Kane tales comes to North American theaters for a limited release (it’s also been on video-on-demand across the land for a while now). Despite opening in Europe way back in 2009, the stateside release of Solomon Kane was mysteriously hamstrung until this summer, when…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Sep 28 '12

This Guy Proposed to His Girlfriend By Faking a Plane Crash

We’ve seen some awesome, hilarious and good-hearted proposals but we’ve never seen anything as twisted as this: a guy and girl fly a two person plane and take in the sweeping views (cue: aww) but then things take a wild turn, as the plane begins to crash. Well, “crash”. https://gizmodo.com/david-pogues-awesome-marriage-proposal-was-worth-a-movi-5935516 You see, the guy tricked…

Tech News Casey Chan Sep 28 '12

What McDonald’s Beef Is Really Made Of

McDonald’s doesn’t exactly have the best reputation for beef quality but if you were expecting to find ammonia-drenched, gut particle-filled pink slime sludge goop de loop, well, you’re going to be disappointed. It’s all beef. You can see how they make it above. They combine lean beef and fattier beef in their burger blends and…

Tech News Casey Chan Sep 28 '12

Seriously people you need to be watching Person of Interest right now

Last night’s season premiere of Person of Interest took the show in a brand-new direction which promises to turn this already awesome series into something truly superlative. I was literally jumping up and down in my seat while I watched it, and you will be too. All I can say, before the spoiler warning comes…

Television Annalee Newitz Sep 28 '12

This Is What Shooting a Gun Underwater Looks Like

Ever wonder what it would be like to shoot a gun underwater? It looks like a scene lifted straight from a Bond flick. Firearm aficionado Andrew Tuohy gave it a go with a .40 Glock 22 in his own pool. The video above was shot with Pentax WG-2 on the “high speed” video setting. It’s…

Tech News Leslie Horn Sep 28 '12

For the Weekend: A Vintage Visualization of the Sun, Circa 1971

The sun’s disc and solar corona as observed by ultraviolet-sensing equipment aboard NASA’s Orbiting Solar Observatory-7, launched from Cape Kennedy in September 1971. Regions of intense solar activity have been visualized upon columns of data. Vintage datavis for the win. [Click here for hi-res] [The Best of Creative Computing, Volume 1 via Eric Fischer via…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Sep 28 '12

12 Moving Image Machines That Make Animated GIFs IRL

Before there were GIFs there were motion pictures. And before film on reels, these “movies” were made up of actual printed still images that zipped in front of your eyes in rapid succession with the help of machinery. Our friends at Oobject collected a batch of crazy zoetropes and other machines, both and new, that…

Tech News David Galbraith - Oobject.com Sep 28 '12

There’s a good, sensible reason why this protractor is a rainbow

Making plastic into rainbows would nice enough even as a hobby — but it turns out there’s an entire field of study behind this light display. It’s called photoelasticity, and it helps people check where the lines of tension are on a structure. When light moves through a material, its angle of movement is generally…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Sep 28 '12

How to Ditch Cash and Pay for Everything Electronically

This is what a gun firing underwater looks like

Artist Brings Street View Bystanders Back Into the Real World

Star Wars: Clone Wars and DC Nation return this week, plus a Lego Empire Strikes Back Special!

If You’re Going To Buy a Nexus 7, You Should Do It Right Now

Watch a Bunch of Computer Parts Somehow Sing That Gotye Song

Every Infomercial Is Just Like This

Here Are More Pictures and Video Showing Off the Rumored iPad Mini

Watch the Flaming Beauty of a Molotov Cocktail in Slow Motion

A 10 Foot USB Extension Cable Will Change Your Life

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Humblebrag

Google Autocomplete Tells Us That Women Are Crazy and Should Not Wear Pants

Solomon Kane: Like Game of Thrones with Pilgrims!

This Guy Proposed to His Girlfriend By Faking a Plane Crash

What McDonald’s Beef Is Really Made Of

Seriously people you need to be watching Person of Interest right now

This Is What Shooting a Gun Underwater Looks Like

For the Weekend: A Vintage Visualization of the Sun, Circa 1971

12 Moving Image Machines That Make Animated GIFs IRL

There’s a good, sensible reason why this protractor is a rainbow

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