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What’s the Oldest Gadget You Still Use?

We all have that one ancient gadget that we can’t quite bring ourselves to part with. Sometimes it’s because of nostalgia. Sometimes it’s because we’re cheap. Other times, it’s because that gadget is just better than whatever is currently available. What is the oldest device that’s still part of your tech arsenal? Image via video99.co.uk

Tech News Adrian Covert

Seriously unsettling clip from the disturbing new children’s film Toys in the Attic

We had no idea the Czech film for children Toys in the Attic was this scary. A bunch of toys come to life when the humans aren’t looking (naturally) and the gang rallies together when one of their own is kidnapped. We have the exclusive clip of their sweet little friend getting captured, by what…

Movies Meredith Woerner

A Thin House Is The Perfect Solution for a Crowded Neighborhood

This skinny house in Japan is almost 30-feet-high but not quite seven-feet-wide. Hopefully all of its occupants are short and small, because at its most svelte point, you could almost touch two opposite walls at once. Though the 1,700 square foot place looks compact from the exterior, it’s actually pretty airy on the inside. It…

Tech News Leslie Horn

9 Shape-Shifting Pieces of Furniture

Transforming furniture is the closest thing to a gadget that a chair or table can get. But more than just shifting to serve multiple purposes, there’s a cleverness to how that functionality is achieved. Intricate designs. Complicated moving parts. Fun ideas. Here are nine of the best examples of beds, sofas, and shelves that can…

Tech News Adrian Covert

This Fall’s Must-Read Science Fiction and Fantasy Books

What do science fiction and fantasy books have in store for you this fall? There are new fantasy series by Tad Williams and Jacqueline Carey. A brand new Culture novel by Iain M. Banks. Collaborations between Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross, and Larry Niven and Gregory Benford. A classic Gene Wolfe novel. A massive Ursula…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Astronomers discover Milky Way’s twin, Magellanic Clouds and all

As a spiral galaxy, the Milky Way is far from unique. But what makes our galaxy particularly special is its pairing with the Magellanic Clouds — two irregular dwarf galaxies that are orbiting around it. Astronomers have never been able to find anything quite like it — at least not until now. A new paper…

io9 George Dvorsky

Watch as clouds convince you that you’re underwater

When you look at this film you know what lobsters must feel like. Looking at the sky above this golf course you can see the clouds literally roll over the sky like ocean waves. What causes these incredible waves to move across the sky? These crazy rolling waves should be enough to convince people that…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Would You Wear Ad-Supported Underpants?

Free underwear! Free underwear! Get your free, ad-supported underwear right here! Just head on over to the free pants site, fill out a quick questionnaire and be prepared to be served ads on your drawers. Yes, ads on your drawers. Just sell a little real estate on your soul and you get seven free pairs…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Amateurs Uncover Stunning Hidden Treasures In Hubble’s Image Vaults

With over one million observations since it launch on April 24, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has been a endless source for insane wonders, unprecedented scenes and humbling experiences. However, many of its most amazing images have never been seen before by anyone—until now. In fact, some images actually show objects that nobody knew existed…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

How Internet Explorer Shaped the Internet

Long before Internet Explorer became the browser everyone loves to hate, it was the driving force of innovation on the Internet. Sometimes it’s hard to remember all of the good that Internet Explorer did before Internet Explorer 6 became the scourge of web developers everywhere. Believe it or not, Internet Explorer 4-6 is heavily responsible…

Tech News Nicholas C. Zakas

These glow-in-the-dark cockroaches look exactly like jawas

No really, look. The resemblance is uncanny. Right down to the little bandolier. The little bugger on the left is a South American cockroach by the name of Lucihormetica luckae. Pretty wild looking, right? It gets wilder. Stick it under a fluorescent light, and two, eye-like spots (pits in its upper shell, populated with fluorescent…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Scientists Discover How to Disarm Superbug Bacterias

A drug-resistant superbug could be catastrophic for our species, but how are we supposed to stop an incurable illness? By stunting it before it takes hold. Scientists have discovered a molecule that some virulent bacteria need in order to latch onto a host. They think they might be able to create a treatment that would…

Health Mario Aguilar

R2-D2 Bender gets drunk, swears at you in bleeps and bloops

What happens when you combine two of science fiction’s most cantankerous robots? Namely, a bartender who’s constantly dipping into his own liquor cabinet. Nerd Approved caught this cosplayer at Celebration VI, which kicked off today in Orlando. You can find more photos here.

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

First images from the new Carrie show off the big bloody money shot

Chloë Grace Moretz and Julianne Moore are combining their considerable powers for the remake of Stephen King’s Carrie. Moretz has a pretty big pink prom dress she’ll be needing to fill out, because Sissy Spacek was masterful as her role as the first scared, meek and eventually murderous telekinetic darling. Luckily, a new crop of…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Master Lock Dial Speed Review: For When Numbers Are Too Complicated

Was the last number 23, or 32? Wait, is this even my lock? If you’ve ever been late for class or stuck at the gym because of a frozen analog combo lock, you’re in luck. With this digital directional lock, it doesn’t matter if you can’t memorize a string of numbers—but you still have to…

Reviews Andrew Tarantola

The Experiments That Tested Out Cleopatra’s Magic Aphrodisiac

Cleopatra, that famous ruler and seducer of all men, is famous for having won the heart and soul of Marc Antony — by melting down a pearl and drinking it, to entrance the Roman with the pearl’s aphrodisiac properties. But could this actually work? In the 1950s, scientists tested it out. So was Cleopatra’s aphrodisiac…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

These Batman Mimobot Flash Drives Are The USB-Drives-Gotham-Needs-Them-To-Be Deal of the Day

USB is just the best thing ever. You can stick pretty much anything into those little drives and get something amazing. Whether lighting up my world, cooling down my face or even charging my iPhone, is there anything USB can’t do? These days it seems like the USB Flash Drive has actually sort of fallen…

Tech News J.D. Levite

Futurama tries for a social message, and doesn’t quite make it

In last night’s Futurama episode, Viva Mars Vegas, the gang decides to pull off a casino heist. Everything about that’s fun. But the show also tries to hit a social message — and that’s not quite as successful. Also, there’s Zoidberg. We start the episode with a slam on Jar Jar Binks, as the Binks…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Facebook For Android Is So Crappy, Zuck’s Reportedly Forcing His Crew to Use It

When you were a kid your mom made you eat brussels sprouts. They were awful. But you ate them because you had to. Similarly, Facebook employees are reportedly being forced to use Facebook for Android. But not because it’s great and they just don’t see it, because they need to be reminded what a piece…

Tech News Leslie Horn

The Greatest Science Fiction Opera Composer in History

Rock music has Ziggy Stardust, Yoshimi and Rush. P-Funk’s Mothership gave birth to ATLiens, Dr. Octagon, and Janelle Monae’s alter ego Cindi Mayweather. So why hasn’t classical music embraced science fiction the way popular music has? After all, it’s a genre that simply adores mythology. Everyone from Monteverdi to Milhaud has done an Orpheus opera.…

io9 Joe Drew

What’s the Oldest Gadget You Still Use?

Seriously unsettling clip from the disturbing new children’s film Toys in the Attic

A Thin House Is The Perfect Solution for a Crowded Neighborhood

9 Shape-Shifting Pieces of Furniture

This Fall’s Must-Read Science Fiction and Fantasy Books

Astronomers discover Milky Way’s twin, Magellanic Clouds and all

Watch as clouds convince you that you’re underwater

Would You Wear Ad-Supported Underpants?

Amateurs Uncover Stunning Hidden Treasures In Hubble’s Image Vaults

How Internet Explorer Shaped the Internet

These glow-in-the-dark cockroaches look exactly like jawas

Scientists Discover How to Disarm Superbug Bacterias

R2-D2 Bender gets drunk, swears at you in bleeps and bloops

First images from the new Carrie show off the big bloody money shot

Master Lock Dial Speed Review: For When Numbers Are Too Complicated

The Experiments That Tested Out Cleopatra’s Magic Aphrodisiac

These Batman Mimobot Flash Drives Are The USB-Drives-Gotham-Needs-Them-To-Be Deal of the Day

Futurama tries for a social message, and doesn’t quite make it

Facebook For Android Is So Crappy, Zuck’s Reportedly Forcing His Crew to Use It

The Greatest Science Fiction Opera Composer in History

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