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Phiaton PS 210 BTNC Review: Are Bluetooth Headphones Worth It?

A wireless gadget offers the freedom to roam around without a tether. It makes life easier. The Phiaton PS 210 BTNC, the latest wireless earbuds, are totally free from the confines of your music player. But are they really more convenient? What Is It? A pair of noise-canceling Bluetooth earbuds for phones and computers. Who’s…

Reviews Adrian Covert Jul 12

The Easiest Way to Experience San Diego’s Itty-Bitty Comic Convention

I’ve live-blogged San Diego’s annual comic-frenzy for io9 twice, and ran into the same problem both times — schlepping my gear. I normally lug around a 15″ FruitBook Pro, multi-lens DSLR, WiFi hotspot, and a bunch of other crap. That means instead of nerding out over comic books and Lou Ferrigno, and trying to spot…

io9 By Ray Wert Jul 12

How to Live-Blog a Comic Convention with Just a Cell Phone

I’ve been live-blogging San Diego’s annual comic-frenzy for years, and I always have the same problem — schlepping my gear with me. When I cover a live event, I normally lug around a 15″ FruitBook Pro, multi-lens DSLR, WiFi hotspot, and a bunch of other crap. So instead of nerding out over comic books, Lou…

Tech News By Ray Wert Jul 12

How Growing Up in Oklahoma Got Daniel Wilson Excited About Robots

Former roboticist Daniel Wilson made a huge splash several years ago with his non fiction book How to Survive a Robot Uprising, and then set his optical implants on writing fiction. His debut novel Robopocalypse was a huge bestseller, and is set to become a Steven Spielberg flick. And now he’s got a new novel…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz Jul 12

Great Opening Sentences from Classic Fantasy Novels

Every great fantasy novel is a journey into mystery and wonder. And the best fantasy writers set the tone of discovery with the very first sentence. Especially in these days of online book excerpts and Amazon.com previews, the opening sentences of a book can cast a spell — or cast readers out of the book,…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders and Amanda Yesilbas Jul 12

Do Human Expressions Make These Robots Less Creepy—Or More?

A good-looking robot is seriously hard to find. Robots can be pretty, some even handsome, but as soon as they get too realistic they start to creep us out. A new system for helping robots to generate more realistic expressions might go some way to help. Many years ago, roboticists realised that as you morph…

Tech News Helen Thomson - New Scientist Jul 12

Prometheus cosplay! Behold the Engineer’s milky white abs in the flesh!

Hark, it’s the first Prometheus cosplay spotted in the wild! Straight from the mean streets of Comic-Con comes this amazing Prometheus cosplay of an Engineer, his abs, and a flock of sexy Weyland Nurses. Is this cosplay or This Ain’t Prometheus XXX? We don’t care! We love you and your shoes, Mr. Engineer! Take us…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jul 12

This Futurama episode includes everything you never want your mom to say

I’m willing to bet that most people reading this would be willing to go through their mother telling them, “I’m disappointed in you,” or “I don’t love you anymore,” as long as they don’t have to hear her say, “I’m having hot sex.” That’s what Leela has to hear, over and over, in this episode.…

Television Esther Inglis-Arkell Jul 12

The Original Logos of Tech Companies Were All Terrible

A lot of the giant technology brands and companies you know and love today didn’t look anything like they do now when they first started. Just look at their original logos: almost always butt ugly, but slowly grew into what they are now. Here are the humblest beginnings for all to see: The fine folks…

Tech News Casey Chan Jul 12

This LED Matrix Watch Is Your Complicated-Math-Bling Deal of the Day

I do not wear a watch. I spend my entire day around computers and iPhones and Xboxes. Everything tells me the time and usually in a way that doesn’t require me to correct it. So, I don’t bother to wear a watch. I’m not much of one for jewelry either. Part of the reason I…

Tech News J.D. Levite Jul 12

Remembering the day when the US nuked its own communications satellite

Yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of the launch of Telstar 1, the first U.S. communications satellite to relay television signals, phone calls, and fax images through space. But just as the astromech-like satellite started to settle in orbit and make its ground-breaking transmissions, it had to contend with nothing less than the remnants of a…

io9 George Dvorsky Jul 12

The Perfect Chair to Ride Out a Full Moon

As the story goes, a group of London designers got together to create a series of unique furniture pieces based on the Brothers Grimm’s fairy tales. And the Wolf Within Shadow Chair is what Chris Duffy came up with. For $1,500 it creates the illusion that the magically balancing chair is casting a wolf-shaped shadow,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jul 12

Astronomers discover invisible, starless galaxies predicted by theory

When thinking about how galaxies form, scientists have speculated about large masses of gas that are drawn together to form a kind of embryonic proto-galaxy. But because these supposed objects are starless, they would be practically invisible, thus making them impossible to detect — or so it would seem. Now, thanks to an innovative process…

io9 George Dvorsky Jul 12

Polyandry, or the practice of taking multiple husbands

Most of us know about traditional polygamy in the sense of one husband having many wives. It’s practiced all over the world, including clandestinely in the United States. But where are the cultures in which one woman has many husbands? And what are they like? Take a look at the relatively rare practice of polyandry.…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jul 12

US Military Wants Space Zombies to Feed on Dead Satellites

The DARPA Tactical Technology Office wants swarms of small spacecraft that would go to space, attach to dead satellites, and use their components to create new working satellites. The idea is fascinating—although it seems too wild to become real anytime soon. These space zombies are part of DARPA’s Phoenix project, a program that would “harvest…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz Jul 12

Style Is Dead: YSL Is Going to Sell a Facebook-Inspired Eyeshadow

The face is a blank canvas—you can make yourself up to look like Cleopatra, or a clown, or a hooker, and now you can do up your eyes Facebook-style. YSL is launching an eyeshadow palette inspired by the social network. Seriously! Pretty soon a bespectacled Yves Saint Laurent is going to rise out of his…

Social Media Leslie Horn Jul 12

Watch a powerful short film about a stranded NASA robot

Lose yourself in the story of Robbie the robot, a sentient automaton astronaut that finds itself stranded alone in Earth’s orbit for thousands of years after losing contact with Earth in 2045. His battery is dwindling. This is his last message to whoever will listen. The eight-minute film, called Robbie, is the handiwork of Australian…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jul 12

Binder Clip Case Boosts Your iPhone’s Note Taking Capabilities

Not even Siri’s voice-recognition capabilities can match the efficiency of jotting down a quick note on a piece of paper. So we like this simple binder clip adorned iPhone case that keeps a small stack of paper close at hand. https://gizmodo.com/talking-to-your-mac-the-coolest-feature-of-mountain-li-5925174 And besides protecting the back and sides of your phone, the case’s clip is…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jul 12

10 Reasons Why Oxytocin Is The Most Amazing Molecule In The World

Though often referred to as the “trust hormone” oxytocin is increasingly being seen as a brain chemical that does a lot more than just bring couples closer together. New research is suggesting that oxytocin plays a crucial part in enabling us to not just forge and strengthen our social relations, but in helping us to…

io9 George Dvorsky Jul 12

Previously classified “X-files” show how seriously Britain considered alien threats

Well, it now appears that Mulder and Scully had allies on the other side of the Atlantic. Recently released secret documents by Britain’s defense agency has revealed the surprising extent to which the country considered the possibility of extraterrestrials visiting Earth. The previously classified documents, which cover the period 1985 to 2007, show how the…

io9 George Dvorsky Jul 12

Phiaton PS 210 BTNC Review: Are Bluetooth Headphones Worth It?

The Easiest Way to Experience San Diego’s Itty-Bitty Comic Convention

How to Live-Blog a Comic Convention with Just a Cell Phone

How Growing Up in Oklahoma Got Daniel Wilson Excited About Robots

Great Opening Sentences from Classic Fantasy Novels

Do Human Expressions Make These Robots Less Creepy—Or More?

Prometheus cosplay! Behold the Engineer’s milky white abs in the flesh!

This Futurama episode includes everything you never want your mom to say

The Original Logos of Tech Companies Were All Terrible

This LED Matrix Watch Is Your Complicated-Math-Bling Deal of the Day

Remembering the day when the US nuked its own communications satellite

The Perfect Chair to Ride Out a Full Moon

Astronomers discover invisible, starless galaxies predicted by theory

Polyandry, or the practice of taking multiple husbands

US Military Wants Space Zombies to Feed on Dead Satellites

Style Is Dead: YSL Is Going to Sell a Facebook-Inspired Eyeshadow

Watch a powerful short film about a stranded NASA robot

Binder Clip Case Boosts Your iPhone’s Note Taking Capabilities

10 Reasons Why Oxytocin Is The Most Amazing Molecule In The World

Previously classified “X-files” show how seriously Britain considered alien threats

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