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Windows Phone 8 Might Finally Make NFC Payments Popular

Your phone replacing your wallet. That’s the promise of NFC; payments made with a wave of your handset. The only problem? Despite Google’s—and now Apple’s—best efforts, it hasn’t happened yet. But Windows Phone 8 might finally usher in the future we’ve been waiting for. Microsoft’s solution, in fact, combines Google’s NFC payment options and Apple’s…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jun 20

South African Student Invents Waterless Bathing

When finding a steady source of potable water is challenge enough in the developing world who has the time—or water—to take a shower? One South African student may have the answer with a unique, water-less shower gel—that he invented on his dumb phone. DryBath, as the gel is called, was developed by 22 year old…

Health Andrew Tarantola Jun 20

Windows Phone 8 Gets a Spec Bump: Dual-Core, 720p, SD Storage Ahead

The first major announcement out of Microsoft’s Windows Phone Summit? A much-needed spec bump for the platform, which now supports dual-core processors, 720p displays, and SD storage solutions. Finally, a grown-up operating system gets grown-up guts. The supported resolutions now include WVGA, WXVGA, and true 720p, and the platform will support quad-core processors as well.…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jun 20

How Our Violent Sun Drives the Earth’s Climate (Instead of Wiping Out the Planet)

The star at the center of our solar system is one giant ball of nuclear fusion that’s perpetually blasting out dangerous solar winds. Closer planets like Venus take a real beating, but Earth is protected by a magnetosphere, and instead harnesses the sun’s energy to power our planet’s climate. This NASA video is actually a…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jun 20

How to Watch Microsoft’s Major Windows Phone Announcement

In just a few short minutes, Microsoft is going to give us all “sneak peek of the future of Windows Phone.” Presumably that means Apollo, the highly anticipated update that’s going to make Windows Phone and Windows 8 kissing cousins. We know what we want to happen. But to find out what Microsoft’s actually got…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jun 20

It Takes the Entire Internet to Map a Mouse’s Brain

Creating a wiring diagram of the human brain’s neurons is an oft-discussed idea that remains in the realms of science fiction. Scale that problem down to tackling a mouse brain, however, and you’re in the realms of what science can just about manage—with your help. In fact, that’s exactly what a team of scientists from…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jun 20

The 2012 Gawker Media Census Results Are In

You might have noticed that over the past few weeks we’ve been bugging you to take the 2012 Gawker Media Census. Well, try not to cry too hard, but the most exciting survey on the whole World Wide Web has come to a close. We learned all sorts of fun facts about the 4,240 Gizmodo…

Tech News Sponsored post Jun 20

On a Scorcher Like Today, Even This Standing Ceiling Fan Makes Sense

Summer’s officially here, and all across the country it’s arrived with a vengeance, bringing temperatures that could top 100 °F. Which is crazy. In fact, crazy enough to justify this not-so-ceiling fan which rains down a cool breeze on you all day long. Apparently designed for use on patios (or homes without ceilings) Fanimation’s free-standing…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jun 20

This NASA Simulator Fakes Space in the Middle of Texas

With modern space travel now the work of private industry operating under the guidance of NASA, how do you make sure that the custom hardware running on, say the Dragon Module interfaces with the custom hardware aboard the ISS? You bug-test the shit out of them beforehand in NASA’s Systems Engineering Simulator. Located at the…

Space & Spaceflight Andrew Tarantola Jun 20

All 786 Known Planets to Scale

This is a very simple and brilliant visualization of all planets known to humankind as of June 2012. There are 786, including the eight in our Solar System, which is shown in the gray square in the center. First, it’s really amazing that we have detected so many already. The number is growing really fast…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jun 20

Nine Things We Really, Really Want from Windows Phone 8

Windows Phone has a great premise—a set of beautiful, minimalist tiles take the place of a million apps. It’s brilliant in its simplicity. But it needs to get its shit together. Today, we could get a first look at Windows Phone 8. Here’s what it needs to deliver. Social skills WinPho’s People tile is one…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jun 20

Lovely Ultra-Thin Speaker: Some Folding Required

If this is the kind of design that Royal College of Art student Hannes Harms is producing while he’s still in school, he has a long lustrous career ahead of them. Because this flat, foldable boombox is already something worth lusting over. Made from half-millimeter thick laser cut stainless steel backed by an ultra-thin electrostatic…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jun 20

Belief in an angry God is the strongest predictor of a country’s crime rate

When it comes to predicting a country’s crime rate, sociologists typically look at such factors as income inequality and GDP. But new research suggests that a better place to look might be inside the religious beliefs of the population — or more accurately, their belief in Hell and the prospect of eternal damnation. Religion is…

io9 George Dvorsky Jun 20

The Coast Guard Creates a Fiery Vortex in the Sky

This C-130J Super Hercules is on a regular mission over North Carolina, not escaping an alien fireball. But the 75,000 pound cargo beast is still so powerful, it warped the entire sky behind it. As The Aviationist’s David Cenciotti explains, these cloud curls are called “wingtip vortices”: Vortices form because of the difference in pressure…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jun 20

Holy crap, this whale spouts rainbows

Happy hump day, everyone! Here for your enjoyment is a whale, seen off the coast of Nova Scotia, spraying a rainbow out its blowhole. This is clearly a magical whale, and this phenomenon has absolutely nothing to do with tiny water droplets refracting light into the visible color spectrum. Do not doubt the technicolor dream…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jun 20

Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn is making a Barbarella TV series

Indie darling Nicolas Winding Refn’s next project has us A.) scratching our heads; and B.) very, very excited. Refn will be directing and executive-producing the TV series Barbarella. Oh, Pygar! Deadline reports that Refn is teaming up with Martha De Laurentiis and Gaumont International Television — the folks behind the Hannibal TV show — to…

Television Meredith Woerner Jun 20

Instant Deodorizing Machine Takes the Stink Out of Diaper Changes

It was originally developed for use in hospitals where nurses have to deal with diaper and bedpan changes all day long, but this instantaneous deodorizer would probably be gladly embraced by parents with a new addition at home. Composed of a long articulated arm with a cone collector at one end, the machine isn’t exactly…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jun 20

The First Wedding In the World Filmed With Ultra-High Definition 3D Cameras

I always hated video in weddings. The quality always look so cheesy. But not this one. This one was filmed with RED Epic cameras on 5K resolution and 3D! These are the same cameras that Peter Jackson is using for The Hobbit or Ridley Scott used for Prometheus. Gizmodo’s friend Peter Chang—from Golden Gate 3D—sent…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jun 20

The director of Seeking a Friend for the End of the World explains how the apocalypse is an honesty test

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World is an apocalyptic romcom in which two strangers help each other out during their last weeks on the planet — before a giant meteorite crashes into the globe, obliterating all life. We spoke with writer and director Lorene Scafaria (Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist) about the…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jun 20

Allergies Could Have Evolved to Protect Us

Summer’s virtually here, which means soon many of us will be incapacitated through sneezes, coughs, and itchy eyes. While allergies are a pain in the ass, they may not be the misguided immune responses many scientists have believed them to be. In fact, a new theory is emerging which suggests that they may have evolved…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jun 20

Windows Phone 8 Might Finally Make NFC Payments Popular

South African Student Invents Waterless Bathing

Windows Phone 8 Gets a Spec Bump: Dual-Core, 720p, SD Storage Ahead

How Our Violent Sun Drives the Earth’s Climate (Instead of Wiping Out the Planet)

How to Watch Microsoft’s Major Windows Phone Announcement

It Takes the Entire Internet to Map a Mouse’s Brain

The 2012 Gawker Media Census Results Are In

On a Scorcher Like Today, Even This Standing Ceiling Fan Makes Sense

This NASA Simulator Fakes Space in the Middle of Texas

All 786 Known Planets to Scale

Nine Things We Really, Really Want from Windows Phone 8

Lovely Ultra-Thin Speaker: Some Folding Required

Belief in an angry God is the strongest predictor of a country’s crime rate

The Coast Guard Creates a Fiery Vortex in the Sky

Holy crap, this whale spouts rainbows

Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn is making a Barbarella TV series

Instant Deodorizing Machine Takes the Stink Out of Diaper Changes

The First Wedding In the World Filmed With Ultra-High Definition 3D Cameras

The director of Seeking a Friend for the End of the World explains how the apocalypse is an honesty test

Allergies Could Have Evolved to Protect Us

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