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‘Dubstep Tebow’ Does Exactly What You Think It Does

If you were told to make an iPhone app that to capture the current zeitgeist, what would it look like? A gas price calculator, perhaps, or something like the Inhuman Microphone? Or how about an app that lets you make dubstep tracks from Tim Tebow’s voice—does that sound about right? We thought so. Enter the…

Tech News Andy Cush - Evolver.fm Apr 26

Simply Stunning—The World Famous Cutty Sark After Its £50 Million Renovation

The Cutty Sark is kind of a big deal. It’s the last tea clipper in existence and is considered a national maritime treasure by the British. So when she was badly damaged in a fire in 2007, the British government spent £50 million restoring her. These are the results. Conservation of the Cutty Sark is…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Apr 26

How Far Would You Be Willing to Drive If It Meant Avoiding Airport Security?

The TSA is quickly becoming America’s most hated agency (you’re welcome meter maids) and for damn good reason—stealing from veterans, hassling kids, hassling handicapped kids, and stealing from everybody else. They’ve become a greater threat than whatever they’re supposed to be protecting us from. http://gawker.com/5904821/tsa-forces-four-year-old-girl-to-undergo-pat+down-after-unauthorized-hug-from-grandma?tag=tsa So when considering transportation for my trip to LA this…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Apr 26

Onion Browser Brings Encrypted Web Browsing to the iPhone

Increasingly, as networks get faster and phones smarter, we’re using our mobile devices as we would our computers. Already we’ve seen a few options for secure mobile web browsing, but Onion Browser—a new app from the iPhone’s app store—is the first to encrypt all your data. By connecting to the Tor network through a series…

Privacy & Security Molly Oswaks Apr 26

Tonight’s Stoner Channel: Tricky Tricks, Lucky Strikes, and Bill Cosby on Drugs

Bill Cosby on Drugs The dad everybody wishes they had dishes on the effects of popular narcotics. https://gizmodo.com/this-guy-didnt-know-he-shot-himself-in-the-head-with-a-5878217 This Guy Didn’t Know He Shot Himself in the Head with a Nail Gun BOOM, HEADSHOT! /low hanging fruit Tricking While this does look suspiciously like tumbling, we have been assuranced that this is indeed a new,…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Apr 26

Sleeping Beauty: A Disney Theme in a Sex-Work Story

In Sleeping Beauty (2011), Lucy is a university student, paying her way through college by way of paid clinical trials, part-time office work and a waitressing job. She in large part supports her mother, an alcoholic with a psychic hotline. She needs more money, always. She’s particularly not shy. She likes sex. An advertisement she’s…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Apr 25

Connecticut Bill Aims to Make Cops Pay for First Amendment Violations

Officers of the law in Connecticut may soon have a strong incentive to tolerate citizens filming them—financial liability. Police typically work under the condition of “qualified immunity,” which protects them from liability when they screw up and say arrest a person for filming them. This deflects the legal costs (lawyer fees, settlements, etc) from the…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Apr 25

With a Pedal-Desk This Pretty, You Might Actually Want to Work Out

The stationary bike/desk hybrid is nothing new. But, till now, design seems to have never been of much of consideration. WeBike is a pedal-powered desk that also happens to be a very pretty piece of furniture. https://gizmodo.com/geek-a-cycle-defattens-the-bloggers-203972 Designed by Belgium’s We-Watt, the WeBike’s pedal-to-power design converts gentle cycling action into electric energy. Its aluminum-and-steel body…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Apr 25

Wipe Your Hard Drive DoD-Clean

You can reformat and overwrite that old hard drive as many times as you want before junking it—modern forensics software can still extract data from it. The Drive eRazer Ultra, however, can expunge your sensitive data to DoD specifications. The Drive eRazer Ultra by Wiebetech is a standalone device for securely erasing hard drive data.…

Privacy & Security Andrew Tarantola Apr 25

Descriptive Camera Doesn’t Take Pictures, But Has a Masterful Command of the English Language

Matt Richardson’s “Descriptive Camera” doesn’t take pictures, not even blurry ones. But it works just fine. Rather than capturing an image on film, Richardson’s invention (a prototype built for a Computational Cameras class at New York University‘s Interactive Telecommunications Program) prints out a descriptive bit of text about the photo. How It Works After an…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Apr 25

How To Prove You’ve Been Abducted by Aliens

Do I believe in UFOs or extraterrestrial visitors? Where shall I begin? There’s a fascinating frailty of the human mind that psychologists know all about, called “argument from ignorance.” This is how it goes. Remember what the “U” stands for in “UFO”? You see lights flashing in the sky. You’ve never seen anything like this…

Space & Spaceflight Neil deGrasse Tyson Apr 25

User Experience: The Reason Apple Towers Over Sony

Sony is still a technological powerhouse with a massive R&D department, but as Sohrab Vossoughi explains at Harvard Business Review, everything has changed. Today it’s not enough to build a killer technology—you’ve got to carefully design how people use the final product.—MA Sometimes it’s useful to be reminded that a great strategy is only great…

Tech News SOHRAB VOSSOUGHI - Harvard Business Review Apr 25

This Desk-Shelf Hybrid Harmoniously Combines Form and Function

People in cramped apartments have had to choose between tables or shelves for ages. Without a desk, it’s difficult to get real, substantial work done. Without shelves, crap simply piles up around your apartment. But with the Deskbox desk-shelf hybrid, you get both and it doesn’t take up any extra space. The Deskbox, designed by…

Tech News Kif Leswing Apr 25

Keep Your Blades In Shape With Wustof’s 2-Stage Knife Sharpener

If you have a good set of kitchen knives, you need to take care of them. One of the most important parts of that is keeping them sharp. Wustof ‘s 2-Stage Knife Sharpener is a very good option. It’s not going to cost you an arm and a leg, either, which is a good selling…

Tech News Leslie Horn Apr 25

Brand New Colors, Random Tats, and Other Stories We Didn’t Post

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case. If You Get a Random Tattoo From an App, You Deserve a Random Tattoo From an App…

Tech News Brian Barrett Apr 25

New Archeological Proof for the Oldest Tsunami in Recorded History

Tucked away in the 8th volume of Herodotus’ Histories is a reference to a town that was saved from attack by the Persians when the sea retreated — then returned higher than ever, drowning those who tried to cross the shallows. This account of 479 BCE is regarded as the first historical reference to a…

io9 Tim Barribeau Apr 25

The Animal-Friendly Furniture for Your Furry Friend at Home

Houston-based architect Paul Kweton has designed the perfect chair to share with your pet. The Rocking-2-gether Chair is made of computer-milled Birch plywood, with removable ribs that allow you to customize the look of your rocker and a hollow inner-chamber below the seat, for your dog or cat to nap in. This is the second…

Biology Molly Oswaks Apr 25

DRM is not the future: Tor goes DRM-free for all e-books

Starting in early July, the whole Tor/Forge e-book catalog will be free of Digital Rights Management (DRM) — which means you’ll have an easier time copying them from one device to another. And it also means that Tor’s books will be available from e-book retailers who only stock DRM-free books. In a press release, Tor…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Apr 25

Find out how irresponsible scientists brought the Battleship aliens to our planet

Why did those giant lizard beasts come out of the sky, to sink all of our battleships? Peter Berg and his team of disheveled movie scientists explain why the Earth is being invaded, in this new Battleship featurette. Learn about “goldilocks” planets, and why all this constant space exploration will only doom Taylor Kitsch and…

Movies Meredith Woerner Apr 25

Could some of humanity’s deadliest viruses have come from eating bats?

Bats can scare people — apparently enough to inspire Bruce Wayne to dress up as one to fight crime. And now, researchers are increasingly discovering what might be good reason to fear bats — they could be the source of a dizzying array of lethal viruses. And it could be our own fault. At least…

io9 Charles Choi Apr 25

‘Dubstep Tebow’ Does Exactly What You Think It Does

Simply Stunning—The World Famous Cutty Sark After Its £50 Million Renovation

How Far Would You Be Willing to Drive If It Meant Avoiding Airport Security?

Onion Browser Brings Encrypted Web Browsing to the iPhone

Tonight’s Stoner Channel: Tricky Tricks, Lucky Strikes, and Bill Cosby on Drugs

Sleeping Beauty: A Disney Theme in a Sex-Work Story

Connecticut Bill Aims to Make Cops Pay for First Amendment Violations

With a Pedal-Desk This Pretty, You Might Actually Want to Work Out

Wipe Your Hard Drive DoD-Clean

Descriptive Camera Doesn’t Take Pictures, But Has a Masterful Command of the English Language

How To Prove You’ve Been Abducted by Aliens

User Experience: The Reason Apple Towers Over Sony

This Desk-Shelf Hybrid Harmoniously Combines Form and Function

Keep Your Blades In Shape With Wustof’s 2-Stage Knife Sharpener

Brand New Colors, Random Tats, and Other Stories We Didn’t Post

New Archeological Proof for the Oldest Tsunami in Recorded History

The Animal-Friendly Furniture for Your Furry Friend at Home

DRM is not the future: Tor goes DRM-free for all e-books

Find out how irresponsible scientists brought the Battleship aliens to our planet

Could some of humanity’s deadliest viruses have come from eating bats?

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