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The Magazine of the Future (on floppy disk!)

In 1987, a small Dallas-based company launched a floppy disk magazine that was supposed to be a grand experiment in the future of the medium. At $19.95 an issue, The New Aladdin was a bi-monthly general-interest magazine that hoped to give readers an entirely new kind of interactive experience; complete with animated graphics, computer games,…

Tech News Matt Novak Apr 23

Game of Thrones Week 4: True greatness means letting others do your dirty work

One of the enduring concerns of Game of Thrones, week after week, has been where power comes from. But last night’s episode, instead, gave us a window into where power goes. We saw several unpleasant glimpses of the end result of the struggles of the powerful, and we learned one basic lesson: True power usually…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Apr 23

This Philips AmbientLED Bulb Is Your Never-Worry-About-A-Bulb-Again Deal of the Day

Earth Day, the one day a year when the world gets motivated about making our planet a little cleaner. Some plant a garden, others wait 24 hours to take their trash to the dump. I spent the day inside with all my lights on, celebrating the my electro-savings with my Philips AmbientLED Light Bulb. This…

Tech News Andrew James Apr 23

Transform Your Office Cubicle into a Roman Palace With a Chariot Chair

Have you ever noticed that the desks in your office form a cubicle version of Rome’s Circus Maximus? And since battling lions and gladiators to determine who gets the last donut was phased out before you joined the company, perhaps a winner-takes-all chariot race is more appropriate? They might not look like the most comfortable…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Apr 23

A deranged 1988 PSA about a supercomputer who hates marijuana

Here’s some VHS ephemera that gives the post-apocalyptic library education series Tomes & Talismans a run for its money. In 1988, actor Richard Kiley starred in Fast Forward Future, a three-part U.S. Department of Education-funded video series about a fortune-telling computer that warns children about the dangers of marijuana. From the synopsis: https://gizmodo.com/saturday-matinee-the-post-apocalyptic-library-educatio-5573513 The series…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Apr 23

Why Exercise Warm-Ups Might Be Even More Important Than You Thought

Everyone knows they should warm up prior to exercise, but very few people actually bother. Turns out, that could be a real mistake: a new study suggests that warming up actually increases the maximum power a muscle can provide during exercise, as opposed to just shortening the time required to reach maximum output. The study,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Apr 23

Microsoft’s New SkyDrive Apps Include a Preview for Mac OS X Lion

Microsoft is launching a couple of new SkyDrive apps making the cloud storage service available to more users on more platforms. Starting today, a preview version is available for the desktop, so if you’re running Windows Vista, Windows 7, the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, and even Windows for Mac (OS X Lion), you can access…

Tech News Leslie Horn Apr 23

Yamaha YAS-101 Lightning Review: The Best Budget Soundbar for Your First Home Theater

There comes a time in every person’s life when an upgrade to a real home theater system is in order. The gear can cost a fortune, but it doesn’t have to. If you’re not sure what you need or how much you should spend, the Yamaha YAS-101 is a good place to start. What Is…

Reviews Mario Aguilar Apr 23

Adobe Creative Cloud Will Be 40 Percent Off For Current CS Customers

Adobe is betting big on Creative Cloud. It gives customers access to all of Adobe’s Creative Suite apps, constantly updated. But it’s also a bit pricey at $50 a month. https://gizmodo.com/adobe-creative-cloud-and-creative-suite-6-are-out-today-5903914 So at the launch event today it just announced that current customers of CS3, CS4 or CS5 can snag it for $30 a month…

Tech News Mat Honan Apr 23

Homicidal Lunatics Busted Rigging a Popular Trail With Deadly Medieval Booby Traps

A U.S. Forest Service Officer on foot patrol along a popular trail in Utah made a shocking discovery last week. A couple of crazy men rigged the entrances to a rudimentary shelter with booby traps. People could have died. According to the Utah Country Sheriff’s Office: On April 16, 2012, U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Apr 23

Imaginary scenes from the 1960s Zambian space program

In 1964, a Zambian grade-school science teacher single-handedly, and unilaterally, created a space program for his country. The program involved rolling aspiring astronauts down a hill in a barrel and clipping their rope-swings at the height of their arc to simulate weightlessness. He claimed his country would not only beat both the Americans and Russians…

io9 Pete Brook - Raw File Apr 23

The Air Force’s Secret Hypersonic Glider Flew So Fast Its Skin Fell Off

Last summer, the Pentagon’s Falcon HTV-2 glider—which the Air Force says can fly from New York to LA in under 12 minutes, disappeared. Nobody knew why! Now we know why: it went so fast it ripped itself apart. https://gizmodo.com/air-forces-experimental-hypersonic-aircraft-disappears-5830061 DARPA has a clean little mea culpa on what was certainly a very expensive accident: Larger…

Tech News Sam Biddle Apr 23

10 Things We’ve Learned About the Earth Since Last Earth Day

Yesterday was the 42nd celebration of Earth Day, which was started in 1970 to help educate people about environmental issues and demonstrate public support for conservation science. With that in mind, Surprising Science‘s Joseph Stromberg thought it a good time to recap the most surprising, awe-inspiring and alarming things that we have learned about the…

io9 Joseph Stromberg - Surprising Science Apr 23

We Finally Know What Really Causes Ice Cream Headaches

Everyone’s experienced that sharp, shooting headache as a result of stuffing their face with ice cream. Previously, scientists have suggested it’s just a result of the rapid cooling and rewarming of blood vessels in the sinuses—but a new study shows that the cause is actually buried much deeper. The research, carried out in part by…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Apr 23

A male seahorse giving birth resembles a horrible pregnant shotgun

We recently looked at the abstract adorableness of seahorse mating. In reality, the birthing process has the visual punch of an orgasm combined with an ungodly case of diarrhea. Here are some happy parents from The Deep aquarium in Hull, England blasting a few hundred babies into the world. For those of you who require…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Apr 23

Clever Leave-In Handles Let You Bake Up Self-Slicing Bread

Once the smell of freshly baked bread starts wafting through the house, there’s nothing more agonizing than having to wait to dig in. So designer Tal Zur has come up with an incredibly ingenius way to shave a few precious seconds off the wait for a freshly sliced loaf. Her Hallah Handles concept is a…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Apr 23

Intel’s Ivy Bridge: Tri-Gate Transistors Bring Supercharged Performance

Today is the day that the full veil comes off Intel’s Ivy Bridge processors, which will be more commonly known as the third generation of Core processors. With that comes stats and specs about what Ivy Bridge is built on and what it will be capable of. Here’s everything you need to know about Ivy…

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 23

All Modern American Rockets and Spaceships Compared

This is a very neat graphic: all modern American rockets and spaceships compared, from XCOR’s Lynx—a two-seat space transport vehicle—to NASA’s next-generation Space Launch System. And of course, the classic Saturn V added for good measure. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-nasas-new-deep-space-rocket-5840149 After all, it’s still the biggest and baddest American rocket (America fuck yeah!) [America Space]

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz Apr 23

This Week’s TV: Felicia Day Plays a Hacker with a Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo

You can learn a lot from this week’s TV. Like why the Voltron kids don’t just form Voltron at the start of a battle. And exactly the worst thing that can happen in a romance on Adventure Time. Plus Person of Interest and Awake are both giving us some pretty twisted criminal enterprises. Most of…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Apr 23

Acer’s First Ivy Bridge Computers Are… Desktops???

Hey hey! Intel’s new Ivy Bridge processors are here! As such, there are some new Ivy Bridge-equipped machines from Acer, which means they’ll be within financial reach for many. But I hope you like desktop PCs, because that’s all you’re getting for now. https://gizmodo.com/intels-ivy-bridge-tri-gate-transistors-bring-superchar-5904346 Anything Ivy Bridge is better than no Ivy Bridge at all,…

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 23

The Magazine of the Future (on floppy disk!)

Game of Thrones Week 4: True greatness means letting others do your dirty work

This Philips AmbientLED Bulb Is Your Never-Worry-About-A-Bulb-Again Deal of the Day

Transform Your Office Cubicle into a Roman Palace With a Chariot Chair

A deranged 1988 PSA about a supercomputer who hates marijuana

Why Exercise Warm-Ups Might Be Even More Important Than You Thought

Microsoft’s New SkyDrive Apps Include a Preview for Mac OS X Lion

Yamaha YAS-101 Lightning Review: The Best Budget Soundbar for Your First Home Theater

Adobe Creative Cloud Will Be 40 Percent Off For Current CS Customers

Homicidal Lunatics Busted Rigging a Popular Trail With Deadly Medieval Booby Traps

Imaginary scenes from the 1960s Zambian space program

The Air Force’s Secret Hypersonic Glider Flew So Fast Its Skin Fell Off

10 Things We’ve Learned About the Earth Since Last Earth Day

We Finally Know What Really Causes Ice Cream Headaches

A male seahorse giving birth resembles a horrible pregnant shotgun

Clever Leave-In Handles Let You Bake Up Self-Slicing Bread

Intel’s Ivy Bridge: Tri-Gate Transistors Bring Supercharged Performance

All Modern American Rockets and Spaceships Compared

This Week’s TV: Felicia Day Plays a Hacker with a Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo

Acer’s First Ivy Bridge Computers Are… Desktops???

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