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How To Set Up a Wireless Home Theater System

Lost deposits, shattered drywall, gaping holes vomiting forth a jungle of cables. Home theater installation is not the most viable option for most folks living in rental units. Even if you own a home, unless you’re both tech and construction savvy, you will probably have to deal with home theater professionals trying to up-sell you…

Tech News Ryan O'Connor Apr 7 '12

Sugary Game of Thrones dioramas sing a song of Peeps and Fire

It’s Easter weekend, the time of year when people celebrate bunnies and chicks with plastic grass, colored sugar, and unnaturally shaped marshmallows. (Sorry, Passover-celebrating peeps; Peeps aren’t kosher.) Food site epicurious has decided to pay tribute to the Peep in its own way, by illustrating scenes from the first season of Game of Thrones with…

io9 Lauren Davis Apr 7 '12

Watch zombie Don Draper market brains and seduce Lori Grimes

Do AMC’s popular Mad Men and The Walking Dead taste great together? Walking Dead Mad Men answers that question in the undead halls of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, where the men are zombies, the women are chow, and Lori Grimes is still awful. I’m not sure how much this mashup really required the aid of…

io9 Lauren Davis Apr 7 '12

Watching 23 Feet Of Bubble Wrap Crushed In a Hydraulic Press Is Incredibly Satisfying

Are you one of the millions of Americans who suffer from the addiction of popping bubble wrap? Do you have to ensure that every last pocket of air is destroyed before you can return to your regular routine? https://gizmodo.com/a-tie-with-bubble-wrap-is-the-perfect-time-killer-5765631 If this sounds like you, then this video of almost 38 square feet of bubble wrap…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Apr 7 '12

Super Best Friends Forever returns and Optimus Prime turns on humans

What a great week to be an adult and watching cartoons. Transformers: Prime features a runaway, evil Optimus Prime, the members of Young Justice head to Europe, the Green Lanterns take on the very real problem of a planet-killing asteroid, and Lauren Fraust’s Super Best Friends Forever makes a return as a DC Nation short…

io9 Keith Veronese Apr 7 '12

Prize-Winning Concept Could Bring Vending Machines To New York Taxis

As the big apple begins to slowly roll out its fancy new fleet of taxi cabs, a contest held by the New York Economic Development Corporation could one day see them further improved with sundry-dispensing vending machines. Business students Brian Shimmerlik and Tomas Grosskopf won the NY EDC’s ‘NYC Next Idea’ competition with their idea…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Apr 7 '12

San Francisco’s 1958 “Cyclone” Bus Duster

The 1950’s were perhaps the peak of American Culture. The Post-War economy was booming and a future of flying cars driven by robot housemaids was all but guaranteed. On the West Coast, one local transit authority even had a bus just for cleaning other busses. Known as the ‘Cyclone’ Coach Cleaner, “this modified Motor Coach…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Apr 7 '12

The Navy’s LIDAR-Equipped UAV Helo Hunts Pirates, Not Speeders

When it’s not busting cocaine smugglers or helping overthrow dictators, the Navy’s MQ-8B Fire Scout UAV will soon hunt for pirates. With lasers. https://gizmodo.com/pilotless-navy-helicopter-busts-cocaine-deal-during-tri-5516041 The Fire Scouts will be equipped with LIDAR imaging capabilites, the same kind used to map the Amazon rain forest and tectonic fault lines. It will bombard suspected pirate speed boats…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Apr 7 '12

What the Hell Is This Guy Wearing?

Is it a comically-large miner’s lamp? An homage to the Red Hot Chili Peppers? And why is he falling out of a plane? To show you how well this phone’s camera takes pictures, obviously. To promote the HTC One X, a skydiving fashion shoot was the obvious choice. So, HTC hired photography student Nick Jojola…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Apr 7 '12

$65 Emergency Clamps Seal Gashes Faster Than Tourniquets

Dr. Dennis Filips saw his fill of traumatic injury during his tours of Afghanistan with the Canadian Navy. His experiences there has led him to develop the ITClamp, an alternative to conventional tourniquets that glomps onto wounds and prevents bleed-outs. The ITClamp was inspired by hinged hair-clips—the spring-loaded ones with the interlocking combs. Say, as…

Health Andrew Tarantola Apr 7 '12

Rumbling Seats, Chic Weed Eats, and Various Things on Fire

Roll that spliff phatly, pack some fresh ice into the binger, and set the Volcano to “toastify.” It’s time for tonight’s Stoner Channel. We’ve collected our best high-times material for the discerning pothead so sit back, relax, and pass that shit on the left, yo. Tonight’s Grand Daddy Purple comes to us from reader Dillon…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Apr 7 '12

Al Franken Endorsed By Stock Photography

It’s always embarrassing for politicians when their supporters turn out to be stock photo models. Except when its done knowingly, like this genius pitch from Senator Al Franken. http://gawker.com/5864689/now-even-the-stock-photo-ladies-are-ditching-herman-cain Senator Franken fired off an email to his supporters asking for a donation, because that’s what politicians do. And in the email, he included some stock…

Tech News Mat Honan Apr 6 '12

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Back to the Future Rejected Pitch

Let’s see, a young guy hanging out with a creepy old scientist who travels back in time and strikes up an intimate relationship with his own mother. Nope, not creepy at all! Oh, Back to the Future, why do you have to be so easily made fun of? The rest of this week’s top comedy…

Tech News Splitsider Apr 6 '12

Help Wanted: io9 Seeks Science and Culture Writer

PLEASE NOTE: This job search has been closed. We are no longer accepting applications. io9 seeks a full-time writer to cover the intersection of science, culture, and the future. The job involves reporting, researching, and writing several stories per day, and the science/culture writer’s beat includes everything from the latest scientific discoveries and futurist predictions,…

io9 Annalee Newitz Apr 6 '12

Making a Stretch Cruise Ship Is Tougher than It Looks

Today’s mega-sized cruise liners are more akin to a floating city block than they are to any boat that harnessed the wind. And when they’re sufficiently gigantic, these ships aren’t even built in one piece—they’re welded together from enormous prefab sections. Our friends at Oobject have 12 of the most impressive these Frankenboats. Be sure…

Tech News David Galbraith - Oobject.com Apr 6 '12

Chatroulette Weddings, Planet Envy, 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. Couple That Met on Chatroulette Now Married And they said online dating was worthless. Actually, wait, that…

Space & Spaceflight Brian Barrett Apr 6 '12

Study reveals that people over 65 are smoking more pot than ever before

As the psychedelic warriors of the 60s and 70s continue to age, it should come as no surprise that these shifting demographics mean that older adults are now more likely to have used drugs in the past, and to continue to do so. A new study of over 50s in Britain looked at past and…

io9 Tim Barribeau Apr 6 '12

Feed a Small Village With This 100-Pound Pig Roaster

You want to have a pig roast but you don’t have the right materials? Look no further than the La Caja China Roasting Box. It will cost you a pretty penny, but it comes in three sizes: 18 lbs ($239), 70 lbs ($319), and 100 lbs ($349). La Caja China is just helping people live…

Tech News Leslie Horn Apr 6 '12

The Victorian Hugos: 1890

The Hugo Awards are given to the best science fiction or fantasy works of the previous year. Unfortunately, they’ve only been awarded since 1953. That’s where this column comes in — Jess Nevins will be awarding honorary Hugo Awards to the best novels of the Victorian era… and beyond. Top image: William Morris art via…

Books & Comics Jess Nevins Apr 6 '12

3 clips from Lockout prove that Guy Pearce is actually the baby of John McClane and Snake Plisken

Holy crap we can not wait for you guys to get a load of Lockout and its script made entirely of snarky clips. Do you miss the tongue-in-cheek heroes from the 80s and 90s? Then wait until you get a load of this movie, which is essentially Escape from New York in space, but instead…

Movies Meredith Woerner Apr 6 '12

How To Set Up a Wireless Home Theater System

Sugary Game of Thrones dioramas sing a song of Peeps and Fire

Watch zombie Don Draper market brains and seduce Lori Grimes

Watching 23 Feet Of Bubble Wrap Crushed In a Hydraulic Press Is Incredibly Satisfying

Super Best Friends Forever returns and Optimus Prime turns on humans

Prize-Winning Concept Could Bring Vending Machines To New York Taxis

San Francisco’s 1958 “Cyclone” Bus Duster

The Navy’s LIDAR-Equipped UAV Helo Hunts Pirates, Not Speeders

What the Hell Is This Guy Wearing?

$65 Emergency Clamps Seal Gashes Faster Than Tourniquets

Rumbling Seats, Chic Weed Eats, and Various Things on Fire

Al Franken Endorsed By Stock Photography

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Back to the Future Rejected Pitch

Help Wanted: io9 Seeks Science and Culture Writer

Making a Stretch Cruise Ship Is Tougher than It Looks

Chatroulette Weddings, Planet Envy, and Other Stories We Didn’t Post

Study reveals that people over 65 are smoking more pot than ever before

Feed a Small Village With This 100-Pound Pig Roaster

The Victorian Hugos: 1890

3 clips from Lockout prove that Guy Pearce is actually the baby of John McClane and Snake Plisken

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