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Get a Nook Tablet for $199

There have been Nook Tablet deals before, but they’ve often meant signing up for a subscription. Until midnight on Friday, however, you can get a Nook Tablet for $199, no strings attached. https://gizmodo.com/get-a-free-nook-simple-touch-or-99-color-with-an-nyt-s-5874319 Head over to eBay, use the promo code CNOOKDEAL, and you’re done. That makes the Nook the same prices as the Kindle…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Feb 16 '12

Scientists Find the Bare Minimum Exercise You Need to Get Fit

We all know we need to exercise to stay fit and healthy, but sometimes it’s difficult to find the time. Don’t worry: scientists have worked out the minimum amount of exercise you can get away with in order to get fit. The New York Times reports that a group of researchers are turning health and…

Health Jamie Condliffe Feb 16 '12

The First Astronaut-Robot Handshake in Space

There’s nothing like a good, firm handshake. Especially when it’s with a robot, and you’re in space. Yesterday, NASA’s Robonaut completed its systems checks aboard the International Space Station — and celebrated with a handshake. It’s taken Robonaut a long time to make it into space, and an absurd length of time to be fully…

Space & Spaceflight Jamie Condliffe Feb 16 '12

How Google’s Algorithms Are Solving Chemistry’s Trickiest Calculations

Google knows a thing or two about complex calculations performed across very big data sets. Which is why chemists are borrowing ideas from the search company to help them predict how substances react with each other. PageRank is the algorithm that Google uses to determine the relevancy of links. Now, scientists from Washington State University…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Feb 16 '12

The Obama Campaign Is Recruiting for a San Francisco Tech Field Office

In 2008, Obama famously took advantage of technology and social media to boost his success. This year, he’s setting up a dedicated technology hub in San Francisco—and he’s looking for help. https://gizmodo.com/tactics-and-strategies-in-the-first-real-internet-elect-5070221 According to the the San Francisco Chronicle, Obama is setting up a technology field office in the city. Speaking to the Chronicle, Obama…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Feb 16 '12

The 2 Million SHU Trinidad Moruga Scorpion Pepper Is the World’s Hottest

The Habanero pepper has a maximum hotness of 350,000 Scoville Heat Units. That’s nothing—like eating an Altoid—compared to the mouth-searing Trinidad Moruga Scorpion. It tops out at over two million SHU and has just been named the world’s hottest pepper. As super-hot peppers go, Scoville ratings can vary greatly within a variety depending on the…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Feb 16 '12

Facebook Debuts Verified Accounts for Social Celebrities

Finding and following your favorite celebrity on Facebook is about to get easier. The social network has announced that it will allow public figures to verify their accounts and display their stage names as Facebook attempts to beat Twitter at its own game. People like Stefani Germanotta aka Lady Gaga will be able to submit…

Social Media Andrew Tarantola Feb 16 '12

This Montage of People Falling Out of the Sky Is Not for the Faint of Heart

It takes a special breed to look out the door of an airplane or over the edge of a cliff and think that hurling yourself into the void is a good idea. But that’s what each of these skydiving, base-jumping, wingsuit-wearing athletes does for kicks. The film, titled Experience Freedom, has been cobbled together by…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Feb 16 '12

Was the Windows 8 UI Designed on a Mac? (Updated)

This is Bill Flora. He helped lead the team credited with designing Metro, the tile-based Windows Phone UI that will constitute the core of Windows 8’s interface on touch-screen devices. Flora is understandably proud of his creation, “It was fresh.” he told CNet, “It wasn’t Apple.” That’s good because apparently everything else on his desk…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Feb 15 '12

Barbarians Gallery

“Barbarian,” by Mr—Jack, via Deviantart. NOTE: IT’S FANART ASK CHARLIE IF OK “Barbarian King,” by Shiantu, via Deviantart By Seaver Liu, via conceptart.org and Growing Pains Art By Steve Argyle, via conceptart.org By overdrivezero, via Deviantart. Also known as Hellfire, via Conceptart.org By Matt Betteker, via Coroflot and Conceptart.org “Bear Warrior,” by Revolution-77, via Deviantart…

io9 Mkjj Feb 15 '12

Neon Indian: Fallout (Featuring Batshit-Crazy Animation From Adult Swim)

One of the perks of making dreamy, hazy music is that it lends itself to wacky music videos. The Adult Swim-produced video for Neon Indian’s oozy synth track “Fallout” is a gorgeous, nearly-NSFW mashup of 80’s car cartoons and boobs. I absolutely love Neon Indian’s newest record Era Extraña, and it’s pretty awesome that Adult…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Feb 15 '12

How to Make Music Videos on Your iPhone

Here’s one for the “How on Earth did nobody think of this before?” files. Video Star for iOS facilitates the creation of homespun music videos to go along with any song on your device. To use it, you simply choose a song from your music library and start shooting. You can act along with the…

Tech News Eliot Van Buskirk - Evolver.fm Feb 15 '12

You’ll Be Ashamed to Fill These Vintage-Inspired Fridges With Junk Food

My fridge is disgusting. If I don’t eat better, I’m going to die. I don’t want to die, so I’m hoping I can scrounge enough cash to buy one of these gorgeous refrigerators that embody all the qualities I’d want the food on the inside to have. Spanish company Portobello Street has a whole line…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Feb 15 '12

Picture of the Day: Feb. 15, 2012

SENTINEL OF LIBERTY | “I Am Captain America” by Vitorugo at CGHub. And check out the Kid Magneto picture, too. Want to read today’s io9 stories a different way? Check out our blog view. Or visit Observation Deck, our general discussion forum.

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 15 '12

An Absurdly Long, $150,000 List of Stolen Nikon Gear

A daring thief and/or desperate photographer just made off with an official Nikon van. The cargo? One hundred and fifty grand worth of cameras and accessories, including the unreleased D4 and D800. Nikon wants their goodies back. Here’s the list: Serial number Product Name 2027872 SB-700 2000776 SB-910 2112783 SB-R200 2112784 SB-R200 2007201 SB-N5 2053595…

Tech News Sam Biddle Feb 15 '12

True Grit: The Perfect Post-Valentine’s Antidote

So you spent your February 14th spewing emotional honesty and whispering sweet nothings. Great. Congrats. Now its February 15th and that shit needs to go. Watching a film like True Grit will get you back on track. Released in late 2010, True Grit is the tale of Rooster Cogburn, a gruff, alcoholic U.S. Marshall tasked…

Tech News Adrian Covert Feb 15 '12

A Shield That Could Protect Earth Against Asteroid Strikes

Scientists aren’t entirely sure when the last major asteroid hit the Earth, but it’s certain to happen again. And Alan Harris, asteroid researcher at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR), is hoping to head the next one off. Last month, Harris established an international collaboration of 13 researchers to investigate…

io9 Amy Shira Teitel - Universe Today Feb 15 '12

Cockroach birth is the most graphic SFW video you’ll see all week

Fair warning: this video isn’t for the squeamish. It’s of a female Madagascar hissing cockroach giving upside-down birth to a prodigious mass of live, wriggling cockroach young… and it is every bit as incredible, interesting, and gross as you’d imagine. I was amazed by the way the young appear to exit the adult roach as…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Feb 15 '12

The iPhone Even Makes Other Toys Seem Redundant

I’m all about fostering imagination when it comes to childrens’ toys, but I like that this Makego app straddles the line between force-feeding kids an adventure, and encouraging them to bring things to life on their own. It’s designed for the iPhone or iPod Touch, and lets kids transform either device into a car, an…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 15 '12

Drugs that Give People Awesome Superpowers

Where would we be without drugs? Half the great musical performances of the 20th century wouldn’t exist. There would be no Mork and Mindy. Walter Bishop would have nothing to inspire his research. But that’s not all that drugs do for us — they also give us amazing superpowers. Here’s a list of fictional drugs…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders and Ben Vrignon Feb 15 '12

Get a Nook Tablet for $199

Scientists Find the Bare Minimum Exercise You Need to Get Fit

The First Astronaut-Robot Handshake in Space

How Google’s Algorithms Are Solving Chemistry’s Trickiest Calculations

The Obama Campaign Is Recruiting for a San Francisco Tech Field Office

The 2 Million SHU Trinidad Moruga Scorpion Pepper Is the World’s Hottest

Facebook Debuts Verified Accounts for Social Celebrities

This Montage of People Falling Out of the Sky Is Not for the Faint of Heart

Was the Windows 8 UI Designed on a Mac? (Updated)

Barbarians Gallery

Neon Indian: Fallout (Featuring Batshit-Crazy Animation From Adult Swim)

How to Make Music Videos on Your iPhone

You’ll Be Ashamed to Fill These Vintage-Inspired Fridges With Junk Food

Picture of the Day: Feb. 15, 2012

An Absurdly Long, $150,000 List of Stolen Nikon Gear

True Grit: The Perfect Post-Valentine’s Antidote

A Shield That Could Protect Earth Against Asteroid Strikes

Cockroach birth is the most graphic SFW video you’ll see all week

The iPhone Even Makes Other Toys Seem Redundant

Drugs that Give People Awesome Superpowers

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