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Has Barack Obama’s patent reform saved us from the rise of Skynet?

Most Silicon Valley companies were opposed to the patent reform law that President Obama signed last week. Some argue that the America Invents Act favors large megacorps over smaller companies, and could dampen innovation in the tech sector. So we were wondering: Does this mean that Obama has prevented Skynet from developing and triggering Judgment…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Sep 29

Why Are These People On Top of the Washington Monument?

Yesterday, daring structural engineers went up the Washington Monument and rappelled down the monolith to inspect each individual stone for any damage that happened during the earthquake. It looks ball shrinkingly fun. https://gizmodo.com/watch-washington-monument-shaking-like-beyonces-monumen-5844217 According to WAMU 88.5, there are climbing experts inside the monument “monitoring the pulleys and anchors that fasten the rappelling system” that…

Tech News Casey Chan Sep 29

Brinno GardenWatchCam Lightning Review: Watching Grass Grow Is Boring, Even in Fast Forward

Time-lapse videos are can be pretty sweet—if you have the patience to make them. And if you’re not tech savvy enough to build your own camera and timer setup, the Brinno GardenWatchCam (all one word, ughhh) delivers a completely self-contained rig to do just that. Like It’s very good at taking pictures of stationary objects…

Reviews Andrew Tarantola Sep 29

The Free Flexor Weight Looks So Much Like Masturbating, It Can’t Be Real

OK. Seriously. The Shake Weight was one thing. But I can understand how that was just an innocent female-oriented workout aid that was appropriated by immature internet cads. But this thing? There’s no way it’s not overtly about jerking off. The Free Flexor is just a pliant cord with two weights on the end. They…

Tech News Sam Biddle Sep 29

NASA report confirms: Commercially-designed rockets are way cheaper than government goods

Looks like there’s hope yet for a future with affordable space flight: a recently-published report by NASA has confirmed that commercializing rocket design has the potential to dramatically cut costs in ways that could revolutionize the future of space transport. Things have been going pretty well lately for SpaceX, one of the private companies looking…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Sep 29

9 Tools for Your Next Canyoning Adventure—Sans the Bonesaw

It’s like mountaineering but in reverse—canyoning mixes aspects of hiking, rappelling and spelunking as you make way through deep crags and crevasses. But down in a canyon, a boulder on your arm is just one of the many things that can go wrong. Be prepared for whatever Mother Nature throws at you with these nine…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Sep 29

Watch Steve Bezos Unleash the Awesome New Kindles

There’s a reason we crowned Jeff Bezos the next Steve Jobs: he’s cool, composed, stylish, and bald. And now you can see his ascension in motion, as he pitched the world on the new Kindle family. Nice jacket, Jeff. https://gizmodo.com/jeff-bezos-is-the-new-steve-jobs-5844863 Keynotes are a lot like tennis matches. Even if the action looks impressive onscreen, nothing…

Commerce Sam Biddle Sep 29

Armed only with a device that detects morons, a boy tries to save the Earth

Today the strange, dark satire Tancredi is out in bookstores. It’s about Tancredi, a young, crazy inventor whose biggest-selling invention is a gadget that detects moronic behavior. Unfortunately, it’s sold so well because people love to act like idiots, and they use the device as a guide for what to do. Disgruntled, Tancredi decides he…

io9 Annalee Newitz Sep 29

20-Inch Acer LCD Is Your Squintfree Deal of the Day

Do you know what sucks on a small and squashed laptop screen? Movies. TV shows. Games. You to the tube. Websites. Twitter. Chatting. The entire internet. Movie editing. Photoshop. Zooey Deschanel. Cat videos. Downloading music. Listening to music. Pretending to listen to music to ignore co-workers. Yes. Pretty much evvverrrything is worse on the smaller…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals Sep 29

Bats’ muscles are the fastest of any mammal ever discovered

Bat mouths are already pretty much completely awesome, thanks to their amazing echolocation abilities. So this almost seems like overkill: bats are the first known mammals to possess superfast muscles, moving a hundred times faster than the average human muscle. It all goes back to echolocation – as bats close in on their prey, they…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Sep 29

Which Telecoms Store Your Data the Longest? Secret Memo Tells All

The nation’s major mobile-phone providers are keeping a treasure trove of sensitive data on their customers, according to newly-released Justice Department internal memo that for the first time reveals the data retention policies of America’s largest telecoms. The single-page Department of Justice document, “Retention Periods of Major Cellular Service Providers,” (.pdf) is a guide for…

Privacy & Security David Kravets - Wired Sep 29

Own a gorgeous signed print of Doctor Who‘s tin dog, and raise money for heart transplants!

We’ve marveled at the brilliant Doctor Who concept art by artist Peter McKinistry. And now, here’s your chance to own an ultra-rare print of McKinstry’s illustration of the Doctor’s best friend K-9, signed by McKinstry and the voice of K9, John Leeson! (Click the above image to make it giant, or right-click and select “open…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Sep 29

A DVD Store That’s Nothing but Terrorist Vids

The only group that surpasses terrorists in amateur video uploads is probably Bieber lip-syncers. But getting to these videos of vague threats, IED training, and attack footage can be tough. So why not collect them all and sell ’em? FastCompany’s Neal Ungerleider describes IntelCenter, an enormous trove of such videos, as “the Netflix of Terrorism.”…

Tech News Sam Biddle Sep 29

The Neverending Cosby

Macro-meta meets micro-meta here, where an artist in Queens explains how he used a hacked sewing machine to make Cosby sweater that reaches into the infinite. On the sweater Bill Cosby wears the sweater, on which Bill Cosby wears the sweater. And the pattern in the background of the sweater? It’s the pattern on Bill…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Sep 29

New Avengers photos show off the growing Iron Man/Captain America rivalry

Check out this batch of new Avengers photos, fresh from Joss Whedon’s set have hit the internet exposing a lot of chest waving from Captain America and Iron Man, and a bit of firepower from Black Widow. Plus 6 new character posters! Entertainment Weekly’s big Avengers cover story will be on stands Sept. 30th, but…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 29

10 Coolest Death Scenes in Science Fiction History

It’s never great to watch a beloved science fiction hero die – but sometimes a memorable heroic death can help turn a science fiction story into a real epic. And some science fiction characters are unforgettable and bad-ass precisely because they died in a memorable way. Here’s our list of the 10 greatest deaths in…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Sep 29

Why Do You See Stars When You Get Hit in the Face?

Seeing stars when you’re bonked on the head isn’t just for cartoon characters. That phantom astrological event happens in real life, too. It’s pretty weird. One moment you see Manny Pacquiao’s handsome mug in front of you; a second later, the honorable representative from Sarangani’s face is dappled with what appears to be the Milky…

Tech News Rachel Swaby Sep 29

Tiny Robot Makes Big Jumps with Explosive Microrockets

We’ve seen all kinds of crazy jumping robots, from humanoids to grasshoppers to soft and flexible spheres. But when you start making small robots, like seriously small robots (on the millimeter scale), you have to find new ways to get them to jump. The Army Research Laboratory has teamed up with the University of Maryland…

Tech News Evan Ackerman - IEEE Spectrum Sep 29

The million-dollar Vampire Nic Cage photo vanishes from eBay — but time-traveling John Travolta takes his place

Nic Cage’s Civil War photograph from the 1870s, which proves the manic actor is an immortal vampire, has VANISHED from ebay. But the good news is, there’s already a replacement. https://gizmodo.com/was-nicolas-cage-a-vampire-during-the-civil-war-this-5841112 First, the sad news. The mysterious $1,000,000 photograph has been removed from ebay. Was it all a hoax, did the seller violate the ebay…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 29

What Computer Problems Would Look Like If They Were Literally Real

Can’t open folders. Logged out. Firewalls. Windows crashed. Reboot. What do those sayings even mean? This video shows you what the world would look like if those computer problems were taken, like, literally. It’s hilarious. [Awkward Spaceship via The Awesomer]

Tech News Casey Chan Sep 29

Has Barack Obama’s patent reform saved us from the rise of Skynet?

Why Are These People On Top of the Washington Monument?

Brinno GardenWatchCam Lightning Review: Watching Grass Grow Is Boring, Even in Fast Forward

The Free Flexor Weight Looks So Much Like Masturbating, It Can’t Be Real

NASA report confirms: Commercially-designed rockets are way cheaper than government goods

9 Tools for Your Next Canyoning Adventure—Sans the Bonesaw

Watch Steve Bezos Unleash the Awesome New Kindles

Armed only with a device that detects morons, a boy tries to save the Earth

20-Inch Acer LCD Is Your Squintfree Deal of the Day

Bats’ muscles are the fastest of any mammal ever discovered

Which Telecoms Store Your Data the Longest? Secret Memo Tells All

Own a gorgeous signed print of Doctor Who‘s tin dog, and raise money for heart transplants!

A DVD Store That’s Nothing but Terrorist Vids

The Neverending Cosby

New Avengers photos show off the growing Iron Man/Captain America rivalry

10 Coolest Death Scenes in Science Fiction History

Why Do You See Stars When You Get Hit in the Face?

Tiny Robot Makes Big Jumps with Explosive Microrockets

The million-dollar Vampire Nic Cage photo vanishes from eBay — but time-traveling John Travolta takes his place

What Computer Problems Would Look Like If They Were Literally Real

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