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The Saddest Dogs on the Web

Here at Gizmodo, we love Etsy. When artists and crafty folk can connect with potential buyers online, everyone wins… except for the dogs. Seeing all the homemade sweaters, hats, and other unspeakable things Etsy artists force their own dogs to model, someone had the genius idea of putting all of these sad pooches on a…

Tech News Brent Rose Aug 4

A Cinema Made from Fridges Sounds Very Cool

Sorry for the punnage, but it does! The pop-up cinema Films on Fridges has been built in London’s trendy Hackney area, where it will serve up films until August 13th. Inspired by a fridge dumping-ground removed in 2005, the cinema has been built using 150 fridge doors—even for the seats and the bar. [Films on…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Aug 4

A map of all the water in the solar system

We’ve just learned that there’s strong evidence that saltwater flows on the surface of Mars. It’s another reminder that water is everywhere in our solar system, whether it’s ice, vapor, or liquid. Here’s a handy guide to where all the water can be found. Our map is mainly focused on the places where we might…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Aug 4

Black and Decker ReadyWrench Ratchets Righteously

I call my socket set Voltron. Not because I love the show (I do!) but because my current socket set is comprised of my five previous sets—I lose sockets constantly. But with the B&D ReadyWrench it’s a physical impossibility. Like You’re not gonna lose sockets, primarily because the individual sockets are welded together into a…

Reviews Andrew Tarantola Aug 4

The iMac of the Future Could Wirelessly Charge Your iPhone

Wireless charging is already here, but in most instances, the charge base is tethered to a power strip. Not so elegant. What if charging a phone/tablet/MP3 player was as simple as placing it near your computer? MacRumors mentions that Apple has worked with the MIT-affiliated WiTricity in the past on research projects involving computers as…

Tech News Adrian Covert Aug 4

LEGO Dinosaur terrorizes city, at least until LEGO asteroid turns up

Check out this amazing statue of a dinosaur made out of LEGO. This guy is 8.5 feet tall, and made out of 62,500 individual LEGO pieces. The amount of detail and coloring is pretty phenomenal. The dinosaur is on display at the Autodesk Gallery in San Francisco. And according to Autodesk: LEGO used a combination…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 4

What your favorite Planet of the Apes movie says about you

With the seventh addition to the Planet of the Apes franchise around the corner, it’s time to take a minute and revisit the original Apes films. Which one is your favorite? And what does that reveal about your personality? Here’s what your favorite Planet of the Apes movie says about you. Planet of The Apes…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 4

A test for multiple universes finds four . . . maybe

Multiple universes are accessed, in fiction, through portals in space or mystical necklaces or sometimes just in dreams, but always when characters break the rules of space time. In reality, alternate universes are not in other dimensions. They’re just far, far away. And the reason they are alternate universes is that they can’t be reached…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Aug 4

“To the Moon” is like a backstage pass to the sights and sounds of 1960’s NASA

Back in 1969, Time-Life Records released a collection of 6 double-sided 12″ vinyl records documenting “the dramatic story of man’s boldest venture — told in the voices of the men and women who lived it.” The collection is chock full of radio transmissions and interviews with the astronauts, engineers, and chiefs of state involved in…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Aug 4

Man Gets Decapitated While Testing His DIY Hovercraft

Alastair Senior, a 40-year-old man from New Zealand, was killed in gruesome fashion—decapitation—on a hovercraft test drive. Senior had been building his own hovercraft and was about to ride it for the first time when things got awry. It’s a terribly sad story. Senior used DIY instructions he got from the internet to build his…

Tech News Casey Chan Aug 4

Scientists find evidence of liquid water on the surface of Mars

We’ve known for a while that there are frozen water deposits just beneath the surface of the Martian poles, but now it seems that there are seasonal streams of liquid water that wind across the red planet’s surface. Today, a group of scientists announced their discovery in Science, and told io9 what this liquid water…

io9 Annalee Newitz Aug 4

Rdio’s iPad App Now Available

Rdio says their iPad app is now available, and judging from the opinions of those who have already used it, it seems pretty damn nice. [Rdio]

Tech News Adrian Covert Aug 4

The Microsoft Excel World Champion (Yes, Srsly) Is a 15-Year-Old English Girl

Honestly, I don’t know what’s more surprising about this story: that a 15-year-old girl beat out 228,000 other Excel fans, or that Microsoft holds an Excel World Championship at all. The final leg of the competition was held in San Diego, California, where the 15-year-old Rebecca Rickwood of Cambridgeshire, England, racked up a perfect score…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Aug 4

Could Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story do for horror what Glee did for musicals?

Here’s the first ever image from American Horror Story, the “haunted house” show from Ryan Murphy, creator of Glee and Nip/Tuck. The FX show made a presentation at the Television Critics Association today, and the early buzz is that it might be the scariest show ever. And it features “REAL FREAKING MONSTERS that will scare…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 4

The $118,000 Super High Speed Shark Week Camera

Best part of Shark Week? Watching a 4200-pound fish jump five feet clear of the water. This $118,000 high speed camera is what Discovery Channel uses to capture those breathtaking moments in glorious HD. The Phantom HD GOLD isn’t just a $118,000 high speed camera—it’s a high-speed camera that can produce stunning 35mm depth of…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Aug 4

Why Hackers Write Computer Viruses

Why do hackers hack? Why create a worm that sends out an email to everyone in your contact list, or a Trojan that deletes your term papers? Is it mischief, malice, money, or something else entirely? This is the question that was on my mind when I met with Mikko Hypponen, a legendary computer security…

Privacy & Security Mat Honan Aug 4

Magnepan Creates a High End, Flat Panel Speaker that Fits on Your Desk

Audiophiles love flat panel speakers for their slim profile as much as their sound quality, but they tend to be rather large. But audio writer Steve Guttenberg has found the Magnepan Mini Maggies, a desktop-sized pair that arguably outperform larger competitors. Flat panel speakers combine a magnetic field with a ultra-thin, high-quality foil material to…

Gadgets Adrian Covert Aug 4

Do You Use the Gmail Web App on Your iPhone?

High resolution icons and the pull down to refresh feature are finally coming to the Gmail web app on the iPhone. Awesome! But, uh, will anyone notice? I mean, does anyone even use the Gmail web app? Look, the Gmail Web App has long been fantastic. It’s the sort of web app that you wish…

Tech News Casey Chan Aug 4

What do you get when you cross a paranormal reality show with a buddy-cop comedy?

Remember when “paranormal reality show” didn’t actually exist as a genre on television? And now it’s gotten massive — and you can see the genre maturing, as producers find new wrinkles. The latest: The Travel Channel is doing a “buddy cop”-style show called The Dead Files, which pairs a paranormal investigator with an actual police…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Aug 4

Vonage Is Giving Away 15 Free International Minutes to Downloaders Of Its Free App

To suck people into downloading their free app, Vonage is giving away 15 minutes’ free international calling. Thereafter, you can pre-pay for bulk minutes, with the approximate cost being $2 per 15 minutes—billable to your iTunes. That rate works for 100 countries, but if your chosen country isn’t on that list, you can grab an…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Aug 4

The Saddest Dogs on the Web

A Cinema Made from Fridges Sounds Very Cool

A map of all the water in the solar system

Black and Decker ReadyWrench Ratchets Righteously

The iMac of the Future Could Wirelessly Charge Your iPhone

LEGO Dinosaur terrorizes city, at least until LEGO asteroid turns up

What your favorite Planet of the Apes movie says about you

A test for multiple universes finds four . . . maybe

“To the Moon” is like a backstage pass to the sights and sounds of 1960’s NASA

Man Gets Decapitated While Testing His DIY Hovercraft

Scientists find evidence of liquid water on the surface of Mars

Rdio’s iPad App Now Available

The Microsoft Excel World Champion (Yes, Srsly) Is a 15-Year-Old English Girl

Could Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story do for horror what Glee did for musicals?

The $118,000 Super High Speed Shark Week Camera

Why Hackers Write Computer Viruses

Magnepan Creates a High End, Flat Panel Speaker that Fits on Your Desk

Do You Use the Gmail Web App on Your iPhone?

What do you get when you cross a paranormal reality show with a buddy-cop comedy?

Vonage Is Giving Away 15 Free International Minutes to Downloaders Of Its Free App

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