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This Ball-Catching Robot Will Someday Play Baseball Better Than You

Germany’s aerospace agency, the DLR, has this robot they like to call Rollin’ Justin. Recently they’ve improved his object tracking and tacticle sensors so much that it’s able to catch objects on the fly. It’ll even catch two balls at once! And not only can it catch 80% of balls thrown at it, but did…

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 28

New Transformers 3 Trailer: Why’s Optimus Prime angry?

Optimus Prime doesn’t sound real happy about the American military hiding stuff about giant robots on the Moon. Now somebody’s got to clean up the mess — and it’s him. Or it. Or whatever. You know, because he’s a giant truck that turns into a robot. Here’s the first full trailer of Michael Bay’s third…

Tech News Ray Wert Apr 28

Bessel Beams: The Coolest Physics Phenomena That Technically Don’t Exist

Bessel Beams are impossible to create, can’t be destroyed, and don’t diffract. In other words, physics has discovered yet another thing that makes no sense. Bessel beams bear the name of Friedrich Bessel, a man whose life straddled the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. And yet he helped create something that seems like it…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Apr 28

Our Choice for iPad and iPhone

While the iPad has ramped up my of internet reading considerably, I still prefer to tackle books in their physical form, largely because there’s no real advantage to reading them on the tablet. Our Choice, the latest volley in Al Gore’s noble crusade for climate change, is evidence that when crafted with care, the electronic…

Climate Change Kyle VanHemert Apr 28

The Football League No One Cares About Will Hold Their Draft Over Twitter

The NFL draft is tonight! And hoping to piggyback off that NFL buzz, the UFL—yes, it’s another professional football league—just announced that they”ll be holding their own draft over Twitter. I’m not kidding, the head coaches will all tweet their selections from their respective Twitter accounts. I mean I play in a fantasy football league…

Tech News Casey Chan Apr 28

White iPhone 4 Possibly Fat and Definitely Cursed

A horrifying discovery: The white iPhone 4 may be ever so slightly thicker than the black iPhone 4. One guy tells MacRumors it’s enough of a fatty difference that the white iPhone 4 wouldn’t fit into an Incase slider case designed for the iPhone 4. Another, who shot the above photo, declares that it “immediately…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Apr 28

Google Talk for Android Gets Video Chat

Google is rolling out a new Android 2.3.4 update to Nexus S users in the next few weeks and other Android 2.3+ devices in the near future. What’s the biggie upgrade? Google Talk for Android is getting video chat. The video chat feature will work as part of the Google Talk app pre-loaded on Android…

Tech News Casey Chan Apr 28

The Glorious, Creative, Towering, Ridiculous, Fancy, Royal Wedding Hats

What’s the coolest thing about a royal wedding? It’s the hats, stupid! [Jezebel] https://jezebel.com/how-to-make-your-own-royal-wedding-fascinator-5796493

Tech News Brian Lam Apr 28

Thor isn’t the only public domain superhero

There’s only one Mjolnir, hammer of Thor — but there are two Thor movies coming next weekend, one in theaters and one on Syfy. In fact, you could make your own Thor movie in your back yard if you wanted. https://gizmodo.com/first-hilarious-trailer-for-the-asylums-latest-major-mo-5794674 That’s because mighty Thor belongs to the most powerful superhero team of them all…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders and Michael Ann Dobbs Apr 28

The Bizarre, Beloved, Sorta-Crappy TV Ads of Our Youths

Like the rest of Western Civilization, we at Giz spent a decent chunk of our childhoods plunked down in front of ye olde cathode ray tube, being turned into giggling little consumers by enchanting ads like these. Behold, our favorites. In retrospect, Mighty Max was really pretty shitty. It was just a “boy’s” version of…

Television Sam Biddle Apr 28

Video proof that Mark Sheppard is science fiction’s ultimate badass

With his recent appearance on Doctor Who, Mark Sheppard cemented his place as science fiction’s greatest character actor. But we’ve been loving Sheppard for years…and we assembled this video of every last one of his scifi roles to prove his awesomeness. This covers the greatest Sheppard moments, from his recent appearances on Warehouse 13 and…

Television Alasdair Wilkins Apr 28

Microsoft Just Made Less Money Than Apple

Our favorite stat in Microsoft’s earnings for the past quarter? That Entertainment & Devices, the division in Microsoft that makes the best stuff (Xbox, Zune, Windows Media Center, Windows Phone) has grown 60 percent over the last year. (For a very long time, it wasn’t exactly a cash cow, which made us sad.) You already…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Apr 28

Spotify Breaking Into Streaming Movie Service?

The Swedish streaming music company Spotify is looking to start offering movies, too, says Techcrunch. The service probably won’t be available until fall, but subscribers will get to view movies before they’re available for anyone else. TC also says the movies will be watchable worldwide. [TechCrunch]i

Commerce Max Behrman Apr 28

How to Sew a Spacesuit

The Apollo Spacesuit is one of the most intricate garments ever assembled, way harder to make than your last cos-play project and nearly too difficult for even NASA. In his new book, Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo, Nicholas de Monchaux shows how Playtex helped to put a man on the moon. When she arrived at ILC’s [International…

Space & Spaceflight Andrew Tarantola Apr 28

Where do fossils come from?

Ana Balcarcel’s job is to carve the fossilized bones of ancient creatures out of rocks. Every day, she works with animals who haven’t seen the light of day for millions of years. Welcome to the paleontology prep lab. In this video, the second in a series of interviews io9 is doing with the scientists and…

io9 Matt Toder and Annalee Newitz Apr 28

The Tiny Probe That Stands Up to 200MPH Tornadoes

Some would say that Tim Samaras is nuts. Why’s that? Because in 2003, Tim placed a couple cameras and three probes in front of an oncoming F4 tornado that was 100 yards away and blasting 200-mile-per-hour winds. And he did it all for science. These probes are officially called Hardened In-situ Tornado Pressure Recorders [HITPR]),…

Tech News Max Behrman Apr 28

Why Facebook Doesn’t Take a Cut From Its Deals

So what kind of cut does Facebook take from its Deals partners? Try none. Zip. Zilch. Nada. A donut hole big enough to shove a “Like” thumb through. Then why, uh, do it? According to AllFacebook, Zuck and crew aren’t just running Deals out of the goodness of their hearts. More important than a slice…

Social Media Brian Barrett Apr 28

There are more aliens in this Green Lantern poster than the whole of Star Wars

Okay, we may be exaggerating a tad, but this is a lot of aliens to digest in one movie poster. Yes it’s great that the supremely random R’amey Holl Lantern is getting some face time. But this may be overkill. Can you name them all? More to the point, will the movie-going public be into…

Movies Meredith Woerner Apr 28

Secrets of Klaus, the Baddest Ancient Vampire of Them All

We’ve seen some menacing vampires on The Vampire Diaries, but nothing like Klaus, the nastiest Original Vampire. Why is Klaus so nasty? What makes him such a monster? Why does he love witches? We asked Klaus actor Joseph Morgan. If you haven’t been watching The Vampire Diaries lately, you’ve missed out on one of television’s…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Apr 28

One Device You Pray Never Malfunctions

Rule #1: Never stick your finger in a machine’s orifice until you know what that machine is called. Rule #2: Never stick anything in a machine’s orifice, period, no matter how it may tempt you with its erotically detached name and reliable thrusting motion. Rule #3: Ew. The Sperm Revival Machine, made by Sanwe Medical…

Tech News Brian Barrett Apr 28

This Ball-Catching Robot Will Someday Play Baseball Better Than You

New Transformers 3 Trailer: Why’s Optimus Prime angry?

Bessel Beams: The Coolest Physics Phenomena That Technically Don’t Exist

Our Choice for iPad and iPhone

The Football League No One Cares About Will Hold Their Draft Over Twitter

White iPhone 4 Possibly Fat and Definitely Cursed

Google Talk for Android Gets Video Chat

The Glorious, Creative, Towering, Ridiculous, Fancy, Royal Wedding Hats

Thor isn’t the only public domain superhero

The Bizarre, Beloved, Sorta-Crappy TV Ads of Our Youths

Video proof that Mark Sheppard is science fiction’s ultimate badass

Microsoft Just Made Less Money Than Apple

Spotify Breaking Into Streaming Movie Service?

How to Sew a Spacesuit

Where do fossils come from?

The Tiny Probe That Stands Up to 200MPH Tornadoes

Why Facebook Doesn’t Take a Cut From Its Deals

There are more aliens in this Green Lantern poster than the whole of Star Wars

Secrets of Klaus, the Baddest Ancient Vampire of Them All

One Device You Pray Never Malfunctions

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