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A Dog-Shaped Vacuum is One of the Least-Silly Ideas From the ’70s

I wish I had some of the foresight of this patent-filer from back in ’73. I wonder if she’s cursing the day her dog-shaped vacuum failed to take off, now Dyson’s launched their dog-grooming vacuum tool? https://gizmodo.com/why-bother-vacuuming-the-floors-when-you-can-just-vacuu-5681284 Ann Margaret Zelski filed the patent in 1973 for this dog-shaped vacuum, which was intended to be used…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Nov 22

3D Printed Vase Made From Glass May Not Look Like Much, But It’s Still a Miracle

While this vase is probably more attractive to your granny than you, would she understand just how much technology was used in its creation? Custom 3D-printer guys Shapeways made it from glass, which is no small feat for 3D printing. Writing on their blog, they described one of the challenges they faced with the design:…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Nov 22

LG’s Got a Tablet Too…a Windows 7 Tablet, in Korea

Would you buy a 10.1-inch tablet, running Windows 7 with mediocre specs? LG’s hoping Koreans will, because the tablet’s launching there first. Citizens are probably better off waiting for LG’s Android tablet, due out in January. [LG via Akihabara News] https://gizmodo.com/lgs-android-tablet-coming-in-january-and-will-be-large-5654771

Tech News Kat Hannaford Nov 22

Roid Rage short calls for a vat of Preparation H

We thought we had seen it all after viewing the vagina dentata flick, Teeth. We were so horribly and completely wrong. Hold on to your butts and watch the trailer for short film Roid Rage. Plus, an ET music video. Roid Rage Twitch Film was kind enough to point out this particular gem by Ryan…

Movies Meredith Woerner Nov 22

The Walking Dead teaches us that we still need manners when the zombies come

Tonight’s episode of The Walking Dead, “Vatos,” taught us that appearances can be deceiving, always cauterize your wounds, and only say significant things when the zombies rise. You don’t want your last words to be embarrassing. PRO: “Vatos” opens with some nice character development with Amy and Andrea. They remember their deceased parents and fish…

Television Cyriaque Lamar Nov 21

Smallville gives us Saul Tigh as Deathstroke (and erotic waterboarding)

Friday’s Smallville — “Patriot” — was a heaping platter of hammy political metaphors, illegally tortured beefcake, and Atlantean cheesecake. Also, Michael Hogan dons the eyepatch again as General Slade Wilson, and Aquaman blew up an oil rig a superhuman prison. “Patriot” was very much par for the course for Season 10 of Smallville — we…

Television Cyriaque Lamar Nov 21

Designer Life Forms, Coming Soon Whether You Like It Or Not

Flu vaccines in a matter of hours. Bioengineering facilities the size of San Francisco. Cells and DNA, upgraded like living software. This is the future microbiologist Dr. Craig Venter sees as inevitable, and it’s only a few years away. Dr. Venter spoke with 60 Minutes and Steve Kroft this evening, and he contends that the…

Tech News Jack Loftus Nov 21

Thirty Years Ago, a Louisiana Lake Turned Into a Swirling Pit of Destruction

In 1980, Texaco drilled down to look for oil beneath Lake Peigneur. A little too far down. The mistake drained the entire lake like a bathtub, creating an enormous whirlpool that consumed barges, drills, and 65 acres of land. Oops. The error lay in the fact that the Diamond Crystal Salt Company was simultaneously operating…

Tech News Sam Biddle Nov 21

Land of the Free?

Someone should make T-shirts with this image and sell them at airports. With a TSA logo on the back. Update: The author of the graphic tells me that he’s indeed making t-shirts with this image. [David Vincent Wolf]

Privacy & Security Jesus Diaz Nov 21

Latest Kinect Hack: You Are the Jedi

Remember Star Wars Kid? He needs to come out of retirement and get acquainted with Yankeyan’s lightsaber Kinect hack. Yankeyan created the hack using OpenKinect drivers and OpenCV, which provided image processing, tracking and rendering capabilities. The wooden stick was something I assume he had lying around the garage. Pretty simple, but also pretty cool!…

Tech News Jack Loftus Nov 21

Naturally, This Beer Keg Casemod Has a Bottle Opener

Ben Lzicar, bro, took one of those ugly old beer kegs and turned it into an admittedly flashy piece of PC gaming kit. And, surprising no one, he made sure it had a bottle opener attached to the side. It’s an impressive casemod, to be sure, but surely I’m not the only one thinking version…

Tech News Jack Loftus Nov 21

The horrors of evolution: the 10 freakiest animals of speculative biology

Scottish geologist, illustrator, and speculative zoologist Dougal Dixon has made his career dreaming up dozens of fictional creatures shaped by evolution gone bonkers. Here are 10 of his creations who seemingly escaped from the Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual. We’ve mentioned our love of Dixon’s never-was dinosaur menagerie before, but he’s worked on several projects…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Nov 21

Sony Ericsson CEO Teases February Announcement, Could Be PlayStation Phone

“There’s a lot of smoke, and I tell you there must be a fire somewhere,” Sony Ericsson CEO Bert Nordberg told the Wall Street Journal the other day. He was talking about a phone! But not just any phone… A “games-oriented” phone, to be precise, and that sounds a heck of a lot like something…

Tech News Jack Loftus Nov 21

Just found: Crazy pulp fiction from the early days of the space colonies

io9’s intrepid art intern Daniel Spitzer just discovered an old trunk of Atomic Glory pulps from back when humans were first colonizing the solar system. Check out this gallery of covers – they’re a glimpse at scifi of the future. Says Daniel: Hey, just found some old pulps and comics from when my Grandfather was…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz Nov 21

Kinect Doesn’t Need You

Pay special attention to how YouTube user GELTONZ drives his car in this fascinating footage captured during an intense couple of laps in Kinect Joy Ride. Skills! Kinect: You aren’t the controller because it doesn’t need you. [Youtube via Reddit]

Tech News Jack Loftus Nov 21

Too much cell phone use can trigger an allergic reaction

The idea that cell phones can give you cancer has pretty much completely been dismissed as a myth. But that doesn’t mean cell phones don’t some health risks. Too much cell phone use can actually cause an allergic reaction. The problem is the nickel found in cell phones. The metal is one of the more…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Nov 21

MIT Laser Camera Sees Around Corners

MIT’s Ramesh Raskar, creator of amazing things, is on the cusp of creating a fantastical camera that can take pictures of objects that are hidden around corners. As long as light can reach the object, this camera can capture it. https://gizmodo.com/mit-team-developing-eye-catching-super-realistic-6-d-i-5035198 The camera works much like a flashlight that has been pointed at a mirror.…

Tech News Jack Loftus Nov 21

On “Supernatural,” there’s something weirder than UFO abductions

Friday’s Supernatural, “Clap Your Hands If You Believe,” was two things at once: A sendup of scifi conspiracy shows, and a cool tweak on a monster we’ve never seen Supernaturalized before. But it was also . . . awkward. Spoilers! Written by Ben Edlund, this episode was one of the ones fans had been anticipating…

Television Annalee Newitz Nov 21

Methane-eating bacteria alive and well in the deepest layer of Earth’s crust

Nearly a mile underground, there’s an entire ecosystem carving out a rather alien existence in the deepest layer of Earth’s crust. These bacteria are totally unlike their brethren nearer the surface, and there might be even stranger bacteria further down. Earth’s crust only covers the top 1% of the planet’s outer volume. The oceanic crust,…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Nov 21

Carrier Threats Lead Apple to Abandon Integrated iPhone SIM Plan

The Telegraph reports today that Apple has scrapped plans for its own brand of SIM card after carriers threatened to stop subsidizing the iPhone. Theoretically, the integrated SIM could have removed carriers from the purchasing process. Sorry consumers! https://gizmodo.com/will-apple-go-around-carriers-with-a-built-in-iphone-si-5675012 The carriers were unsurprisingly pleased with themselves following the news: A senior source at a mobile…

Tech News Jack Loftus Nov 21

A Dog-Shaped Vacuum is One of the Least-Silly Ideas From the ’70s

3D Printed Vase Made From Glass May Not Look Like Much, But It’s Still a Miracle

LG’s Got a Tablet Too…a Windows 7 Tablet, in Korea

Roid Rage short calls for a vat of Preparation H

The Walking Dead teaches us that we still need manners when the zombies come

Smallville gives us Saul Tigh as Deathstroke (and erotic waterboarding)

Designer Life Forms, Coming Soon Whether You Like It Or Not

Thirty Years Ago, a Louisiana Lake Turned Into a Swirling Pit of Destruction

Land of the Free?

Latest Kinect Hack: You Are the Jedi

Naturally, This Beer Keg Casemod Has a Bottle Opener

The horrors of evolution: the 10 freakiest animals of speculative biology

Sony Ericsson CEO Teases February Announcement, Could Be PlayStation Phone

Just found: Crazy pulp fiction from the early days of the space colonies

Kinect Doesn’t Need You

Too much cell phone use can trigger an allergic reaction

MIT Laser Camera Sees Around Corners

On “Supernatural,” there’s something weirder than UFO abductions

Methane-eating bacteria alive and well in the deepest layer of Earth’s crust

Carrier Threats Lead Apple to Abandon Integrated iPhone SIM Plan

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