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Bored Hunters in Oregon Are Regularly Shooting Down Google’s Fibers

When there’s no deer, or quail, or whatever it is hunters shoot up in The Dalles around, bored gunmen have been playing target practice with the insulators on Google’s electricity distribution poles. It’s so problematic Google’s moving their fibers underground. The fibers that are continually being shot down connect with Google’s $600 million data center…

Tech News Christina Bonnington Sep 21 '10

NCC-1701 Pizza Cutter

Mozzarella: The Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Pizza-Prize. Its ten-second mission: to divide strange new pies, to cut new slices and new portions, to boldly separate where no cutter has gone before. *Cue music* [Think Geek]

Tech News Jason Chen Sep 21 '10

Most frustrating TV shows canceled on a cliffhanger

As the fall TV season starts up, shows are resolving their agonizing summer cliffhangers — but for some unlucky shows, that resolution never arrived. Here are the most frustrating “cancel-hangers,” cliffhanger endings for shows that got cancelled too soon. First of all, let me apologize for giving away spoilers for last week’s Warehouse 13 in…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Sep 21 '10

Scosche FreedomMIC Is a Wireless Mic For Your New Flip Ultra

One of the more exciting features of the new Flip Ultras is the FlipPort, a proprietary connection that allows the UltraHD to take advantage of third-party accessories. Among the first: the Scosche freedomMIC, a wireless lapel mic for your pocketcam. https://gizmodo.com/the-new-flip-hd-pocket-cams-like-the-old-flips-but-sm-5642409 The freedomMIC has two components: a Bluetooth receiver that plugs into the bottom of…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Sep 21 '10

Sprint Drops Pre and Pixi Pricing to $50 and Free

Those of you looking for a free smartphone will have another option, with Palm’s Pixi available for a cool zero dollars with a two year contract. The Pre will also see a discount to $50, with mail-in rebate. [Engadget]

Tech News Sam Biddle Sep 21 '10

What Would Happen if You Stuck Your Hand in the Large Hadron Collider Stream?

The Large Hadron Collider is slinging 300 trillion protons at 99.9999991% of the speed of light. It could answer momentous scientific mysteries of our universe. But what if you jam your hand into it? Watch scientists struggle to answer. This question was posed to a group of physicists at the University of Nottingham, and, well,…

Physics & Chemistry Sam Biddle Sep 21 '10

The Original Excellent Android Twitter App, Twidroyd, Previews Live Web Pages

Twidroid was the first Android Twitter app worth downloading. There’s a ton of alternatives and it’s called Twidroyd now, but with the latest version, it’s the first Twitter app to preview linked web pages, along with photos and videos. [Twidroyd]

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 21 '10

What made Cordwainer Smith the perfect man to describe cyborg consciousness?

Celebrated SF author Cordwainer Smith grew up among anti-imperial revolutionaries in China, then became a master of psychological warfare. Over at PLoS blog Neurotribes, Steve Silberman has a terrific article about Smith and his cyborg masterpiece “Scanners Live In Vain.” Fifty years ago, the word “cyborg” was coined by scientists Manfred Clynes and Nathan Kline,…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz Sep 21 '10

Batfamily en Español: naked Batman, gun-toting Robin, and the luchadora Batwoman

When Gotham City’s protectors visit Spanish-speaking countries, details can get lost in translation. Sometimes Batman fights crime with no clothes on, Robin brandishes a firearm, and Batwoman’s a sexy wrestler. Here are three deranged bootleg Bat-heroes. In Julio Ribera’s 1948 Spanish comic Robin y el Murciélago, Batman fought crime half-naked while Robin happily gunned down…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Sep 21 '10

The 10 Coolest CoolTools

Kevin Kelly’s CoolTools is an indispensable resource for discovering the most important kind of gadgets of all: practical ones. Here are some of the site’s best recent finds. Hand Lights Headlamps are great for when your hands are tied and you need to see what’s in front of you, but what about the times when…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Sep 21 '10

A high-tech sensor that works in 1100 degree heat

A major challenge holding back the accurate prediction of volcanic eruptions is we don’t really have the ability to put sophisticated monitoring equipment right in the heart of the hot magma. Now there’s technology that thrives in such extreme heat. The new technology is made out of silicon carbide electronics and is built to withstand…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Sep 21 '10

Should You Use the New Twitter.com or a Twitter App?

Web apps! They’re more and more like real apps. Take the new Twitter.com. It’s pretty damned amazing. Is it so good you can ditch desktop Twitter apps forever? The new Twitter feels a lot like an application, slapped on top of Twitter.com. That’s partly because it’s built like an application. It uses the same Twitter…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 21 '10

Politics Are What Held Up WiMax In San Francisco

San Franciscans are among the likely folks in America to take to WiMax 4G. So why’d they have to wait so long to get it, despite indications that it was pretty much ready to launch months ago? Hooray, bureaucracy! https://gizmodo.com/signs-of-wimax-showing-up-on-evos-in-new-york-san-fran-5565489 Apparently the people who push pencils in the San Francisco government have among the strictest…

Tech News Brian Barrett Sep 21 '10

How to Supercharge Your Booze for Fast Infused Cocktails

Infused liquors are the darling of high end mixologists everywhere—but the aging process required usually makes it a no-no for drinking at home. No more! Using only a cream whipper, you can shove flavor into drinks in minutes. The trick is the gaseous cream whipper—usually used to create whipped cream and other foams—which pounds nuanced…

Tech News Sam Biddle Sep 21 '10

Super Scary Dystopian Nightmare: Gary Shteyngart’s satire delivers

Gary Shteyngart’s Super Sad True Love Story is one of the most talked-about novels of the year — but it’s also a genuinely impressive piece of dystopian satire. Anyone who wants to see clever near-future worldbuilding should check it out. Spoilers ahead — although no major plot twists are given away. Honestly, after reading the…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Sep 21 '10

Why do dictators have more children than democratic leaders?

Over at Foreign Policy’s Passport blog, Joshua Keating links to an odd study by Dustin Beckett of the Federal Reserve and Gregory Hess of Claremont McKenna, in which they investigate why dictators have so many kids. In the paper, our intrepid wonks write: We provide a theory whereby non-benevolent, non-democratic leaders increase their expected family…

io9 Annalee Newitz Sep 21 '10

Watch This 1.25 Kilojoule DIY Coilgun Smash Various Household Items

“Danger! High Voltage. Do Not Touch. Death or Serious Injury May Occur,” reads the yellow sticker on the side of this 1.25 Kilojoule DIY coilgun. Watching this video of it in action, that sounds about right: The battery-powered projectile-blaster took 2 years to complete, according to its creator, YouTube user Larsplatoon, and it packs four…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Sep 21 '10

EcoModo – The Best of Treehugger

This week on TreeHugger, fuel cells powered by rat blood, a bunch of badass bikes, oil rig turned into a SCUBA diver hotel, Avatar 2 filmed at the bottom of the sea, and more! 100-Year-Old Belgian Tree Is World’s Most Social Media-Savvy Plant This is begging for a “You know you’re a treehugger if…” joke,…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Sep 21 '10

Android’s Gmail App Updated For Priority Inbox and Better UI

Because Google’s able to update individual core Android apps in phones running 2.2 without waiting for a large, bulky patch that updates the entire system, people with newer devices get a better Gmail app today. Besides “limited support” for Priority Inbox and better handling of replies and quoted text, you also have the improved UI,…

Tech News Jason Chen Sep 21 '10

What would you like to know about your future?

Yesterday’s discussion of the movie TiMER veered into the difficulties of knowing your fate. It got me wondering what people would want to know about their future. Take our poll and tell us. https://gizmodo.com/timer-and-the-trope-of-destructive-prescience-5642348 Below are several questions that people might want to know about the future. Most of them are morbid, but then, if…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Sep 21 '10

Bored Hunters in Oregon Are Regularly Shooting Down Google’s Fibers

NCC-1701 Pizza Cutter

Most frustrating TV shows canceled on a cliffhanger

Scosche FreedomMIC Is a Wireless Mic For Your New Flip Ultra

Sprint Drops Pre and Pixi Pricing to $50 and Free

What Would Happen if You Stuck Your Hand in the Large Hadron Collider Stream?

The Original Excellent Android Twitter App, Twidroyd, Previews Live Web Pages

What made Cordwainer Smith the perfect man to describe cyborg consciousness?

Batfamily en Español: naked Batman, gun-toting Robin, and the luchadora Batwoman

The 10 Coolest CoolTools

A high-tech sensor that works in 1100 degree heat

Should You Use the New Twitter.com or a Twitter App?

Politics Are What Held Up WiMax In San Francisco

How to Supercharge Your Booze for Fast Infused Cocktails

Super Scary Dystopian Nightmare: Gary Shteyngart’s satire delivers

Why do dictators have more children than democratic leaders?

Watch This 1.25 Kilojoule DIY Coilgun Smash Various Household Items

EcoModo – The Best of Treehugger

Android’s Gmail App Updated For Priority Inbox and Better UI

What would you like to know about your future?

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