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BlackBerry Torch 9800 at Half Price After Only One Week

Update: We just discovered that Amazon has been selling the Torch at $99 since launch, contrary to what PC World reported. We regret the error, and it’s something we should have checked into before publishing. – JC Sales are so disappointing for the BlackBerry Torch 9800 that Research In Motion has decided to halve its…

Commerce Jesus Diaz Aug 16

Best True Blood ending EVER. EVER. EVER. EVER.

Last Sunday’s True Blood took all the long-winded fang banter about vampire kings, vampire queens, magisters, vampire equality acts, and “authorities” and turned it into something interesting. From here on out, vampire politics cease to be boring! Some NSFW pics. I’ve been accused before of being a bit of a “fangirl” when it comes to…

Television Meredith Woerner Aug 16

MobileASL: The First Mobile Phone for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing

And it doesn’t require users to wear a crazy looking glove. MobileASL incorporates compressed video signals, increased image quality around the face and hands, and motion detection to make it a better option than other mobile video conferencing services. https://gizmodo.com/handtalk-glove-turns-sign-language-into-words-via-cellp-389080 The MobileASL software could potentially run on any device with a video camera situated on…

Tech News Christina Bonnington Aug 16

Xbox Live on Windows Phone 7 Hands On: Mobile Levels Up

The first tease of Xbox Live on Windows Phone 7 piqued my interest, sure. But after I had a little hands-on time with some of the games planned for launch, Microsoft’s officially got my undivided attention. https://gizmodo.com/the-first-xbox-live-windows-phone-game-looks-awesome-a-5493687 Microsoft’s trotting out over 50 titles today, all of which and more will be available by the time…

Tech News Brian Barrett Aug 16

Mapping Your Room Through Sight and Sound

A digital media artist by the name of Henderson wants to help you reconsider your environment. To this end, he’s created Radius Music, an art project that scans its surroundings and uses what it finds to create an audiovisual map. Henderson himself describes Radius Music as synthesizing “ideas of cartography and graphic scores as a…

Tech News Sam Biddle Aug 16

The First IMAX 3D Porn Movie Is Here (Yes, IMAX 3D Porn)

I can understand 3D porn movies at home, but IMAX 3D porn? Who wants to sit through two hours of explicit 60-foot tall 3D sex scenes, no matter how engrossing the plot could be? With other people around, I mean. https://gizmodo.com/heres-the-first-3d-porn-movie-at-last-5544449 But that’s exactly what Stephen Shiu is proposing for his 3-D Sex & Zen:…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Aug 16

Thieves Will Steal Your Money Using Their Boobs Instead of ATM Skimmers

In the past we might have worried about sophisticated card skimmers, sneaky bank fees, or armed robbers when we stopped at an ATM, but based on recent events we may now have to fear attractive bare-breasted female thieves too. https://gizmodo.com/atm-card-skimmers-are-getting-frighteningly-sophisticat-5453857 Apparently a man had just finished entering his PIN into a Parisian ATM when he…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Aug 16

X-Ray Security Scans Go Interactive

Airport security staff can spend their entire day staring at two-dimensional, static X-ray scans. Soon, however, they may be able to interact with these images, rotating a scanned object on the screen and even analysing its chemical composition. It can be difficult to identify objects from the 2D images generated by X-ray scanners, says Paul…

Privacy & Security Duncan Graham-Rowe - NewScientist Aug 16

Watch a Ton of Pigeons Being Trapped By a Catapulted Net

Ahhhh! If you get freaked out by pigeons, wait until you see a whole writhing mass of the winged rats trapped inside a catapult-sprung net. Truly terrifying. And apparently the solution to Spain’s big pigeon problem. Pigeons have been deemed a “plague” in Barcelona, spreading disease and pooping all over Gaudi’s beautiful buildings. To curb…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Aug 16

Samsung’s Android-Running Answer to the iPod Touch Spotted

Given the model number YP-MB2 and looking like the Galaxy S, the Samsung Galaxy Player will run Android OS, have a 4-inch Super AMOLED screen, a 1 GHz processor, a 3MP camera, and Wi-Fi connectivity. [Samsung Hub via Tech Radar]

Tech News Christina Bonnington Aug 16

Not all supernaturally abusive relationships are as simple as they first appear

Loads of TV shows have given us supernatural creatures as metaphors for abusive relationships, but I’m at a loss to think of one that turned our expectations on their heads like The Gates did last night, in another great episode. Minor spoilers ahead, but I’ll try not to give away too much, because it’s actually…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Aug 16

Reverse-Engineering of Human Brain Likely by 2020

Reverse-engineering the human brain so we can simulate it using computers may be only a decade away, says Ray Kurzweil, artificial intelligence expert and author of the best-selling book The Singularity is Near. It would be the first step toward creating machines that are more powerful than the human brain. These supercomputers could be networked…

Artificial Intelligence Priya Ganapati - Wired Aug 16

Who Wouldn’t Buy Ice Cream From A Cute Japanese Robot?

As if ice cream doesn’t practically sell itself in the summers anyway, a Japanese theme park decided to hire a cute robot named Yaskawa-kun to hawk the delicious treat. I think you’ll understand their choice after you see a video of him at work. Yes, he really is so cute that he’ll probably sell twice…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Aug 16

On Hoarding

Anti-hoarding may be the most underrated bonus of gadgets, ever. Not that my dad would know anything about that. (That’s his desk!) Today, Boingboing linked to a BBC piece on “extreme minimalist lifestyles”. There’s a guy with a laptop and a few spare drives, a bed, some sheets, and-I’d assume-some clothes and at least a…

Tech News Brian Lam Aug 16

DARPA Building a Gigantic Space Net to Clean Up Space Junk in Space

Earth’s orbit is cluttered with dead satellites and other assorted space junk, making it increasingly dangerous for the ISS and new satellites. DARPA’s solution? Catch ’em all in a big ol’ net. The Electrodynamic Debris Eliminator, or EDDE, would be a spacecraft with 200 nets attached to it, allowing it to gather up any errant…

Space & Spaceflight Adam Frucci Aug 16

New DVD extras reveal why Lost’s showrunner thought it might be too “cheesy”

The Lost season six DVD box set doesn’t come out for another week, but the blooper-reel and snippets from the special features are out now. Watch actors try to keep track of their intrigues, plus the pilot’s worryingly “cheesy” moment. All of these new special features are online courtesy of E! Online. Here’s the blooper…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Aug 16

5 comic books that will see you through Scott Pilgrim withdrawal

It’s been a bittersweet month for Scott Pilgrim fans. On one hand, the movie and sixth graphic novel finally debuted. On the other hand, this means no more SP yarns ever. Here are five titles that will ease the pain. Here are fives comics (in no particular order) that reflect the Scott Pilgrim aesthetic —…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Aug 16

Superheroes provide bad role models for boys, says psychologist

Apparently today’s superhero role models just don’t measure up to the ones of yesteryear. According to a psychology professor, boys exposed to superhero stories are learning that men “exploit women” and don’t have “the virtue of doing good for humanity.” The BBC explains: Professor Sharon Lamb surveyed 674 boys aged four to 18 to find…

Movies Annalee Newitz Aug 16

Scientists Create World’s First Laser Pacemaker

Scientists have successfully controlled a living creature’s heart with a laser beam, taking a first step towards technology that could prevent serious heart defects. The procedure used pulses of light to pace the heart of a two-day old quail embryo. The research team, headed by Michael Jenkins at Case Western Reserve University, stuck a small…

Tech News Sam Biddle Aug 16

Asus Reduces Netbook Sales Expectations Because of Apple iPad

Asustek—perhaps the poster child of the netbook world—is cutting down netbook shipments for their strongest quarter. Their reason: Apple’s iPad is eating their market. They are not giving up, and will “step into the tablet PC segment.” According to CEO Jerry Shen, the company has reduced its unit target to 1.4 million for the third…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Aug 16

BlackBerry Torch 9800 at Half Price After Only One Week

Best True Blood ending EVER. EVER. EVER. EVER.

MobileASL: The First Mobile Phone for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing

Xbox Live on Windows Phone 7 Hands On: Mobile Levels Up

Mapping Your Room Through Sight and Sound

The First IMAX 3D Porn Movie Is Here (Yes, IMAX 3D Porn)

Thieves Will Steal Your Money Using Their Boobs Instead of ATM Skimmers

X-Ray Security Scans Go Interactive

Watch a Ton of Pigeons Being Trapped By a Catapulted Net

Samsung’s Android-Running Answer to the iPod Touch Spotted

Not all supernaturally abusive relationships are as simple as they first appear

Reverse-Engineering of Human Brain Likely by 2020

Who Wouldn’t Buy Ice Cream From A Cute Japanese Robot?

On Hoarding

DARPA Building a Gigantic Space Net to Clean Up Space Junk in Space

New DVD extras reveal why Lost’s showrunner thought it might be too “cheesy”

5 comic books that will see you through Scott Pilgrim withdrawal

Superheroes provide bad role models for boys, says psychologist

Scientists Create World’s First Laser Pacemaker

Asus Reduces Netbook Sales Expectations Because of Apple iPad

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