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iPad-Powered Kegbot

The nerds at Yelp who revolutionized the way 20-something girls could give their opinions on stuff and actually have it matter in the slightest, have turned their attention to beer. Namely, making an iPad and a keg work together. The shouting Yelper explains now the iPad/Kegbot contraption works. The iPad displays beer information—live, while it’s…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 11

Beep Beep Boop Beep Verizon R2-D2 Droid 2

This is almost certainly the R2-D2 edition of Verizon’s Droid 2. It’s the Luke to Vader’s black Droid 2, and looks very, very 70s. Perfect for the time travel machine that can only go back 40 years. [Twitter via Engadget]

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 11

Donut Logic Gallery

“Hell Journey” “Lawnmower” “Mesmerized” “September” “Little Brother”

Tech News Christina Bonnington Aug 11

‘Computer Desk for Apple iMac’ Refuses to Have Windows Computer Placed Upon It

This is Grant Sonnex’s “computer desk for Apple iMac.” Don’t you even think about putting some piece-of-shit Acer on it, or Sonnex will personally come to your house and kick you in the groin for having terrible taste. [Design Milk]

Tech News Adam Frucci Aug 11

New Trojan Has Silently Transferred $1 Million Out of Bank Accounts

A new version of the Zeus trojan has been silently stealing money from bank accounts since early last month, according to M86 Security. They say they’ve “never seen such a sophisticated and dangerous threat.” Oh. Wonderful. https://gizmodo.com/russian-botnet-steals-from-another-replaces-virus-with-5469550 Since early last month, the Zeus v3 trojan has managed to steal roughly a million dollars from over…

Privacy & Security Kyle VanHemert Aug 11

New York City Needs These River Pools

This is the East River State park. It’s next to my house and—in the spring, summer, and early fall—I love to go there and lay down to read a book. Sadly, that pool is not there. The project is a concept for now, but if the people from + pool have their way, it may…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Aug 11

Deathstalker scorpion venom may aid anti-brain cancer gene therapy

UWashington researchers have found that chlorotoxins in deathstalker scorpion venom may become a crucial component in gene therapies designed to combat glioma, the most prevalent brain cancer. The chlorotoxin facilitates the delivery of therapeutic genes into cancerous cells. [ACS Nano]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Aug 11

iPad Picture Book Offers First Ever Sign Language Narration

Designed for children ages 2 and up, Danny the Dragon Meets Jimmy is an illustrated, narrated storybook that reads to children on its own. Even better is that deaf children won’t be left out, thanks to built-in sign language video. As kids turn the pages at their own pace, an accompanying interpreter will provide visual…

Tech News Sam Biddle Aug 11

Sony Ericsson Readying an Android 3.0 PlayStation Phone?

Engadget’s reporting that Sony Ericsson, who hasn’t been quickest on the draw with Android devices, is in the “late stages of planning” for an Android 3.0 smartphone with sliding gaming controls and an accompanying gaming platform. Android fans, listen up. Gamers, listen up. Android fans who are gamers, really listen up. Engadget hears from a…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Aug 11

How is writing for video games similar to writing for comics?

Marv Wolfman is a comics legend for his work on Teen Titans, Superman and many others. For a half-dozen years, he’s been writing for video games, and he explains how both kinds of writing are about characters more than plot. I’ve played games since the first coin machine version of Pong. Like most I wasted…

Books & Comics Marv Wolfman Aug 11

Who would you rather be stuck on a space station with: Scarlett Johansson, or Blake Lively?

Alfonso Cuaron has to make a tough decision. His stranded in space film Gravity, with Robert Downey Jr., needs to find its female lead. And it’s down to Scarlett Johansson or Blake Lively. But how to choose? The Hollywood Reporter has released a little information on Gravity’s main female character, which was originally set to…

Movies Meredith Woerner Aug 11

Mark Hurd Was the Most Despised Major Tech CEO

Of any major tech CEO, recently-ousted Mark Hurd of HP had the lowest approval ratings by his own employees: 34%. To compare: Steve Jobs has a whopping 98% rating, Larry Ellison is 88% and Ballmer is 52%. [TechCrunch] https://gizmodo.com/apparently-former-hp-ceo-mark-hurd-was-a-thug-5609780

Tech News Adam Frucci Aug 11

I Used a Sea Cave as a Cell Phone Amplifier

In what may be the most impractical discovery I’ve ever made, it came to my attention last week that sea caves make serviceable cell phone amplifiers. Last weekend I was on an 88-foot liveaboard dive boat that was cruising California’s Channel Islands. One of the best parts of the trip is that cell phones work…

Tech News Joel Johnson Aug 11

How Star Trek’s prop computers presaged the iPad by 20+ years

Designers for Star Trek created flat, minimalist computers in order to save money. But as the franchise continued, the artists were forced to further explain the props’ pretend functions, which eventually mirrored those of touch electronics today. In a nifty interview with Ars Technica, the franchise’s set designers explained how their pragmatism turned into prescience.…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Aug 11

X-2 Housing GIves You a (Relatively) Compact View 250 Feet Underwater

It looks complex, but put Inon’s X-2 housing in perspective and you will appreciate its grace. Meant for Panasonic’s micro four thirds GF1, the X-2 adds bulk, but only enough to make your camera around the size of an SLR. This approach spares divers from adding thick casing to an SLR, and winding up something,…

Tech News Sam Biddle Aug 11

Watch an Interview With the World’s First Cyborg

Twelve years ago, Professor Kevin Warwick became the world’s first cyborg. Today, at Motherboard he’s holding court on cybernetics, and how if we don’t embrace our cyber upgrade potential, the robots will someday win. Warwick knows what he’s talking about, not just as the first man to have an RFID implant—letting him turn on lights…

Tech News Brian Barrett Aug 11

Behind the Amazing Locked Doors of the Museum of Natural History

New York’s American Museum of Natural History is widely known as that huge building with great old stuffed animals inside. And the giant whale! But behind the scenes are facilities doing some of the most amazing science, ever. Let’s peek. We took a trip inside the museum’s labyrinthine back corridors—hallways stuffed with ancient artifacts and…

Tech News Sam Biddle Aug 11

Transplanted cities and post-apocalyptic weirdness: a book description so strange, we had to ask the author about it

Someone builds a full-scale replica of Manhattan in Puget Sound. A mysterious organization plots to use humanity’s brightest minds to shape the future. And in the distant future, humanity rebuilds after the apocalypse. Ryan Boudinot’s next novel sounds trippily awesome. According to Publishers Marketplace, Boudinot, author of the novel Misconception and the story collection The…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Aug 11

Apple’s Fall Event Pegged For Mid-September, Focusing on iPods and iTVs?

Apple’s yearly fall event is “definitely happening,” according to AllThingsD, and mid-September is looking like an increasingly likely time for that event to happen. Reading the tea leaves, it seems like iPod Touches and AppleTVs will be the focus. The FaceTime-enabled (and possibly Retina Display’d?) iPod Touch seems like a lock, and updates for the…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Aug 11

AR Labyrinth Android App Turns Layar Into That Windows 95 “3D Maze” Game

There was a time, before GTA, when parents let their children play video games—as long as those games were Windows freebies like Hover! and SkiFree. Or Win95 screensaver “game” 3D Maze, which has reappeared as a Layar add-on. https://gizmodo.com/legendary-microsoft-game-skifree-now-free-for-the-iphon-5496352 If you never sat in front of a PC for hours on end watching the magical…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Aug 11

iPad-Powered Kegbot

Beep Beep Boop Beep Verizon R2-D2 Droid 2

Donut Logic Gallery

‘Computer Desk for Apple iMac’ Refuses to Have Windows Computer Placed Upon It

New Trojan Has Silently Transferred $1 Million Out of Bank Accounts

New York City Needs These River Pools

Deathstalker scorpion venom may aid anti-brain cancer gene therapy

iPad Picture Book Offers First Ever Sign Language Narration

Sony Ericsson Readying an Android 3.0 PlayStation Phone?

How is writing for video games similar to writing for comics?

Who would you rather be stuck on a space station with: Scarlett Johansson, or Blake Lively?

Mark Hurd Was the Most Despised Major Tech CEO

I Used a Sea Cave as a Cell Phone Amplifier

How Star Trek’s prop computers presaged the iPad by 20+ years

X-2 Housing GIves You a (Relatively) Compact View 250 Feet Underwater

Watch an Interview With the World’s First Cyborg

Behind the Amazing Locked Doors of the Museum of Natural History

Transplanted cities and post-apocalyptic weirdness: a book description so strange, we had to ask the author about it

Apple’s Fall Event Pegged For Mid-September, Focusing on iPods and iTVs?

AR Labyrinth Android App Turns Layar Into That Windows 95 “3D Maze” Game

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