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MicDroid: Android Users Get Their Auto-Tune App

Hey Android users! Envious of the iPhone T-Pain app? Hungry for some portable Auto-Tune action? Are you still reading? Great, because MicDroid, the purported first Android Auto-Tune app, has landed. Commence with the rolling eyes and bleeding ears: PocketNow, modest as ever, says this is an early stage app, and that features are sparse, but…

Tech News Jack Loftus Jul 18

Why Do Anonymous Geeks Hate Scientologists?

NYU professor Gabriella Coleman opened this profoundly profanity laced academic talk with a question: why have internet enthusiasts been drawn to denounce Scientology so vehemently for two decades? Scientology, she explained, has provided a perfect nemesis for geekery. To the geeks, freaks and hackers of the net the Church of Scientology subverts the idea of…

Tech News Quinn Norton Jul 18

Prototype Vehicle Warning Seat System Vibrates When Danger Is Near

Is my ass vibrating again or am I about to run headlong into a Mack truck? Well, if a prototype out of the Yale School of Engineering comes to pass, in my hypothetical future both could be true! Wild ride! You see, this particular warning system, which joins flashing side mirrors (Audi) and “stay awake,…

Tech News Jack Loftus Jul 18

Could “blue holes” offer clues about the biology of extraterrestrials?

In the Bahamas’ submerged inland caverns, or “blue holes,” a thin layer of fresh water separates oxygen from salt water. This creates a submerged, oxygen-free environment that could resemble underground water pockets on Mars or the seas of Europa. In the blue holes of the Bahamas, the anoxic salt waters supports ecosystems that are completely…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jul 18

Artist Births Jedi In Seven Months Flat

Robert Burden, the time lapse painter who’s graced Gizmodo before with his He-Man Battle Cat and Voltron paintings, is back. The latest is “Birth of a Jedi.” And no, that’s not a third leg coming out of the Tauntaun. https://gizmodo.com/he-mans-battle-cat-gets-painted-time-lapse-style-5371273 The oil on canvas painting took seven months to complete, and measures an impressive 10’x7′.…

Tech News Jack Loftus Jul 18

There’s still 12 minutes of new Lost left to see, starring Ben Linus and Hurley!

You thought you were at last finished with Lost…but Lost isn’t yet done with you. The upcoming sixth season and complete series DVDs will feature an all-new, 12 minute vignette featuring Ben and Hurley. And yes, it will answer questions! Michael Emerson and Jorge Garcia are both reprising their roles for the DVD extra, which…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jul 18

HTC Disputes Apple Cellphone Demo with Numbers of Its Own

In the wake of Apple’s peculiar iPhone 4 Strikes Back! press conference, you’d be normal if you expected miffed competitors, especially after Jobs threw the likes of RIM, HTC and Nokia under the “Antennagate” bus. Now HTC is hitting back: While not an official statement, HTC’s Eric Lin, PR chief and online community manager, told…

Tech News Jack Loftus Jul 18

Everything you need to know about Starcraft II

On July 27, Blizzard Entertainment will release Starcraft II, the sequel to the real-time strategy game so popular that it’s still the gold standard of the genre 12 years later. Today, we’ll be looking at Starcraft as a scifi narrative. Starcraft is military science fiction that focuses on three warring species: the power-armor-clad Terrans, the…

io9 David Daw Jul 18

How I learned to love the Doctor’s dashing lady-friend, River Song

The central enigma of Doctor Who’s very first episode wasn’t the Doctor himself — it was a 15-year-old girl. So Steven Moffat was returning the show to its roots when he introduced the mysterious River Song. Here’s why she’s awesome. Oh, and (in a River Song voice), “Spoilers…” It’s really hard to recap the first…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 17

Wikileaks Keynote at HOPE 2010: No Assange, But Institutional Details Emerge

The part of scheduled keynote speaker Julian Assange, the Australian hacker US agents have made it clear they would like to question, was played by Jake Appelbaum today at HOPE. Appelbaum is increasingly the other public face of Wikileaks, while also being a spokesperson and developer for the Tor online anonymity project. Appelbaum led off…

Tech News Quinn Norton Jul 17

The Robotic Butterfly That Flies Like The Real Thing

The ChouChou Robotic Butterfly is just like a real butterfly, except it can live forever. Or at least until its battery runs out. You won’t even know the difference, just watch it fly. [Japan Trends]

Tech News Casey Chan Jul 17

Minority Report Intelligent Digital Billboards Are Real

You remember those billboards in Minority Report, the ones that personalize what they display depending on who stands in front of it. Tokyo is rolling out digital billboards that do the same thing. In Minority Report, the billboards worked like this: In Tokyo, the billboards are outfitted with cameras that can determine the gender and…

Tech News Casey Chan Jul 17

The US military’s heat ray weapon is now in Afghanistan

The Active Denial System, an invisible heat ray that induces a painful burning sensation on human skin, has joined US marines in Afghanistan. Unlike the smaller, 750-foot-ranged Silent Guardian, the ADS can emit heat beams over 1,640 feet. [BBC] https://gizmodo.com/its-like-a-heatwave-burnin-in-the-subcutaneous-layer-of-5062966

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jul 17

Because Drinking Wine From A Glass Is Way Classier Than Drinking From A Bottle

I don’t drink wine but if I did, I would totally buy this wine glass. It fits an entire bottle of wine—all 750ml of that bitter grape juice—in its 9-inch tall, super sized goblet. [Amazon via The Awesomer]

Tech News Casey Chan Jul 17

Isaac Asimov’s The Gods Themselves: In which scientists are jerks and aliens masturbate

At long last we come to perhaps the biggest name in science-fiction literature. Settle in for a long, long — long — look at what might be the least Asimovian story Isaac Asimov ever wrote. This weekend we’re doing something different: Instead of just me droning on all by myself, io9 contributor and Asimov aficionado…

Books & Comics Josh Wimmer and Alasdair Wilkins Jul 17

The shiniest stories on io9 this week

Oh, what a week that was. Inception put audiences in a topspin and the roaring drums of Comic Con are a-booming. Oh, and Sinestro pretended to be gay. Here are some other pieces for your consideration. https://gizmodo.com/16-demented-green-lantern-stories-that-were-sure-wont-b-5579211 Methane bubble “doomsday” story debunked For several days, bloggers and journalists have been passing around a news story…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jul 17

Offshore Oil Strike for All the Family

In the 1970s, BP released Offshore Oil Strike, a board game about the excitement of deep-water drilling. Will you, dad, or grandma be the first to gain $120,000,000 game-winning petro-dollars? BP; photo by BLDGBLOG” />. One of the most extraordinary-and timely-subcollections in the archives of the Canadian Centre for Architecture can be found resting on…

io9 Geoff Manaugh - BLDGBLOG Jul 17

iChatr, the Chatroulette-like iPhone App, Removed From The App Store

The iChatr app has been removed from the App Store due to “a number of users exposing themselves during the random video chat sessions.” What did Apple think was going to happen when they approved it? https://gizmodo.com/the-ichatr-app-brings-chatroulette-style-mischief-to-yo-5583806 It’s really too bad because other than those creeps, the iChatr app was actually pretty good for what…

Tech News Casey Chan Jul 17

So Motorola Won’t Break The Droid X, They’ll Just Make It Unusable

So Motorola spoke up on the Droid X’s eFuse issue: if you install unapproved ROMs on your Droid X, your phone won’t break. It’ll just go into recovery mode and be unusable until you install Motorola approved software. Gee, thanks Moto. https://gizmodo.com/motorola-is-willing-to-break-the-phone-they-just-sold-y-5587801 The official word: “Motorola’s primary focus is the security of our end users…

Tech News Casey Chan Jul 17

Axe Cop will receive his own comic book in 2011

Axe Cop, the zany webcomic written by six-year-old Malachai Nicolle and illustrated by his 29-year-old cartoonist brother Ethan, will be receiving a brand-new miniseries Spring 2011 from Dark Horse Comics. Head-choppingly good news. [Comics Alliance via The Captain]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jul 17

MicDroid: Android Users Get Their Auto-Tune App

Why Do Anonymous Geeks Hate Scientologists?

Prototype Vehicle Warning Seat System Vibrates When Danger Is Near

Could “blue holes” offer clues about the biology of extraterrestrials?

Artist Births Jedi In Seven Months Flat

There’s still 12 minutes of new Lost left to see, starring Ben Linus and Hurley!

HTC Disputes Apple Cellphone Demo with Numbers of Its Own

Everything you need to know about Starcraft II

How I learned to love the Doctor’s dashing lady-friend, River Song

Wikileaks Keynote at HOPE 2010: No Assange, But Institutional Details Emerge

The Robotic Butterfly That Flies Like The Real Thing

Minority Report Intelligent Digital Billboards Are Real

The US military’s heat ray weapon is now in Afghanistan

Because Drinking Wine From A Glass Is Way Classier Than Drinking From A Bottle

Isaac Asimov’s The Gods Themselves: In which scientists are jerks and aliens masturbate

The shiniest stories on io9 this week

Offshore Oil Strike for All the Family

iChatr, the Chatroulette-like iPhone App, Removed From The App Store

So Motorola Won’t Break The Droid X, They’ll Just Make It Unusable

Axe Cop will receive his own comic book in 2011

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