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Build a Mood Ring For the Entire World

How’s the world feeling right now? There’s only one way to find out—build yourself one of these handsome Arduino-powered, Twitter-parsing LED mood lights. The Twitter Mood Light is better than a mood ring because it’s actually a reflection of how people are feeling. As its creator explains: The Arduino connects directly to any wireless network…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert May 13

The Modern Hobo Code

Hobo code is a system of symbols drawn to aid one’s fellow vagabonds and make life on the streets a bit more comfortable. The only trouble is that it didn’t really take modern technologies into consideration much—until now. You can check out more modern hobo code symbols over at Unique Scoop, but the ones above…

Tech News Rosa Golijan May 13

Funniest Moments From Supernatural Season 5: A Video Tribute

Tonight we say goodbye to the fifth season of Supernatural. But before we watch the Winchesters paint the walls with the inside bits of angels, we wanted to pay tribute to the laughs we shared. Here’s our video tribute. I tried to fit it all in, but there’s really too, too much funny in this…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 13

MacBook Pro 15: Is the Higher Resolution Screen Worth It?

With the newest version of the 15″ MacBook comes a new option: a 1680 x 1050 screen—about 30% more pixel-y than the original 1440 x 900 unit. But how does it look? Do you need the extra dots? https://gizmodo.com/new-macbook-pros-feature-core-i5-and-i7-processors-5515928 I pitted a high res MBP against a regular res model, and the difference is striking,…

Tech News John Herrman May 13

LSD, Sexy Fonts and Muppet Genitalia: The Strangest Tech Q&A We’ve Ever Witnessed

Thousands of you Twittered up to feed questions about tech—and some Muppet-based ones—to guest editor Peter Serafinowicz. He answered 25 in a torrent of wordplay. While we await his first guest post, here’s the amazing #PSQA playback: @mort47: What is the greatest threat to the Internet? @serafinowicz: Becoming clogged with sperm. @grapesy: Where are my…

Tech News Wilson Rothman May 13

Confessed Spy Convicted of Exporting U.S. Crypto Gear to China

A Chinese national was convicted this week of smuggling and other charges over his efforts to acquire sensitive military and NSA-encryption gear from eBay and other internet sources. Chi Tong Kuok, of Macau, told Defense Department and Customs investigators that he had been “acting at the direction of officials for the People’s Republic of China,”…

Tech News Kevin Poulsen - Wired.com May 13

Is This New Flick Awesome Or Crap?

The Last City is an indie flick in production right now, and we’ve got the concept trailer right here. Honestly I can’t decide if it’s good or bad. I like the postapocalypse gangster movie idea, though. See for yourself. Here’s the synopsis: Year: 2070 The ancient prophecies of hell on earth came true with a…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 13

Forget Using A Stylus, Now There’s A Knob For Your iPhone

Do you miss old-school physical controls when using your fingers and toes to change settings on a multi-touch device? Well, you’re in luck! Because some clever folks decided to provide us with real knobs to use on our multi-touch displays. I suppose the next step will be to add buttons, switches, and physical keyboards. [dsLabs…

Tech News Rosa Golijan May 13

Why Spiders Always Eat Ants By Starting With The Head

Zodarion spiders dine exclusively on ants, and they’re very particular about how those ants should be prepared. The spiders always eat the ants’ heads first. It turns out this ghoulish practice is vital for the spider’s survival. A group of researchers wanted to see of Zodarions simply thought the heads were tastier, or if the…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 13

The Real Reason Print Magazines May Be Doomed

Our own Braak writes a thoughtful post over at Threat Quality, on the real reasons magazines struggle, including some good questions. Why don’t the science fiction magazines get shelved near science fiction books? And why does Fire Apparatus Journal exist?

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 13

Study Claims That Gadgets Make People Happy

After surveying 35,000 people around the world and analyzing the results, researchers came to a conclusion: Gadgets make us happy. Don’t laugh just yet though, because they’ve got reasonable explanations for this theory. Researcher Paul Flatters of Trajectory Partnership explains: Whether young or old, we’re all social beings, we all have a need for the…

Gadgets Rosa Golijan May 13

Acer Chrome OS Devices Coming In June?

Chrome OS isn’t supposed to be released until later in the year, but according to Venture Beat, there’ll be some Chrome OS devices well before that: We’ve learned from multiple sources that the Taiwanese computer manufacturer Acer will launch Chrome OS devices at the Computex Taipei show, which will be held from June 1 to…

Tech News Rosa Golijan May 13

19-Year-Old Facebook CEO Didn’t Take Your Privacy Seriously, Either

Today, Facebook is having an emergency meeting to discuss their site’s privacy problem. But these instant messages, supposedly sent by CEO Mark Zuckerberg in Facebook’s early days, suggest that user privacy may have always been an afterthought. https://gizmodo.com/dont-worry-facebook-is-having-an-all-hands-meeting-to-5537712 The messages were uncovered by Silicon Alley Insider, who is no stranger to excavating the unsavory details…

Social Media Kyle VanHemert May 13

Pieces of the city are forming, like islands

Photographer Bas Princen has a fantastic new exhibition, called “Refuge,” up at Storefront for Art and Architecture. Storefront describes the show as a “photographic fiction”. Although it is the result of extensive travels and research in five cities of the Middle East and Turkey-Istanbul, Beirut, Amman, Cairo and Dubai-it could just as easily pass as…

io9 Geoff Manaugh May 13

Samsung Moment Users: You’re Finally Getting Android 2.1! Celebrate!

The wait for Android 2.1 is finally over for Samsung Moment users, but the rest of you—such as those rocking an HTC Hero—will be waiting for a while longer. Ah well, let’s just be happy for the Moment. [Sprint—Thanks, Aaron!]

Tech News Rosa Golijan May 13

First Six Pages Of The True Blood Comic Are Just As Dirty As The Show

Check out four different covers, and the first six pages, of IDW’s True Blood comic. We’re happy to find that it’s just as wonderfully pervy as our favorite vampire show, including almost see-through sketches of Sookie’s work-wear in the rain. IDW’s True Blood comic is drawn by David Messina and written by Alan Ball, Elisabeth…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 13

The Fatal Flaw With Portal on Macs

Macs may have supported the two-button mouse well before Portal came free with Steam on Mac, but that makes this comic no bit less funny. [googpeg via digg] https://gizmodo.com/real-gaming-for-macs-is-finally-here-with-steam-5537409

Tech News Mark Wilson May 13

Test Post Associate

How’s your Friday the 13th? It’s probably going better than James Thomson’s, whose legal woes are playing out in real time over Twitter today. James Thomson, the developer of PCalc and PCalc Lite, took to Twitter today to announce he’d gotten a legal nastrygram, threatening a patent infringement lawsuit for his use of in-app purchases.…

Tech News Greg Testing May 13

In “Feed,” The Zombie Apocalypse Destroys Mainstream Media

Imagine hivemind zombies that hunt like wolves. Imagine a world where blogs are the main source of information, as people huddle in their homes, afraid of going outside. Welcome to the world of Feed. It’s perfect summer apocalypse reading. Though Seanan McGuire has already written a number of books, Feed is her first novel under…

io9 Hank Hu May 13

Google Makes Giant Froyo Statue To Feed Android Alien

Oh hello! Looks like that giant alien on the Google campus will finally get to snack on something other than cupcakes and eclairs. I just hope he likes blueberries, nuts, strawberries and…are those banana pieces? https://gizmodo.com/android-1-5-cupcake-update-coming-next-week-5242992 Bit of an odd mix of things to toss onto froyo, but I suppose we can’t always have chocolate…

Tech News Rosa Golijan May 13

Build a Mood Ring For the Entire World

The Modern Hobo Code

Funniest Moments From Supernatural Season 5: A Video Tribute

MacBook Pro 15: Is the Higher Resolution Screen Worth It?

LSD, Sexy Fonts and Muppet Genitalia: The Strangest Tech Q&A We’ve Ever Witnessed

Confessed Spy Convicted of Exporting U.S. Crypto Gear to China

Is This New Flick Awesome Or Crap?

Forget Using A Stylus, Now There’s A Knob For Your iPhone

Why Spiders Always Eat Ants By Starting With The Head

The Real Reason Print Magazines May Be Doomed

Study Claims That Gadgets Make People Happy

Acer Chrome OS Devices Coming In June?

19-Year-Old Facebook CEO Didn’t Take Your Privacy Seriously, Either

Pieces of the city are forming, like islands

Samsung Moment Users: You’re Finally Getting Android 2.1! Celebrate!

First Six Pages Of The True Blood Comic Are Just As Dirty As The Show

The Fatal Flaw With Portal on Macs

Test Post Associate

In “Feed,” The Zombie Apocalypse Destroys Mainstream Media

Google Makes Giant Froyo Statue To Feed Android Alien

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