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Official Twitter for Android App Now Available

Well, hello! We knew it was coming, but it looks like an official Twitter app is now available in the Android Marketplace. It’s free and looks fantastic: https://gizmodo.com/official-twitter-app-coming-to-android-what-will-it-be-5517467 There’s a homescreen widget, tweets can be viewed on a map or in your phonebook (the app syncs with your contacts), and more. Unfortunately the app is…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Apr 30

The Reason Why Turtles Decided To Become Ninjas In The First Place

A dead turtle lays on the beach, its shell marked with orange paint for easy identification. This year’s number of endangered sea turtle corpses found washed up from the Gulf of Mexico is double the usual amount. [Associated Press]

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 30

I Want to Get My Kids to the Egg Child Care Center

This is Discovery, a children nursery designed by German studio GPAC. Thirteen eggs scattered under a central glass canopy. I want to get my child there. It will match my Star Trek suit. Or my full body latex chicken outfit. The building is not only pretty, but recycles rain and wastewater, and it’s powered by…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Apr 30

Tell us Stuff, then Go Buy Stuff

Take the survey below, tell us all your dreams and thoughts, then email the last question to [email protected], and you will be entered to win a $150 Best Buy gift certificate! Go ahead. It won’t hurt a bit. [Rules]

Tech News Gawkercreative Apr 30

New Scientific Quilt Saves Your Relationship From Blanket Farts, But Not Shame

Yes this is a real commercial for a real thing that exists: a blanket that protects you from your partners bed farts, with activated carbon fabric. It’s called the The Better Marriage Blanket. Yeesh. [via Andrew Sullivan]

io9 Meredith Woerner Apr 30

Scosche Takes A Crack at a Dashboard iPad Mount

Now that the iPad 3G is on sale—complete with a GPS chip inside—you might want to mount it in your car. But nobody yet makes a good car solution. Scosche is gonna try—but there are issues. This ever-so-slightly incredulous video shows a prototype dock installed in a late-model Subaru STi. It’s really pretty straightforward: ball…

Tech News Joel Johnson Apr 30

I Order You To Pee On This Battery, Soldier

If you think your gear runs out of juice at inopportune moments, consider the infantrymen of the world, whose lives depend on their gadgets maintaining a charge. Thus the MetalCell, a magnesium-based battery that charges with salt water. Or urine. The MetalCell, developed by engineers in South Korea, is an update on the Baghdad Battery,…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Apr 30

Ron Howard is Gearing Up to Scale Stephen King’s Dark Tower

With the rights to King’s massive Gunslinger cycle up for grabs, Oscar-winner Ron Howard wants to tell the sprawling tale of Roland’s hunt for the Man in Black as both a feature film and a TV series. For a good long while, the Lost brain trust — J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, and Carlton Cuse —…

Movies Marc Bernardin Apr 30

Who’d You Rather Go On A Date With Tonight: A Starfleet Officer Or A Green Lantern?

Yay, it’s Friday! And over on the io9 Facebook page, we’re discussing the ultimate question: Who’d you rather go on a date with tonight: a Green Lantern or a Starfleet officer? Images via DJWudi and istolethetv on Flickr.

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 30

A Robot With Supernatural Balance

Um, could you balance completely perfectly on a ball while carrying your own body weight? This robot can. And honestly, it’s kind of freaky. [YouTube via IEEE]

Tech News Matt Buchanan Apr 30

A Movie About the Supervillain Witness Protection Program? Yes, Please.

Incognito, the noir-flavored Marvel comic from Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, is heading to Fox. Will this real-worldish, superpowered flick fare better than the latest round of comic book movies? The marketplace has not been overly kind to comic-book movies as of late, with both Kick-Ass and The Losers underperforming — and getting their asses…

Movies Marc Bernardin Apr 30

Gadget Deals of the Day

It’s the end of the week and the oh so lovely weekend is almost here. The weather is looking good, the birds are chirping, and well, it’s time to spend your hard earned money. Dealzmodo, as always, has you covered. Top Deals: • 50″ Panasonic VIERA TC-P50U2 Plasma HDTV (1080p) for $889.99 plus free shipping…

Tech News Casey Chan Apr 30

How Smart Do You Need To Be To Collapse A Wave Function?

Here’s the latest entry in our “ask the physicist” series. How do you find out if Schrodinger’s Cat is alive or dead, for real? https://gizmodo.com/ask-a-physicist-any-question-you-want-about-the-univers-5523366 Yesterday, we talked about why the speed of light is the ultimate speed limit, and before that, I talked about the expansion of the universe. https://gizmodo.com/what-happens-if-youre-traveling-at-the-speed-of-light-a-5527521 https://gizmodo.com/if-the-universe-is-expanding-whats-it-expanding-into-5526583 Today’s question comes…

io9 Dr. Dave Goldberg Apr 30

How Data Can Improve Your Life

This week’s NYT Magazine cover story, penned by Wired’s Gary Wolf, is about people who obsessively collect data on themselves—how much they eat or sleep, how happy they feel, etc. Are numbers the path to a happier life? Wolf explains that a confluence of factors—namely smaller sensors, in conjunction with the rise of social media,…

Health Kyle VanHemert Apr 30

A Graveyard For Our Solar-Powered Future, In Spain

Here’s a Spanish cemetary which installed solar panels on top of the mausoleums a year or two back. It’s a fitting image, because Spain has just buried its enormous push for solar energy, thanks to the financial crisis. According to Bloomberg, Spain is choking off its massive investment in solar power, which involves subsidies and…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 30

When Does Researching Your Fiction Do More Harm Than Good?

Dean Wesley Smith, author of over 90 novels, has been publishing an irreverent, thought-provoking series about writing over at his blog, called “Killing The Sacred Cows Of Publishing.” Here’s one of the entries, about doing research before writing a novel. Researching for a novel is one of what I call the half-truth myths. Yet I…

Books & Comics Dean Wesley Smith Apr 30

Yin Yang Bunk Beds

For every positive, there’s a negative. For every orange, there’s an apple. For every Starsky, a Hutch. That’s why someone made these ying and yang bunk beds. I like it. My back, however, won’t be too happy. [Born Rich]

Tech News Jesus Diaz Apr 30

At Last, A Family Movie About Children Going To Hell

Heck, where Lizzie Borden teaches home economics and Richard Nixon is the ethics teacher. The classic kids’ book of the same is getting a movie. Heck: Where The Bad Kids Go, written by Dale E. Basye, is very much about a Hell for children. Many people call it the kiddie’s Dante Inferno. Here’s a brief…

Movies Meredith Woerner Apr 30

Microsoft’s Official Humor Guide: Funny Because It’s Real

The company that brought you the comedy gold of Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates gabbing about footwear has solved humor forever, the end. Meet Microsoft’s education competency guide to humor, and please remember to tip your waitress: Remember, guys, humor is a process, and can’t be too over-thought. If you’re looking to improve your humor…

Tech News Brian Barrett Apr 30

Reminder: io9 Book Club Meeting This Tuesday!

It’s your last chance to grab onto something solid, because we’re going to be discussing David Louis Edelman’s Infoquake in the io9 book club on Tuesday. And later in the week, Edelman will join us to answer your questions.

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Apr 30

Official Twitter for Android App Now Available

The Reason Why Turtles Decided To Become Ninjas In The First Place

I Want to Get My Kids to the Egg Child Care Center

Tell us Stuff, then Go Buy Stuff

New Scientific Quilt Saves Your Relationship From Blanket Farts, But Not Shame

Scosche Takes A Crack at a Dashboard iPad Mount

I Order You To Pee On This Battery, Soldier

Ron Howard is Gearing Up to Scale Stephen King’s Dark Tower

Who’d You Rather Go On A Date With Tonight: A Starfleet Officer Or A Green Lantern?

A Robot With Supernatural Balance

A Movie About the Supervillain Witness Protection Program? Yes, Please.

Gadget Deals of the Day

How Smart Do You Need To Be To Collapse A Wave Function?

How Data Can Improve Your Life

A Graveyard For Our Solar-Powered Future, In Spain

When Does Researching Your Fiction Do More Harm Than Good?

Yin Yang Bunk Beds

At Last, A Family Movie About Children Going To Hell

Microsoft’s Official Humor Guide: Funny Because It’s Real

Reminder: io9 Book Club Meeting This Tuesday!

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