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Get A Lung Cancer Screening At Your Local Drugstore

Diagnosing cancer is never easy, and — with a few exceptions — testing is rarely done in the absence of symptoms. A new scientific breakthrough could make cancer screening easy, at a stage when treatment is still fairly easy too. Professor Vadim Backman and his team at Northwestern University have discovered that cells in people…

io9 Megan Carpentier Jul 7

Amazon Won’t Let Mobile Apps Use Its Product Info Anymore

Weird play by Amazon—they’ve changed their Product Advertising API so that mobile apps like Delicious Library, which pull product info from it, can’t use it. Its developers were forced to pull it from the App Store. Delicious Library developer Wil Shipley did ask for permission, but Amazon told him to yank they app or they’d…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jul 7

The White iPhone 3GS Is Rare Like a Unicorn

It doesn’t surprise me that the white iPhone 3GS is apparently selling out everywhere, for several reasons. • Apple’s likely making far fewer of them than the way more popular black iPhone. • Notice that’s the cheaper 16GB model that’s completely sold out here—there are still 32GB models, for obvious reasons (price). • When I…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jul 7

Why Are Movie Threequels Always So Terrible?

Movie sequels that don’t suck are rare creatures — like flying unicorns — but they do exist. But it’s almost impossible to find an example of a third movie in a series that didn’t self-immolate. Why is that? After yesterday’s list of sequels that don’t suck — and I still cling to RoboCop 2, although…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 7

Analysts Say Nokia Really Is Doomed by 2013, Apple to Pass It in 2011

We’re not the only ones who think Nokia is doomed if they keep turning out smartphones like the N97. Generator Research says that Nokia’s smartphone marketshare will plummet from over 40 percent today to only 20 percent by 2013. https://gizmodo.com/nokia-n97-review-nokia-is-doomed-5308440 They predict that Apple, on the other hand, will hit 33 percent marketshare by that…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jul 7

Pandora Agreement Saves Internet Radio

Fans of internet radio can breathe a little easier today now that Pandora has reached an agreement with the music industry that puts it on secure ground for the foreseeable future. Excessive royalty rates were the main reason sites like Pandora hovered near the brink of collapse last year, but this agreement will see a…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jul 7

Rudy Rucker’s Hylozoic: Even Weirder Than His Last Book

Rudy Rucker pushed the boundaries of how much weirdness you could fit into one science-fiction novel, with last year’s Postsingular. But the sequel, Hylozoic, goes much further into the realms of the twisted, the disturbing and the post-everything. Warning: spoilers! It’s fitting that Hylozoic came out this summer, while so many people are taking part…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 7

Come On Ride the Sushi Train

Conveyor belt sushi and sushi trains have always been particularly appealing as they promise unlimited food without requiring the pangs of social interaction or the short repeated treks to the buffet line. Now that joy can come to your home. Epoch will officially unveil this toy sushi train later this month at the Tokyo Toy…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jul 7

Sharp Aquos LE700 LED TVs Go Mainstream, But Where’s the Local Dimming?

Sharp’s jumping into the mainstream LED pool with Aquos LED (they had the pricier XS1). Sharp says theirs are better, since they make their own LEDs and use a next-gen LCD substrate. But there’s no local dimming. WTF? Updated https://gizmodo.com/sharp-xs1-flagship-ultrathin-lcds-and-d65u-d85u-littl-5045184 Like Sony, Samsung, Toshiba and even Vizio, these sets are backlit by a grid of…

Television Matt Buchanan Jul 7

Doritos’ Late Night Augmented Reality Bags Are Like a Party at Taco Bell

These new bags of Doritos Late Night Taco-flavored chips (I just ate 50) are special not just because of what’s inside, but what’s on the bag. If you have a webcam, you can simulate a concert in a bag. Just hold up the symbol on the back of the bag to your webcam—webcam not included…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 7

Iraqi Dust Storms Seem Straight Out Of “Dune”

Early this month, Iraq looked more like Frank Herbert’s Arrakis. Giant dust storms choked the country, sending people to hospitals and interfering with travel for a week. NASA’s Aqua satellite captured some impressive images showing the scale of the storms. In this detail from the image, you can see where Baghdad is supposed to be.…

io9 StephenGoldmeier Jul 7

Now You Can Literally Create Objects Out Of Thin Air

At last, you can make things disappear. Scientists have created a device for disappearing unwanted objects. The crazy part is that it can make objects seem to appear as well. Physicist Che Ting Chan, of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, told New Scientist: Invisibility is just an illusion of free space, of…

io9 Megan Carpentier Jul 7

Mac Classic iPhone Case For Die Hards

In my opinion, the Mac Classic iPhone case doesn’t quite compare to the Playstation version, but few die hard Apple fans will be able to resist its handmade retro charm. [Etsy via iPhone Savior] https://gizmodo.com/i-dare-you-to-not-buy-this-playstation-iphone-case-imme-5305602

Tech News Sean Fallon Jul 7

Just How Dark Will Alien Nation And New Quantum Leap Reboots Go?

Firefly’s Tim Minear is already hard at work on the Syfy Channel’s reboot of Alien Nation, and we asked the Syfy execs about it. But that’s not the only classic they’re looking at restarting: Quantum Leap could make a comeback. Syfy Creative Director of Original Programming Mark Stern sat with us and talked about the…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 7

First Clip From Dollhouse’s Unaired Post-Apocalyptic Episode Now Online

Felicia Day‘s post-apocalyptic raiders enter the Dollhouse, in a new clip from unaired Dollhouse episode “Epitaph One.” But which Doll do they meet? It’s not whom you’d expect. The episode is on the DVD set. Update: video now works. [SciFiWire]

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 7

Nike Salutes Your Right To Keep And Bear Awesome T-Shirt Guns

Have you seen that t-shirt gun in the new Nike commercial? It’s cooler looking than any t-shirt gun I have ever seen—hell, it may be the coolest product Nike has ever made. And they are actually selling it. https://gizmodo.com/this-21-gun-salute-to-america-blows-fireworks-away-5305914 Seriously though, even if you did have a legitimate use for a t-shirt gun, getting your…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jul 7

What Is The Best Technology To Use When You Film Yourself Having Sex?

I mean, I’m just asking. Not in a weird way, like I’m some sort of sick perv looking for pointers or anything. Haha…eh. Seriously though—what would you do? Have you already done it? What Is The Best Technology To Use When You Film Yourself Having Sex?(poll) Have You Ever Filmed Yourself Having Sex?(poll) This image…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jul 7

Sony’s HDR-CX520V and HDR-CX500V Camcorders Follow Your Face

Sony just announced two new HD camcorders, both shooting in full HD and snapping 12-megapixel photos. The HDR-CX520V comes with 64GB of internal flash memory, while the HDR-CX500V comes with 32GB. The big feature Sony is touting is Face Touch, which lets you select a face on the touchscreen viewfinder and have the camera automatically…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jul 7

New Descent 2 Stills Put The Ladies Back In The Cave

Break out your caving gear and skin-tight wiggle suits — the girls are going back into the cave. Well, just one girl really, because all the others are dead… or are they? The Descent 2 will be screening at London’s Fright Fest, and if you’re in the area, you should definitely go. I haven’t seen…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jul 7

Torchwood’s BBC One Debut A Hit

If anyone had any doubts that Torchwood could be a success on the more mainstream BBC One network, the audience turnout for the first episode of Children of Earth will have changed their minds, almost doubling previous viewing figures. 5.94 million people tuned in for the first episode of the show’s third season, it’s first…

io9 Graeme McMillan Jul 7

Get A Lung Cancer Screening At Your Local Drugstore

Amazon Won’t Let Mobile Apps Use Its Product Info Anymore

The White iPhone 3GS Is Rare Like a Unicorn

Why Are Movie Threequels Always So Terrible?

Analysts Say Nokia Really Is Doomed by 2013, Apple to Pass It in 2011

Pandora Agreement Saves Internet Radio

Rudy Rucker’s Hylozoic: Even Weirder Than His Last Book

Come On Ride the Sushi Train

Sharp Aquos LE700 LED TVs Go Mainstream, But Where’s the Local Dimming?

Doritos’ Late Night Augmented Reality Bags Are Like a Party at Taco Bell

Iraqi Dust Storms Seem Straight Out Of “Dune”

Now You Can Literally Create Objects Out Of Thin Air

Mac Classic iPhone Case For Die Hards

Just How Dark Will Alien Nation And New Quantum Leap Reboots Go?

First Clip From Dollhouse’s Unaired Post-Apocalyptic Episode Now Online

Nike Salutes Your Right To Keep And Bear Awesome T-Shirt Guns

What Is The Best Technology To Use When You Film Yourself Having Sex?

Sony’s HDR-CX520V and HDR-CX500V Camcorders Follow Your Face

New Descent 2 Stills Put The Ladies Back In The Cave

Torchwood’s BBC One Debut A Hit

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