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The Greatest Nerd Love Of All Is The One That Is Unrequited

Greetings, my mail-carrier carrion! Okay, that was a weird thing to call you. I absolutely promise I will not leave your corpses out to feed the horrifying scavengers — animal, human or mutant — that stalk this post-apocalyptic land. If it can be avoided. Hopefully. Look, I’ll try. Let’s just read some letters, okay? The…

io9 Rob Bricken Mar 25 '15

This Table Listens to Your Boring Meetings and Pulls Out the Good Stuff

Meetings can be horrible, unproductive, and maddening. Can a high-tech conference table make them bearable? The New York Times R&D Lab have tackle the problem with the lab’s latest project. The Semantic Listening Table is an attempt to make sense of the chaotic conversation. The smart table combines pervasive data collection and the internet of…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Mar 25 '15

Curiosity Just Found A Key Component For Life On Mars

While running a standard sample analysis of some Martian dust, the Curiosity rover made a wonderful discovery — there is nitrogen, one of the essential ingredients for life, on Mars. The Curiosity rover was testing samples of sand and analyzing their chemical components when they found nitric oxide which, while often found on Earth, had…

io9 Ria Misra Mar 25 '15

The complete visual history of the Walt Disney logo before Disney movies

Ever since the Walt Disney Pictures logo debuted before The Black Cauldron in 1985, Disney has been tweaking and re-styling and creating multiple variations of the iconic magic castle logo that pops up right before its movies. For a while it’s a simple 2D logo stamped on a blue background but eventually it turned 3D…

Sploid Casey Chan Mar 25 '15

We Should Be Able To Detect Spaceships Moving Near The Speed Of Light

A pair of engineers say it’s possible to detect the signatures of spacecraft traveling at relativistic speeds, and we can do so using current technologies. The trouble is, their new analysis also suggests that moving through space at ludicrous speed is more hazardous than previously thought. Illustration: Sins of the Prophets/Annihilater102/MODDB A new paper by…

io9 George Dvorsky Mar 25 '15

Agents of SHIELD Is Full Of Shattered Identities And Torn Relationships

Last night’s episode of Agents of SHIELD delved a lot deeper into one of the main themes of season two: People who have lost themselves, or had their identities wrecked, and the absolutely terrible relationships they find themselves in. And it turns out dealing with people who aren’t true to themselves carries a high cost.…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 25 '15

Jesse Eisenberg Looks Fantastic As Batman V. Superman‘s Lex Luthor

I had my doubts about director Zack Snyder casting the young Jesse Eisenberg as Superman’s arch-villain Lex Luthor in Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice. But this first picture of Eisenberg as the evil mastermind has completely shut me up. He looks shockingly sinister. (And bald, too.) Damn. I would not want to meet that…

io9 Rob Bricken Mar 25 '15

A Key-Sized Pebble Watch Charger You’ll Never Forget At Home

The Pebble smartwatch boasts vastly superior battery life to Apple’s upcoming wearable, but that doesn’t mean you still don’t have to regularly keep it charged. So following up on its key-sized smartphone chargers, Nomad is introducing the tiny NomadKey Pebble that includes a magnetic connector for attaching to and charging the smartwatch. It’s small enough…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Mar 25 '15

A Girl Inherits A Wizard’s House—And Discovers A War Happening Inside

When Henrietta Achilles, the protagonist of Haiko Hörnig’s webcomic A House Divided, learns that she has inherited the estate of her “uncle,” she’s understandably suspicious. After all, she’s never heard of him. But that’s the least of her concerns when she shows up at the house and discovers there’s a war going on. A House…

io9 Lauren Davis Mar 25 '15

It’s Time for Mandatory Voting—And We Have the Technology to Do It

The voting system in the US is deplorable. Not only is our methodology outdated, we have the lowest turnout rate of any developed nation. The solution to almost every election-related challenge is to make voting mandatory. And with a little tech reform, we could do it in time for the 2016 presidential election. Part of…

Tech News Alissa Walker Mar 25 '15

Shooting Challenge: Lights Out

It’s Earth Hour this weekend. And no matter how you feel about its message, I think we can all agree that seeing cities blanketed in darkness is chilling. So for this week’s Shooting Challenge, photograph the darkness of Earth Hour. The Challenge Take a photograph during Earth Hour—March 28 from 8:30-9:30pm—when all the lights are…

Tech News Mark Wilson Mar 25 '15

Feast your eyes on these cool geometric infinite loops

These infinite loop GIFs by Dutch graphic designer Florian de Looij are so beautiful and perfectly crafted that I spent a while trapped inside their geometric patterns and moving colors. Florian de Looij is a graphic designer based in Ermelo, Netherlands. You can Follow him on Twitter and check out his work on his website.…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Mar 25 '15

Better Fake Knife Wounds Through Chemistry

My days of knifing people are over. (What can I say? I’m on my third strike.) But when I get nostalgic, there is a way to make fake knife slashes on a person that look real. And better yet, you can use it so it appears right as you draw a (fake) knife across a…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Mar 25 '15

Skip the Taxidermy and Put Glowing Star Wars Heads On Your Walls

Continuing the recent decorating trend of glowing stuff smashing through walls we now have three of the most popular Star Wars characters joining the fray. Designed more for kids or gaming rooms these 3D heads are completely self-contained so there’s no unsightly power cords to be hidden, and thanks to LEDs inside they always remain…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Mar 25 '15

10 Tricks to Make Yourself a Google Play Music Master

Between iTunes and Spotify, Google’s own Play Music can get forgotten about, but it has lots going for it. Whether you’re a non-paying user listening to your own tracks or paying monthly for access to Google’s entire library (and YouTube Music Key) there’s plenty to explore. Here are 10 tips to help you get more…

Gadgets David Nield Mar 25 '15

What’s The Most Amazing Natural Phenomenon You’ve Ever Seen?

Space may have the best reputation for strangely gorgeous sights, but there’s plenty to dazzle us here on our planet. Today, we want to know about the weird, beautiful, and quirky natural phenomena that you’ve glimpsed. Whether you want to shed a light on a little known natural phenomenon from your locale, share some of…

io9 Ria Misra Mar 25 '15

Head to the Robogames Next Weekend to Greet Your New Overlords

Do you like to watch expertly designed robots smash and grind each other to bits? What about watching them compete to solve mazes, or win a game of soccer? If you’re a normal person and said yes to all these questions, then you need to be at Robogames — and it’s coming up next weekend.…

Tech News Annalee Newitz Mar 25 '15

Bird Experts “Horrified” To Discover Meat-Eating Rainbow Lorikeets

Like hummingbirds, Australian rainbow lorikeets eat pollen and nectar. In fact, they have a specialized tongue that allows them to do so. So imagine the surprise of bird experts after discovering of a population of lorikeets who have taken to eating meat. http://io9.com/5968998/this-is-what-a-lorikeets-tongue-looks-like-that-is-all Photos: Matt Watson. As noted by Griffith University Professor Darryl Jones in…

io9 George Dvorsky Mar 25 '15

Ford Introduces Cars That Can Recognize and Obey Speed Limit Signs

Before autonomous smart cars hit the roads, we’re going to be seeing regular cars upgraded with the smarter technologies that will eventually make self-driving vehicles possible. In the UK Ford is introducing what it calls Intelligent Speed Limiter technology on its new S-MAX that enhances the vehicle’s cruise control capabilities with cameras that are able…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Mar 25 '15

A Live-Action Star Wars TV Show Could Be Happening After All!

There’s a crazy rumor about the role that Matt Smith plays in Terminator Genisys. More Age of Ultron rumors discuss a new Marvel hero who may have a cameo. Plus, David Ramsey talks wedding bells on Arrow, and what’s to come on Flash and Orphan Black. Spoilers away! Top image: Star Wars: The Force Awakens.…

Television James Whitbrook Mar 25 '15

The Greatest Nerd Love Of All Is The One That Is Unrequited

This Table Listens to Your Boring Meetings and Pulls Out the Good Stuff

Curiosity Just Found A Key Component For Life On Mars

The complete visual history of the Walt Disney logo before Disney movies

We Should Be Able To Detect Spaceships Moving Near The Speed Of Light

Agents of SHIELD Is Full Of Shattered Identities And Torn Relationships

Jesse Eisenberg Looks Fantastic As Batman V. Superman‘s Lex Luthor

A Key-Sized Pebble Watch Charger You’ll Never Forget At Home

A Girl Inherits A Wizard’s House—And Discovers A War Happening Inside

It’s Time for Mandatory Voting—And We Have the Technology to Do It

Shooting Challenge: Lights Out

Feast your eyes on these cool geometric infinite loops

Better Fake Knife Wounds Through Chemistry

Skip the Taxidermy and Put Glowing Star Wars Heads On Your Walls

10 Tricks to Make Yourself a Google Play Music Master

What’s The Most Amazing Natural Phenomenon You’ve Ever Seen?

Head to the Robogames Next Weekend to Greet Your New Overlords

Bird Experts “Horrified” To Discover Meat-Eating Rainbow Lorikeets

Ford Introduces Cars That Can Recognize and Obey Speed Limit Signs

A Live-Action Star Wars TV Show Could Be Happening After All!

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