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Why Today’s Architects Build Digital Cities Instead of Scale Models

When I was a grad student in architecture school in the 80s, one of our professors was on a mission. Every semester he’d give a design project in downtown Manhattan, asking his students to spend the first two weeks of the term building a beautiful wood model of the surrounding site. The next year he…

Tech News Phil Bernstein - Autodesk Oct 2

Watch Peter Capaldi get embarrassed over his past with Doctor Who fandom

Peter Capaldi’s recent appearance on The Graham Norton Show is airing on BBC America this weekend – but right now you can watch the poor actor squirm with embarrassment as Graham dredges up some of Peter’s past brushes with Doctor Who fandom. Ever since he landed the role of the Twelfth Doctor, Capaldi has made…

Tech News James Whitbrook Oct 2

Just Add Water and This Tiny Emergency Flashlight Glows For 72 Hours

Because batteries have a limited shelf life, that flashlight you’ve been saving for an emergency might not actually work when you need it to. So instead of stocking up on candles, grab a couple of these tiny emergency lights from Eton that simply need you to add water to keep them lit for three full…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Oct 2

Margaret Atwood Is Writing A Book That Will Be Published In 100 Years

A thousand spruce trees have just been planted in a forest near Oslo. In a century, the trees will be cut down and made into paper to print books that have never been read before. The project is called the Future Library, and Margaret Atwood has agreed to contribute the collection’s first work. The Future…

Books & Comics Mark Strauss Oct 2

The Moto 360’s Battery Life Has Gotten Way Better

The Moto 360 is the best Android Wear watch, and it just got better. A recent update has done wonders for its battery life, which had been the biggest knock against it. The Moto 360’s battery life was neverbad, but it wasn’t great either, thanks in part to its wildly old and not particularly efficient…

Tech News Eric Limer Oct 2

Man’s Parkinson’s Tremors Vanish With The Touch Of A Button – But How?

The short answer is deep brain stimulation (DBS), a targeted form of electrotherapy used to treat brain disorders like Parkinson’s disease and OCD. The long answer, i.e. why DBS is sometimes so remarkably effective, remains poorly understood – but researchers this week took a big step on their path to understanding the technique. Above: Andrew…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Oct 2

The Hidden History of This Year’s MLB Playoff Team Logos

In one of the first games of postseason baseball today—the real postseason, not the play-in games—a team with a logo that Hallmark Cards designed will take on a team that once played with a Disney-designed logo. It’s the Royals against the Angels, and there’s plenty more weird baseball logo history where that came from. Last…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Oct 2

The Top 100 Star Trek Episodes Of All Time!

Star Trek gave us six TV series, spanning over 700 episodes, because it’s such a rich universe. And a Federation starship is the perfect vehicle to tell unforgettable stories. But which Star Trek stories are the best? To find out, we painstakingly compiled the 100 greatest Trek episodes, from any of the series. What makes…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Oct 2

Montana Would Like Someone To Take These Bison Now, Please

Montana’s Yellowstone hosts America’s largest herd of bison, and one of the only remaining wild populations left. But now some of their almost 5,000-strong herd is ready to be adopted out. The Yellowstone bison are one of the few herds of bison who have not been hybridized with cattle, that (along with the sheer size…

io9 Ria Misra Oct 2

Here’s How Much Faster New iPhone Wi-Fi Is Than Your Old iPhone’s

The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus aren’t just bigger and better than ever, they’ve also got some subtle internal upgrades. I’m not talking processors; the new iPhones are the first Apple handsets to ship with 802.11ac Wi-Fi, and that gives them a hell of a speed boost, as you’ll see in this handy video by…

Tech News Eric Limer Oct 2

This Is the Greatest Cat-Related Tumblr You Have Ever Read

The Tumblr known simply as The Worst Cat reads like an angry letter from a parallel universe. It chronicles the confused, enraged response of one person to the emergence of a “popular breed” of cat that is just too shiny, moist and sticky for her taste. No really. You have to read it now. Sara,…

io9 Annalee Newitz Oct 2

Dimming Your Phone’s Screen Under Your Thumb Could Prolong Battery Life

It’s a tough pill to swallow, but smartphones aren’t getting any smaller. And since those larger displays are unfortunately putting more of a strain on battery life, Microsoft Research is proposing a clever trick that promises to extend your phone’s usable hours by detecting and dimming parts of the display already obscured by the user’s…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Oct 2

The First Trailer For Pixar’s Next Film, Inside Out, Is Here At Last!

We didn’t get a Pixar film this year, so we’ve been especially anxious to see the first teaser trailer for Inside Out, the studio’s next film, which is set inside a child’s mind. See the fanciful landscape of the human brain and meet the emotions running around in young Riley’s head. Inside Out follows Riley…

Trailers Lauren Davis Oct 2

Stunning ad: The epic power of water

If you think about it, water is a magical substance of infinite power and benefits, essential for the existence of all the species in the planet. I’ve never seen that concept expressed more powerfully than in this awesome TV commercial. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Oct 2

It Looks Like Roku’s Getting Mirroring Powers Soon (Updated)

Roku has released support notes that strongly suggest the streaming player is about to get a mirroring function. Update: Yep. Rokujust announced that it now supports mirroring in beta for Android and Windows Phone devices. This would let you mirror what’s on your tablet, smartphone, or laptop screen to a Roku-attached TV. Awesome. The feature…

Tech News Kate Knibbs Oct 2

The Dark Side of Lego can be beautifully creepy

Artist Mike Doyleis putting out a new art book that takes a look at gorgeous Lego creations that err on the creepier side of plastic block building – check out some of these amazing displays! Header Image Credit: Predator and Prey by Ryan Rubino Beautiful Lego 2: Dark is a follow up to Doyle’s 2013…

Tech News James Whitbrook Oct 2

Do Sharks Have Personalities?

The popular conception of sharks is that they’re these mindless killing machines, perpetually on the hunt for the next victim. But a new study shows that in at least one species, individual sharks possess different personalities — whether they be mopey loners or social butterflies. Top image: A lemon shark: Greg Amptman/Shutterstock. Scientists who study…

io9 George Dvorsky Oct 2

A Trip Inside a 70-Year-Old Wind Tunnel

Wind tunnels are amazing. These massive structures made remarkable contributions to science and engineering, and from a photographer’s perspective they are simply gorgeous, dramatic spaces. A few days ago, I was lucky to explore this vintage Hungarian wind tunnel—an outstanding example of an early aerodynamic testing facility that remains active today. Named after the great…

Tech News Attila Nagy Oct 2

Samsung Galaxy Alpha Teardown: Lots of Glue Makes For Tricky Repairs

The master disassemblers at iFixit have applied their expertise at turning gadgets into piles of raw components to the Samsung Galaxy Alpha. And while not chock full of surprises, the lack of an official waterproof IP67 rating—like the Galaxy S5 boasts—didn’t stop Samsung from being generous with the glue, which makes repairing the Galaxy Alpha…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Oct 2

Engineered Yogurt Could Save You From Cancer

Yogurt, it turns out, might not just be good for you from a nutritional point of view. In fact, engineered yogurt bacteria could make spotting cancer as easy as taking a pregnancy test. Technology Review reports that a team of researchers from MIT is developing an engineered yogurt which includes synthetic molecules that interact with…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Oct 2

Why Today’s Architects Build Digital Cities Instead of Scale Models

Watch Peter Capaldi get embarrassed over his past with Doctor Who fandom

Just Add Water and This Tiny Emergency Flashlight Glows For 72 Hours

Margaret Atwood Is Writing A Book That Will Be Published In 100 Years

The Moto 360’s Battery Life Has Gotten Way Better

Man’s Parkinson’s Tremors Vanish With The Touch Of A Button – But How?

The Hidden History of This Year’s MLB Playoff Team Logos

The Top 100 Star Trek Episodes Of All Time!

Montana Would Like Someone To Take These Bison Now, Please

Here’s How Much Faster New iPhone Wi-Fi Is Than Your Old iPhone’s

This Is the Greatest Cat-Related Tumblr You Have Ever Read

Dimming Your Phone’s Screen Under Your Thumb Could Prolong Battery Life

The First Trailer For Pixar’s Next Film, Inside Out, Is Here At Last!

Stunning ad: The epic power of water

It Looks Like Roku’s Getting Mirroring Powers Soon (Updated)

The Dark Side of Lego can be beautifully creepy

Do Sharks Have Personalities?

A Trip Inside a 70-Year-Old Wind Tunnel

Samsung Galaxy Alpha Teardown: Lots of Glue Makes For Tricky Repairs

Engineered Yogurt Could Save You From Cancer

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