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Netflix’s Daredevil TV Series Adds Rosario Dawson As… Somebody

Actress and self-professed nerd Rosario Dawson has joined the cast of Marvel and Netflix’s 2015 Daredevil TV show in an unknown role. One of Matt Murdock’s plucky fellow attorneys? A badass, take-no-shit hooker, a la her character in Sin City? Elektra? We’re good with whatever. Here’s how Marvel describes her (both the actress and her…

Television Rob Bricken Jun 20 '14

Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week

Hey have you heard? Summer officially starts tomorrow. That means tomorrow’s the longest day of the year, which means you’ll spend even more daylight hours staring furtively at your smartphone. At least give your app folder a breath of fresh air with these, our favorite new apps this week. Android Email by Google Gmail is…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich Jun 20 '14

The Electronic Frontier Foundation Wants You To Make Your Router Public

The Electronic Frontier Foundation is planning to release software that will allow you to turn a portion of your router into public wifi hotspot. The kicker is, they say it will make your router more secure. The move of OpenWireless.org campaign to make free Wi-Fi available to everyone, everywhere. The EFF will release firmware that…

Privacy & Security Micah Singleton Jun 20 '14

The Police Surveillance Drone of 1976

1976 Associated Press: Tiny robot helicopter caused a mild sensation at the opening of the Farnborough Air Show in Hampshire, England, Sept. 5, 1976. The remote-controlled Westland Wisp spy-in-the-sky helicopter has been developed for army or police use for aerial surveillance. The plane can be equipped for transmitting television pictures back to base and is…

Tech News Matt Novak Jun 20 '14

We Saw Syfy’s Super Weird Angel Drama Dominion, And We Kind Of Love It

Last night, Syfy premiered their wacky angel drama Dominion. We did not have high hopes, but it turned out to be way weirder than we ever anticipated. And that’s great, like a character becoming King of the MGM Grand in Vegas great. Not good like, “wow that’s really convincing character chemistry.” But it gets points…

Television Meredith Woerner Jun 20 '14

The Florida National Forest That Gets Pummeled by 20,000 Bombs a Year

Careful if you go camping in Florida’s Ocala National Forest. One minute it’s birds chirping in a serene forest and another it might be the scream of a fighter jet followed by the boom of an explosion. Because oddly enough, in the middle of this forest is the Pinecastle Impact Range, the Navy’s only live…

Tech News Sarah Zhang Jun 20 '14

Man Discovers Owl In His House, Becomes Owl Whisperer

What would you do if an owl found its way into your house? Would you panic and lose your composure, or would you steady your nerves, rise to the occasion, and attempt a daring rescue? Colin Wright did both these things, in that order. Blessedly, he recorded his encounter and uploaded the footage to YouTube.…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jun 20 '14

Holy Crap, Legend Of Korra: Book 3 Premieres Next Week!

One week — that’s all the time Nickelodeon is giving us now that they’ve announced the third season of The Legend of Korra, the excellent sequel to Avatar: The Last Airbender, will premiere on June 27th, Friday, at 7:00 pm. And with three new episodes! That’s right, we’re getting an hour and a half of…

Television Rob Bricken Jun 20 '14

Trade In Your Boring Desk Lamp For This Glowing Optical Illusion Light

Good lighting can make or break the ambience in a room. For something truly unique that finally makes illumination fun again, check out the Bulbing Light, a really cool Kickstarter-turned-Moma Design Store product that combines simple materials with magical effects. The lamp consists of a wooden base that contains simple LED lamp, on top of…

Tech News Michael Hession Jun 20 '14

Why Do I Keep Hate-Watching This Goddamn Show?!

You know what hate-watching is. It’s when you despise a show so much that you have to keep watching it, week after week, just to see HOW TERRIBLE IT DARES TO BE WHY IS IT SO TERRIBLE. What science fiction or fantasy show caused your most incurable case of hate-watching, and why? Of course we…

Television Annalee Newitz Jun 20 '14

The Miracle Stick That Makes Wine Taste Better in Seconds

The tricky thing about wine—especially the fancy stuff—is that since it gets better with age, what you buy off the shelf isn’t necessarily always at its peak. A few seconds with the Clef du Vin, though, will age it to perfection. And, if you’re not careful, all the way around to bad again. The Clef…

Tech News Eric Rydin Jun 20 '14

Here’s an easy trick to make glass totally invisible

Even when you are only seeing one test tube disappear into this beaker, there are another two more inside. In fact, there’s also a beaker hidden inside, completely invisible to the eye. How is this sorcery possible? SCIENCE. It’s a clever trick to try at home for those of you who never took chemistry classes:…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Jun 20 '14

Sharp Aquos Q+ HDTV Review: Not 4K But Pretty Darn Close

Those of us currently in the market for a new television are faced with a difficult choice: Pay through the nose for a 4K set or spend a fraction of that on another HD television that will be obsolete sooner than later. However, Sharp offers a third option: the Aquos Q+, an almost UltraHD TV…

Reviews Andrew Tarantola Jun 20 '14

Why Does This Mummy Appear To Open And Close Her Eyes?

In Siciliy, there’s a very spooky mummy of a girl who died in 1920. Occassionally, she can be seen to open and close her eyes. Italian researchers now say there’s a perfectly reasonable explanation — and it has nothing to do with her being among the undead. Recorded in time lapse photos and videos, the…

io9 Rossella Lorenzi — Discovery News Jun 20 '14

Take a Wild Ride on This 100-Foot-Tall Twisty Slide

The Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein, Germany, has one of the highest concentrations of Good Design on the planet—a confluence of A+ architecture and furnishings, complete with a dedicated museum. Now, the site is also home to a 100-foot-tall twisty slide. Of course, this isn’t just a twisty slide. It’s also Art that enables…

Tech News Jordan Kushins Jun 20 '14

Congress Won’t Decommission Nuke Silos, Which Is Dumb And Dangerous

The closure of military bases is fraught with political peril, since they pump millions of dollars into state economies. So, when members of Congress learned that the reduction of 50 nuclear-armed nuclear missiles could shut down Air Force bases, they pushed for a compromise to keep them open. The number of land-based nuclear missiles is…

io9 Mark Strauss Jun 20 '14

These A-10 Warthogs look like perfect miniatures but they are real

These A-10 Warthogs have to be models shot against a gradient background, right? Wrong, apparently. It’s an official US Air Force photo straight from their Flickr account, taken by Senior Airman Sierra Dopfel with a crappy Canon PowerShot ELPH 130 IS, according to the EXIF data. A pair of Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Jun 20 '14

Invisible Illness: When Sick Animals Pretend To Be Well

Everyone has pretended to be sick, at least once, to get out of some sort of obligation or to convince our parents to let us stay home from school. Many animals do the opposite. They pretend to be well, when they’re actually in great danger from poor health. Photo Credit: Smithsonian’s National Zoo via flickr…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jun 20 '14

A Man in a Tiny Booth Wrote a Song About My Whole Life in 30 Minutes

When I got invited to Custom Melodies by Eternal Lips, I was skeptical. It sounded like another painfully self-aware ode to irony, the kind of art that can’t see straight for its own winking. Perhaps it is. But it was also one of the most genuinely sweet experiences I’ve had in NYC. http://www.mmuseumm.com/cm Mmuseumm is…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich Jun 20 '14

Professors Prank Their University to Protest Crappy Education System

College is incredibly expensive, but the quality of undergraduate classroom experiences has gone downhill. That’s because universities aren’t spending any money to hire professors. Now, a group of Canadian professors have become overnight legends for pulling a prank that called attention to this sorry situation. Are these four awesome professors equivalent to one administrator? Here’s…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jun 20 '14

Netflix’s Daredevil TV Series Adds Rosario Dawson As… Somebody

Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week

The Electronic Frontier Foundation Wants You To Make Your Router Public

The Police Surveillance Drone of 1976

We Saw Syfy’s Super Weird Angel Drama Dominion, And We Kind Of Love It

The Florida National Forest That Gets Pummeled by 20,000 Bombs a Year

Man Discovers Owl In His House, Becomes Owl Whisperer

Holy Crap, Legend Of Korra: Book 3 Premieres Next Week!

Trade In Your Boring Desk Lamp For This Glowing Optical Illusion Light

Why Do I Keep Hate-Watching This Goddamn Show?!

The Miracle Stick That Makes Wine Taste Better in Seconds

Here’s an easy trick to make glass totally invisible

Sharp Aquos Q+ HDTV Review: Not 4K But Pretty Darn Close

Why Does This Mummy Appear To Open And Close Her Eyes?

Take a Wild Ride on This 100-Foot-Tall Twisty Slide

Congress Won’t Decommission Nuke Silos, Which Is Dumb And Dangerous

These A-10 Warthogs look like perfect miniatures but they are real

Invisible Illness: When Sick Animals Pretend To Be Well

A Man in a Tiny Booth Wrote a Song About My Whole Life in 30 Minutes

Professors Prank Their University to Protest Crappy Education System

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