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Indoor Climbing Gyms Might Be Chock Full of Toxic Rubber Additives, Study Finds

"These findings identify a previously unknown human exposure route to rubber additives," the authors wrote.

Health Ed Cara May 3

The First Smoking Causes Coughing Trailer Introduces a Gross Superhero Squad

Tobacco Force is like the Avengers meets Power Rangers, if they were all French smokers.

Trailers Germain Lussier Feb 22

10 Cult Horror Comedies That’ll Make You Laugh Your Guts Out

Some horror films wriggle into your mind and make you seriously question ever switching off the lights. But when you just don’t wanna invite something like Hereditary into your nightmares, there are also horror movies that aim to make you shriek with laughter and fright, often with a bonus helping of gore. With well-established movies…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Jul 17

With This Self-Healing Rubber, Your Flat Tire Can Fix Itself

Researchers in Germany recently discovered a way to manufacture rubber that can “heal” after being cut or pierced. In this incredible video, you can see the rubber growing back together. The implications are far-ranging, and not just for flat tires. This material could mean that rubberized seals on industrial machines would heal, too, potentially creating…

Tech News Annalee Newitz Sep 23

Why Rubber Companies Suddenly Care About This Obscure Desert Shrub

Guayule is an little-known desert shrub, largely unremarkable except for one thing: It’s full of latex. That’s right, the stuff used to make rubber. Big tire manufacturers like Bridgestone are now betting on guayule as the next big thing. But didn’t we solve the rubber problem with synthetics decades ago, you might ask? Not quite.…

Tech News Sarah Zhang Apr 22

Reduce A Steel Box To A Pathetic Lump With Slingshot Bullets

Joerg puts his equipment through a lot of abuse to film videos for the slingshot channel. And the catchbox he shoots into has borne the brunt of all that mayhem for three years. But it’s probably been so gradual that no one really noticed. And then in a moment of clarity Joerg clearly realized that…

Tech News Lily Hay Newman Aug 11

The Most Disturbing Movie Poster You’ll See in 2013

Yes, 2013 has only just started — but we feel pretty confident that no other poster this year is going to be as weird and alarming as this poster for Quentin Dupieux’s Wrong, which io9 is bringing to you exclusively. Dupieux, of course, is the guy who brought us the “killer psychic tire” movie Rubber,…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jan 7

Does a Speaker Made From Artificial Rubber Muscles Get Louder With Exercise?

A Japanese company called Tokai Rubber Industries has created what it’s claiming to be the world’s first all rubber speaker. But it’s not made from the exact same material as the tires on your car. This is a smart rubber that could one day lead to artificial muscle technology. What makes this rubber so smart…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Oct 18

Why Rubber Rules: A Short History of the World’s Favorite Stretchy Substance

When Charles Goodyear figured out how to take the smelly sap from some trees and turn it into the rubber of industry, the finished, stretchy product bounced a crazy diverse number of materials out of their soon-to-be former jobs. Like sheep intestines. Ick. Before rubber, wheels were made of wood and steel. That’s how we…

Tech News Rachel Swaby Feb 13

Where Christmas Lights Go to Die

Welcome to Shijiao. It’s a bustling town in China that just so happens to be the unofficial capital of dead and unwanted Christmas lights. According to The Atlantic, 20 million pounds of old Christmas lights make it through Shijao every year. What the heck for? The answer: slippers. The plastic and rubber that is used…

Tech News Casey Chan Dec 26

Will ‘Viagra in a Condom’ Get Guys To Like Using One?

The rubber, the cock sock, the goalie, the love glove, the salami sling. No matter how many adorable monikers it gets, no one really likes a condom very much. But that all might be about to change, at least for dudes. Durex has a new condom out that promises to enhance erections with a gel…

Tech News Kristen Philipkoski Dec 7

From the maker of the “psychic tire” movie Rubber comes another demented movie, Wrong

Quentin Dupieux’s latest film Rubber, (about murderous car tire that kills people with mental powers) looks like Marmaduke after watching the trailer for his next feature Wrong. Clearly Dupieux’s only motive is to just mind-fuck the audience into oblivion. Watch the trailer now. http://io9.com/5531597/rubber-a-superhero-movie-about-a-tire-that-kills-with-its-mind-no-really?tag=rubber&autoplay Here’s the Sundance Synopsis: WRONG / France (Director and screenwriter: Quentin…

io9 Meredith Woerner Dec 1

Bendy Rubber Bookshelves Literally Accommodate Whatever Literary Tastes You Have On Hand

Where does one put the massive tomes of knowledge with which the brain, a metaphorical elastic sponge, soaks up and expands to accomodate more knowledge? I dunno, how about a malleable rubber bookshelf? [Behance via Bookshelf via Boing Boing] You can keep up with Jack Loftus, the author of this post, on Twitter and Facebook.

Tech News Jack Loftus Sep 25

Screw Rugged and Waterproof Cameras. Give Me This Silicone Rubber Bouncy Cam

It’s an ordinary camera lined with Sugru silicone rubber, which is kind of like clay but also sorta like duct tape. Once attached to something, Sugru sets itself permanently. Like this camera. Watch it roll around on the street. You can actually make your own Sugru camera and because of its soft-touch rubber silicone-esque properties,…

Tech News Casey Chan Aug 22

Samsung’s Foldable Display Will Let You Stuff Giant Tablets in Your Pants

Tiny tablets’ major advantage over the 10-inch crowd: They’ll fit in your pocket (especially if you’re the type of person who wears cargo pants). Samsung’s latest foldable, creaseless AMOLED display will let you fold a tablet in half—effectively making bigger tablets pocketable. Back in 2008, the South Korean company showcased a foldable OLED mobile phone…

Gadgets Kelly May 12

New form of rubber can be repaired with light

Scientists have discovered a new polymer that could be repaired with nothing more than UV light. The material is a metallosupramolecular polymer, a rubbery substance with bits of metal throughout. It’s made of molecular chains which naturally latch together to form bigger ones, in a stable lattice. When damaged, this matrix of chains is disturbed…

io9 Tim Barribeau Apr 22

The Ballad of the Journal Bandolier

What is a notebook without notes? A pretty nifty zen koan, I guess. But also: essentially useless! So instead of scrounging constantly for a stray pen or pencil to fill your pad to its potential, strap on the Journal Bandolier: a hand-made, two-inch wide strap equipped with seven holes for pens, erasers, a stray Cheeto—whatever…

Tech News Brian Barrett Apr 5

These Indestructible Rubber Speakers Amplify Your Earbuds to 80dB

There are plenty of situations which warrant music but aren’t exactly conducive to real speakers, vacations and day trips foremost among them. Tembo Trunks, a Kickstarter project conceived by two Australian brothers on holiday in Africa, looks to be the perfect acoustic compromise. Click to view The Trunks are collapsible silicone cones that function as…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Mar 11

The world’s most supermacho fantasy artist paints a giant psychic tire

We’re excited for Quentin Dupieux’s “abandoned tire comes to life and starts blowing crap up with psychic powers” flick Rubber. We also adore the über-masculine fantasy artwork of Boris Vallejo. https://gizmodo.com/full-trailer-for-rubber-a-story-about-a-tire-thats-go-5737145 https://gizmodo.com/boris-vallejo-is-the-most-manly-illustrator-in-history-5526653 So when we heard that Boris illustrated the poster for Rubber à la Barbarella, Q, and National Lampoon’s European Vacation, it was like…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Feb 28

Full trailer for Rubber — a story about a tire that’s going to murder you

What happens when an ordinary tire is given the ability to make someone’s head explode? Murder spree! Watch the entire trailer for the incredibly messed up film Rubber. On February 25th, Quentin Dupieux’s Rubber is FINALLY getting a release on In Demand, as well as a small release in select theaters on April 1st. This…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 18

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Indoor Climbing Gyms Might Be Chock Full of Toxic Rubber Additives, Study Finds

The First Smoking Causes Coughing Trailer Introduces a Gross Superhero Squad

10 Cult Horror Comedies That’ll Make You Laugh Your Guts Out

With This Self-Healing Rubber, Your Flat Tire Can Fix Itself

Why Rubber Companies Suddenly Care About This Obscure Desert Shrub

Reduce A Steel Box To A Pathetic Lump With Slingshot Bullets

The Most Disturbing Movie Poster You’ll See in 2013

Does a Speaker Made From Artificial Rubber Muscles Get Louder With Exercise?

Why Rubber Rules: A Short History of the World’s Favorite Stretchy Substance

Where Christmas Lights Go to Die

Will ‘Viagra in a Condom’ Get Guys To Like Using One?

From the maker of the “psychic tire” movie Rubber comes another demented movie, Wrong

Bendy Rubber Bookshelves Literally Accommodate Whatever Literary Tastes You Have On Hand

Screw Rugged and Waterproof Cameras. Give Me This Silicone Rubber Bouncy Cam

Samsung’s Foldable Display Will Let You Stuff Giant Tablets in Your Pants

New form of rubber can be repaired with light

The Ballad of the Journal Bandolier

These Indestructible Rubber Speakers Amplify Your Earbuds to 80dB

The world’s most supermacho fantasy artist paints a giant psychic tire

Full trailer for Rubber — a story about a tire that’s going to murder you

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