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What to Get Your Favorite Mad Scientist for the Holidays [Scifi Gift Guide]io9 - Nov 26, 2008 Wondering what to get that mad scientist in your life for the holidays? We've got some ideas that will keep an evil mastermind occupied in the lab for days on end - and will of course result in world domination. Or at … Also tagged: science, feature, top, mad science, scifi gift guide |
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We All Live in a Flying Submarine [Military Tech]io9 - Nov 24, 2008 For some military operations, you need a submarine. For others, you need a plane. But what if you need both? DARPA has a plan for that - a submarine that flies. Or a plane that submerges, depending on your point of … Also tagged: science, darpa, defense, military tech, submersible airplane, flying submarine |
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Keep Your Pets Frozen for Cryogenic Travel [Future Products]io9 - Nov 20, 2008 If cryogenic science is perfected, it promises a future where humans can travel to the future just by freezing themselves. But cryogenics entrepreneurs have more mundane ideas for bringing freezy suspended animation … Also tagged: science, pets, futurism, future products, cryogenics |
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Live Piracy Map Reveals Seas Are Still a Pirate's Paradise [Crimes Of The Future]io9 - Nov 20, 2008 Want to know where you're most likely to have your ship hijacked by pirates this year? Now you can, with the help of the International Maritime Bureau's "live piracy map," a Google map mashup that gives you quick … Also tagged: maps, piracy, chart porn, crimes of the future |
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Google Creates Plague Prediction System [Pandemic]io9 - Nov 20, 2008 Google doesn't just help you find the nearest pizza place anymore - now it helps doctors find where flu epidemics are going to strike next. Working with a group of epidemiologists, the tech megacorp has revealed a new … Also tagged: google, medicine, science, disease, pandemic, flu, influenza |
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Store Your Data in a Swank, Swedish Eco-Bunker [Mega Tech]io9 - Nov 18, 2008 This bunker is so hardened it can withstand an atomic blast, but it's so eco that it has a tiny built-in ecosystem of artificial sun, waterfalls, and plants. And the best part about this subterranean environment in … |
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It's Your Own Mobile, Weaponized Laser Unit! [Killing Machines]io9 - Nov 14, 2008 You're heading out to the territories on Saturn's moon Europa and things could get dicey. Or maybe you're here on Earth, but you don't like the idea of walking around those alien-infested cities at night without some … Also tagged: science, defense, killing machines |
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Which Technical Inaccuracies in Scifi Annoy You the Most? [Poll]io9 - Nov 12, 2008 They're doing it again! With the brain surgery in the back of a moving van and shiny computers that can magically find 150-year-old articles about obscure murders online! We've all had that *facepalm* moment when … |
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The Best Real-Life Science Fictional Inventions of 2008 [Mad Science]io9 - Nov 10, 2008 Popular Science just published their mind-blowing "Best of What's New 2008" issue, and it's packed with science fictional goodies that are coming to life right before our eyes. PopSci editor Sean Captain shared with us … Also tagged: innovation, science, mad science |
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What To Do With Thermite On a Friday [Crimes Of The Future]io9 - Nov 7, 2008 So the thought police are on their way to your underground control chamber, and you need to erase your hard drives and fast. They can break the crypto on your stuff, and even if you overwrite it with a bunch of junk … Also tagged: hacking, science, computers, fire, crimes of the future |