Lauren Davis, Author at Gizmodo

Tank-Racecar Mashups are a Different Brand of Hybrid Vehicle

What do you get when you cross an oil tanker with a chopper? How about tank with a racecar or a taxi? You might end up with cartoonist Stan Mott‘s surreal illustrations of imaginary vehicles. Stan Mott [via Dark Roasted Blend]

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Space Cowboys and a Disco Death Star in Soviet Star Wars Art

These hand-drawn movie posters from the Soviet Union paint a much more surreal version of Star Wars than the familiar epic posters. In lieu of spaceships and stormtroopers, we get a horse-riding space cowboy and cat-like Darth Vader. [via Neatorama]

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Posters Reflect on Five Seasons of Lost

With Lost is coming up on its final season, artists have reflected on five years of bizarre characters, time travel, mystical occurrences, and a polar bear to create sixteen posters teasing out the key themes and moments from the series. We mentioned a while back that ABC had commissioned a series of posters from various…

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Has India Found Organic Matter on the Moon?

Earth’s moon is looking less barren by the hour. Just months after scientists announced the presence of water on the moon’s surface, Indian scientists are saying they may have found organic matter on the moon as well. https://gizmodo.com/confirmed-there-is-water-on-the-moon-and-lots-of-it-5366261 Surendra Pal, associate director of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Satellite Centre, told news outlet DNA…

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Toxic Waste is Turning Russian Dogs Green

Rolling around in a pile of toxic waste generally doesn’t give you superpowers so much as make you incredibly ill, but for dogs in one Russian town, exposure to chemical waste has had a curious side-effect: it’s turning them green. Former guard dogs, strays in the city of Yekaterinburg have been spotted sporting green coats.…

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Sharks and Bears Frolic Through a Post-Human World

Need an antidote to those apocalyptic scenarios filled with gray skies and scorched earth? Josh Keyes‘ witty paintings depict a kinder, gentler post-apocalyptic world, where humans have simply vanished, giving fish, fowl, and the occasional bear some elbow room. [Josh Keyes via Nerdcore]

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Check Out New Iron Man 2 Footage. True Blood Gets Its Werewolf and Doctor Who Revisits an Old Enemy.

Tony Stark loses his head in Iron Man 2 footage. True Blood finally casts the werewolf Alcide, and the Eleventh Doctor will inherit one of the Tenth Doctor’s most popular enemies. Plus Inception, Toy Story, Forbidden Planet, and Chuck spoilers. Iron Man 2 Entertainment Tonight premiered a few moments from the film, including a scene…

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Harry Potter Gets a Feel Good, Inner City Sequel

After Hermione Granger graduates from the esteemed Hogwarts School, what does she do with her educational success? In Dangerous Wands, she joins the faculty of an inner city wizarding school, rescuing her underprivileged students from a life of Dark Arts. [via Topless Robot]

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Accidental Supervillain on Trial for Causing Earthquakes

Markus Haering probably didn’t intend to emulate Lex Luthor when his company’s drilling triggered a series of minor earthquakes. But the geothermal energy mogul is up on criminal charges for his earth-shaking exploits. In 2006, Haering’s company was drilling in Basel, Switzerland, as part of a project to convert heat in the underground rocks into…

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Scott Pilgrim’s Hip Kids are Ready for Video Game Action

For months, director Edgar Wright has teased us with glimpses of his live-action Scott Pilgrim adaptation. Now we finally get a look at the core cast as flesh-and-blood characters, in color and ready to take on Ramona’s evil exes. Wright has been posting regular tidbits from the production, and yesterday gifted Scott Pilgrim watchers with…

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Avatar’s Neytiri Has a Striking Comic Book Twin

Yesterday, we noted that the surreal landscapes of Pandora have a lot in common with the artwork of Roger Dean. But the alien Na’vi have their own twin: an alien singer from the comic Timespirits who could be Neytiri’s sister. https://gizmodo.com/did-prog-rocks-greatest-artist-inspire-avatar-all-sign-5426120 Marcus Parcus spotted the similarity between James Cameron’s lithe, catlike aliens and a character…

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Artists Take on He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

Gallery 1988‘s art shows frequently pay tribute to fantastical popular culture, and soon the gallery will take a trip to Eternia with its Masters of the Universe show. Take a peek at how the artists reinterpret He-Man, Skeletor, and more. The show, Under The Influence: He-Man and the Masters of the Universe will show at…

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Humans Are the Monsters in Revamped Horror Posters

While a lot of horror movies pit helpless humans against gigantic animals, it’s often animals who fall prey to more powerful humans. An ad campaign from the Center for Migratory Species recasts humans as the monsters in classic movie posters. [Ads of the World via Super Punch]

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Marvel and Disney Characters Attempt Corporate Synergy

We’ve seen tons of Marvel/Disney mashups this year, but webcomics writer T Campbell and his Rip and Teri collaborator John Waltrip have taken the idea a step further, showing both companies’ characters exploring their new relationship. [via Boing Boing]

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Fall Into the Uncanny Valley With Your Own Robot Double

Need a gift for the robot aficionado who has everything? A Japanese company is giving consumers the opportunity to buy a moving, talking robot that looks just like them, only creepier. For a limited time, Japanese robotics company Kokoro will offer two animatronic dopplegangers to consumers willing to shell out 20.1 million yen per unit.…

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Commercials Show the US Air Force’s Science Fiction Side

If Stargate SG-1 is to be believed, the US Air Force‘s Space Command hides fantastical technologies and runs space-bound missions. A new ad campaign paints the US Air Force as straight out of science fiction — without the aliens. The latest round of commercials for the United States Air Force play on the theme “It’s…

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Octopus Uses Coconut Shells as Portable Armor

Tools aren’t just for vertebrates anymore. The veined octopus has been spotted lugging around coconut shells to serve as mobile shelters, the first time scientists have observed tool use in an invertebrate species. Humans living on the Indonesian coast frequently discard halved coconut shells in the ocean, and it turns out that their eight-legged neighbors…

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Relive the Human-Machine War with Matrix Concept Art

Even if you prefer to pretend that the latter Matrix movies don’t exist, you can still appreciate these gloomy pieces of concept art from The Matrix trilogy, filled with sinister machines and the interminable levels of the human city Zion. Coolvibe describes this as “lost and forgotten” concept art (although we’ve seen a couple of…

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Follow Batman’s Journey Through Time on Twitter

Wondering what Batman is up to on his travels through time? You could wait for Grant Morrison’s The Return of Bruce Wayne, or you see what he’s tweeting at TimeLostBatman. However, Batman’s tweets aren’t precisely in character: https://gizmodo.com/bruce-wayne-to-return-next-year-and-throughout-time-5422478 Debating crime with Plato. Not going well. Considering employing the Sobatic method and applying a thoughtful kick…

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Cephalopods of Mass Destruction Stalk the Seas

Giant jellyfish and cephalopods are fearsome enough on their own, but wait until they get their tentacles on man-made weapons. Keith Noordzy‘s Man-Made Disaster series pairs natural monsters with technological menaces. Man-Made Disasters is currently on display at the San Francisco arm of Gallery 1988 as part of the Paper Pushers show. Paper Pushers 2009…

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Tank-Racecar Mashups are a Different Brand of Hybrid Vehicle

Space Cowboys and a Disco Death Star in Soviet Star Wars Art

Posters Reflect on Five Seasons of Lost

Has India Found Organic Matter on the Moon?

Toxic Waste is Turning Russian Dogs Green

Sharks and Bears Frolic Through a Post-Human World

Check Out New Iron Man 2 Footage. True Blood Gets Its Werewolf and Doctor Who Revisits an Old Enemy.

Harry Potter Gets a Feel Good, Inner City Sequel

Accidental Supervillain on Trial for Causing Earthquakes

Scott Pilgrim’s Hip Kids are Ready for Video Game Action

Avatar’s Neytiri Has a Striking Comic Book Twin

Artists Take on He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

Humans Are the Monsters in Revamped Horror Posters

Marvel and Disney Characters Attempt Corporate Synergy

Fall Into the Uncanny Valley With Your Own Robot Double

Commercials Show the US Air Force’s Science Fiction Side

Octopus Uses Coconut Shells as Portable Armor

Relive the Human-Machine War with Matrix Concept Art

Follow Batman’s Journey Through Time on Twitter

Cephalopods of Mass Destruction Stalk the Seas

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