Ray Wert, Author at Gizmodo

New Transformers 3 Trailer: Why’s Optimus Prime angry?

Optimus Prime doesn’t sound real happy about the American military hiding stuff about giant robots on the Moon. Now somebody’s got to clean up the mess — and it’s him. Or it. Or whatever. You know, because he’s a giant truck that turns into a robot. Here’s the first full trailer of Michael Bay’s third…

Tech News Ray Wert Apr 28

Video of Japanese fighter jet base swamped by tsunami

Earlier this morning, we showed you an amazing photo of a swamped Japanese F-2A fighter jet. Now there’s video of the damage done to it – and 17 others – at its air base. [Jalopnik]

Tech News Ray Wert Mar 14

Nissan electric car stranding owners

Now that electric-powered Nissan Leafs have been driven by the first owners for several weeks, Nissan’s claimed 100-mile range is being tested in reality. The result? Reports of Leafs running out of juice and stranding drivers with little warning. [Jalopnik]

Tech News Ray Wert Mar 10

This Transformers Camaro is a cop car in disguise

If you’re speeding through Cut-and-Shoot, Texas and notice a murdered-out 2010 Camaro with a silver Transformers logo at the peak of its hood DO NOT attempt to race it, because it will quickly transform into one vicious police interceptor. [Jalopnik]

io9 Ray Wert Mar 7

Tracking down a five-year-old Flickr-find with Google Street View

There was just something about this rusted old Mustang found while perusing car porn on Flickr. Although the photo’s from 2006, we wondered if we could find it in Google Street View. Turns out we could. [Jalopnik]

Tech News Ray Wert Mar 6

This is Detroit’s new Robocop statue

Pete Hottelet is the entrepreneur whose $25,000 may help bring a Robocop statue to Detroit. Here’s what it’ll look like. [Jalopnik] https://jalopnik.com/this-is-detroits-new-robocop-statue-5764491

Tech News Ray Wert Feb 21

NASCAR Transformers attack Daytona 500

Behind the cars on the parade lap ahead of the green at today’s Daytona 500 was the scariest thing the drivers have probably ever seen in their rear view mirrors – a threesome of Michael Bay’s NASCAR-liveried Transformers. [Jalopnik] https://jalopnik.com/nascar-transformers-attack-daytona-500-5765536

Tech News Ray Wert Feb 20

German researchers drive car with their minds

It’s not quite Professor Xavier-level mind control, but researchers at AutoNOMOS Labs in Germany have developed a system that drives a vehicle by reading a person’s brain waves. So this is what it feels like to watch the future. [Jalopnik] https://jalopnik.com/german-researchers-drive-car-with-their-minds-5764105

io9 Ray Wert Feb 18

A Mix-up at the scifi body shop

Don’t you hate it when you bring your General Lee into the body shop and it comes out with a part off of Ecto 1? This happens all the time in Brandon Ortwein’s imaginary life. Click through for more. [Jalopnik] https://jalopnik.com/a-mix-up-at-the-sci-fi-body-shop-5757271/

io9 Ray Wert Feb 16

io9 Visits Flynn’s Arcade, Gets First Look At New Light Cycle

Disney dropped a replica storefront of Kevin Flynn’s Arcade into downtown San Diego as part of promotion for Tron: Legacy. Best part? We played Space Paranoids and got to see the light cycle live. Full gallery below. https://jalopnik.com/tron-light-cycle-revealed-live-at-flynns-arcade-5322646/ We’ll go into more detail tomorrow, but for the moment, feast your eyes on the replicated arcade…

io9 Ray Wert Jul 25

Seven Best $10 Comic Book Deals At Comic Con

Until the financiapocalypse, the bargain bin was known more for the final resting place of “Tales of G.I. Joe” variant covers than real deals. Not anymore. Now the recession special’s the name of the Comic-Con game. Here’s seven ten-buck deals. Calling a comic book purchase a “deal” is sort of an anathema to me. I…

io9 Ray Wert Jul 24

Twitterati To Follow At Comic Con

Didn’t get passes to Comic Con? Looking for even more obsessive coverage than what you’ll find here on io9? Fear not. Twitter’s got you covered snugger than a lightsaber-slashed Tauntaun. Here’s the Twitter accounts you’ll want to follow this week. For starters, you’ll want to be following Team io9: •@io9 (top stories from io9), @Annaleen…

io9 Ray Wert Jul 23

UClick for iPhone Will Make Comic Books Obsolete

It’s a bit of a stretch to say UClick wants to kill paper comic books, but after taking an in-depth look at their iPhone app, they might actually accomplish that. Since the dawn of the internet era, various vendors have tried to find a way to make comic books easily accessible on a digital platform.…

Books & Comics Ray Wert Feb 8

IDW Publishing Rolls Out G.I. Joe, Transformers 2 Comic Book Adaptation News, Cover

IDW Publishing rolled out its game plan for comic book adaptations of G.I. Joe: Rise Of Cobra and Transformers 2 today at the 2009 New York Comic Con — including this hot new cover art. While we just got out of the panel, we wanted to be first to tell you the details on the…

io9 Ray Wert Feb 8

The Ten Most Expensive Comic Books at New York Comic Con

If our list of the ten most expensive comic books at the New York Comic Con is any indication, the high-end comic book market hasn’t yet experienced any fallout from the Financiapocalypse. We spent the morning mired in “Vendor Alley” here at the 2009 New York Comic Con, wading through the boxes of mylar-clad and…

io9 Ray Wert Feb 6

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New Transformers 3 Trailer: Why’s Optimus Prime angry?

Video of Japanese fighter jet base swamped by tsunami

Nissan electric car stranding owners

This Transformers Camaro is a cop car in disguise

Tracking down a five-year-old Flickr-find with Google Street View

This is Detroit’s new Robocop statue

NASCAR Transformers attack Daytona 500

German researchers drive car with their minds

A Mix-up at the scifi body shop

io9 Visits Flynn’s Arcade, Gets First Look At New Light Cycle

Seven Best $10 Comic Book Deals At Comic Con

Twitterati To Follow At Comic Con

UClick for iPhone Will Make Comic Books Obsolete

IDW Publishing Rolls Out G.I. Joe, Transformers 2 Comic Book Adaptation News, Cover

The Ten Most Expensive Comic Books at New York Comic Con

10.) Fantastic Four #4

9.) All-American Comics #16

8.) Detective Comics #38

7.) Marvel Comics #1

6.) Superman #1

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