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In Ten Years a Box of Sand Could Power Your House

After eight years and 600 million dollars, a fuel cell has been developed that can power an office building. Let’s take a look at how fuel cells work, their advantages over other fuels, and what’s coming next. Fuel cells consist of specific materials sandwiched together in particular order. The outer-most layers are covered with a…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

The Epic History of Scifi Weapons From 1726 To 2008

Susan Treister’s insanely detailed art piece A Timeline of Science Fiction Inventions: Weapons, Warfare and Security catalogues 150 science fiction killing devices spanning almost 300 years. Her timeline covers crysknives, lightsabers, proton packs, and everything in between. From Richard Grayson’s catalogue essay published by Annely Juda Fine Art: In A Timeline of Science Fiction Inventions:…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

The First Predators Footage Invades SXSW

Get ready to see the ultimate space warriors head into a brand new battle. Robert Rodriguez’s Predators is debuting its first look at the Austin, TX South By Southwest film festival. Producer Robert Rodriguez and director Nimród Antal are holding a short screening of some their new Predators in action. Plus, both of them will…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Come To Gawker Media and io9’s Texas Time Bender Party 3/13

Want to hang out with stormtroopers from the 501st, sword fighters from the medieval and Renaissance eras, MC Frontalot, and innocent bystanders attending the South By Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas? Then come to our party! SEE the clashing of swords! HEAR the nerdcore stylings of MC Frontalot! DRINK free booze! Time Bender starts at…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Google Books Monster Will Eat Your Library

No matter your thoughts on the Google Books settlement, it’s hard to deny the coolness of Asaf Hanuka’s two-mouthed Google monster from this month’s issue of California Lawyer. Don’t be evil? More like don’t be dinner. Hanuka’s illustration of a ravenous Googly-Moogly (and its pen-wielding prey) is in this month’s issue of California Lawyer, which…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

53 Ways 2009’s Oscar Contenders Could Be Improved with Sci-Fi Tech

For this week’s Photoshop Contest, I asked you to inject some tech or sci-fi elements into this year’s crop of Oscar movies. Man, I want to see all of these so badly. Tons of amazing entries this week. First Place—Randy Crouton Second Place—Scott Campagnolo Third Place—Gustavo Maciel

Movies Adam Frucci

Most Detailed Image Of Our Planet Ever, Now Brought To Life As An Animation

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center used satellite data to stitch together detailed scans of every square kilometer of the planet. And now, they just released an animated version of our spinning globe. This new “blue marble” image has gotten tons of attention since Gizmodo posted it a week or so ago, and now NASA has…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

What Me Na’vi? Mad Magazine Skewers Avatar

Legendary Mad magazine cartoonist and Groo The Wanderer creator Sergio Aragonés has set his sights on James Cameron’s big blue blockbuster. Witness the true story behind Quaritch’s facial scars and Jake Sully’s misadventures in tree jumping. Aragonés’ forever mute, always slapstick style is perfect for lampooning the already-weird world of Pandora. Aragonés’ strip will appear…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Blade Runner Plus Trashy Superheroes = The Next Wave In Fashion?

Creative director and makeup artist Adriana Gerasimova mashes up early 1980s cyberpunk with superheroes, evil mutants, post-apocalyptic outcasts and telekinetic superfreaks. If you doubted that the era of Blade Runner chic was upon us, doubt no further. Here are some of our favorite splashy, trashy images from her photo and makeup portfolios, including the new…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Warner Brothers Wants Space Invaders To Attack You, But Slowly

Asteroids, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Missile Command… and now Space Invaders? Is no arcade game safe from Hollywood adaptations? Rumor has it, Warner Brothers wants to get into the neon green, slowly-charging aliens game. The L.A. Times is reporting that Warners is trying to buy the movie rights to the classic arcade game Space Invaders.…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Transgenic Mice Could Solve The Obesity Epidemic

By tweaking an enzyme in mice, researchers expected to get rodents with low cholesterol, but fatty livers. Instead they found a switch which might be a weight loss miracle. The researchers from the University of Alberta bred a mouse lacking a single enzyme that’s associated with fat metabolism — triacylglycerol hydrolase (TGH). TGH is partly…

io9 Tim Barribeau

The Next Generation Of Brainwave-Control Helmets Looks Much Cooler

Check out the future of brain-computer interfaces. After we poked fun at the electrode-strewn skullcap you’d need to control a pinball machine’s flippers yesterday, a researcher sent us this picture of the next-generation EMG helmet, that doesn’t need direct contact. https://gizmodo.com/is-there-some-way-to-be-a-telekinetic-pinball-wizard-wi-5484135 Researcher Matthias L. Jugel with Thinkberg sent us these pictures of the “next gen”…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Stairs Aren’t A Problem With Futuristic Tank Tread Wheelchair

Josefina Chaves-Posse’s Zenith wheelchair promises to conquer stairs and make you look like an all-around bad-ass. And although the Zenith hasn’t been road-tested yet, its colossal treads alone make us fear for the inevitable senior citizen revolution. The Zenith is the brainchild of Chaves-Posse and the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Alberta. [via…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Put A Shark Brain In A Battleship, And You Could Defeat Almost Anything

Turns out the best pilot for a battleship is a shark brain. Just transplant right into the brain interface bowl on the bridge, and you’re in business. As long as you don’t forget the dorsal fin. For some reason, shark brains just can’t get adjust to having a ship body unless they can feel that…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Comedy Central’s Zombie Social Worker Wants To Get You Off Brains

The new comedy animation Ugly Americans is full of important lessons. Check out the first couple clips, and learn why finding an undead roommate on Craigslist is always messy, and why sleeping with your demon boss is a mistake. Here’s the official synopsis: The series follows Mark Lilly (voiced by Matt Oberg), a social worker…

Television Meredith Woerner

In The Future, You’ll Play Tetris On Your Skin

A group of researchers has created “Skinput,” a device that turns your body into a touchscreen by sensing movements in your skin and muscle. Witness the future of the mobile – literally in the palm of your hand. Researchers Carnegie Mellon University and Microsoft Research are presenting a paper about Skinput next month at the…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Watch Mad Scientist Neeson Play With Christina Ricci’s “Undead” Body

If everyone thinks you’re dead, what’s to stop Liam Neeson from burying you alive? At least that’s what this mad-scientist funeral director tries to pull with Christina Ricci, after she wakes up. Check out After.Life’s first trailer. Christina Ricci plays Anna, a girl who suffers from a tragic accident and wakes up in Eliot Deacon’s…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Nightmare On Elm Street Director Seeks Nasty Superheroes Next

Sam Bayer – the director of the upcoming Nightmare On Elm Street reboot and Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” – has a new project idea. He wants to tackle ultraviolent superhero series The Boys, by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. In an interview with Shock Til You Drop, Bayer expressed interest in directing a film…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Spoiler Onslaught For Captain America, Iron Man 2, Tron Legacy, Transformers 3 And Lost!

Tron Legacy releases another picture, Iron Man 2 leaks tie-in book covers, and Transformers 3 redesigns Bumblebee. V’s Anna has some alarming reveals, and Warehouse 13’s Claudia gets a suitor. Plus Captain America, Doctor Who, Fringe, FlashForward and Lost spoilers. Captain America: This 1940s superhero film is looking for extras in London, but is also…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Implantable Heart Defibrillators Have Been Causing Brain Damage

Hundreds of thousands of patients depend on small devices called implantable cardio-defibrillators (ICD) to keep their hearts beating regularly. Now it seems that when surgeons test the devices to make sure they work, they have inadvertently been causing brain damage. In 2006 alone, the American Heart Association estimates that 114,000 people had surgery to install…

io9 Annalee Newitz

In Ten Years a Box of Sand Could Power Your House

The Epic History of Scifi Weapons From 1726 To 2008

The First Predators Footage Invades SXSW

Come To Gawker Media and io9’s Texas Time Bender Party 3/13

Google Books Monster Will Eat Your Library

53 Ways 2009’s Oscar Contenders Could Be Improved with Sci-Fi Tech

Most Detailed Image Of Our Planet Ever, Now Brought To Life As An Animation

What Me Na’vi? Mad Magazine Skewers Avatar

Blade Runner Plus Trashy Superheroes = The Next Wave In Fashion?

Warner Brothers Wants Space Invaders To Attack You, But Slowly

Transgenic Mice Could Solve The Obesity Epidemic

The Next Generation Of Brainwave-Control Helmets Looks Much Cooler

Stairs Aren’t A Problem With Futuristic Tank Tread Wheelchair

Put A Shark Brain In A Battleship, And You Could Defeat Almost Anything

Comedy Central’s Zombie Social Worker Wants To Get You Off Brains

In The Future, You’ll Play Tetris On Your Skin

Watch Mad Scientist Neeson Play With Christina Ricci’s “Undead” Body

Nightmare On Elm Street Director Seeks Nasty Superheroes Next

Spoiler Onslaught For Captain America, Iron Man 2, Tron Legacy, Transformers 3 And Lost!

Implantable Heart Defibrillators Have Been Causing Brain Damage

A QR Code Too Small to See Hints at a New, Non-Annoying Use for the Format

Andy Weir Apologizes After ‘Star Trek’ Comment Backlash

Scientists Discover Hidden Behavior in Water That Helps Explain Why Ice Floats

The ‘Paradise’ Season 2 Finale Paved the Way for a Wildly Sci-Fi Season 3

A $1 Samsung Galaxy Smartphone Lands at Mint Mobile With Unlimited Data at 50% Off in a Clearance Push

Your Wimpy Workouts Aren’t Cutting It, Scientists Say

Anker Prime Power Bank Drops to an All-Time Low (200W, 20,100mAh, 3-Port) as Amazon Clears Out Remaining Spring Sale Stock

Students Are Now Renting Smart Glasses to Cheat on Exams

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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