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Why the Directors of Little Miss Sunshine Made a Fantasy Movie

The husband-and-wife team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris made waves with their debut Little Miss Sunshine, including four Oscar nominations. And now they’re back six years later, with the fantasy movie Ruby Sparks — about a creatively blocked writer (Paul Dano) who writes about her dream girl and somehow brings her to life. Why…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

ChoreMonster: Bribe Your Kids to Set the Table

Make the bed, clean your room—chores are no fun, no matter how old you are. But ChoreMonster is trying to make them a bit more enjoyable for parents and kids. What does it do? ChoreMonster lets mom and dad assign chores with certain point values. Once kids amass a certain number of points, they can…

Tech News Leslie Horn

The Secrets of Geek Mating Rituals

There’s a hoary old truism that says geeks never date, and get laid even less than that. But at least two generations have grown up knowing that is a lie. After all, Mark Zuckerberg’s courtship and marriage made headlines, while gamer geek Felicia Day is an internet pinup (in armor of course). We live in…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Philip K. Dick Festival Comes to San Francisco with Headliner Jonathan Lethem

This September 22-23, you can mingle with Philip K. Dick fans and friends at the annual Philip K. Dick Festival at San Francisco State University. Jonathan Lethem is the guest of honor, and other guests include Dick’s former editor Marc Haefele as well as Dick-influenced cultural critic/visionary Erik Davis. Attendees will have a chance to…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

This Must Be the Stupidest Way to Fire One of the World’s Deadliest Cannons

This is the 155mm Field Howitzer 77. It’s one of the deadliest artillery pieces in the world. It was manufactured by Swedish weapons company Bofors in the 80s, but this model is new—a complete mechanical and electronics overhaul over the old one. It is called the 155mm Field Howitzer 77 B02. The Indian Army is…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

OS X Mountain Lion Is Definitely Out Tomorrow, July 25

Apple just announced in its earnings call that OS X Mountain Lion is definitely coming out tomorrow. There have been rumors for a while now that that would be the date, but now it’s confirmed. So maybe get those backups cranked out tonight, eh? https://gizmodo.com/apple-sold-17-million-ipads-in-very-slightly-less-ridic-5928735

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Wi-Fi Extending Robot Makes It Easy To Set Up a Wireless Network In a Warzone

As part of their senior design project at Northeastern University, Glen Chiachhieri and seven other computer and electrical engineering students built this Wi-Fi repeating robot that’s designed to make it easier to deploy a wireless network in dangerous or hazardous places. The 150-pound treaded behemoth is actually strong enough to carry a 200-pound human passenger,…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Genre Directors Who Have Never Made a Bad Movie

The history of science fiction and fantasy at the cinema is littered with wreckage. It’s hard enough to make a movie, and nearly impossible to make a good movie. So it’s not surprising that even some of the best directors in Hollywood have at least one stinker in their resumes. With The Dark Knight Rises,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

An exclusive Dark Knight Rises book chapter shows just why Gotham is easy pickings for Bane

The most fascinating part of The Dark Knight Rises might be the way in which Batman’s sacrifice at the end of The Dark Knight has spawned a whole new political landscape. The Harvey Dent Act has led to a new crackdown on Gotham’s crime, and the wealthy and powerful are celebrating while Bruce Wayne hides…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Dammit, Why Can’t This Louis Vuitton Waffle Maker Just Be a Real Product?

It’s about time for appliance and electronics makers to start keeping a small staff of artists on hand—because there are just too many fantastic products being created by artsy types that will never see the light of day. Case in point: this fantastic custom waffle maker that leaves your breakfast imprinted with the famous Louis…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Apple Sold 17 Million iPads in Very Slightly Less Ridiculously Profitable Quarter

The problem with being so ridiculously good at what you do is that expectations tend to keep going up beyond any viability. So it is with Apple, whose $8.8 billion earnings on $35 billion of revenue this past quarter is being treated as a disappointment. Forget that Apple sold a record 17 million iPads (nearly…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Ask Charles Yu what inspired him to be a science fiction writer

Charles Yu is the author of one of the best SF novels of 2011, How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, and this week he’s published a new book of short stories, Sorry Please Thank You (you can read one of the stories in it for free, here). https://gizmodo.com/escaping-the-time-machine-in-charles-yus-how-to-live-s-5614184 https://gizmodo.com/read-a-thoughtful-story-about-gaming-from-charles-yus-n-5926890 Today he’s joining…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Analysis of polar bear DNA shows they’re an ancient species with a tangled history

A scan of polar bear DNA has shown that polar bears came into existence far earlier than previously assumed. Working with fossils alone, scientists had thought that polar bears, after intermingling with brown bears, made their first snowy white appearance anywhere between 60,000 to 600,000 years ago. But a genetic analysis now shows that they…

io9 George Dvorsky

The Police Saved a Sex Doll from Drowning Because They Thought It Was a Real Girl

“Oh my god! Is that a naked lady drowning in a river? We must help. Call backup! I’m going in after her.” That must’ve been what 18 policemen in Shandong, China were thinking when they saw a ‘woman’ submerged in the river—embarrassingly for the police, it wasn’t a real person they rescued but a sex…

Tech News Casey Chan

Why Michonne is the smartest character on The Walking Dead

The biggest character reveal in season 3 of Walking Dead is the sword wielding Michonne. She’s the cold, calculated warrior who shows up with two walkers chained to her hip — as protection. This is both insanely fucked up and totally awesome. So we asked Danai Gurira, who plays Michonne, to explain her character’s extreme…

Television Meredith Woerner

HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE Review: A New Android Phone That’s Actually Not Huge

Gargantuan Android phones are everywhere. But a lot of people just want something smaller. The Incredible 4G is one of the few phones that isn’t the size of a dinner plate, but it also raises a question: Does an Android OS even make sense on smaller screens anymore? What Is It The best HTC phone…

Reviews Kyle Wagner

Everything You Need To Make Flying as Comfortable as Your Actual Vacation

Vacations are supposed to be a chance to travel to an exotic locale, enjoy a week of rest and relaxation, and leave your worries behind. But if your destination can only be reached by plane, your trip ends up being wrapped in hours of stress while you’re flying to and from your vacation spot. There…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

This week’s comics = alternate dimension X-Men and undersea weirdness

What’s new on the comic stands? First off, author Jeff Lemire brings a new approach to the supernatural DC Comics character Kid Eternity in National Comics. (“Can introverted medical examiner Kid Eternity solve a deadly crime in just 24 hours?”) Other debuts include the new dimension-hopping mutant series X-Treme X-Men (“Travel the multiverse with Captain…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

The Google Nexus 7 Display Stumbles and Falls Short

The Google Nexus 7 is the first of the second generation 7 inch Tablets out of the gate. and it sure looks like it could be a winner. The published display specs look pretty good, and some of the basic Lab measurements also look pretty good. But just like in Triple Crown races, an important…

Tech News Dr. Raymond M. Soneira - DisplayMate

Apple Just Got a Patent for a Dimension that Doesn’t Even Exist Yet

Apple has just been granted a patent for 5D technology. Wait, what the hell? Has it traveled to the future and come back with something we don’t know about yet? What advanced life forms are the suits in Cupertino communicating with? Turns out 5D is essentially an agressive marketing ploy for a patent that has…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Why the Directors of Little Miss Sunshine Made a Fantasy Movie

ChoreMonster: Bribe Your Kids to Set the Table

The Secrets of Geek Mating Rituals

Philip K. Dick Festival Comes to San Francisco with Headliner Jonathan Lethem

This Must Be the Stupidest Way to Fire One of the World’s Deadliest Cannons

OS X Mountain Lion Is Definitely Out Tomorrow, July 25

Wi-Fi Extending Robot Makes It Easy To Set Up a Wireless Network In a Warzone

Genre Directors Who Have Never Made a Bad Movie

An exclusive Dark Knight Rises book chapter shows just why Gotham is easy pickings for Bane

Dammit, Why Can’t This Louis Vuitton Waffle Maker Just Be a Real Product?

Apple Sold 17 Million iPads in Very Slightly Less Ridiculously Profitable Quarter

Ask Charles Yu what inspired him to be a science fiction writer

Analysis of polar bear DNA shows they’re an ancient species with a tangled history

The Police Saved a Sex Doll from Drowning Because They Thought It Was a Real Girl

Why Michonne is the smartest character on The Walking Dead

HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE Review: A New Android Phone That’s Actually Not Huge

Everything You Need To Make Flying as Comfortable as Your Actual Vacation

This week’s comics = alternate dimension X-Men and undersea weirdness

The Google Nexus 7 Display Stumbles and Falls Short

Apple Just Got a Patent for a Dimension that Doesn’t Even Exist Yet

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