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Amazon Prime Snags Friday Night Lights, Battlestar Galactica, and More for Unlimited Streaming

There is some really good TV coming to Amazon Prime thanks to a new partnership between Amazon and NBCUniversal. Among the new shows you’ll be able to stream are Parks and Recreation, The Starter Wife, Heroes, Battlestar Galactica, and Friday Night Lights. Texas Forever. Amazon Prime is really beefing up its library. Last month it…

Commerce Leslie Horn Aug 24 '12

Easily Publish All Your Instagram Photos to Creative Commons

Instagram is great, but it’s also sequestered away in its own little pocket of the internet. A new site, i-am-cc.org, is giving you a way to make your Instagram photos free for everyone to use, for mostly anything they want. It’s simple. You just go to the website, and sign up to agree to license…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Aug 24 '12

Rivendell from Lord of the Rings, made out of 50,000-plus LEGO bricks

It took 100 hours of prep time, but LEGO builders Blake Baer and Jack Bittner were able to depict the Elven paradise of Rivendell out of more than 50,000 pieces. This diorama weighs 120 pounds and is 40 inches by 30 inches, so you can simply drop this it on any Nazgûl who come a-knocking.…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Aug 24 '12

Leaked Images Reveal More Retro Camera Goodness Might Be On the Way From Fujifilm

Images supposedly leaked to the rumors website Digicam Info reveal a gorgeous little camera labeled the X-E1. Is this a new retro shooter that will join Fuji’s X100 and X-Pro1? We hope so, it looks very promising—like Fujifilm built the camera for a broader audience this time. The new camera will be another compact system…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Aug 24 '12

Is Divergent the next big YA movie franchise? Plus Falling Skies brings in big names for season three!

Emperor Palpatine wants in on the Star Wars TV show. Eli Roth is turning his fake Grindhouse trailer into a real horror film. Billy Crystal reveals the world of Pixar’s Monsters University. Plus a casting update for Syfy’s Defiance! It’s spoilers all the way down! Top image from Falling Skies. Divergent With the Twilight franchise…

Television Alasdair Wilkins Aug 24 '12

Lightsaber Ice Pop Mould: An Elegant Snack For a More Civilized Age

Sometimes making Star Wars merchandise that will appeal to everyone in its enormous fanbase is like shooting fish in a barrel. But come on, this mould that lets you make ice pop lightsabers that actually light up is a stroke of genius. The mould comes with four hilts in total—two of Darth Vader’s lightsaber and…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Aug 24 '12

16 Google Searches That Led People to Gizmodo Tonight

Ya’ll are a weird bunch. While the rest of the world happens upon our fine blog through, probably, the expected avenues of entry—”iphone” and “android” and “mars”—you, yes you searched some pretty strange stuff to land here. Stranger by the hour. Super strange at night. Do you recognize yourself here? blackberry is horrible its afraid…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Aug 24 '12

The Wacky Words That Are Now in the Oxford Dictionaries Online: LOLZ, Photobomb, Mwahahaha and More

Dictionaries exist in between a rock and a hard place: jump on new words too late and they look like a dinosaur, add in words too early and they’re made into a mockery. Words are hard, yes, but some words don’t exactly need defining like some of these just added to the Oxford Dictionaries Online.…

Tech News Casey Chan Aug 24 '12

Smart Sutures Use Ultra-Thin Technology to Detect Infection

A team of researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have successfully developed an electronic suture that contains ultrathin silicon sensors integrated on polymer or silk strips and can be laced through the skin and knotted just like conventional medical stitches. These smart sutures are able to precisely measure body temperature at the site…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Aug 24 '12

The Stoner Channel: The One with Killer Licorice, Basilisms, and the Web’s Best Seed Suppliers

The Amount of Lead in Licorice Red Vines Is Too Damn High Health officials in California have issues a recall for and are warning state residents against eating Red Vines black licorice twists. A recently-tested batch contained as much as 13.2 micrograms of lead per serving—more than double the daily recommended 6 microgram dosage. Anybody…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Aug 24 '12

Watch This Girl Incredibly Paint a Portrait of Adele with Burning Candles

Hong Yi, the lovely artist who makes mind blowing art from everyday objects like books, coffee and basketballs, is back at it again. This time? She paints a picture of Adele using burning candles. Seriously. Who needs a paintbrush when you have hot wax, right? https://gizmodo.com/watch-a-girl-sculpt-zuckerbergs-face-with-books-5916540 I can barely light a candle without burning myself…

Tech News Casey Chan Aug 23 '12

Samsung vs. Apple: The South Korean Verdict Is In (Updated)

The Wall Street Journal has streaming coverage of the South Korean Samsung vs. Apple verdict return. The highly anticipated verdict came in only minutes ago, setting the stage for the equally hot US version of the verdict to come. The WSJ reports that the decision seems to be a more or less even split between…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Aug 23 '12

Use This Equation to Figure Out If Alien Life Exists

The Drake Equation, developed by astronomer Frank Drake, is an equation that estimates how many alien civilizations might live in our galaxy. But the more we find out about the way of the milky, the less chance alien life exists. Just check out the difference between how much alien life existed before when the Drake…

Space & Spaceflight Casey Chan Aug 23 '12

Mobile Wi-Fi Should Be Better

It really should. We have come so far—so, so far—from the days of dumb dialup. And it’s not like the technology doesn’t exist (hello Boing, MiFi, et al.) So, why oh why is mobile Wi-Fi still so shitty? I shouldn’t turn down a trip to Maine just because I’m worried I won’t be able to…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Aug 23 '12

Saying Happy Birthday to Your Friend on Facebook Is Meaningless

We’ve already told you that Facebook ruined your birthday. And it’s so completely true! It’s completely meaningless now, hordes of semi-friends and quasi-acquaintances fake like they care about you. Ugh. And maybe when the wall posts first start trickling in you’re a little happy but as more and more keyboard vomit starts popping up, you…

Tech News Casey Chan Aug 23 '12

Dutchess House Is a Glittering Jewel Box of a Country Retreat

Nestled in the heart of Duchess County, in upstate New York, Dutchess House No 1. is an aluminum clad hideaway with a surprisingly warm and cozy interior. This sustainable weekend retreat was designed by Grzywinski+Pons for a couple based in New York City. Its exterior is clad in aluminum shingles and accented with IPE wood…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Aug 23 '12

Prominent scientists sign declaration that animals have conscious awareness, just like us

An international group of prominent scientists has signed The Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness in which they are proclaiming their support for the idea that animals are conscious and aware to the degree that humans are — a list of animals that includes all mammals, birds, and even the octopus. But will this make us stop…

io9 George Dvorsky Aug 23 '12

This Most Amazing Time Lapse Shows The Beautiful Life of a City

Call it vapid, call it fake, call it soul sucking. Go ahead. Complain about the traffic, complain about the people, complain about the smog. You can say whatever you want but the fact is this: Los Angeles is so very beautiful. Don’t believe me? Watch this time lapse video of LA by Colin Rich which…

Tech News Casey Chan Aug 23 '12

Watch what happens when you play Cypress Hill through a squid’s fin

Cephalopods like squid and octopuses change their appearance with color-changing cells called chromatophores. Chromatophores can be stimulated via electrical signals — like the ones coming out of the headphone jack of an iPhone playing Cypress Hill’s “Insane in the Brain.” I think you know where this is going. This amazing mashup of neuroscience, music, and…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Aug 23 '12

A Post-Apocalyptic Book That Raises the Bar on Bleakness

In some ways, The Dog Stars by Peter Heller is a cozy sort of post-apocalyptic novel. As the novel begins, the main character has a pretty comfortable life, with plenty of supplies and a safe place to sleep. He has a pet dog and a buddy who helps keep him safe from the roving bands…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Aug 23 '12

Amazon Prime Snags Friday Night Lights, Battlestar Galactica, and More for Unlimited Streaming

Easily Publish All Your Instagram Photos to Creative Commons

Rivendell from Lord of the Rings, made out of 50,000-plus LEGO bricks

Leaked Images Reveal More Retro Camera Goodness Might Be On the Way From Fujifilm

Is Divergent the next big YA movie franchise? Plus Falling Skies brings in big names for season three!

Lightsaber Ice Pop Mould: An Elegant Snack For a More Civilized Age

16 Google Searches That Led People to Gizmodo Tonight

The Wacky Words That Are Now in the Oxford Dictionaries Online: LOLZ, Photobomb, Mwahahaha and More

Smart Sutures Use Ultra-Thin Technology to Detect Infection

The Stoner Channel: The One with Killer Licorice, Basilisms, and the Web’s Best Seed Suppliers

Watch This Girl Incredibly Paint a Portrait of Adele with Burning Candles

Samsung vs. Apple: The South Korean Verdict Is In (Updated)

Use This Equation to Figure Out If Alien Life Exists

Mobile Wi-Fi Should Be Better

Saying Happy Birthday to Your Friend on Facebook Is Meaningless

Dutchess House Is a Glittering Jewel Box of a Country Retreat

Prominent scientists sign declaration that animals have conscious awareness, just like us

This Most Amazing Time Lapse Shows The Beautiful Life of a City

Watch what happens when you play Cypress Hill through a squid’s fin

A Post-Apocalyptic Book That Raises the Bar on Bleakness

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