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You Should Spend Your Entire Long Weekend With This Ice Cream Sandwich Maker

Slapping a dollop of ice cream between two cookies is the best thing to happen to that frozen treat since chocolate syrup. But there’s nothing quite as satisfying as the soggy chocolate wafers of an ice cream sandwich, which this brilliant machine lets you churn out by the hundreds. It might look like one of…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Rare and eerie photos from an early atomic bomb test

In the first half of 1955, the United States performed more than a dozen tests of atomic weapons in Nevada, studying the destructive power of the country’s most powerful weapons. These photos, from the 44th nuclear test explosion ever performed on US soil, capture the varied effects. Photographer Loomis Dean took these pictures of a…

io9 Lauren Davis

Destroying the Internet, Dragon Capsule in Space, Execs on the Run and More…

This week was a busy week! Whether it’s Facebook’s stock concerns, the real story of the McAfee executive on the run, Space X’s Dragon Capsule making it to the ISS or a hypothetical look at how to destroy the internet, there’s no shortage of exciting news. Here are our top stories of the week. Watch…

Tech News Adrian Covert

These retrofuturistic magazine covers sat in the background of Blade Runner

Ridley Scott’s incredible attention to detail in Blade Runner stretched all the way to the newsstands sitting in the background. He asked concept artist Tom Southwell to create these magazine covers for his dystopian Los Angeles. These covers actually appear in the film, sitting on a newsstand during one of the movie’s street scenes. I…

Movies Lauren Davis

Specially Sculpted Pot Creates a Whirlpool When Cooking So You Never Have to Stir (Updated With Video)

A Japanese dentist, of all people, has invented a sculpted pot that will automatically stir its contents as they heat up. It promises to completely revolutionize cooking, at least for the world’s laziest chefs. The Kuru-Kuru Nabe (aka the ‘Pot Round and Round’) was invented by Hideki Watanabe, who came up with the design after…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

What is the shiniest thing in the solar system?

A New Moon is rising in the next few days, giving us a chance to bathe in the Earthshine, the light from the Earth that illuminates the Moon. Earth shines bright for the Moon, and the Moon shines for the Earth, but what’s the shiniest thing in the solar system? Right now is the perfect…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Cardboard Mecha Kitty commands you to put down the catnip. Slowly.

If people can ride around in lion-shaped mechas, why can’t cats cruise in their own bipedal mecha suits? Reddit user Tastybread crafted this bad-ass cat bed for his cardboard-loving kitty. His next project: Krang’s human-shaped exo-suit. [reddit via Ian Brooks]

io9 Lauren Davis

The Best Ice Cube Tray of All Time

It’s pretty much summertime. It’s hot out. You want a cold drink. You need ice to make your drink cold. Here lies the best tray for slinging cubes. Ahhhhhhhhhh. This ain’t smartphone and tablet territory, boyscouts—this is primal stuff. The spec that matters most here is the ease with which you can pry those precious…

Tech News Sam Biddle

What are the tax implications of the zombie apocalypse?

The only certainties in life are death and taxes, but how do you handle the taxes when death doesn’t go quite as planned? Law professor Adam Chodorow takes a stab at estate planning for the undead in perhaps the only legal paper to cite both the Internal Revenue Code and Weekend at Bernie’s II. Photo…

io9 Lauren Davis

Artist Makes Creepy Self-Portraits Using His Own Frozen Blood

Many years ago British artist Marc Quinn started an art project where he created cast self-portraits using his own frozen blood. On one hand, it’s incredibly creepy and unsettling. But on the other, how many artists’ can turn to their creations during a medical emergency? Starting as far back as 1991, Marc has been creating…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

In the webcomic Dawn of Time, a time traveler and a barbarian team up in the age of dinosaurs

If paleontologists had access to time machines, they could solve innumerable mysteries about the terrible lizards who once walked the Earth. But if the past is anything like Michael Stearns’ webcomic Dawn of Time, the age of dinosaurs may not be quite what they expected. Last I checked, few scientific theories included a bikini-clad barbarian…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

Insane 33 Megapixel 120fps Video Camera Captures 4 Billion Pixels Per Second

We’ve already brought you news that Japan’s NHK was developing a mind-boggling 33MP video camera to capture footage for its new Super Hi-Vision format (7580×4320) that will one day supplant HDTV. But with a frame rate of 120fps, it means it’s capturing some 4 billion pixels every second. https://gizmodo.com/you-can-watch-the-olympics-in-insaneballs-33-megapixel-5859080 The boost in frame rate, from…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Kick Off Your Weekend With Skydives Gone Wrong, SpaceX, and Supercarriers

Your brain can melt trying to keep up with the endless torrent of video content on the web each day. That’s why we are here to ease your fatigue with the best videos of the week. Enjoy! Did You Miss the Solar Eclipse? Check Out This Gorgeous Time Lapse Video Cory Poole—science teacher at University…

Tech News Michael Hession

Matt Smith carries the Olympic Torch, but not as the Doctor

After the Tenth Doctor lit the London 2012 Olympic Flame in the Doctor Who episode “Fear Her,” many Who fans were clamoring for David Tennant or Matt Smith to carry the Olympic Torch. This morning in Cardiff, those fans got their wish as Matt Smith participated in the Olympic Relay and helped the Torch along…

io9 Lauren Davis

Watch cartoon voice actors read the Star Wars Trilogy as Bubbles, Bender, and Captain Kirk

Now here’s a revamping of the original trilogy we can get behind! At this year’s Emerald City Comic Con, cartoon voice actors Billy West, Tara Strong, Maurice LaMarche, John DiMaggio, Kevin Conroy, Jess Harnell, and Rob Paulsen read scenes from the original three Star Wars movies in the voices of cartoon characters from Pinky the…

io9 Lauren Davis

Good News Kodak, This Little Black Dress Has Found a New Use For Film

When the lights are off, Emily Steel’s Little Slide Dress just looks like your standard black cocktail dress. But it’s hiding a secret that’s revealed when she turns on its embedded array of LEDs. The dress is actually made of film slides, and the LED backlighting is controlled by a sensor that adjusts the brightness…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Super Best Friends can’t decide on a name and Red Lanterns attack Oa!

This week, Super Best Friends Forever returns, Red Lanterns attack the Green Lantern homeworld of Oa, and the Iacon City relic hunt comes to an end on Transformers: Prime! Legend of Korra, Adventure Time, and the Marvel Disney XD shows are off this week thanks of the long holiday weekend in the U.S., but enjoy…

io9 Keith Veronese

Welcome to Gizmodo’s Memorial Day Beach Party

Yeah yeah, the *season* of summer actually begins on June 20th, but everybody knows Memorial Day Weekend is the real kickoff to summertime. Well, at least, we know it. And we’re celebrating. Here’s everything you need to kick off the hot months in style. https://gizmodo.com/13-ways-to-smuggle-your-booze-5913085 13 Ways to Smuggle Your Booze Three day weekends were…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Your Favorite Cartoon Characters Reading the Star Wars Screenplay Will Blow Your Mind

George Lucas tried to improve the original Star Wars trilogy with CG enhancements, but little did he know those beloved films could be even more awesome by re-casting the leads with our favorite cartoon characters. The Powerpuff Girls’ Bubbles as Darth Vader? Yes, please. This momentous reading of the original Star Wars screenplay took place…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Best BBQ Grill

A summer isn’t a summer without a good grill to fire up. But you don’t have to settle for good. The Wirecutter’s Seamus Bellamy pinned down the cream of the charcoal crop. You don’t need an expensive, complex backyard grill to cook amazing food. You want a 22.5″ Weber One-Touch Gold Charcoal Grill. It costs…

Tech News Seamus Bellamy - Wirecutter

You Should Spend Your Entire Long Weekend With This Ice Cream Sandwich Maker

Rare and eerie photos from an early atomic bomb test

Destroying the Internet, Dragon Capsule in Space, Execs on the Run and More…

These retrofuturistic magazine covers sat in the background of Blade Runner

Specially Sculpted Pot Creates a Whirlpool When Cooking So You Never Have to Stir (Updated With Video)

What is the shiniest thing in the solar system?

Cardboard Mecha Kitty commands you to put down the catnip. Slowly.

The Best Ice Cube Tray of All Time

What are the tax implications of the zombie apocalypse?

Artist Makes Creepy Self-Portraits Using His Own Frozen Blood

In the webcomic Dawn of Time, a time traveler and a barbarian team up in the age of dinosaurs

Insane 33 Megapixel 120fps Video Camera Captures 4 Billion Pixels Per Second

Kick Off Your Weekend With Skydives Gone Wrong, SpaceX, and Supercarriers

Matt Smith carries the Olympic Torch, but not as the Doctor

Watch cartoon voice actors read the Star Wars Trilogy as Bubbles, Bender, and Captain Kirk

Good News Kodak, This Little Black Dress Has Found a New Use For Film

The Super Best Friends can’t decide on a name and Red Lanterns attack Oa!

Welcome to Gizmodo’s Memorial Day Beach Party

Your Favorite Cartoon Characters Reading the Star Wars Screenplay Will Blow Your Mind

The Best BBQ Grill

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