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This Philips Wake-Up Light Is Your The-Dawn-Is-Your-Pawn Deal of the Day

Early mornings are wonderful. Waking up to the warm sun gently rising, reaching out to shine on my room. The birds perched outside my window, singing delicate songs as I rise to greet a new day. It’s all pretty magical—occasionally. To be honest, I really don’t want to wake up that early. The sun seriously…

Tech News Andrew James Apr 18 '12

Google CEO Has A Tough Day In Court

Google CEO Larry Page took the stand in federal court today to answer questions from über-lawyer David Boies—he of U.S. v. Microsoft, Bush v. Gore and a bajillion other high profile cases—in a case that pits Oracle against Google. So how did it go? Er. Well it’s not quite noon here on the West Coast,…

Tech News Mat Honan Apr 18 '12

If holographic Tupac were in Star Wars, the movie would be over in 10 minutes

As evidenced by this mash-up of the opening of A New Hope and undead Tupac Shakur (by way of Pepper’s Ghost), the movie would end with Obi Wan and Luke being massively confused. I’m guessing Darth Vader was trying to steal the secret of the Humpty Dance. https://gizmodo.com/tupac-shakur-came-back-from-the-dead-as-a-hologram-at-c-5902272 http://io9.com/5850560/how-to-haunt-your-house-with-peppers-ghost [Via The High Definite]

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Apr 18 '12

Yes, there is a right way to blow up an animal carcass

This, according to the US Forest Service document entitled “Obliterating Animal Carcasses with Explosives,” is the right way. See those rectangles? Those represent sticks of dynamite. Their placement demonstrates how they should be positioned in order to achieve what the document calls “total obliteration.” Pro-tip: The diagram up top illustrates how to explode a carcass…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 18 '12

Pong Played with Two Smart Cars, But What About Grand Theft Auto?

In a publicity stunt to demonstrate just how quickly an electric car can accelerate, Smart created this unique test drive where a couple of electric Fortwos were used as controllers in a giant game of Pong. Although rapidly accelerating forwards and back isn’t exactly the most ideal way to take a car for a test…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Apr 18 '12

Pepper Spray Lighter Burns Without a Flame

Sometimes a sneak attack is the best way to fight off a would-be assailant. Pulling an obvious can of pepper spray out of your pocket or purse immediately tips them off that they’re about to be blasted. But they’ll be none-the-wiser if you pulled out this innocuous-looking lighter. For just under $4 it’s not going…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Apr 18 '12

The next Splice? Watch the trailer for genetic thriller Errors of the Human Body

We’re getting very excited about Eron Sheean’s unnerving science Errors of the Human Body. First the trailer is beautiful, tinged by the cold steel of late night laboratory work and the flicker of fluorescent lights. We’re getting an eerie vibe from this short clip. Second, the writer (and director) drew inspiration from his long stay…

Trailers Meredith Woerner Apr 18 '12

191 Pieces of Proof that Instagram Is Just Tops

The best camera is the one you have on you…especially if it has all the addictive, contrasty, soon-to-be-parodied nostalgia of Instagram. Here are your best shots from this week’s Instagram Shooting Challenge. https://gizmodo.com/shooting-challenge-give-us-your-best-instagram-5901070 Winner: Boots at Golden Gate Bridge A few friends and I came up to San Francisco and I thought I’d show them…

Tech News Mark Wilson Apr 18 '12

Shooting Challenge: Instagram 1

Candys in a Hungarian Tesco shot by an SGS2. 🙂 – Zsolt Brunáry Took this on an HTC Inspire. 8 MP camera on normal settings. Stopped while running for the shot. – Caddy93 The Yearning Pooch Using Instagram on my iphone 4s, I decided to use circle blur and earlybird effects to compose this photo.…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Apr 18 '12

Shooting Challenge: Instagram 4

I’m a volunteer docent at the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville OR. On Friday afternoon I saw the dramatic clouds outside. Recalling this contest, I dashed outside with my Motorola Bionic Android phone and stood where the 1943 Consolidated PBY Catalina was in front of the clouds. I’m glad that I recently installed…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Apr 18 '12

Shooting Challenge: Instagram 6

Although I have way to many artsy fartsy pictures in my instagram stream, i decided to submit a picture that means more to me. This is a picture of my husband, Gerald Barnes and myself on our wedding day, on the way to the court house. He is a United States Marine, war veteran and…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Apr 18 '12

Shooting Gallery: Instagram 7

I took this with Instagram on my iPhone 4S and applied one of their filters. This was at the end of my street around 6:40 am on my way to work, I literally rolled down the window, stopped and snapped this shot. I got lucky, it came out really cool. — Nicholas Lin Taken with…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Apr 18 '12

Shooting Challenge: Instagram 2

Shot using my Motorola Xoom. Hey it’s instagram, not a large level of detail here. A shot of my lil old koi pond. – Marvin Franco Ms. Harley is the subject of most of my Instagrams and she never complains. She is a southern belle who loves to get her picture taken. This photo was…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Apr 18 '12

Shooting Challenge: Instagram 3

Hi, this was taken with an iPhone 4S using the Valencia filter. It is in my studio with a new maquette I just finished on the right and some clay polyhedrons to the left in the background. I hope to make the little paper maquette (it’s about 6 inches across), into an outdoor sculpture (materials…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Apr 18 '12

Shooting Challenge: Instagram 5

“Office Terrarium” Shot on an iPhone 3G Shot Time 2:45pm Shot Location Chelsea Market I’ve had this little desktop terrarium for couple months, and it’s slowly kicking the bucket even thought there is sufficient light. Before it completely dies I thought I’d snap a picture and let it live on forever on the internets and…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Apr 18 '12

10 Hulk Storylines You Won’t See In The Avengers

The Incredible Hulk’s M.O. errs toward smashing crap, yelling self-aggrandizing slogans, and the mysterious power to perpetually be within a five-mile radius of a purple sweatpants factory. But it’s unfair to stereotype the Green Goliath as a one-note behemoth. The truth is, comic writers over the decades have woven a diverse tapestry of stories about…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Apr 18 '12

This Is How the Tupac Hologram That Wasn’t Really a Hologram Worked

We already knew that the Tupac Hologram wasn’t really a hologram but actually just a modern regurgitation of the old mid-19th century trick known as “Pepper’s Ghost”. If you were confused on how that illusion worked, be confused no more! Here it is. https://gizmodo.com/tupac-hologram-wasnt-a-hologram-5902625 Roxanne Palmer at the International Business TImes made this infographic that…

Tech News Casey Chan Apr 18 '12

Is This the First Leaked Shot of the Nikon D3200?

It’s been a mighty year for Nikon DSLR refreshes between the D4 and the D800. Now there are rumors that Nikon will update its budget DSLR, the D3100, with the D3200. Is this supposedly leaked partial shot from DSLR Maniac in Japan our first look at the camera? https://gizmodo.com/nikon-d4-hands-on-the-photographers-newest-deadly-weap-5875819 In addition to the partial shot,…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Apr 18 '12

How We Identify Single Voices in a Crowd

There are plenty of human abilities that we take for granted, but which are actually insanely complex. Like picking out a single voice buried amongst the noise of a crowded environment, a problem which has troubled scientists for decades. But now they’ve worked out how we do it—and it could revolutionize speech recognition technology. The…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Apr 18 '12

Within 50 years, governments will either put people on other planets, or get out of the space business for good

“I think it’s essentially a binary choice. In 50 years time, we will either have Antarctica-style research stations elsewhere in the solar system or the era of government-funded manned space exploration will be over for good.” — John Logsdon, space historian and professor at the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University, quoted in a…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 18 '12

This Philips Wake-Up Light Is Your The-Dawn-Is-Your-Pawn Deal of the Day

Google CEO Has A Tough Day In Court

If holographic Tupac were in Star Wars, the movie would be over in 10 minutes

Yes, there is a right way to blow up an animal carcass

Pong Played with Two Smart Cars, But What About Grand Theft Auto?

Pepper Spray Lighter Burns Without a Flame

The next Splice? Watch the trailer for genetic thriller Errors of the Human Body

191 Pieces of Proof that Instagram Is Just Tops

Shooting Challenge: Instagram 1

Shooting Challenge: Instagram 4

Shooting Challenge: Instagram 6

Shooting Gallery: Instagram 7

Shooting Challenge: Instagram 2

Shooting Challenge: Instagram 3

Shooting Challenge: Instagram 5

10 Hulk Storylines You Won’t See In The Avengers

This Is How the Tupac Hologram That Wasn’t Really a Hologram Worked

Is This the First Leaked Shot of the Nikon D3200?

How We Identify Single Voices in a Crowd

Within 50 years, governments will either put people on other planets, or get out of the space business for good

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