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Probably the least tactically sound battle scene in anime history

In this fantastically deranged sequence from the 1990s anime Mobile Suit Victory Gundam, the villainous Katejina attempts to hypnotize the heroic Üso with a totally unarmored cavalry. How unarmored are they? Well, let’s just say it brings to mind a certain passage from Rendezvous With Rama. Thanks to Cesario for the heads up!

Television Cyriaque Lamar

Apple’s Recalled First Gen iPod Nanos Are Being Replaced With the Same Model

Last weekend we reported that Apple was recalling some of their first generation iPod Nanos with concerns that the aging battery could overheat. And those of you hoping for an easy upgrade to the latest gen model will be disappointed. https://gizmodo.com/apple-recalls-the-first-gen-ipod-nano-over-toasty-batte-5858916 Even though the recall warned users that it could take up to six weeks…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Clone Troopers finally fight Krell, Wally West dresses up as Teen Wolf, & Harry Potter leaves Hogwarts!

We’ve got some great clips this week! Jedi General Krell shows his true colors on Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Peter David pens late Halloween party on Young Justice, and Batman: The Brave and the Bold comes to an end with a comical finale starring Pee-wee Herman. Minor spoilers ahead! Star Wars: The Clone Wars…

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Why More Than 200 Indie Record Labels Just Bailed on Spotify for Cannibalizing Their Money

Music distributor STHoldings just pulled its collection of more than 200 record labels off of subscription music services. Like, all of them. Quoting one label, “Let’s keep the music special, fuck Spotify.” What do those fighting words mean for us? UK-based STHoldings says it is removing 238 labels off Spotify, Rdio, Napster, and Smify by…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Peek-A-Boo! DARPA’s Developing Sensors to Track You by Your Heartbeat

Doesn’t matter if you’re a ninja or a polar bear blinking in a blizzard—if you’ve got a heartbeat, this new sensor system will find you. It’s called “Biometrics-at-a-distance” and does everything but smell your fear. Currently under development by the Department of Defense’s research arm, the sensors will listen for a suspect’s individual pulse using…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Most of Einstein’s Brain Is Now Concentrated in New Jersey and Philadelphia

What, you didn’t think academia would just let the finest mind in science rot do you? When Einstein died in 1955, his grey matter was preserved for posterity. Now, 46 slivers of his thinking cap have been donated to Philadelphia’s Mütter Museum. Lucy Rorke-Adams, a neuropathologist at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, donated the slides yesterday…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Star Wars Fan Builds A Docking Bay for His Millennium Falcon

Why yes, that is a LEGO Millennium Falcon perched inside a diorama of Docking Bay 327, the scene of Obi-Wan and Darth Vader’s battle. It was created by German builder David Wagner and measures an impressive 90cm x 100cm. The project required roughly 10,500 bricks, four months, and 1,000 € to complete. You can find a…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Cotton Candy Is a Sweet Pocket-Sized Dual-Core Computer

Why mess around with a tiny touchscreen interface when you can run your android OS from your big screen TV—or really any screen for that matter? This prototype dongle, codenamed Cotton Candy, is designed by Norwegian company FXI Technologies. It’s about the size of a normal USB stick, 8cm x 2.5cm and 21 grams, but…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

What Batman Would Ride, Were He a Skater—and Desperate

I’d imagine this is the sort of thing the Dark Knight would use as a last resort. If the Batmobile, Batwing and even Batpod were all out of commission, he’d still be able to run down baddies at 20 MPH using this gas-powered motorboard. The 58-pound device is powered by a 2HP, two-stroke engine with…

Gadgets Andrew Tarantola

Breathing Kinetic Sculpture Doubles as Nightmare Fuel

While it may look like a mechanized version of the worms from Tremors, this animatronic sculpture from South Korean artist U-Ram Choe is quite harmless and actually shaped after a seal. And everybody loves seals, right? https://gizmodo.com/anima-machines-robotic-art-is-freakishly-organic-5021731 Entitled “Custos Cavum,” Latin for “Guardian of the Hole,” the piece is designed to gently “breathe” while the…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

16 Otherworldly Planetarium Projectors

Who doesn’t love a good tour of the Universe? And while not every planetaruim can own a state-of-the-art digital system, these 16 analog star displays from our friends at Oobject are simply stunning. When your done jauning through the solar system, check out these mechanical planetary models, these international houses of planets, and the world’s…

Space & Spaceflight Oobject.com

The Pizza Sleeping Bag Lets You Live Vicariously Through Your Favorite Food

The Tauntaun sleeping bag has been the pinnacle of sleeping bag design and I thought it would stay that way forever. Oh, how I was wrong. Know what trumps Tauntauns? No, not dead horses. Pizza trumps Tauntauns. Always. https://gizmodo.com/drop-the-knife-the-tauntaun-sleeping-bag-is-now-real-5378464 Some weird/brilliant/food obsessed (pick one) art school student made this thing for a thesis project and…

Tech News Adrian Covert

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Marcel the Shell Returns!

If you’re not familiar with Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, now is the perfect time to make an introduction. Former SNL cast member Jenny Slate lends her voice to the most adorable mollusk home around. Watch, and feel all warm and fuzzy and wonderful. The rest of this week’s top web comedy videos, including…

Tech News Splitsider

If You Crash a Ferrari, You Can Always Turn it Into a Crashed Ferrari Coffee Table

Cut a hole in a box. Put your crashed Ferrari in that box. Make her put that box… in the living room. And that’s the way you do it. Unbelievably, that’s really how you create a Crashed Ferrari Coffee Table. Created by Charly Molinelli of Molinelli Designs, the totaled Ferrari was shaped so that it…

Tech News Casey Chan

Ever Wonder Where That Plane Flying Over Your Head Is Going?

You’re laying on a grassy knoll, staring at clouds, thinking about puppies and wondering if Becky and/or Brian Jones will go with you to the fall dance. Then a plane flies overhead. You wonder where it’ll end up. But you no longer have to wonder: Wolfram Alpha will tell you. It’s an awesome—and supremely nerdy—new…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Best of the Week: November 12-November 18, 2011

SCIENCE 2021 | An amazing map showing us where science may take us in the next decade. More details here. https://gizmodo.com/a-map-that-shows-where-science-might-take-us-by-2021-5860381 https://gizmodo.com/breakthrough-this-metal-is-almost-as-light-as-air-5859728 Breakthrough: This metal is almost as light as air Ultra-lightweight materials are an incredibly cool area of materials science, bringing us crazy substances like aerogel. And now, for the first time, scientists have…

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Arrested Development Is Coming Back! Exclusive to Netflix?

According to a tweet from the Netflix Twitter account, Arrested Development is coming back. Hallelujah, the best comedy ever is returning and Netflix made it happen. According to the tweet, new episodes will begin showing exclusively on Netflix beginning in 2013. Having a show like Arrested Development that runs exclusively on a video subscription site…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin

The Crazy Vampire Sex Romp You Wish You Could Watch This Weekend [NSFW]

This weekend, many of us will tromp out to go watch the latest vampire weirdfest, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1. But if you’re too broke or too sane, there’s another alternative — the sublimely awful, over-the-top, crazoid sexploitation romp, Nude Vampire. Warning: clips are NSFW! Be warned! Seriously! Made in 1970, this European…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Why Your Grandchildren Will Never Respect You

I don’t care how many stories you tell your grandkids about how terrific you were when you were their age; all it’s going to take is one look at your Facebook Timeline to shatter the illusion. Stupid honest history. For this reason, my Facebook updates and tweets are going to be entirely filled with dangerous/charitable/impressive…

Social Media Brian Barrett

Humans learn to walk the same way as rats, cats, monkeys and birds

It has long been assumed that as people develop, the nerve patterns used to control motion during infancy become suppressed, and are replaced instead by entirely new patterns of neuronal activity that allow them to move with greater purpose and precision. Now, new research shows that this may not be the case. By examining the…

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Probably the least tactically sound battle scene in anime history

Apple’s Recalled First Gen iPod Nanos Are Being Replaced With the Same Model

The Clone Troopers finally fight Krell, Wally West dresses up as Teen Wolf, & Harry Potter leaves Hogwarts!

Why More Than 200 Indie Record Labels Just Bailed on Spotify for Cannibalizing Their Money

Peek-A-Boo! DARPA’s Developing Sensors to Track You by Your Heartbeat

Most of Einstein’s Brain Is Now Concentrated in New Jersey and Philadelphia

Star Wars Fan Builds A Docking Bay for His Millennium Falcon

Cotton Candy Is a Sweet Pocket-Sized Dual-Core Computer

What Batman Would Ride, Were He a Skater—and Desperate

Breathing Kinetic Sculpture Doubles as Nightmare Fuel

16 Otherworldly Planetarium Projectors

The Pizza Sleeping Bag Lets You Live Vicariously Through Your Favorite Food

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Marcel the Shell Returns!

If You Crash a Ferrari, You Can Always Turn it Into a Crashed Ferrari Coffee Table

Ever Wonder Where That Plane Flying Over Your Head Is Going?

Best of the Week: November 12-November 18, 2011

Arrested Development Is Coming Back! Exclusive to Netflix?

The Crazy Vampire Sex Romp You Wish You Could Watch This Weekend [NSFW]

Why Your Grandchildren Will Never Respect You

Humans learn to walk the same way as rats, cats, monkeys and birds

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