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Head-Mount Your iPhone with the Optrix Case

Hankering for some POV action shots of this winter’s snowboarding exploits but can’t swing a GoPro? No Problemo. Just strap your iPhone 4/S to your noggin with this. I suppose it does makes sense, I mean the iPhone’s already got a 1080p camera, slender form factor, and top-notch video editing apps. The only real problem…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Dec 7 '11

The New iBooks 1.5 for iPad and iPhone Is a Must Have Upgrade

The new iBooks 1.5 is out. It’s great. It has a nighttime mode to make reading books in the dark easier on the eyes and full-screen layout with none of the stupidly gimmicky backdrop. Just beautiful typography. More useful features: • New typefaces, including Athelas, Charter, Iowan and Seravek. Some are great. • Redesigned annotation…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Dec 7 '11

The CDC Doesn’t Want You Donating Your Slutty Organs

Boned more than two people this year and trying to donate an organ? GOD, keep that to yourself! And by that the CDC means whatever organ you had in mind. The CDC’s new proposed policy will ask donor candidates about their specific sexual history and discourage those with a rather—ahem—active lifestyle from donating. The CDC…

Health Natt Garun Dec 7 '11

How The Mythbusters Accidentally Punched a Six-Inch Cannonball Hole in a Minivan (Updated)

The cannonball was supposed to blast through an array of water barrels and a cinderblock wall. Supposed to. Instead it hit the wall, a hill, a house, and Jasbir Gill’s Toyota Sienna. Now do you see why they tell you not to try this at home? The accident occurred Tuesday afternoon at an Alameda County…

Television Andrew Tarantola Dec 7 '11

BBX Is (Temporarily) Dead, Long Live BlackBerry 10 (for the Time Being)

When Basis International recently sued over the BBX trademark, Research in Motion couldn’t see what the fuss was about. An Albuquerque court could, granting Basis a temporary injunction against using it for RIM’s new OS. So what does RIM do in response? It pulls an end-around by quickly renaming the OS “BlackBerry 10”. Check out…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Dec 6 '11

128Gb NAND Chips Promise SD Cards with Terabytes of Storage

Cell phones have taken another step towards becoming full-fledged pocket computers with an announcement by Micron and Intel. Get ready to carry even more of your digital life on your phone. The 128Gb NAND device, a world’s first, is the result of a multi-year collaboration between the memory and chip manufacturers. It uses MLC technology…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Dec 6 '11

If the World’s Awesomest Folding Chair Were A Robot, It Would Be the World’s Worst Transformer

And you thought having to turn into a ’70s Beetle was bad enough—yes, I’m looking at you Bumblebee. Just imagine going from folding chair to shipping label. I guess that’s one way to infiltrate the Decepticon’s base. The folding chair has been designed by Félix Guyon for La Firme, a Canadian design house. It packs…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Dec 6 '11

I’ve Been Waiting All My Life for This Kind of Advancement in Pancake Plate Technology

Pancakes! We love them. Pancakes with syrup! We love them even more. But sometimes, pouring syrup on top of your hot cakes just isn’t enough. You want to be able to conveniently dip ’em too. This plate, created by designer Jon Wye, is the perfect plate for pancakes: they have a slope and bank to…

Tech News Casey Chan Dec 6 '11

Free Nerf Blasters at Tonight’s Gizmodo Gallery Reader Meetup

If you’re in NYC or within a stones throw and you’re not planning on coming to our reader meetup on Wednesday at Gizmodo Gallery, you’re missing a killer opportunity to score a free Nerf Gun and to hang out with/shoot at your favorite writer. Did you get banned by Andrew Tarantola? Our fearless leader Joe…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Dec 6 '11

Shove This Insane Contraption on Your Head to Cook Potatoes

I love potatoes as much as the next guy. Maybe even more than the next guy. But I cross the line at putting a bucket on my head to cook a few spuds. Well, unless I was cooking au gratin potatoes. Modern Mechanix found this gem in the February, 1930 issue of Modern Mechanics. According…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin Dec 6 '11

Your Kids Will Inevitably Be Disappointed by Whatever You Get Them for Christmas

This holiday season, many kids will be glued to the TV, adding the toys they see in commercials to their wish lists. And Christmas morning, they’ll unwrap their presents, elated they got that super awesome Hot Wheels set. Then they’ll actually play with it. The ads made them seem so great. Look at how fast…

Tech News Natt Garun Dec 6 '11

Sleepyhead Gifts for the Person Who Can’t—or Won’t—Get Out of Bed

Some people just don’t do mornings. You know this guy. He’s always late for work, and he sleeps through the weekend. It’s not laziness, it’s an affliction. You love him, and he’ll love these gifts. 1. Phillips Wake-Up Light You know what someone who doesn’t like cacophonous alarm clocks does with them? Throws the buzzing…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Dec 6 '11

Even Calvin and Hobbes Joined the #OccupyFrontLawn Movement

I can’t imagine a better Christmas decoration. Well, unless that decoration is a different Calvin and Hobbes comic brought to life. Found in front of a house in Rocklin California, the display is a protest against the unfair practices of Calvin’s dad. The tyrant is far too strict, is unfair, makes Calvin take too many…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin Dec 6 '11

iTV Sizes, Amazon Dealz, and Other Stories We Didn’t Post

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case. iTVs Might Come in Small, Medium, and Large That maybe-Apple iTV will maybe come in three sizes—32″,…

Tech News Brian Barrett Dec 6 '11

Now You Can Sleep Inside a Giant Book

I’m glad someone turned something as boring and utilitarian as camping tents into something beautiful like FieldCandy’s Fully Booked tent, which is designed to look like an open book. Four people can comfortably sleep in this 11.65 by 5.57 by 4.6 feet tent. $869. [FieldCandy via Swiss Miss] I also like the circus model, for…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Dec 6 '11

I Could Have Really Used This Children’s Book About Calculus In High School

The road to greatness starts at an early age, and a children’s book dedicated to introductory calculus will put your kid on the right path. Has a Nobel Prize winner ever credited Green Eggs and Ham for their success? Exactly. Written by Omi M. Inouye, a programmer and admitted average math student, Introductory Calculus For…

Books & Comics Andrew Liszewski Dec 6 '11

Picture of the Day: December 6, 2011

THE PINWHEEL COMES ALIVE | A beautiful image of M83, the Pinwheel Galaxy, showing what our own galaxy might look like from outside. Spitzer Space Telescope, via National Geographic. Want to read today’s io9 stories a different way? Check out our blog view. Or visit Observation Deck, our general discussion forum.

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Dec 6 '11

Compass Eye: I’m Sailing Away

Sailing is nerdier than you think. You rarely have the wind at your back. The sails act as airfoils as the wind passes over them at certain angles. As the sail opens, lift is created. That lift drags the boat along the water. Pretty awesome right? Well, let’s throw another level of nerdy in there…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin Dec 6 '11

Watch what happens to newly baptized babies when they’re held by possessed priests

You’ve seen the demon-stuffed trailer for the “found footage” movie The Devil Inside a new found footage horror flick. Now check out the first, incredibly brutal clip. Here’s the official run-down of this film, which has four times the amount of demons per possessed person): In 1989, emergency responders received a 9-1-1 call from Maria…

Movies Meredith Woerner Dec 6 '11

Live the Life of a College Cheerleader Through Her Eyes

Wanna know what it feels like to be a cheerleader? Sure you do! Thanks to an LSU cheerleader who attached a GoPro camera to her head while performing her usual round of stunts, jumps, twirls and chants, you finally can. It’s dizzyingly impressive. The video was created during the LSU-Arkansas game last month and the…

Tech News Casey Chan Dec 6 '11

Head-Mount Your iPhone with the Optrix Case

The New iBooks 1.5 for iPad and iPhone Is a Must Have Upgrade

The CDC Doesn’t Want You Donating Your Slutty Organs

How The Mythbusters Accidentally Punched a Six-Inch Cannonball Hole in a Minivan (Updated)

BBX Is (Temporarily) Dead, Long Live BlackBerry 10 (for the Time Being)

128Gb NAND Chips Promise SD Cards with Terabytes of Storage

If the World’s Awesomest Folding Chair Were A Robot, It Would Be the World’s Worst Transformer

I’ve Been Waiting All My Life for This Kind of Advancement in Pancake Plate Technology

Free Nerf Blasters at Tonight’s Gizmodo Gallery Reader Meetup

Shove This Insane Contraption on Your Head to Cook Potatoes

Your Kids Will Inevitably Be Disappointed by Whatever You Get Them for Christmas

Sleepyhead Gifts for the Person Who Can’t—or Won’t—Get Out of Bed

Even Calvin and Hobbes Joined the #OccupyFrontLawn Movement

iTV Sizes, Amazon Dealz, and Other Stories We Didn’t Post

Now You Can Sleep Inside a Giant Book

I Could Have Really Used This Children’s Book About Calculus In High School

Picture of the Day: December 6, 2011

Compass Eye: I’m Sailing Away

Watch what happens to newly baptized babies when they’re held by possessed priests

Live the Life of a College Cheerleader Through Her Eyes

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