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The Physics Of Slingshots Explains Why They’re So Destructive and So Awesome

Smarter Every Day’s Destin flew to Germany to meet up Joerg Sprave, the man behind those highly entertaining slingshot videos, to take an educational look at the physics behind them. He also brought a high-speed camera with him—need I say more? We’ve featured Joerg’s Slingshot channel before, and his crazy creations and shaved head have…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 19 '11

ReCell Kit Grows Spray On Skin At Your Bedside In Just Half an Hour

While skin grafts are an essential tool for treating severe burns, Avita Medical has developed a compact kit that grows replacement skin that can be sprayed on. Which has resulted in faster healing and better cosmetic results in patient testing. Instead of growing patches of skin that can be draped over severely burned areas, the…

Health Andrew Liszewski Nov 19 '11

Turducken and ‘The Rise of Dick’ make one helluva Supernatural episode

I’ve complained recently about unfunny humor on Supernatural, but last night’s episode, “How to Win Friends and Influence Monsters,” had me eating my words — just like Dean chowing down on a big old Turducken Slammer! The episode was hilarious and action-packed, plus we learned more about the awesomely devious things the Leviathans are doing.…

Television Annalee Newitz Nov 19 '11

Which of these eight actors will play Tetsuo in the American Akira?

So Amerikira: The Battle for Neo Des Moines has found its Kaneda and potentially its Kei. Now, The Hollywood Reporter reports that Warner Bros. wants to lock down the movie’s Tetsuo by Thanksgiving. The shortlist at this point includes: https://gizmodo.com/garrett-hedlund-offered-lead-role-in-akira-crap-5856168 https://gizmodo.com/kristen-stewart-joins-overly-bland-akira-cast-5859767 D.J. Cotrona (the Detroit 1-8-7 star who just wrapped the role of Flint in…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Nov 19 '11

Sam Adama was the best part of last night’s Grimm

Well, that was much better. We had all been a-fretting that Grimm was about to slip off into the abyss of generic TV, but last night’s episode was both fun and a little creepy. The best part wasn’t the horrifying creature who eats toads and keeps women in cages in his basement — it was…

Television Meredith Woerner Nov 19 '11

DIY Machine Makes 3D Carvings Of Magnetic Fields

You can go the simple iron filings on a white piece of paper route if you want to see the invisible fields surrounding a magnet. But I prefer this DIY contraption which carves 3D foam sculptures of them instead. https://gizmodo.com/what-the-hell-magnets-why-are-you-so-amazing-5850643 Using a simple electric motor with a drill bit attached that works like a CNC…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 19 '11

Where is America’s “Twilight Belt?”

Book recommendation website Goodreads has noticed that — among the site’s American users — those who were most enthusiastic about Twilight hail from the South and the Midwest. Explains the site’s blog: Reviews were mostly distributed according to population, with the notable exception of Utah. Utah is the 34th most populous state in the US,…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Nov 19 '11

Our Most Desired Products at Gizmodo Gallery

We love what gadgets do so much—like what’s under the hood—that sometimes we forget that technology can be beautiful. At Gizmodo Gallery we’re going to show off products so titillating that we don’t just want them—we desire them. We make a point of regularly featuring #desired products. Gear so pretty it makes us drool. There’s…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Nov 19 '11

The cast of Next Generation offers an armchair critique of A New Hope

During a particularly pokey day on the Enterprise, Picard and the gang kicked back and expressed their bemusement over another televisual extravaganza that happened to have the prefix Star. And no, I’m not talking about Star Kid. This peek into an alternate universe is brought to us by YouTuber ColbyCornish. [Via The Retroist]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Nov 19 '11

Insanely Expensive Cufflinks Made From Gold and AK-47s

The AK-47 is probably the greatest success story of Communist engineering. But what is easily one of the most popular assault weapons on the planet has now been melted down and turned into a set of limited edition cufflinks. Created by Roland Iten for his new brand Fonderie 47, the cufflinks are an impressive model…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 19 '11

A Gifted Man makes me realize I’m a terrible person

In yesterday’s episode — “In Case of Missed Communication” — all the “good” people act so horrible and I hate them so much that it all comes full circle and I realize that I must be the despicable human being here. There’s also about forty seconds of the ghost, not one second of which is…

Television Esther Inglis-Arkell Nov 19 '11

Romo Smartphone Bot Is as Easy To Build as Plugging In Your Headphones

It’s not the first robot kit to harness the processing power and capabilities of your smartphone, but Romotive’s Romo is as easy to assemble as plugging in your headphones, which also makes it compatible with almost any device. You don’t need to be a hacker, programmer, or even know how to solder to use Romo.…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 19 '11

Army wants virtual training to really hurt

The military’s newest digital training system is gonna open a can of whoop-ass on new recruits. And maybe a sonic blaster, too. The use of gaming technology, from first-person shooters to virtual worlds, is quickly becoming the military’s mode of choice for training the troops of this generation. But those digital proving grounds come with…

io9 Katie Drummond - Danger Room Nov 19 '11

Disney Princess bootleg doll isn’t safe for toy stores (NSFW)

Bootleg toys can be all sorts of amazing, but this solar-powered jiggle novelty really deserves a Bootleg Toy of The Year Award (In The Field of Perversion of Source Material). I’ve heard dark rumors that they hold that ceremony annually in the back room of the nation’s most successful Dollar Tree retail store. https://gizmodo.com/the-playthings-at-weirdo-toys-are-unsuitable-for-all-ag-5523960 Anyway,…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Nov 19 '11

In Escape from Terra, a libertarian utopia grows on Ceres

Should we tax the asteroid belt? In the future, the dwarf planet Ceres has attracted ruggedly individualist settlers who set up an anarchist paradise. When two Terran tax agents show up and to bring Ceres into the universal government, the Ceresians must try to win the tax agents to their side, or risk war with…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis Nov 19 '11

What Does This Stealth Toothbrush Sanitizer Need To Hide From?

I understand that the use of angular contours and segmented body panels can help hide a stealth aircraft from enemy radar and detection systems, but I don’t see what this toothbrush sanitizer needs to hide from. Aesthetically pleasing design maybe? Using germicidal UV light this sanitizer can kill up to 99.9 percent of the bacteria…

Health Andrew Liszewski Nov 19 '11

Realistic portraits of He-Man’s greatest foes

Take a journey to Eternia, where He-Man’s bruised and battered enemies are a little worse for wear. And these realistic takes on Skeletor and his crew show off every rip, wrinkle, and tear. Dave Rapoza’s realistic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles digital paintings knocked our Splinter-loving socks off, and know he’s started a new series of…

io9 Lauren Davis Nov 19 '11

Cthulhu cosplay = shoving venomous snakes up your nose?

It’s not hard to dress up as he who slumbers in R’lyeh. All you need to do is shove a bunch of wriggling snakes up your nostrils like 53-year-old serpent master Liu Fei of Mianiang, China. Sure, this tactic may require nerves of steel and a lifetime of practice, but once you perfect it, you…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Nov 19 '11

On Fringe, science requires sacrifices. Blood sacrifices.

This season on Fringe, we’ve lost most of the crucial father-son dynamic that had shaped the show’s first three seasons. And in the process, a lot of the themes that had been propelling the show have been stripped away. What’s remained, in their place, has been a bare-bones exploration of the show’s most basic underlying…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Nov 19 '11

Sound Powered LEDs Could Lead To Christmas Lights Powered By Family Fights

Using a regular speaker blasting out a narrow beam of sound, researchers have developed an LED that can actually be powered by nothing but audio. Providing a new way to deliver wireless power to devices from greater distances. Developed by the Hirose-Tanikawa Group at the University of Tokyo, the new system uses an off-the-shelf speaker…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 19 '11

The Physics Of Slingshots Explains Why They’re So Destructive and So Awesome

ReCell Kit Grows Spray On Skin At Your Bedside In Just Half an Hour

Turducken and ‘The Rise of Dick’ make one helluva Supernatural episode

Which of these eight actors will play Tetsuo in the American Akira?

Sam Adama was the best part of last night’s Grimm

DIY Machine Makes 3D Carvings Of Magnetic Fields

Where is America’s “Twilight Belt?”

Our Most Desired Products at Gizmodo Gallery

The cast of Next Generation offers an armchair critique of A New Hope

Insanely Expensive Cufflinks Made From Gold and AK-47s

A Gifted Man makes me realize I’m a terrible person

Romo Smartphone Bot Is as Easy To Build as Plugging In Your Headphones

Army wants virtual training to really hurt

Disney Princess bootleg doll isn’t safe for toy stores (NSFW)

In Escape from Terra, a libertarian utopia grows on Ceres

What Does This Stealth Toothbrush Sanitizer Need To Hide From?

Realistic portraits of He-Man’s greatest foes

Cthulhu cosplay = shoving venomous snakes up your nose?

On Fringe, science requires sacrifices. Blood sacrifices.

Sound Powered LEDs Could Lead To Christmas Lights Powered By Family Fights

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