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A Chandelier With Hundreds of Mini Perched Solar Cell Butterflies

Not only is Jeroen Verhoeven’s Virtue of Blue lamp functional, it’s also incredibly gorgeous—500 tiny butterflies were cut from photovoltaic cells, soaking up the sunshine to light up the lamp. I only hope it’s not a lamp/bug-zapper. [Mocoloco]

Tech News Kat Hannaford May 24

Nook Simple Touch Reader Impressions: Your Hands Will Love It

The Nook Simple Touch Reader can rest comfortably in your hand for hours on end. It’s noticeably lighter than the Kindle, and the contoured back coupled with the rubberized matte finish gives you a good grip. More hands-on impressions ahead: https://gizmodo.com/the-new-barnes-and-noble-nook-the-cheap-kindle-has-a-c-5804989 As you can see, the back is hollowed out, which not only makes the…

Tech News Adrian Covert May 24

Get Perfectly Sexy Stubble with the Latest in Stubble Tech

The ability to create and maintain the perfect stubble is a daunting prospect. But, with the power of the latest technology from Philips Norelco, you’ll be dashing, mysterious, and zexy in no time. Their Vacuum Stubble and Beard Trimmer Pro is cordless, and is the only trimmer to boast an integrated vacuum system that captures…

Tech News Sponsored post May 24

Prosthetic Hand Isn’t Electric, But Performs Just Like It Is

I’d rather have a hook if I lost my hand in some sort of freak accident, but realize that’s not exactly conducive to typing. Rather than chucking in the tech-blogging for piracy, Mark Stark’s prosthetic hand is a worthy alternative. Awarded a place in PopSci’s 2011 Innovation Awards, Stark’s prosthetic hand combines three of the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford May 24

Wednesday brings us mature-readers comics…in spaaace!

This week’s comic bounty includes a groovy scifi compilation from Vertigo, a sentient grappling tooth, a Jack Kirby tribute project, and an artifact Brian K. Vaughan’s tenure penning everyone’s favorite mutant shapeshifter (no, I don’t mean Morph). First Issues First off, DC is releasing their new science fiction anthology Strange Adventures this week, which features…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar May 24

Mark Strong wore full Sinestro makeup and prosthetics on the Green Lantern set

Green Lantern looks like it’s all CG and motion capture, all the time. But one of the main characters in the film is wearing full practical makeup and prosthetics, at least on his face. Check out these photos of Mark Strong in his mo-cap suit as Sinestro, with full face makeup. It took Strong hours…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders May 24

Wired and GQ iPad Subscriptions Are Available Today, Will Cost You 20 Bucks a Year (Updated)

Like we expected, Wired’s iPad subscription is 20 bucks a year (or 2 bucks an issue). The subscriptions are available today. If you already subscribe to Wired, you get access to the iPad version for free. [iTunes] https://gizmodo.com/wired-gq-and-new-yorker-subscriptions-are-coming-to-th-5799505 Updated: GQ rolled out their iPad subs too and it’s the same deal: $20/year, $2/issue, current subscribers…

Tech News Casey Chan May 24

The Giant Hunk of Metal That Keeps the Bay Bridge From Slipping Into the Sea (Updated)

When the Eastern Span of the San Francisco Bay Bridge is replaced in mid-2013, it will be the world’s longest self-anchored suspension bridge. To hold the cables that hold the road, crews have just installed a gargantuan 450-ton cable saddle. The cable saddle is what holds the main suspension cables in place: basically a 900,000…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola May 24

Watch a bridge kiss itself, and see a building frozen in the process of exploding

Feast your eyes on the architecture of Thomas Heatherwick. He’s a soft-spoken British architect who explains to the TED conference audience how he thought it was a shame that drawbridges became “broken” in order to do their drawing up, so he created one that turns into a circle. “We liked the fact the two furthest…

io9 Kristen Philipkoski May 24

At last, we know what “the event” is on The Event

When a show gets canceled before its time, it can go out gracefully or it can go out like an oily smack on the trousers. Unfortunately for The Event, we got the full smackage. But I will give the series this: It stayed true to itself, with an ending that made no sense, yet was…

Television Annalee Newitz May 24

Court Tells Samsung to Show Apple Five of Its Unreleased Phones

Is there any danger of Apple cribbing ideas from Samsung, who was ordered in the patent-infringement case to show them five unreleased phones and tablets? Nah, I doubt it—but it’s a strike against Samsung, for sure. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-follows-through-on-apple-lawsuit-threat-5794785 Sometimes, companies’ products are so similar to one another, it’s like they peeked at them during the development…

Tech News Kat Hannaford May 24

EcoModo – The Best of TreeHugger

This week on TreeHugger, we cover Maker Faire Bay Area from modular electric guitars to wooden suit ties, chekc out crazy ass bike helmets, amphibious houses, robots and more. Maker Faire!! Trash Amp Turns Junk Into “Ridiculously Loud” Speakers Trash Amp is transforming everything from soda cans to Chinese take-out boxes into speakers for your…

Tech News Max Behrman May 24

Read This QR Code Art For Videos of the Musicians Whose Faces Make Up the Art

As well as being able to compare prices of stuff in the shops with a quick scan of the barcode/QR code, you can create artworks, as artist Scott Blake has shown with his series of famous faces. A big artwork of Elvis’ face comprised of QR codes can be read by a smartphone, linking the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford May 24

In DC Comics’ Xombi, a nanotech-infused immortal fights the wrath of God…with an ax

We’ve been totally digging John Rozum and Frazer Irving’s relaunch of DC’s supernatural comic series Xombi, what with its crime-fighting nuns and exceedingly strange villains. Check out this exclusive five-page preview of the next issue. Xombi #3 is out tomorrow, May 25. For more information on Xombi’s weapons-grade weirdness, head on over to our recent…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar May 24

Pyr Books branching out into young adult fiction

Now that science fiction and fantasy are accounting for a bigger share of young adult titles, it’s only natural that SF publishers would want to move into publishing YA themselves. Pyr Books will publish some titles aimed at younger readers. According to Pyr’s press release, the first YA book will come out in November: K.D.…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders May 24

The New Barnes and Noble Nook: The Cheap Kindle Has a Challenger

Barnes and Noble’s new, second-gen Nook isn’t a bigger, iPad-sized device. Nor is it a hybrid reader with dual, E-Ink and LCD screens. Instead, it’s a small, cheap E-Reader…with a touchscreen and a battery that lasts TWO MONTHS on a single charge. Updating live… The second-gen Nook weighs 7.5 ounces, has a 6-inch Pearl display,…

Tech News Adrian Covert May 24

Very Expensive Bang & Olufsen EarSet 3i Headphones Only Look Sorta Expensive

Super-mega luxury electronics purveyor Bang & Olufsen has a new headphone set out—and it’s got an i-suffix, so you know who they’re trying to grab! The EarSet 3is have a microphone, phone/volume controls, and are moderately shiny. They don’t pack any audio improvement over their predecessors, but sport a brushed aluminum and rubber mix that…

Tech News Sam Biddle May 24

Why the black hole at the center of our galaxy is spinning faster and faster

Here are three unsettling facts: Every galaxy has a black hole at its center; the black hole is spinning; and the black hole’s spin is speeding up. The dense centers of galaxies usually harbor enough matter, pushed densely enough together, to create black holes. The black holes at the center of galaxies are often gigantic,…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell May 24

Astounding Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles art brings the cartoon heroes to grim reality

What if Shredder, Splinter, Rocksteady and Bebop were real? What if the toxic ooze that created the 90s action film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles spilled into the sewers today? The results would probably look a lot like this. Artist Dave Rapoza has updated the TMNT, and given them all a brand new real-life look. Even…

Movies Meredith Woerner May 24

Opera Mini 6 Is Available on the iPad

Opera Mini, the fast-ish browser previously available for the iPhone, has finally made its way to the iPad. The speed dial, ‘tabbed browsing’ and trademark zippiness of Opera Mini is all there. The official release, Opera Mini 6.0, has also been updated for the iPhone 4 and both versions (iPad and iPhone) have received a…

Tech News Casey Chan May 24

A Chandelier With Hundreds of Mini Perched Solar Cell Butterflies

Nook Simple Touch Reader Impressions: Your Hands Will Love It

Get Perfectly Sexy Stubble with the Latest in Stubble Tech

Prosthetic Hand Isn’t Electric, But Performs Just Like It Is

Wednesday brings us mature-readers comics…in spaaace!

Mark Strong wore full Sinestro makeup and prosthetics on the Green Lantern set

Wired and GQ iPad Subscriptions Are Available Today, Will Cost You 20 Bucks a Year (Updated)

The Giant Hunk of Metal That Keeps the Bay Bridge From Slipping Into the Sea (Updated)

Watch a bridge kiss itself, and see a building frozen in the process of exploding

At last, we know what “the event” is on The Event

Court Tells Samsung to Show Apple Five of Its Unreleased Phones

EcoModo – The Best of TreeHugger

Read This QR Code Art For Videos of the Musicians Whose Faces Make Up the Art

In DC Comics’ Xombi, a nanotech-infused immortal fights the wrath of God…with an ax

Pyr Books branching out into young adult fiction

The New Barnes and Noble Nook: The Cheap Kindle Has a Challenger

Very Expensive Bang & Olufsen EarSet 3i Headphones Only Look Sorta Expensive

Why the black hole at the center of our galaxy is spinning faster and faster

Astounding Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles art brings the cartoon heroes to grim reality

Opera Mini 6 Is Available on the iPad

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