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Concept art shows Dreamworks animated version of Peabody the time-traveling dog

The first art from DreamWorks’ Mr. Peabody and Sherman film reveals the bespectacled canine face of Mr. Peabody, one of our favorite time-travelers — who’ll be voiced by the infamous Robert Downey Jr. himself. Here it is the first look at the Rocky & Bullwinkle Show cartoon that now has its own feature film. Last…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The spring migrations have already started on colony planet Zarmina

If you bring your ship in just as the sun is rising in spring, you’ll sometimes find yourself flying with a flock of dragons. Well, we call them dragons – but they’re just local fauna here on Zarmina. This illustration by Kerembyit is one of several awesome dragon wallpapers collected by Eric Shafer over in…

io9 Annalee Newitz

These Are the World’s Most Expensive Apartments

The world’s most expensive apartment buildings are officially finished. Some people paid $225 million for these houses, bringing the price up to $9,500 dollars per square foot. The name of the apartment complex is One Hyde Park, which is made of four glass and metal buildings connected with each other. Designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Elderly drivers could hold a key to the neurology of depression

As people get older, their driving skills tend to diminish. Failing eyesight and heavy medication are often blamed for this phenomenon, but there might be a neurological reason…and it could help us better understand depression and schizophrenia. Driving requires us to be able to spot any objects coming at us on the road, which means…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Do toys reveal Green Lantern’s superpowered constructs? Plus more Spidey set photos and a new Source Code poster!

Warner Bros. has unveiled the Green Lantern tie-in toys that might reveal what constructs Hal Jordan forms in the movie. See more photos of the new Spider-Man running through the streets. And The Hunger Games has a release date. Spoilers! Spider-Man Reboot Here’s a bunch of new set photos: [Marie Claire] Green Lantern Warner Bros.…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Nikon Patent Puts a Projector In a DSLR… Dangerously

Nikon’s already stuck a projector into a point-and-shoot. We loved it! So it’s only natural that Nikon would want to bring that technology to the DSLR. Except this time, the solution seems a bit less practical. And more blinding. https://gizmodo.com/nikon-s1000pj-projector-camera-review-screw-you-all-i-5402528 You can mount a projector to the front of the DSLR, as Nikon’s S1000pj point-and-shoot…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Screw the Grappling Hooks, I’m Packing the Adventurers’ Cocktail-Making Kit Instead

Had James Franco’s character in 127 Hours been packing Moore & Giles’ mixology bag, I’m sure he would’ve been a lot happier about having to saw his own arm off. Looking just like a stately piece of luggage, the bag actually reveals six padded sections for holding bottles, glasses and other tools. Not to mention…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Woman Runs Down Cousin Over Denied Facebook Friend Request

Next time you deny a Facebook friend request, think of the consequences! Long Island resident Giselle Penagos Melanie Snanopoulos allegedly ran down her cousin twice because a gentleman friend had accepted the cousin’s friend request—but not hers.

Social Media Max Read

Sometimes the Answer is More Simple Than You Think

Did you look at this photo and assume, just like I did, that British-Canadian artist James Birkbeck used Photoshop to style himself as Vincent van Gogh? Often, the best trickery isn’t computer-generated, but achieved with everyday-objects: in this case, make-up. Consider these two self-portraits from van Gogh: The resemblance is remarkable, isn’t it? Birkbeck used…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Serve Up An Energy Bulb and Lampshade in Place of Pizza

This flat-packed lampshade may be designer Maciej Chmara‘s way of passing comment on the death of the traditional light bulb, but all I see when I look at this clever design is pizza. Mmm. [DesignEast via Core77]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

News Corp’s The Daily iPad Newspaper Will Cost $1 a Week

Bludgeoned with delays and rumors of its demise before it even launched, The Daily‘s set to launch in two weeks according to News Corp’s son-of-Rupert, James Murdoch. The app, which Steve Jobs supposedly helped develop, will cost 99c weekly. [Yahoo] https://gizmodo.com/is-apple-helping-to-create-rupert-murdochs-ipad-only-ne-5695375

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Soundfreaq’s Wall of Sound Goes Red

Yes, just in time for Valentine’s Day and your other half. Well, I suppose it beats giving her a vacuum cleaner? Streaming audio over Bluetooth, the limited edition speaker is exclusive to Amazon for $200. [Amazon]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

I Will Never Drink Any Beverage Called MeatWater

I think I’ll judge a book by its cover on this one. And right now, MeatWater—a protein-rich drink flavored like various meats—sounds like the liquid equivalent of a Dane Cook autobiography. I mean, I guess we can congratulate Till Krautkraemer for creating liquids that taste like a poached salmon salad, thai beef salad, cheeseburger or…

Tech News Adrian Covert

How a Country Tried to Steal Its Citizens’ Facebook Passwords

Sometime this last Christmas, Facebook’s Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan noticed strange things happening in Tunisia. Thanks to The Atlantic’s Alexis Madrigal we now know what those strange things were: A country’s terrifying attempt to steal its citizens’ Facebook passwords. The reason for the mass password theft appears to be censorship. Tunisian citizens, bloggers, and…

Social Media Rosa Golijan

Want to Live With 42 Million People in a Megacity the Size of Switzerland?

City planners in China are hoping to turn the nine cities in the Pearl River Delta into a single, humongous megacity the size of Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire combined. Its population: 42 million. Sounds awesome, right? I mean, I love living in New York City, but I always find myself saying “This just…

Tech News Max Read

Kidnappers Trade Victim for an Xbox 360

A man recently kidnapped his employee—who happens to be his son-in-law—because he thought the guy stole $245 worth of rings. He assaulted the younger man before finally setting him free in exchange for a neighbor’s Xbox 360. Joshua Seal and a co-worker, Bradley Marshall, captured Allen Begley by telling him they needed his help to…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

This Clock Looks like the Wall of an Alien Spaceship

You see that clock on your wall? That clock is awful. Why? It’s awful because it isn’t this clock—the shape-shifting, sci fi Art du Temps. It pulses instead of ticks. It flips open by voice command. It’s… expensive. As if it has a life of its own, the Art du Temps’ mechanical square plates beat…

Tech News Sam Biddle

A single murder suspect with three bodies

We’ve been having withdrawal symptoms from Adam-Troy Castro’s addictive Andrea Cort novels, so we’re thrilled to discover there’s a new Andrea Cort story in the April issue of Analog. This time, Andrea faces a murder suspect who has three bodies. Andrea’s own lover, the Porrinyards, has two bodies, so she’s the perfect person to ferret…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Obama’s Five Year Tech Plan: High Speed Wireless Internet for 98% of Americans

Remember when the study came out that most broadband connections in America weren’t really broadband? Well that might be a thing of the past after Obama just pledged to deliver high-speed internet connections to 98% of Americans. Here’s what the president had to say during his State of the Union speech: “Within the next five…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Momofuku’s Interactive Ramen App May Be the Most Delicious iPad App Ever

David Chang’s Momofuku restaurants are the unofficial official eateries of Gizmodo. We love pork, oysters, fat, salt, noodles and cookies. The Momofuku cookbook is one of our bibles. Now, there’s going to be a Momofuku app, and it sounds delicious. The app, Lucky Peach, is going to be a quarterly release, headed by Chang and…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Concept art shows Dreamworks animated version of Peabody the time-traveling dog

The spring migrations have already started on colony planet Zarmina

These Are the World’s Most Expensive Apartments

Elderly drivers could hold a key to the neurology of depression

Do toys reveal Green Lantern’s superpowered constructs? Plus more Spidey set photos and a new Source Code poster!

Nikon Patent Puts a Projector In a DSLR… Dangerously

Screw the Grappling Hooks, I’m Packing the Adventurers’ Cocktail-Making Kit Instead

Woman Runs Down Cousin Over Denied Facebook Friend Request

Sometimes the Answer is More Simple Than You Think

Serve Up An Energy Bulb and Lampshade in Place of Pizza

News Corp’s The Daily iPad Newspaper Will Cost $1 a Week

Soundfreaq’s Wall of Sound Goes Red

I Will Never Drink Any Beverage Called MeatWater

How a Country Tried to Steal Its Citizens’ Facebook Passwords

Want to Live With 42 Million People in a Megacity the Size of Switzerland?

Kidnappers Trade Victim for an Xbox 360

This Clock Looks like the Wall of an Alien Spaceship

A single murder suspect with three bodies

Obama’s Five Year Tech Plan: High Speed Wireless Internet for 98% of Americans

Momofuku’s Interactive Ramen App May Be the Most Delicious iPad App Ever

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