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What’s Darth Vader Got Planned For CES?

Well this is maybe something! We’ve gotten word of a Star Wars-related announcement coming to CES on Thursday. Stormtroopers! Darth Vader himself! All wrapped up in some sort of announcement that’s not so very far, far away. The official lingo: The Empire is headed to Vegas, baby. Darth Vader, accompanied by a legion of his…

Movies Brian Barrett

Summer Glau blogs for your life, while Syfy burns off the final Caprica episodes

This week sees the two-hour premiere of The Cape, featuring Summer Glau as a valiant blogger, plus the return of V, No Ordinary Family, Star Wars and a few other shows. Meanwhile, it’s time to mourn, with a Caprica marathon. Today: The Cartoon Network’s Monday night animation bloc returns! At 8 PM, there’s a new…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Philatelists With Secret Design Fetishes Should Keep An Eye Out For These Stamps

I’ll admit it: I’m a secret stamp-collector. Especially limited edition series such as the US postal service‘s Pioneers of American Industrial Design, which has 12 important designers from the ’30s to ’50s. On sale in July. [USPS via Core77]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Concept art for the Batman Live arena show promises Joker balloon

Here are set models from Batman Live, an arena show that will tour throughout Britain and Ireland from July-October 2011. These Jim Lee-influenced dioramas depict a 100-foot-wide, 60-foot-deep stage that will showcase pyrotechnics, a Batmobile, and a Joker dance number. The 85-minute show, which is not quite a play and not quite a stunt show,…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

This Impossible Library Seems to be Upside Down

When I first saw this photo I thought it was really strange. For some reason, my brain didn’t believe it was real. There’s something impossible about it, as if it’s upside down in space. But it’s real. It’s the Vasconcelos Library, designed by Alberto Kalach architects, a 410,008-square-foot steel, concrete and glass leviathan in Mexico…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Sneak peek at John Carpenter’s The Ward brings shower ghosts

We’ve all been waiting patiently to see John Carpenter, the master of horror, return to the big screen with The Ward. Finally a small bit of footage has been released, revealing steamy shower encounters with ghosts and crazy hotties. Amber Heard stars as a young girl who is thrown into a psych ward against her…

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A Chair For Tai Chi (and Plonking Your Bum On)

While it might look like designer Yuan Yuan got a little carried away when shaping the steel legs of his chair, it’s actually been shaped to do a multitude of Tai Chi exercises with. Come, I’ll show you: The perfect chair to kickstart that New Year’s diet? Somehow I think I’d only end up assuming…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

The Next 365 Days In 120 Seconds

I just wanted to let you in on a secret. The secret of the future. Yes, that’s right, the future: The next 365 days of life in this beautiful pale blue dot are in this video. https://gizmodo.com/the-world-would-be-better-if-everyone-watched-this-vide-5513783 Yes, yes, the time lapse is from 2009, but no matter how many wars, natural disasters, sickness, elections,…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Why can’t we buy this “Robot Monster” hoodie for real?

This concept art for a Robot Monster hoodie is the coolest thing we’ve seen in ages. If someone actually created the thing, complete with gorilla torso and helmet top, we’d wear it with pride. Make it happen! [Kevie’s Metal Shop]

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Robotic sumo wrestling is hilariously anticlimactic

When you say the words “sumo wrestling,” the first thing most people think of is two portly fellows locked in a deadly embrace. Robo-sumo is a different spectacle. Two tiny bots spasmodically twitch for 6 seconds, and then somebody wins. This footage was taken at the 2010 All Japan Robot Sumo Finals during the human-piloted…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

This Fighter Is Just Way Too Damn Close

This Dassault Rafale—a 4.5 generation twin-engined delta-wing jet fighter—was flying over Sion Air Base, Switzerland, when Niels Boswinkel captured it with his Canon 500D. I don’t know where he’s located but, even with zoom lens, it’s too damn close. I mean, anything is too close when it can fly at Mach 2. The image is…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Why Didn’t the Original Watering Can Inventor Add a Rotating Second Handle?

After reinventing the scissors, Fiskars has taken a look at the watering can, scoffed, and come up with the Easy-Pour can. The second handle is second-only to the garden hose in plant-watering efficiency. Just $20. [Fiskars via Core77] https://gizmodo.com/fiskars-cuts-more-will-make-your-other-scissors-look-so-5687712

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Own the Playboy pin-up that Apollo 12 took to the Moon

On January 13, a unique NASA artifact goes up for auction. What is it? A topless photo of Ms. DeDe Lind (a.k.a. Playboy’s Miss August 1967) that was smuggled aboard Apollo 12. Bidding starts at $1000. Here’s the description from R.R. Auction: Vintage color calendar photo of Playboy Playmate Miss August 1967, DeDe Lind, which…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

The entire plot of Thor is revealed, plus our first glimpse of Captain America footage!

Natalie Portman discusses the rumors that she’s joining The Dark Knight Rises and the Superman reboot. A super-detailed, super-spoilery Thor plot summary hits the net. Plus a second of Captain America footage, a Spider-Man reboot set report, and much more! The Dark Knight Rises Louisiana entertainment magazine Scene recently asked Warner Bros executive Ravi Mehta…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

This Is the New York No One Ever Sees

Armed with gloves, a backpack, and a healthy appreciation for the deadliness of the third rail, urban historian Steven Duncan and videographer Andrew Wonder explore the Undercity. This is the hidden New York. And it’s beautiful. Wonder shot the compilation of urban explorations—appropriately titled Undercity—on a Canon 5d Mark II. The journeys range from sewer…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Your iPhone Will Teach You How to Roll a Joint for Free

Steve wants a porn-free world, but he doesn’t seem to care much about a drug-free one. After all, he’s a flowerpower LSD kid at heart and, technically, the Roll Your Own iPhone app doesn’t promote any drug use. Nossir, it doesn’t. http://gawker.com/5539717/ The app just shows how to master five rolling techniques with step-by-step videos…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

A Ride-On Car For the Richest of Kids

So Daddy’s got a prize sportscar, but Junior wants a run-around of his own? Give the apple of your eye this limited edition (seriously, there’s only seven out there) Nika Zupanc Konstantin Beta car. What’s $2,560? [Babble via BornRich]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Vizio’s Via Tablet and Smartphone Run Android For Cheap

Hey, look: Vizio’s Android smartphone and tablet, which share the same “Via” name, have gone all official, and are unsurprisingly compatible with Vizio TVs and Blu-ray players—meaning these Via products will act as remotes for Vizio’s Google TVs. https://gizmodo.com/vizio-debuts-via-tablet-via-phone-devices-in-run-up-to-5722970 Full specs are yet to be revealed, but you can check out the details in Vizio’s…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Over 500,000 Donations Earned Wikipedia $16 Million

Fire up Wikipedia and Jimmy Wales‘ face is still grimacing at you—but he should be disappearing soon, as they’ve raised over $16 million for their Wikipedia donation drive. $22 was the average donation made, apparently. [PC Mag]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Lightest 3D Glasses in the World is Samsung’s Newest Claim

I will begrudgingly admit that Samsung’s ultra-lightweight 3D glasses don’t look as bad as generic active shutter specs, but that’s not saying much. Noses and ears, breathe a sigh of relief: they weigh just 28 grams. [Samsung Tomorrow via OLED-Display]

Gadgets Kat Hannaford

What’s Darth Vader Got Planned For CES?

Summer Glau blogs for your life, while Syfy burns off the final Caprica episodes

Philatelists With Secret Design Fetishes Should Keep An Eye Out For These Stamps

Concept art for the Batman Live arena show promises Joker balloon

This Impossible Library Seems to be Upside Down

Sneak peek at John Carpenter’s The Ward brings shower ghosts

A Chair For Tai Chi (and Plonking Your Bum On)

The Next 365 Days In 120 Seconds

Why can’t we buy this “Robot Monster” hoodie for real?

Robotic sumo wrestling is hilariously anticlimactic

This Fighter Is Just Way Too Damn Close

Why Didn’t the Original Watering Can Inventor Add a Rotating Second Handle?

Own the Playboy pin-up that Apollo 12 took to the Moon

The entire plot of Thor is revealed, plus our first glimpse of Captain America footage!

This Is the New York No One Ever Sees

Your iPhone Will Teach You How to Roll a Joint for Free

A Ride-On Car For the Richest of Kids

Vizio’s Via Tablet and Smartphone Run Android For Cheap

Over 500,000 Donations Earned Wikipedia $16 Million

Lightest 3D Glasses in the World is Samsung’s Newest Claim

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