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These Boxer Shorts Are “TSA-Proof” For Protecting Your Modesty (and Their Eyes)

The hubbub over the TSA scanners has died down a little, but our privacy is still at risk when flying. It’s no surprised companies like Betabrand are scurrying to invent scanner-proof underwear, which hides private parts from pervy machines. Betabrands is seeking 50 people to test our their Privates underwear, to ensure they protect the…

Privacy & Security Kat Hannaford

Listen Exclusively to the Mos Eisley Cantina Band On Coloud’s R2-D2 Headphones

Need some R2-D2 cans to match your bathing-suit and Droid phone? These headphones could be clamped ’round your head for 50 notes. Boba Fett, Stormtrooper, and Darth Vader and models are also available, but you can’t go wrong with Artwo. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-the-droid-you-were-looking-for-for-halloween-5668430 You can probably guess that Coloud’s headphones are going to put style over substance,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Here’s How to Light Up Facebook With Your Very Own Face

Following the French artist who “hacked” his Facebook profile using the new photos slideslow at the top, heaps of copycat versions have sprung up—one even using video as a “mouth.” Here’s how to do it yourself. [TechCrunch] https://gizmodo.com/not-just-another-face-in-the-facebook-5712601

Social Media Kat Hannaford

Avatar 3D Blu-rays Won’t Be Available For Sale Until 2012 Thanks to Panasonic’s Greed

Tough luck if you were planning on buying Avatar 3D on Blu-ray. The only way you’ll be able to pick one up is by purchasing a Panasonic 3DTV or Blu-ray player, as Panny has an exclusive deal until February 2012. https://gizmodo.com/avatar-3d-blu-ray-finally-available-when-a-panasonic-3d-5703215 Considering the distribution deal began on December 1st, that’s a walloping great exclusive they…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Power Yourself Up For 8 Hours With Milwaukee’s M12 Heated Jacket

Running off the very same Red Lithium battery which charges Milwaukee’s power tools, this heated jacket can hold a charge for eight hours. That’s a full working day of cozy heat, spread across three carbon fiber heating zones. It’s probably one for those who lead active lives away from the TV and computer, but you…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Toshiba’s So Committed to Creating iPhone’s LCD Screens, It’s Building a New Factory For Them

Toshiba’s apparently investing $1.19 billion building a Japanese factory devoted entirely to making iPhone LCDs. Work on the factory will commence later next year, so if Toshiba gets the contract for iPhone 5 screens, they’ll have to be made elsewhere. The Nikkei reported the news today, and while Toshiba’s spokesperson has denied they’re building a…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Now it’s McDonald’s Turn For its Email Userbase To Be Hacked

Have you ever signed up for McDonald’s email newsletters, promotions or other such communication? It’s not been a good week for email security, as hackers caught the email addresses and birth dates of potentially millions of customers yesterday. [Reuters]

Privacy & Security Kat Hannaford

The Loneliest Spacecraft in the Universe

When NASA discontinues the Discovery program in 2011, the 43-year-old, Russian-made Soyuz spacecraft will be the last physical link between Earth and the International Space Station. So, let’s get acquainted with what’s about to be the most important, active spacecraft. https://gizmodo.com/satellite-photo-of-discovery-awaiting-its-last-launch-5681856 • The first manned Soyuz mission launched in 1967. Everything went great with the…

Space & Spaceflight Adrian Covert

The Army Wants to Give Smartphones to Every Soldier

With the billions of dollars the US Army spends in state-of-the-art technology, they’re now looking for a battlefield advantage from a more common device: the smartphone. And they want to give one to every soldier enlisted. It’s like extreme Oprah. Though it’s still in the early stages of planning, USA Today says the Army would…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Come One, Come All to Chernobyl-Land! (Mutations Cost Extra)

One of history’s worst nuclear meltdowns took place 25 years ago, when a reactor exploded in Chernobyl, Ukraine, contaminating everything within 30 miles. Now, the European country is ready to open up the once-radiated area to citizens and tourists alike. While parts of the blast site will be accessible, the whole area won’t be open…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Who Would’ve Thought That Ten Million Facebook Friendships Could Be So Beautiful?

Paul, an intern on Facebook’s data infrastructure engineering team, recently took a sample of about ten million pairs of friends from Facebook’s data warehouse and plotted out their relationships. The result? A stunningly beautiful—and accurate—map of the world. Click on the image for a closer look. Paul’s description of the process of creating this map…

Social Media Rosa Golijan

Get This Bluetooth-Enabled, iPhone-Compatible, Meat Thermometer so You Don’t Screw Up the Christmas Ham

Unlike other meat thermometers, this iGrill meat thermometer will connect to your iPhone via Bluetooth, so that you can check the status of whatever meat you’re cooking from any room in the house. Also, I just like saying meat thermometer. https://gizmodo.com/steak-button-thermometers-makes-cooking-steak-easy-enou-264227 The $100 meat thermometer features a range of 200 feet, will register temperatures up…

Tech News Adrian Covert

WikiLeaks Supporters Have Begun DDoS Attacks Against Fax Machines

After focusing on the PayPal, VISA, MasterCard, and Amazon websites, the members of 4chan-affiliated group Anonymous have decided to pick a new target for an unorthodox DDoS attack: Fax machines belonging to corporations which they believe are against WikiLeaks’ mission. https://gizmodo.com/amazon-could-be-the-next-site-brought-down-by-wikileaks-5710263 Basically what these folks are doing is sending a crap ton of random WikiLeaks…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Another Year, Another Video Game Made With Christmas Lights

Out to prove that last year’s Guitar Hero-style game made from Christmas lights was no fluke, Ric Turner is back again with Snowball Blaster, an arcade style game where you’re tasked with helping Santa Claus avoid getting hit. https://gizmodo.com/guitar-hero-played-on-side-of-house-in-christmas-lights-5425808 26,000 lights spread across 128 channels are controlled by a PC and the basic objective of…

Tech News Adrian Covert

A Drop of Water at 10,000 Frames Per Second Is a Bouncy Wonder

When you watch a water droplet make impact on water in super slow motion, the result is more like a trampoline than a reservoir. And it’s positively mesmerizing. The bouncing—which scientists call the coalescence cascade, because that sounds fancier than “bouncing”—happens too quickly to be noticed by the human eye. But viewed at 10,000 frames…

Tech News Brian Barrett

These Samurai Toothpick Holders Bring Great Honor To Your Appetizers

Your toothpicks just became a deadly weapon. Or at least, they look a lot more like it with these samurai sword toothpick holders. Your teeth aren’t chattering because you’re cold; that’s just the food stuck between them quivering with fear. Each scabbard can hold up to three toothpicks for quick reloading, and each set includes…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Someone Finally Gets Their Hands on the Nissan Leaf IRL

At long last, Nissan delivered the first Nissan Leaf to a lucky San Francisco resident. Limited runs of the electric car, which has a 116 mile range on a single charge, will roll out in five states over the next year as Nissan ramps up for the full launch in 2012. [Gearlog] https://gizmodo.com/nissan-leaf-will-initially-be-available-in-only-five-st-5597851

Tech News Adrian Covert

paleofuture.tv [apocalypse]

The shiny happy futurism of the 1950s gave way to much darker predictions for humanity in the 1970s. With energy crises, fears of terrorism and skyrocketing unemployment, it’s really no wonder that Americans of the 1970s were often pessimistic about the future. Out of this dread, the apocsploitation film was born. Movies like Future Shock…

Tech News Matt Novak

Disney Meets Playboy in a Naughty TRON Photoshoot

Click to viewI didn’t think that I’d ever blush at the sight of Disney-inspired photos, but my cheeks are most definitely bright red after seeing Playboy’s TRON-themed pictorial and the corresponding behind-the-scenes video. Are nipples really supposed to glow like that? Sadly most of the photos from this lovely photoshoot are hidden behind Playboy’s paywall,…

Movies Rosa Golijan

Hey, why not try the Necronomicon?

This hilarious short film is a cross between Lovecraftian madness and a pharmaceutical ad or a Mormonism commercial. It will have you snickering for days. This movie was created by writer/director Joseph Nanni, curator of the aptly-named Bad Advice For Good Times production company. Check out Nanni’s YouTube channel to see more of his work.…

Movies Annalee Newitz

These Boxer Shorts Are “TSA-Proof” For Protecting Your Modesty (and Their Eyes)

Listen Exclusively to the Mos Eisley Cantina Band On Coloud’s R2-D2 Headphones

Here’s How to Light Up Facebook With Your Very Own Face

Avatar 3D Blu-rays Won’t Be Available For Sale Until 2012 Thanks to Panasonic’s Greed

Power Yourself Up For 8 Hours With Milwaukee’s M12 Heated Jacket

Toshiba’s So Committed to Creating iPhone’s LCD Screens, It’s Building a New Factory For Them

Now it’s McDonald’s Turn For its Email Userbase To Be Hacked

The Loneliest Spacecraft in the Universe

The Army Wants to Give Smartphones to Every Soldier

Come One, Come All to Chernobyl-Land! (Mutations Cost Extra)

Who Would’ve Thought That Ten Million Facebook Friendships Could Be So Beautiful?

Get This Bluetooth-Enabled, iPhone-Compatible, Meat Thermometer so You Don’t Screw Up the Christmas Ham

WikiLeaks Supporters Have Begun DDoS Attacks Against Fax Machines

Another Year, Another Video Game Made With Christmas Lights

A Drop of Water at 10,000 Frames Per Second Is a Bouncy Wonder

These Samurai Toothpick Holders Bring Great Honor To Your Appetizers

Someone Finally Gets Their Hands on the Nissan Leaf IRL

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Disney Meets Playboy in a Naughty TRON Photoshoot

Hey, why not try the Necronomicon?

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