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Sit on a Pile of Trash

This “Trash Cube”, designed by Nicolas Le Moigne, uses leftover roofing material to make up its shape. When workers throw scrap fiber cement away, they toss it into a cube-shaped mold to form the seat. Recycling is useful. I would love to have a couple of these around my house. They cost about 100 euro…

Tech News Casey Chan

Here’s one of the most disturbing sea monster stories you’ll ever see

Did the parasites from Cloverfield wig you out? If so, you probably don’t want to read Junji Ito’s manga tale The Thing That Drifted Ashore. What’s worse than a giant rotting oceanic kaiju? Find out here. [Via Monster Brains]

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

The Best Way to Wash an Automatic Sliding Door

This worker at a snow resort has the right idea: don’t squeegee an automatic sliding door if it can just squeegee itself. But don’t ask me why she chose to wash it while it was still snowing though. [BuzzFeed]

Tech News Casey Chan

Massive Gundam costume illustrates the perils of cosplay

You’ve got to hand it to this Singaporean cosplayer for strapping himself into this giant Gundam costume, and it’s just plum heartbreaking when he wipes out. What’s a mecha’s deadliest nemesis? An uneven floor. [Spotted on Boing Boing]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

New Judge Dredd helmet photos scream, “I am the law, this is my hat.”

Sculptor Edmund Woodward has posted photos of his designs for Judge Dredd’s helmet from the upcoming Dredd. This thing was made for head-butting perps. [Spotted on Bleeding Cool]

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

This Is Either the Best Mouse or Worst Controller Ever

The Shogun Bros. Chameleon X-1 Mouse is just like a regular mouse with 7 buttons and a scroll wheel. Well, until it’s not. Once you flip the mouse over, there’s a full-fledged, Playstation-like game controller underneath. Best of both worlds? I’m not so sure. The controller’s analog sticks look frighteningly PSP-nubbish, the triggers would probably…

Tech News Casey Chan

The Coriolis Effect Part II: As the Hurricane Turns

The Coriolis Effect pushes objects clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern hemisphere. And yet hurricanes spin in exactly the opposite direction. Why? Yesterday we saw how the movement of the earth affects certain objects. When seen from above, the objects are seen to move in a straight line. From the general…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

So This Is What Facebook Is Really About…

Making friends? No, no way it’s that innocent. Think harder… Oh Zucks, you are a funny one. Is it an awkward time to ask you to friend us on Facebook? [Strike Gently via The Daily What] https://gizmodo.com/meet-and-stalk-the-gizmodo-staff-5694829

Social Media Casey Chan

Pinpointing the telepathy center in the brain

Some believe in the power of telepathy. Some believe in the power of fMRI. And putting the two together led a team of experimenters to perform “probably the first fMRI study to analyse the neuroanatomical correlates of telepathy.” Reseachers from the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, and the Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana,…

io9 Martin Gardiner -- Improbable Research

Kin Studio Closing on January 31st: Kin Will Really Die Now

We thought it was weird that Verizon oddly resurrected Kin after Microsoft killed it. It doesn’t matter anymore because on January 31, 2011, Microsoft’s Kin Studio, the cloud that the Kin relies on to work, will close. Verizon will even give you a free 3G phone to replace your Kin. https://gizmodo.com/the-microsoft-kin-is-coming-back-to-life-on-verizon-5687979 We actually really liked…

Tech News Casey Chan

Gifts for Those Perpetually Covered in Cat Hair

Don’t let the name of this gift guide put you off—I haven’t chosen 100 variations on the humble vacuum cleaner. Instead, there’s seven smart, useful and stylish presents for the cat-lovers amongst us. Don’t hide—I can see you. 1. Dyson’s DC23 Animal, $500: Granted, being gifted a vacuum cleaner is not the most thrilling unwrapping…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Learn magic, become a werewolf, and don’t cross the Demon Mob

Danny Gunn, the chain-smoking star of Kel MacDonald’s Sorcery 101, takes magic lessons from a vampire, lives with a werewolf, and finds himself pulled into all manner of supernatural intrigue, all in a world that doesn’t believe in magic. Sorcery 101 is set in a world very much like our own, but with a few…

io9 Lauren Davis

Watch a snake robot worm its way through an obstacle

We’ve sung the mildly disturbing praises of Carnegie Mellon’s robot snakes before, but you have to check out this clip of their robosnake navigating a trap. This is how Cobra Commander is watching you sleep. https://gizmodo.com/carnegie-mellons-robotic-snake-is-the-harbinger-of-a-sl-5630686 [Carnegie Mellon via Botjunkie]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Watch and Learn Everything That Goes Into Launching a Space Shuttle in Beautiful Slow Motion

It’s the longest video I’ll ever recommend, but if you love space or photography or learning or just stunningly beautiful images, watch this compilation video of three NASA Space Shuttle launches. You’re looking (and learning) from NASA’s own point-of-view. It’s amazing. The film is taken from three missions (STS-114, STS-117, and STS-124) with cameras positioned…

Space & Spaceflight Casey Chan

How would NASA rescue an astronaut who floated away from the International Space Station?

This disaster always seems to happen in movies, but the chances of this occurring in real life are slim. But inquiring minds want to know — what’s NASA’s protocol for a float-away astronaut? It’s never happened, and NASA feels confident that it never will. For one thing, astronauts generally don’t float free. Outside the ISS,…

io9 Bjorn Carey - Popular Science

A subway map of an underwater London, 90 years from now

To demonstrate the havoc rising sea levels would wreak on London, Practical Action has released this tube map from the year 2100. A four-meter rise in water levels on the Thames Flood Plain would result in a soggy commute indeed. [Via Londonist]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

An Update to Android Market Brings a Brand New Android Market

In its latest update, Android Market is pretty much starting over. All of the gazillion apps are still there but the interface will look different and the experience will almost be brand new. On the home screen of the Android Market, a new carousel feature let’s users flip through featured apps in a Cover Flow-like…

Tech News Casey Chan

Who’s who in Asgard: a scene-by-scene breakdown of the new Thor trailer

Want to know who all those dapper Asgardians are in the new Thor trailer? Here’s our breakdown of the trailer, complete with character descriptions and plot theories. Spoilers on! https://gizmodo.com/the-thor-trailer-takes-us-to-asgard-and-ass-kicking-s-5711787 The opening shot is of the SHIELD base Thor’s being held. Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg, reprising his role from Iron Man 2) is interrogating Thor…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

This Scumbag Stole Xboxes From a Children’s Cancer Hospital (Updated)

You’d think there’d be some honor amongst thieves but nope, it’s just scumbag after scumbag. Like this heartless jerk, he stole video game consoles that were used by young cancer patients at Carolinas Medical Center and hasn’t been caught yet. Updated https://gizmodo.com/scumbag-steals-millions-from-cancer-hospital-with-print-5704744 Police say that the man stole five game systems, including Xboxes, from an…

Tech News Casey Chan

Retro travel posters from the great comic book cities

Justin Van Genderen’s minimalist travel posters had us ready to book a cruiser to Hoth. In his latest set of posters, he invites us to hit the great comic book cities, where superheroes roam and disaster strikes. [Flickr via ComicsAlliance] https://gizmodo.com/retro-style-travel-posters-for-planets-in-the-star-wars-5466453

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Sit on a Pile of Trash

Here’s one of the most disturbing sea monster stories you’ll ever see

The Best Way to Wash an Automatic Sliding Door

Massive Gundam costume illustrates the perils of cosplay

New Judge Dredd helmet photos scream, “I am the law, this is my hat.”

This Is Either the Best Mouse or Worst Controller Ever

The Coriolis Effect Part II: As the Hurricane Turns

So This Is What Facebook Is Really About…

Pinpointing the telepathy center in the brain

Kin Studio Closing on January 31st: Kin Will Really Die Now

Gifts for Those Perpetually Covered in Cat Hair

Learn magic, become a werewolf, and don’t cross the Demon Mob

Watch a snake robot worm its way through an obstacle

Watch and Learn Everything That Goes Into Launching a Space Shuttle in Beautiful Slow Motion

How would NASA rescue an astronaut who floated away from the International Space Station?

A subway map of an underwater London, 90 years from now

An Update to Android Market Brings a Brand New Android Market

Who’s who in Asgard: a scene-by-scene breakdown of the new Thor trailer

This Scumbag Stole Xboxes From a Children’s Cancer Hospital (Updated)

Retro travel posters from the great comic book cities

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