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Gift ideas for the ten major species of science fiction fan

Unsure what to buy that Firefly fan, Trekkie, or Tron aficionado in your life? Don’t worry — we’ve got you covered. Here’s our gift guide for ten kinds of science fiction fan. Here are some gift ideas for ten stripes of science fiction fan — you can also check out our fan gift guide from…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree, With iPads

Do you know why this holiday season is a special one? Because it’s the first year we get the gift of Christmas carols played entirely on tablets! Northpoint Community Church’s all-iPad band is already rocking out quite festively. Here are the carols Northpoint’s band played, and the apps they used to play them: “Carol of…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Giant storks lived among the ancient “hobbit” people of Indonesia

The ancient species of “hobbit people” called Homo florensiensis may have shared their Indonesian island with giant 6-foot-tall cranes. Their antagonistic relationships with these bird monsters may have made it into ancient art, too. Crypnomundo has the story: Discovered in 2004, H. floresiensis is thought to be a human-like species standing just 3 feet tall…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Deals of the Day

Todays deals include some great prices on a 3D-HDTV bundle, an Asus 23″ HD Monitor, and the Ocarina iPhone app for free. Top Deals: • 58″ Samsung PN58C680 1080p 3D Plasma HDTV + Samsung 3D Glasses (2) + 3D Blu-ray Player + HDMI Cable for $1,697 with free shipping (normally $2009 – use coupon code…

Tech News Adam Harris

Tell Us Who Should Win a Powermat Charging System

Thanks to all who entered our Powermat Holiday Horror Contest. Now it’s time to vote for the winning story. Prepare yourself for tales of snowmageddon, the Gas Man, and microwavable EZ-mac—all harbingers of holiday festivity! https://gizmodo.com/it-was-a-dark-and-stormy-christmas-5692608 Entry 1: Calin O.: This was last Christmas, and it was also the last Christmas break I was ever…

Tech News Gawkercreative

The FDA Does Not Approve of How Wicked Lasers Is Making Their Lasers

After Wicked Lasers wowed the internet with their Spyder III super laser, many customers who actually ordered ’em found themselves high, dry, and laserless. Now, another bummer: the FDA has officially decreed that Wicked Lasers’ manufacturing process is no good. https://gizmodo.com/the-spyder-iii-the-worlds-most-powerful-portable-laser-5560206 In a letter issued at the beginning of last month, the FDA, which is…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

My God, it’s really full of stars!

Check out one of our closest looks yet at a globular star cluster, Messier 107, showing how thousands of older stars occupy a relatively small area. Click through for a video zooming in on the fringes of our galaxy. The image and video come from the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope. From the ESO’s…

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Why the Dragon Spacecraft Success Opens a New Era In Space Exploration

The Dragon spacecraft is now the first private spaceship to reach orbit and return safely to Earth. It just splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, after a perfect mission. This is a huge milestone in the history of space exploration. https://gizmodo.com/first-private-spacecraft-in-orbit-after-perfect-launch-5709153 The view from the Dragon spacecraft’s camera, in orbit Dragon about to splash down…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Intoxicating Gifts for the Elegant Imbiber

Shopping for the highest of high-functioning alcoholics can be a tricky proposition. Novelty bottle openers and 12-packs of Pabst don’t cut it. For the the guy (or gal) with a sophisticated drinking problem, these gifts are guaranteed to please. 1. Brandy Smuggler Walking Cane, $69 Stumbling home after a night of debauchery is for amateurs.…

Tech News Bryan Gardiner

December Books Bring Guerrilla Tailoring, Alchemy, and Plenty of Zombies

It’s December, when the days get shorter and colder. But there’s no frigate like a book, and this month your ship’s come in: The month’s new books include cut-throat tailors, steampunk Wyatt Earp, and zombie Star Wars. Yarn, Jon Armstrong (Night Shade Books) It’s been all too clear since high school: Our near-future dystopic overlords…

io9 Kelly Faircloth

Syfy greenlights 13 episodes of superhero drama Alphas

Syfy has given the OK to Alphas, a new drama series that follows a gang of crime fighters with enhanced mental abilities. The show is penned by X3, The Avengers writer Zak Penn and will star David Strathairn. [THR]

io9 Meredith Woerner

Shoot DSLRs From a Distance Over Bluetooth, Using an iOS App

With the power of Bluetooth…comes BlueSLR! A magical Bluetooth dongle which hooks up to Nikon DSLRs for controlling from iOS devices up to 300 feet away. Unfortunately only Nikon cams are supported at the mo, but Canon’s aren’t far behind. While it’d be great if the photos could be sent wirelessly to the iOS device…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

The Definitive Inception Dream Layer Map, Drawn by Christopher Nolan Himself

Inception! Terrific movie, but those dream layers got pretty darned confusing. Even, apparently, for the movie’s director. Which is why Christopher Nolan made himself this little map to keep things straight. Spoilers, obviously. The map comes from the book Inception: The Shooting Script, and while it may not have the kooky appeal of watching all…

Movies Brian Barrett

What do the Wikileaks cables say about UFOs?

Despite Wikileaks leader Julian Assange’s arrest yesterday, Wikileaks continues to publish documents from its cache of thousands of unreleased diplomatic cables. What secrets will be revealed next? According to Assange, some cables contain “references to UFOs.” Last week Assange took questions from Guardian readers, one of whom asked whether he’d discovered anything about UFOs. He…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Running Out of Shit to Say During an Awkward Conversation? Let This Device Feed You Lines

Forced, boring conversations are a painful necessity. You might even be having one on the phone right now! But some designers fear the awkward conversation is a dying art—so they made a digital aid to feed you material. Called the “Personal Adviser For Reintegration,” (re-integrated, perhaps, after so many years of coasting by with discomfort-free…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Best Apps for Business Humans

More and more businesses and businesspeople are switching from BlackBerry to iPhone or Android. Why? Because of apps like these. iOS Documents to Go Is there any single task more central to the experience of being a business human that opening, editing and saving office documents? Well, that’s what Documents to Go does. It goes…

Tech News John Herrman and Casey Chan

First trailer from Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency series

We’ve been dying to see our first glimpse of BBC Four’s new one-hour show, based on the Douglas Adams’ clever Dirk Gently holistic detective novels. Wait no more — the first trailer has arrived! While Dirk Gently’s cases are always complicated, the drama itself is fairly simple, according to BBC Four’s synopsis: Stephen Mangan will…

io9 Meredith Woerner

STOP PANICKING! GOOGLE ISN’T TAKING AWAY YOUR CAPS LOCK KEY!

WHILE PRIOR REPORTS SUGGESTED THAT GOOGLE WILL COMPLETELY ELIMINATE THE CAPS LOCK KEY FROM ALL CHROME-BASED NETBOOKS, IT TURNS OUT THAT YOU’LL STILL HAVE THE OPTION OF TOGGLING A “SEARCH” BUTTON’S FUNCTIONALITY TO MIMIC THE BELOVED KEY. https://gizmodo.com/google-wants-to-take-your-caps-lock-away-5708638 THIS IS HOW GOOGLE EXPLAINED THE SIMPLE PROCESS OF TOGGLING THE KEY’S FUNCTIONALITY IN YOUR KEYBOARD SETTINGS:…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Figure Out Google’s Puzzle and Win a Nexus S (Or a Chrome Netbook?)

The Google Nexus Twitter account will post a puzzle in just a few minutes, at 12EST. If you’re the first to person to figure out and Tweet the answer back at them, they’ll give you a free Nexus S. And at their event yesterday there was some talk of giving away Chrome netbooks to puzzle…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Shooting Challenge: Pixelmutation

A majority of us experience photography digitally—from taking the shot on a dSLR to viewing it through fiber optics, LCDs and social networking sites. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, we’re going to celebrate the digital through pixelmutations*. * Pixelmutation isn’t a real term; I just made it up. So you might not want to use…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Gift ideas for the ten major species of science fiction fan

Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree, With iPads

Giant storks lived among the ancient “hobbit” people of Indonesia

Deals of the Day

Tell Us Who Should Win a Powermat Charging System

The FDA Does Not Approve of How Wicked Lasers Is Making Their Lasers

My God, it’s really full of stars!

Why the Dragon Spacecraft Success Opens a New Era In Space Exploration

Intoxicating Gifts for the Elegant Imbiber

December Books Bring Guerrilla Tailoring, Alchemy, and Plenty of Zombies

Syfy greenlights 13 episodes of superhero drama Alphas

Shoot DSLRs From a Distance Over Bluetooth, Using an iOS App

The Definitive Inception Dream Layer Map, Drawn by Christopher Nolan Himself

What do the Wikileaks cables say about UFOs?

Running Out of Shit to Say During an Awkward Conversation? Let This Device Feed You Lines

Best Apps for Business Humans

First trailer from Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency series

STOP PANICKING! GOOGLE ISN’T TAKING AWAY YOUR CAPS LOCK KEY!

Figure Out Google’s Puzzle and Win a Nexus S (Or a Chrome Netbook?)

Shooting Challenge: Pixelmutation

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