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In “Witz,” a plague makes the last Jew on Earth a mega-celebrity

Jewish history features enough real apocalypses to daunt even the most powerful imagination. But that didn’t stop Joshua Cohen from producing Witz, a colossal novel about the last Jew on Earth. Benjamin Israelien, a Candide-like innocent, is the sole survivor of the extermination-by-plague of all the other Jews in the world at the turn of…

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Bucky Fuller’s Back-To-Front Car Gets Re-Imagined by Norman Foster

Only three of these back-to-front Dymaxions were ever built, but as there’s only one remaining it was up to British architect Norman Foster (the man behind some of the most recognizable buildings in the world) to build the fourth himself. He actually worked with the American architect Richard Buckminster Fuller for almost 20 years, so…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Natalie Portman ditches Jane Austen’s zombies for Superman?

She’ll stay on as producer, but Natalie Portman and director David O. Russell have both left Pride and Prejudice and Zombies due to scheduling conflicts. Thus escalating the rumors that Portman will be Lois Lane in Zack Snyder’s Superman. [EW]

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Bored This Friday? Turn Your Friends Into Augmented Reality Badgers Using This App

Yes, badgers. They’re not the cuddliest animals around, granted, but they’re definitely one of the most comical. And for $1, you can blackmail friends into all sorts of chores, once you augment reality them up into furry alternatives. Because it uses augmented reality, the badger transformation is done in real time, rather than as a…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Tia Maria and the physics of getting liquored up

Pouring a thin layer of cream on top of Tia Maria coffee liqueur results in a in a constantly-roiling cell pattern on the surface of the cream. What’s driving the motion? If you’re looking to get introspective, or hypnotized, while getting hammered, here’s a drink that will keep your drunk eyes and your drunk mind…

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How Our Bodies Could Send Us Status Updates: “O Hai UR Havin a <3 Attack LOL”

You can already track heart rates with an iPhone, but what if your phone could alert you to liver failure as well? A Dutch research company has created a system which sends “status updates” from electrocardiogram sensors to Android phones. A simple dongle that fits into the microSD card slot (obviously not compatible with iPhones,…

Health Kat Hannaford

Batman 3’s secret main villain revealed?

New Bat-rumors are flying! Now that Christopher Nolan’s third Batman film is lensing in New Orleans, inside sources are claiming they know who the film’s big bad is. How so? We explain. Possible spoilers ahead… Recently, Comingsoon broke the news that the third Batman movie would start shooting in New Orleans starting in April. This…

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Over $100,000 Worth of Checks Deposited via PayPal App in 36 Hours

Facts! Don’t you love them? Especially when they’re as heart-warming as this one. Turns out our Joel wasn’t alone in depositing a check via a phone app this week, as over $100,000 worth of checks were banked in just 36 hours after the app update. [PayPal via MobileEnt]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Dan Aykroyd promises Ghostbusters 3 will happen. Plus the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo could be the new Ripley!

No matter what Bill Murray says, Dan Aykroyd promises a new Ghostbusters movie. Lisbeth Salander could be taking on a Ripley-like role in Ridley Scott’s Alien prequel. Aronofsky might not do Wolverine 2. Plus The Avengers, MI4 and Bond 23. Ghostbusters 3: Once again serving as the unreasonably optimistic yin to Bill Murray’s refreshingly curmudgeonly…

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Boy, Graphics Calculators Are Fancy These Days

If we were given Casio’s Prizm calculators in math class, perhaps I wouldn’t have failed so dismally. Or maybe I would’ve got even worse marks—spending the 60 minutes of every class searching for Solitaire and Minesweeper. Looking more like some sort of high-end specialized businessphone than a calculator, the Prizm has a 3.7-inch color LCD…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Android and Maemo Phones Can Grab Beta Version of Firefox 4 Now

Growing up from the early alpha build, Firefox 4 has entered the beta metamorphosis for Android and Maemo phones. It includes Firefox Sync (for desktop-to-phone favorites, like Firefox Home will be); add-ons and even the Awesome Bar. Forgetting shiny new functions for now, it will also run faster and be more responsive, and include pinch-to-zoom…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

RIM and the UAE Shake Hands and Avoid Banning of BlackBerry Services

A couple months of wrangling between the United Arab Emirates and RIM over the overseas storage of BlackBerry data have come to a close today, with a ban on email and BBM being lifted. Hear the joyous clicks of BBMs! The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority said that BlackBerry’s data services “are now compliant with the UAE’s…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Suburban Garage Gallery

A giant beetle robot from Japan that took 11 years to build. [Oobject] A near perfect replica of the Batman Tumbler, built by Bob Dullam. [Oobject] A replica of a first class Pan Am cabin. [Oobject] A space shuttle built in a Phoenix garage by Morris Jarvis. [Oobject] Built by Craig Breedlove, “The Spirit of…

Tech News Christina Bonnington

Lesbian Twilight Burlesque, starring Madame Rosebud and Little Brooklyn

Madame Rosebud and Little Brooklyn finally get around to reading Twilight Edward listens for a vampire heartbeat? This is an erectile dysfunction ad For Mormons, this counts as third base Edward displays his usual concern for Bella’s needs Bella realizes that 100 years is a long time to collect venereal diseases Suddenly, Edward’s Spidey sense…

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FBI Gets Caught Tracking Man’s Car, Wants Its GPS Device Back

Remember that strange GPS tracking device found by young man under his car? Turns out that the FBI rushed half a dozen agents to retrieve it after photos started appearing online. A California student got a visit from the FBI this week after he found a secret GPS tracking device on his car, and a…

Tech News Kim Zetter - Wired

Watch These Colors Dance, Then See How It Was Done

How do you make paint move with the grace and litheness of a classically trained dancer? With a Canon 5D Mark II, and a whole lot of patience. See for yourself what 5,000 frames per second gets you: “Bringing Color to Life” was funded by Canon to promote their Pixma printer line. It’s beautiful, haunting…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Gyroscopes the Size of Sand Will Track You Anywhere (Even Underground)

The Israeli Department of Defense has cooked up the world’s smallest gyroscope—powered by lasers and as small as a single grain of sand. The new gyros are sensitive enough to track your position and movements anywhere—no GPS required. The underlying tech is the same that’s found in aircraft and seafaring ships—minute physical changes are compared…

Tech News Sam Biddle

This Bizarre Music Video Breathes Creepy New Life Into All Your Favorite Old Toys

How can a music video made exclusively OF shots of classic toys like Etch-a-Sketch and Play-Doh be the most strange, unsettling thing I’ve seen today? A whole lot of latent violence, that’s how! Don’t show this to your kids. [Vimeo]

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Play Text-Based Adventure Classic Zork On Your Kindle

One second you’re on the beach reading your Kindle. The next you’re standing in an open field west of a white house. That’s because you’re playing the text adventure classic Zork (or one of its sequels) on your ebook reader! Thanks to a Hawaiian coder named Planet Surfer, you can now play the text adventure…

Commerce Kyle VanHemert

Louis C.K.: “The Shittiest Cell Phone In The World Is A Miracle”

Later in his new stand-up special “Hilarious” Louis C.K. berates people who use words like “genius” too lightly. Louis C.K. is a genius. Be warned: Salty Language. You can watch “Hilarious” online in its entirety on [Epix]

Tech News Joel Johnson

In “Witz,” a plague makes the last Jew on Earth a mega-celebrity

Bucky Fuller’s Back-To-Front Car Gets Re-Imagined by Norman Foster

Natalie Portman ditches Jane Austen’s zombies for Superman?

Bored This Friday? Turn Your Friends Into Augmented Reality Badgers Using This App

Tia Maria and the physics of getting liquored up

How Our Bodies Could Send Us Status Updates: “O Hai UR Havin a <3 Attack LOL”

Batman 3’s secret main villain revealed?

Over $100,000 Worth of Checks Deposited via PayPal App in 36 Hours

Dan Aykroyd promises Ghostbusters 3 will happen. Plus the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo could be the new Ripley!

Boy, Graphics Calculators Are Fancy These Days

Android and Maemo Phones Can Grab Beta Version of Firefox 4 Now

RIM and the UAE Shake Hands and Avoid Banning of BlackBerry Services

Suburban Garage Gallery

Lesbian Twilight Burlesque, starring Madame Rosebud and Little Brooklyn

FBI Gets Caught Tracking Man’s Car, Wants Its GPS Device Back

Watch These Colors Dance, Then See How It Was Done

Gyroscopes the Size of Sand Will Track You Anywhere (Even Underground)

This Bizarre Music Video Breathes Creepy New Life Into All Your Favorite Old Toys

Play Text-Based Adventure Classic Zork On Your Kindle

Louis C.K.: “The Shittiest Cell Phone In The World Is A Miracle”

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