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HDCP Copy Protection Unlocked by ‘Master Key’

HDCP, the copy protection intended to keep HDMI-beamed content on lockdown, was recently cracked. The new “master key” might not be very useful to John Q. Gizmo, but it will keep torrenters frustrating the hell out of the MPAA. [Rudd-O] Image credit jwinfred

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

A Tiny Revolution in the Making: The MakerBot Cyclops Cheap 3D Scanner

You’re familiar with 3D printing right? And the open source MakerBot 3D printer? MakerBot’s latest is the Cyclops 3D Scanner, which turns real objects into digital schematics using structured light 3D scanning. The kit’s $40, but it’s BYO webcam. [MakerBot] https://gizmodo.com/at-gizmodo-gallery-2009-makerbot-3d-printer-5364435

Tech News Matt Buchanan

What’s the matter with Olivia? A deleted scene from Fringe season two [Updated!]

Fringe season two comes out on DVD today, and here’s a newly released deleted scene to whet your appetite. Olivia’s investigating a serial killer who causes cancer… but is there something else haunting her? Update: now there’s a blooper reel. Here’s the season two blooper reel, via Fringe Television:

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Shooting 1,000fps Video With a Canon 7D

The Canon 7D can shoot 720p HD video at 60fps, but an After Effects plug-in called Twixtor lets you slow that footage down—way down—to 1,000fps. Paired with the right (relatively slow-moving) subject matter, it looks phenomenal. [Kottke]

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Twitter.com Gets a Revamp To Look Like a Twitter App

The Twitter app, with its one-column tweet stream, now just got a sidebar with extra information. Now you can see more info, like individual tweets, people’s profiles, videos, photos and various “media” providers that you can see in-line. Also new! Keyboard shortcuts. Unlimited scrolling of your tweet stream. It’s launching today for a subset of…

Tech News Jason Chen

Night of the Living Trekkies book trailer is surprisingly hilarious

A zombie outbreak hits a Star Trek convention, and a group of fans has to find their inner James Kirks and Worfs. That’s the premise of Quirk Books’ Night of the Living Trekkies. Check out the surprisingly great book trailer.

io9 Meredith Woerner

One Jet-Powered Lawn Tractor To Rule Them All

Don’t even begin to question the necessity of a jet-powered lawn tractor. Football fields, trimmed in an instant! Lawn tractor pulls, won with ease! A coveted spot—truly—in the Vista, California’s Tractor Museum! All this awaits modder Bruce McDonald. McDonald’s pet project of outfitting this 1966 Cub Cadet with a Garrett GTP 30-67 gas turbine took…

Tech News Brian Barrett

A look into the eye of massive hurricane Igor

This morning, satellites passing over the Atlantic got several incredible shots of category 4 hurricane Igor, whose cloudless eye is 20 nautical miles wide. What makes Igor such a massive, strong hurricane? Infrared measurements revealed the answer. Hurricanes are fueled by warm waters and tropical storms, which interact to create regions of warm air that…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Baby Stroller Has Attached Scooters For Lazy Dads…Err, Children

It’s a drag, isn’t it? Pushing your smiley-faced cherub about all day, with no chance of reprieve? (Except in Starbucks, to irritate crazed bloggers). Thankfully OrbitBaby’s stroller can fit up to two scooters onto the back, for joyride fun. Of course, it’s worth mentioning those scooters probably can’t hold an adult’s weight, and they cost…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Get into Guillermo Del Toro’s vampire series with this excerpt from “The Fall”

Guillermo Del Toro, director of Pan’s Labyrinth and Hellboy, has finished the second novel in the Strain Trilogy, his action-packed urban vampire series. Co-authored with Chuck Hogan, The Fall hits stores Sept. 21 – and we’ve got an exclusive excerpt. Sink your fangs into this: Fet had retreated immediately after the crash, knowing a losing…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

Google’s Ginormity Expressed Two Dozen Ways

That’s a pretty impressive graph, showing how many millions of pages are in Google’s search index. But what is that in iPads? In CDs? In collective years we’ve wasted watching “Charlie Bit my Finger”? See for yourself here: This oversized infographic from Computer School may not be the prettiest in the world, but it’s definitely…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Atlas Comics, Marvel’s short-lived competitor from the 1970s, is staging a comeback

From 1974-1975, Marvel Comics founder Martin Goodman’s Atlas Comics attracted major talents like Steve Ditko and Neal Adams, created dozens of original characters, and promptly disappeared. Now, Goodman’s grandson Jason is resurrecting Atlas in time for the New York Comic-Con. Atlas Comics was unique for honoring creators’ rights at a time when the comic book…

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Fritz Lang’s Metropolis like you’ve never seen it before

The restored print of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, with 25 extra minutes, just showed in an art deco power plant in Austin this past weekend. Here’s an exclusive look at the gorgeous new Metropolis poster, and check out some pics below. The weekend screening of Metropolis was organized by Austin’s Alamo Drafthouse, and featured a live…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Take a Ride on the Lawnchair Monster Truck

Lawnchairs. They’re the perfect furniture for relaxing in your backyard with a book and a glass of lemonade. Or for serving as the seating on the Big Dog, an eleven-foot, pedal-powered monster truck. Did I mention it breathes fire? Okay, I don’t know if that qualifies as “breathing” fire or if it’s more like “tooting”…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Breathtaking video of what a ringworld would really look like

Imagine a vast, geoengineered ring around a star, its inner surface entirely devoted to human habitation. Larry Niven used this idea for his Ringworld books. And now VFX artist Simon Terrey flies us through Niven’s creation in this video. Gorgeous.

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The Secret, 250 Man Hollywood Team That Captured Our Doomsday Bombs

As the nuclear arms race exploded (sorry) in the 1950s, scientists and the politicians that funded them still weren’t exactly sure what their new superweapons would do. Their solution? A crack team of 250 Hollywood elites to film massive explosions. The New York Times explores the team’s history, and the recent efforts to declassify their…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Parallels Mobile App Brings Windows To Your iOS Device

Parallels users, listen up! To accompany the recently-released Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac, the Parallels peeps have released Parallels Mobile, a free app that lets users poke around on their Windows machines right on their iPhones and iPads. https://gizmodo.com/parallels-desktop-6-for-mac-beefs-up-3d-support-and-mor-5634820 As you can see in the demo video, and as you’d expect, there’s a little bit…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Print From Your Email Attachments With Epson’s PrintJinni App

Epson’s new PrintJinni app will let you beam email-attached Microsoft Office files, PDFs and JPGs to your printer, without the need for an extra computer. Epson claims that WiFi transfer process will maintain full document layout integrity, for those concerned. [iTunes]

Tech News Sam Biddle

Astonishing new concept art of Panzer 88’s Nazi-fighting monster

A lone Nazi tank crew encounters a monster, in the upcoming movie Panzer 88. Check out our exclusive interview with director Peter Briggs, with all the gory details. Plus new concept art of the “Balrog in Battle Troll armor” monster. What are the challenges with combining the monster genre and a period piece war movie?…

io9 Meredith Woerner

How Halley’s Comet sightings changed history over the past 2500 years

Ancient Greek texts reveal the earliest recorded sighting of the solar system’s most famous comet 2,500 years ago. Since then, Halley’s Comet has repeatedly cameoed in history, getting credit for toppling armies, birthing empires, and even killing Mark Twain. Halley’s Comet is the most famous of the short-period comets, which are comets that complete their…

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HDCP Copy Protection Unlocked by ‘Master Key’

A Tiny Revolution in the Making: The MakerBot Cyclops Cheap 3D Scanner

What’s the matter with Olivia? A deleted scene from Fringe season two [Updated!]

Shooting 1,000fps Video With a Canon 7D

Twitter.com Gets a Revamp To Look Like a Twitter App

Night of the Living Trekkies book trailer is surprisingly hilarious

One Jet-Powered Lawn Tractor To Rule Them All

A look into the eye of massive hurricane Igor

Baby Stroller Has Attached Scooters For Lazy Dads…Err, Children

Get into Guillermo Del Toro’s vampire series with this excerpt from “The Fall”

Google’s Ginormity Expressed Two Dozen Ways

Atlas Comics, Marvel’s short-lived competitor from the 1970s, is staging a comeback

Fritz Lang’s Metropolis like you’ve never seen it before

Take a Ride on the Lawnchair Monster Truck

Breathtaking video of what a ringworld would really look like

The Secret, 250 Man Hollywood Team That Captured Our Doomsday Bombs

Parallels Mobile App Brings Windows To Your iOS Device

Print From Your Email Attachments With Epson’s PrintJinni App

Astonishing new concept art of Panzer 88’s Nazi-fighting monster

How Halley’s Comet sightings changed history over the past 2500 years

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