Doctor Who: The Adventure Games was a big enough success that a second batch will arrive next year, and producers want to outdo the current series. The fourth game, coming this year, features an original world created by Stephen Moffat. Says BBC Wales Interactive executive producer Arwen Aspen: The audience reaction to the first series…
This collapsible solar cooker from 1970 is just one piece from the Museum of Modern Art‘s new exhibit, Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen, a whirlwind trip through the evolution of the modern kitchen. Thank you, WWII and electricity. A miraculous little history captured in a single room, it features everything from propaganda posters…
Nacho Vigalondo blew our minds with his low-budget time travel film Timecrimes. And now he’s back, with a science fiction romcom called Extraterrestrial. If it’s as clever as the first two posters, then we can’t wait to see it. [via Cineblog]
Remember when the iPad first came out there were all those Etch-A-Sketch jokes? Now you can own the punchline for only $40. Sadly, the knobs do nothing. Even more sadly, the official Etch-A-Sketch app has iffy reviews. [GetAHeadCase.com]
Things are getting freaky over at Photokina, where Leaf’s showing off their new Aptus-II 12 and Aptus-II12R digital camera backs. The price: $32,000. The pixels: 80 million, the most of any camera back to date. Good stocking stuffers. [PopPhoto]
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Tonight is the pilot of NBC TV series The Event, which is this season’s most promising new science fiction show. We’ve watched the pilot, and here are four spoiler-free reasons you should watch too. 1. You want to see The X-Files crossed with The West Wing. To be fair, The Event leans more toward the…
When people list the best science fiction movies of all time, they usually include mostly English-language films. But what about the great films in other languages? Thorin Klosowski lists his ten favorite non-English-language science fiction films. What are your favorites? It’s not difficult to dig up a list of the “best science fiction movies” on…
Normally, we couldn’t think of anything more thrilling than a song dedicated to you by Stevie Wonder. Unless you’re the World Intellectual Property Organization, and your policies are making it harder for the disabled to access and appreciate information. Current laws make it difficult, expensive, or just plain illegal to make disability-friendly audiobook copies of…
Good news, soundtrack aficionados! Pi and Moon composer Clint Mansell will be scoring The Source Code, Duncan Jones’ upcoming flick about a soldier (Jake Gyllenhaal) whose consciousness is transferred into the body of a commuter who’s witnessed a train bombing. Jones said on his Twitter account today: Have a bloody fantastic bit of Source Code…
I woke up from a nap in a fit of terror, realizing mid-dream that I left the stove on for 5 hours. A public utility waste of that degree is a rare occurrence in my home, but I do tend to leave shit on: Lights in closets, electric kettles, lamps in the kitchen, towel warmers,…
This week on io9, we celebrate all the ways that science runs right up to the edge of the possible and laughs maniacally. What today seems like insanity, could tomorrow be the medicine that saves your life. Since its inception, io9 has covered new scientific discoveries, as well as explaining older ones that you may…
Sure, you could stand in your kitchen, glaring at your pasta water, waiting for it to boil. Boil. Boil you bastard. Or, you could relax, and let the floating Boil Buoy whistle from afar when your water’s ready to go. The Boil Buoy is deliciously simple. A miniaturized buoy that floats inside your pot, jingling…
Tired of potatoes that only leave you 62.5% full? Now a new genetically-modified potato has 1.6 times the protein of normal potatoes and way more amino acids. The next generation of transgenic tubers has arrived. Insufficient proteins in the diet can negatively affect healthy growth and development, and it can even contribute to increased risk…
The most cleverest geek nightclub sign you’ll ever see, compliments of San Francisco’s Red Devil Lounge. Also: flashing is strictly prohibited. [SFist via Geekosystem]
Earlier today, in the wake of the announcement of the Peek 9, the latest and greatest in a series of truly baffling gadgets, Brian Barrett asked “Who In Their Right Mind Would Buy a Peek 9?” Well, would you? https://gizmodo.com/who-in-their-right-mind-would-buy-a-peek-9-5642837 In that post, Barrett outlined the Peek 9 feature set: email, SMS, Facebook, Twitter, Maps…
We all marveled at the fan art that showed Wil Wheaton riding a unicorn-dragon-kitten into battle with an Orc John Scalzi. And now you can read the true, and unquestionable stories behind the image. For charity! https://gizmodo.com/why-is-wil-wheaton-charging-down-on-orc-john-scalzi-whi-5552393 Clash Of The Geeks, the chapbook that the year’s most bizarre image spawned, is available now. You can…
Streaming on Netflix is a scifi romance with very deep philosophical roots. TiMER is about what would happen if a piece of technology could tell you when you would meet your soulmate. The premise of TiMER is simple. It’s set in our own world, but with a twist. In the mid-to-late nineties, someone came up…
“I have seen a lot of technology for the blind, and I can safely say that the iPhone represents the most revolutionary thing to happen to the blind for at least the last ten years.” That’s what Austin Seraphin wrote last June, describing the experience of using his new iPhone and its VoiceOver feature to…
We’re back from the weekend with some excellent #dealz on a Quad Core i7 HP Laptop, some Ultimate Ears Noise Isolating Earphones, and a free 5 Track Sampler from the soundtrack of the upcoming movie, The Social Network. Top Deals: • 15.6″ HP dv6 Select Quad Core i7 Laptop w/ 8GB RAM for $949.99 plus…
