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Watch a clip from the alien-rampage movie that launched MST3K!

When it comes to cheesy science-fiction films, The Green Slime may be the greatest of all. It’s so iconic, it featured in the never-aired Mystery Science Theatre 3000 pilot, and now it’s coming to DVD. Here’s an exclusive monster-rampage clip. An American production with American stars, The Green Slime was nevertheless made in Japan by…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Nov 3 '10

Get Ready For Movie Theaters That Watch You

Movie theaters are already watching you; in an effort to curb piracy, many theaters have systems that pinpoint camcorder-wielding patrons. But the next generation of those systems will be watching for something else entirely: how much you’re enjoying the movie. Aralia Systems, producer of one of the popular anti-piracy solutions, has received a grant for…

Movies Kyle VanHemert Nov 3 '10

Skyfire Lets You Watch Flash Video On Your iPhone

Apple’s deigned to let Skyfire, an iOS browser that transcodes Flash videos into iPhone-friendly HTML5, into the App Store, and it’s available there now. In my testing it worked pretty darn well. Yup, porntubes on the iPhone. Updated Other iterations of Skyfire have been known to be clunky, but their new $3 app works as…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Nov 3 '10

Technological Inevitability: Are Some Inventions Meant to Be?

Sure, Skype and Facetime are changing how we communicate but is this new technology really all that revolutionary? This week’s excerpt looks at a “futuristic” idea that has been around much longer than you’d think. I once saw our future technological fate myself. In 1964 I visited the New York World’s Fair as a wide-eyed,…

Tech News Kevin Kelly Nov 3 '10

DC Comics tells us about Bruce Wayne’s secret identity bombshell

Grant Morrison’s final issue of Batman and Robin came out today. In the comic’s final panels, Bruce Wayne revealed a huge secret to the press. io9 spoke with DC Comics editor-in-chief Bob Harras about Batman’s new status quo. Spoilers! In Batman and Robin 16, Bruce Wayne returns from his time-traveling shenanigans and announces that A.)…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Nov 3 '10

Charles Yu travels through time in Episode 24 of The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy

Charles Yu, author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, joins us this week on io9’s Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast to discuss time travel and parallel universes. Plus, what’s the best time travel story ever? The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy is hosted by John Joseph Adams and David Barr…

Books & Comics Johnjosephadams Nov 3 '10

Gadget Deals of the Day

The gadget gods must have be smiling down upon us today, and it turns out they love desktop computer deals. Check out some of the all time low prices on desktops (and more) inside. Top Deals: • HP Pavilion Elite HPE450t Quad Core i7 Desktop w/8GB RAM for $799.99 with shipping (normally $1,199 – use…

Tech News Adam Harris Nov 3 '10

Planning on Running the New York Marathon?

JK! LOL! You realize that it’s 26.2 miles, right? Well, if you happen to be super-humanly motivated and do go the distance, you’re going to need some new sneakers afterward. Take this survey and email the last question to [email protected]. You’ll be entered to win a $150 gift card from Nike. Standard contest rules apply.…

Tech News Gawkercreative Nov 3 '10

Funniest video we’ve seen in ages: The original Star Wars trilogy re-imagined in Lego!

Lego Star Wars goes to the next level, with a skewed retelling of the original trilogy. Yes, it stars Jar-Jar, but it’s seriously the most uproarious, brilliant Star Wars spoof in forever, packed with crazy Easter eggs. [via Kotaku] https://kotaku.com/re-writing-the-star-wars-saga-with-lego-5680123

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Nov 3 '10

Tizi Puts Live TV on iPads With Just a Little Black Box

You can get live TV on your iPad with EyeTV just fine, but that requires streaming from a computer. Not so with Tizi, which packs it all into a tiny box that works from anywhere—in select European countries. https://gizmodo.com/eyetv-ipad-app-streams-live-tv-over-wi-fi-and-3g-5568836 Tizi pulls in DVB-T/DT signals, uses its ARM 9 processor to decode them, then streams to…

Tech News Brian Barrett Nov 3 '10

Revolutionary eye implants have restored sight to the blind

By tucking high-tech implants inside people’s eyes, researchers in Germany have given three blind people the ability to see. The implants only work for those suffering from a hereditary condition called retinal dystrophy, which causes the eye’s light receptors to degenerate. The implant is placed inside the rear wall of the eye, and completely replaces…

io9 Tim Barribeau Nov 3 '10

Facebook’s Mobile Platform: Not a Phone, Just Software

Facebook’s mobile platform has three parts, single sign on, location API and deals. And they’re focusing on doing software instead of making a phone. https://gizmodo.com/facebook-is-not-building-a-phone-5680720 Now you can use one login for all your mobile sites, meaning, log into Facebook, and then Facebook will handle your “logging in” to other sites through their APIs. There’s…

Social Media Jason Chen Nov 3 '10

A hoarder’s airplane graveyard in Ohio, reclaimed by nature

In northeastern Ohio, there’s a bucolic airplane graveyard filled with the decaying remains of old jets, like this Vought F7U Cutlass. Here’s an eerie video of these rotting old birds. Photographer Michael Wendell told Telstar Logistics about his encounter with the graveyard’s owner, who seemed to be hoarding the planes rather than repairing or scrapping…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Nov 3 '10

Facebook Is Not Building a Phone

Mark Zuckerberg just said so, on stage, right now, at the Facebook mobile event. They’re instead, making their platform accessible on all phones.

Social Media Jason Chen Nov 3 '10

Another Halloween, Another Dude in a Breathalyzer Costume Busted For Drunk Driving

It’s like a tradition. Last year’s idiot was 18-year-old James Miller. This year’s idiot: 19-year-old Nebraskan Matthew Nieveen, who was arrested on Halloween for driving with a BAC twice the legal limit. While wearing a breathalyzer costume. https://gizmodo.com/moron-in-breathalyzer-costume-busted-for-driving-drunk-5396262 It was Nieveen’s second DUI offense, though presumably the first wasn’t nearly as ironic. The Lincoln Journal…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Nov 3 '10

Millennium Falcon rear window sticker upgrades any car in less than 12 parsecs

Now you can get lucky in the backseat of the Millennium Falcon, with this decal. Just think of the annoying quotation potential! We’ll get you started: “She may not look like much, but she’s got it where it counts.” [Buzzfeed]

Movies Meredith Woerner Nov 3 '10

This Adorable Pocket Synth Will Make You an 8-Bit Legend

If I had one of these Pocket Piano synthesizers, I would just roam the streets playing it, without a care—much like the dudes in this video. It’s quite beautiful (those wooden buttons!), sounds great, and is hand-made. You play the Pocket Piano with its cute (and yet, so strong and awesomely retro—like Princess Leia) buttons.…

Tech News Sam Biddle Nov 3 '10

Gingerbread Menus Will Look Cleaner and Crisper

Android looks set to grow up, if a hidden Gingerbread screen contained within the updated Google Maps is anything to go by. The UI looks slightly more styled, with the lines separating options gone amongst other small changes. In the image above, Gingerbread is on the left, and Froyo is on the right. The screen…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Nov 3 '10

5 new Skyline clips will eat your brain

Don’t stare directly into these five new clips from the alien-invasion movie Skyline — it’s what the aliens want! Check out the alien madness in theaters November 12th.

Movies Meredith Woerner Nov 3 '10

Be Happy: More Lego Architecture Coming

I’m happy to see that my favorite Danish company keeps updating their Lego Architecture series. This is the Lego Rockefeller Center, a minimalistic reproduction of the magnificent 22-acre art deco building complex in Manhattan, designed by Raymond Hood.. https://gizmodo.com/lego-micro-scales-frank-lloyd-wrights-fallingwater-hous-5263558 This set is going to be released in 2011, but you can buy one now for…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Nov 3 '10

Watch a clip from the alien-rampage movie that launched MST3K!

Get Ready For Movie Theaters That Watch You

Skyfire Lets You Watch Flash Video On Your iPhone

Technological Inevitability: Are Some Inventions Meant to Be?

DC Comics tells us about Bruce Wayne’s secret identity bombshell

Charles Yu travels through time in Episode 24 of The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy

Gadget Deals of the Day

Planning on Running the New York Marathon?

Funniest video we’ve seen in ages: The original Star Wars trilogy re-imagined in Lego!

Tizi Puts Live TV on iPads With Just a Little Black Box

Revolutionary eye implants have restored sight to the blind

Facebook’s Mobile Platform: Not a Phone, Just Software

A hoarder’s airplane graveyard in Ohio, reclaimed by nature

Facebook Is Not Building a Phone

Another Halloween, Another Dude in a Breathalyzer Costume Busted For Drunk Driving

Millennium Falcon rear window sticker upgrades any car in less than 12 parsecs

This Adorable Pocket Synth Will Make You an 8-Bit Legend

Gingerbread Menus Will Look Cleaner and Crisper

5 new Skyline clips will eat your brain

Be Happy: More Lego Architecture Coming

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