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How “The Hunger Games” might look as a comic

Now that Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games trilogy has come to a close, could we get a graphic novel adaptation? Cartoonist Faith Erin Hicks gives us a taste of what a comic Hunger Games might look like. Hicks, who created the comic Zombies Calling and most recently illustrated the summer camp horror Brain Camp, created this…

io9 Lauren Davis

The 10 Greatest Fictional Inventors of All Time

Eureka has been Giz’s celebration of inventors of all stripe, from Tesla to Popeil. But some of the most memorable inventors of our time were actually invented themselves. Here are ten fictional innovators near and dear to our hearts. https://gizmodo.com/eureka-how-genius-strikes-5622247 Q Who: Major Boothroyd, MI6 Quartermaster, Q was responsible for keeping James Bond one laser…

Gadgets Kyle VanHemert

What if the Marvel vs. DC insanity of the Amalgam Universe never ended?

Amalgam Comics, DC and Marvel’s portmanteau-prone crossover line from the heady 1990s, featured patchwork characters like Dr. Strangefate, Ra’s-A-Pocalypse, and Shatterstarfire. The blog “The Amalgam Age of Comics” is dedicated to creating new (i.e. Photoshopped) half-and-half heroes. Here’s blogmaster Paul Cornish’s mission statement: In 1996 and 1997 DC and Marvel temporarily put aside their differences…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Runaway Cat Boards Train, Reunites With Owner Through Twitter

Cats! Always independent little fellers aren’t they? Lilou the cat ran away from her home in suburban Ireland by boarding a train headed to Dublin. I imagine she was going out for a few pints with her mates. Lilou, the renegade cat she is, was caught on video skipping the fare at a suburban station…

Tech News Casey Chan

Watch Nikola Tesla’s robot gear up in the preview for Atomic Robo: Last Stop

Atomic Robo, Brian Clevinger and Scott Wegener’s Eisner-nominated comic about Nikola Tesla’s paranormal-battling automaton, is receiving the cartoon treatment. Animation studio The Fictory has unveiled a teaser for Atomic Robo: Last Stop, an animated film based on the bot’s exploits. Here’s The Fictory’s description of the film: Atomic Robo: Last Stop will be a fully…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Voxox, The Free Google Voice Desktop Software, Is Getting A Much Needed Facelift

VoxOx, the decent-because-its-free way to make Google Voice calls on your desktop, is planning to beautify its look by ditching its heavy 90’s red-and-black design for something that is, well, modern and normal. Otherwise, it’ll work the same. [Voxox] https://gizmodo.com/voxox-is-another-way-to-get-free-google-voice-on-your-d-5583655

Tech News Casey Chan

Hearing a Random Song in 1990 vs. Hearing a Random Song in 2010

It is the springtime of my loving, the second season I am to know… I can’t get these lyrics out of my head—what’s the song name again? I’d probably not find out easily if it weren’t 2010. PS: Yes, I remembered the song title just as I started to type a Google search query. [Make…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

How to meticulously make a lightsaber out of spare parts

Do you want to build your own lightsaber at home but have no idea where to start? Bradley W. Lewis has created step-by-step guide explaining how to weld, screw, and paint a laser sword into existence, sans the Force. That’s Lewis’ recreation of Obi-Wan’s lightsaber from A New Hope up there. Here’s his impetus for…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Inside Thomas Edison’s Vertically Integrated MegaLab

Thomas Edison was not an inventor for the love of the game. “I always invented to obtain money to go on inventing,” he said. For a tireless mind like that, a lab had to be far more than a lab. Edison set his eyes on a wide open site in West Orange, New Jersey, for…

Tech News Sam Biddle

This Is What It Looks Like Inside the Collapsed Chilean Mine

The 33 Chilean miners trapped a half-mile underground have made a video of themselves and the place they may be staying for months using a camera handed down to them through a bore hole. They even sing a little bit! The miners appear to be in fairly good spirits, singing the Chilean anthem and giving…

Tech News Max Read

World’s Most Annoying Videographer Defends Right to Tape Girl’s Ass

Here’s a video of New York’s single most annoying individual 1) taping a teenage girl’s ass as she poses in Times Square, and 2) proclaiming obnoxiously his right to do so. He’s right, though. [Gothamist has the crotch shots. Classy.]

Tech News Hamilton Nolan

Microsoft: Script Kiddies And Hackers Accidentally Send Us Their Code All The Time

It’s not unusual for hackers and script kiddies to crash their Windows systems while trying to write a malicious code. It’s apparently also not unusual for them to send that malicious code right along to Microsoft when prompted. According to Microsoft senior security architect Rocky Heckman, when a “hacker’s system crashes in Windows, as with…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

iPhone 4 Case Comes With Built-In Dual-SIM Adapter

This transparent iPhone 4 case doesn’t exactly look great, but it comes with a clever feature: A dual-SIM adapter. It means that you can keep two SIM cards attached to your iPhone and toggle between them using a menu setting. The adapter unfortunately doesn’t allow both SIM cards to be active at the same time,…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Mystery Solved: How Some Women Have Perfect Group Smiles in Every Photo

One mystery that’s been baffling me for years is how some women stick their heads together and manage perfect group smiles for every single photo they’re in. Thanks to the newspaper’s funny pages, now I know: Hidden magnets. Next mystery to solve: How to get those magnets installed into my own head. [Pearls Before Swine…

Books & Comics Rosa Golijan

Dr. NakaMats: The Man Who Claims to Have Invented Nearly Everything You Love

It’s tough to think about inventors without remembering dear Dr. NakaMats. He claims to have invented over 3,000 items—frequently while almost drowning himself—and basically thinks Thomas Edison’s an uneducated wimp who quit at 1,093 inventions. https://gizmodo.com/eureka-how-genius-strikes-5622247 Aside from karaoke machines, NakaMats also claims to have invented floppy disks, a weird golf putter, compact disc players,…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Make Your Own Custom Earbuds For Cheap

Just yesterday I was thinking that it might finally be time to pony up for some custom earbuds. But the price! Thankfully, the internet gods answered with this simple do-it-yourself guide. Ready to put some blue goop in your ears? Yes, making custom, canal-hugging plugs will require you to endure a self-administered inner ear-mold-taking—undoubtedly an…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

EEG Monitoring Headband Could Index Movies By Emotion

EmoRate A software program tracks your emotions as you watch a movie, creating an emotion catalog. Android Review Plenty of human-gadget interfaces can let you control a robot or a computer with your mind. But these communications are command-based — your PR2 still can’t tell whether you’re asking it for a beer to celebrate, or…

Tech News Christina Bonnington

Microsoft’s $1 Billion Smart Phone Bet? That’s Chump Change

Microsoft is rapidly developing Windows Phone 7, a smart phone platform to compete with iPhone, Android and BlackBerry. It’s due this fall, though we don’t yet know the dates, prices and carriers. We do know one thing, the launch will be massive. Like billion-dollar massive. To be sure, Microsoft isn’t starting from a comfortable position…

Tech News Wilson Rothman - MSNBC

The Cleanable Tobacco Pipe Invented By Kurt Vonnegut’s Dad

After fathering sci-fi satirist Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Kurt Vonnegut Sr. dabbled in tobacco smoking, pipe cleaning, and innovation. The result: this patent for an easily-cleanable, tubular-stemmed tobacco pipe for “a maximum of digital cleanliness.” That means clean fingers. [Atlantic]

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Five People Killed By Their Own Inventions

Imagine putting years of time, effort and money into a life-changing invention that you think will bring you tons of money and fame while changing the world. Now what if your amazing invention ends up killing you instead? It happens… maybe infrequently, but it does happen. Below, check out five examples of inventors who might…

Tech News Stacy Conradt - Neatorama

How “The Hunger Games” might look as a comic

The 10 Greatest Fictional Inventors of All Time

What if the Marvel vs. DC insanity of the Amalgam Universe never ended?

Runaway Cat Boards Train, Reunites With Owner Through Twitter

Watch Nikola Tesla’s robot gear up in the preview for Atomic Robo: Last Stop

Voxox, The Free Google Voice Desktop Software, Is Getting A Much Needed Facelift

Hearing a Random Song in 1990 vs. Hearing a Random Song in 2010

How to meticulously make a lightsaber out of spare parts

Inside Thomas Edison’s Vertically Integrated MegaLab

This Is What It Looks Like Inside the Collapsed Chilean Mine

World’s Most Annoying Videographer Defends Right to Tape Girl’s Ass

Microsoft: Script Kiddies And Hackers Accidentally Send Us Their Code All The Time

iPhone 4 Case Comes With Built-In Dual-SIM Adapter

Mystery Solved: How Some Women Have Perfect Group Smiles in Every Photo

Dr. NakaMats: The Man Who Claims to Have Invented Nearly Everything You Love

Make Your Own Custom Earbuds For Cheap

EEG Monitoring Headband Could Index Movies By Emotion

Microsoft’s $1 Billion Smart Phone Bet? That’s Chump Change

The Cleanable Tobacco Pipe Invented By Kurt Vonnegut’s Dad

Five People Killed By Their Own Inventions

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