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The airship emerged from jagged peaks, its body swollen with gas

Earlier this year, the Nucleus Gallery in California had a stunning exhibition called “Lift Off: The Art of Airships.” Here are some of our favorite images of zeppelins and other fantastical aircraft from the show. There are dozens more incredible images via Nucleus Gallery By Kazu Kibuishi By Jake Parker By Jason Caffoe By Myke…

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Hot Tub Time Machine’s deleted scene teases possible sequels

How could they make a Hot Tub Time Machine sequel? A new deleted scene offers some hints: Chevy Chase’s character lists all the other creations he invented. Fingers crossed for John Cusack’s Freaky Friday Toaster or Dead Relative Taxi Driver. [via NY Post]

Movies Meredith Woerner

Quitting Facebook Sure Is Hard

You’d be forgiven for thinking that College Humor’s’ take on the Facebook deactivation page is the real thing at first. They’re actually pretty similar! Which is what makes it so funny and so creepy all at once. And honestly, if you told me tomorrow that Facebook was instituting a hieroglyphics security check, I wouldn’t take…

Social Media Brian Barrett

Programmable sheet can fold itself into origami robot

This “smart sheet” can instantly fold into a boat or a plane without any human assistance. It’s the first step toward being able to carry any imaginable tool around with you in the form of a single paper-like sheet. Called programmable matter, the sheet is made up of interconnected triangular sections. These sections are arranged…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Watch Self-Folding Origami Take All the Fun Out of Tiny Paper Boats

Click to viewResearchers at MIT and Harvard, it seems, have been putting those big brains to use to create automated origami. It’s crazy cool engineering, and creepy in a Frankenstein’s lab type of way. But can it make a paper crane? The feat was accomplished by outfitting one thin sheet of fiberglass with motorized switches…

Tech News Brian Barrett

The Secret Apprentice joins the U.S. version of Being Human

We scoffed at Syfy’s Americanized Being Human show, thinking they’d never find an American with as much sex appeal and charm as the original vampire actor, Aidan Turner. We were wrong. You may know him as Smallville’s Doomsday, The Force Unleashed’s Secret Apprentice or merely as Crashdown from Battlestar Galactic. But from now on, if…

Television Meredith Woerner

Video Clearly Shows Antenna Defect on iPhone 4 Web Browser

The iPhone 4’s antenna problem continues. People around the world keep experiencing it. So many that a class action suit is already in the works. This video proves that a simple touch affects web page loading, stopping it completely. http://gizmodo.com/5571171/iphone-4-loses-reception-when-you-hold-it-by-the-antenna-band As you can clearly see here, this problem is not just about the iPhone 4…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

More Legroom, Luxury In All-New 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee Redesign

You’ve read about the all-new 2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee’s sexy Uconnect™ Web System. Now, check out the all-new redesign that’s athletic on the outside and luxurious on the inside. https://gizmodo.com/the-all-new-2010-jeep-grand-cherokee-an-internet-hot-sp-5569831 A World-Class Interior Design Premium soft-touch interior materials are used in all models, which, combined with wood, a stitched dash cap, and contrasting piping on…

Tech News Gawkercreative

A meeting of famous time-travelers (and other cult-inspired art)

On July 9, Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles will debut their annual “Crazy 4 Cult” show, which pays homage to oddball cinema classics. Here are some samples from 2009’s show, which cheekily reinterpreted films like A Clockwork Orange and Freaks. Nathan Stapley – “Founding Members Of The SICTT (Society of In Control Time Travelers) Skot…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Lego Facebook

The book of face, according to Lego. Created by photographer, Lego and Star Wars connoisseur Chris McVeigh for his Facebook page. Chris also likes chipmunks. I like chipmunks too. [Brothers Brick]

Social Media Jesus Diaz

Apple Site Leaks iWork For iPhone, Again

For the second time this month, Apple’s website has tipped that iWork will be coming to iPhone. The evidence this time, popping up in some international versions of the online Apple Store, is pretty indisputable. https://gizmodo.com/iwork-suite-coming-to-iphone-5557751 When some users ordered unlocked iPhones and clicked on the AppleCare “Learn More” button, they were greeted with a…

Tech News Brian Barrett

This Is the Safest and Most Beautiful iPhone 4 Money Can Buy

I receive pictures of shattered iPhone 4s every day. The glass used in its design is prone to shattering because its inner tension, and the bezel is too small to protect it. Here’s the solution: A wooden back iPhone 4. https://gizmodo.com/first-iphone-4-broken-after-one-foot-drop-5571658 It’s the Gresso iPhone—for men and women. Their solution is just partial, since it…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

What kind of music do dogs enjoy listening to? Science has the answer!

This is the most relaxed dog you’re ever likely to see, because it’s listening to the perfect canine mix-tape. Teikyo University of Science’s Department of Animal Science spent 18 months researching the ultimate music for dogs to chill out to. According to Associated Press, the cute toy poodle’s name is Cyacyamuru, and the CD it’s…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Pipe Desk Lamp Humbly Pores Over Your Work

Buy one of these brilliant, handmade, adjustable “Kozo” desk lamps for about $200 or—no offense to anyone on the project—challenge yourself to build your own for $8.94 in parts from the local TrueValue. [MakersMarket via boingboing] UPDATE: The makers of Kozo lamps have contacted us, informing us that the cheapest “TrueValue” price would be $80.

Tech News Mark Wilson

Major casting news for Captain America and X-Men: First Class, plus Doctor Who news and a weird Transformers rumor

Captain America has landed its Oscar-winning authority figure and X-Men: First Class has its morally ambiguous psychic. We’ve got tons of news on the future of Doctor Who and key updates on what lies ahead for True Blood. Spoilers ahoy! Captain America: At last, it’s official. Tommy Lee Jones has signed on to play Colonel…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

The Lightning Strike Device

Lightning does strange things to the land, the people it strikes, and even the gadgets those people are holding. Building a device that converts energy from lightning to heat the person below is probably too far a step, though. https://gizmodo.com/lightning-strikes-bp-ship-halts-oil-containment-effort-5564538 It’s all part of Andrew Friend’s wacky mind, whose artwork is on show at the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

The World’s First 3TB External Hard Drive, From Seagate

This Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk sounds like an exercise commandment for your desk, but it’s the world’s first 3TB external hard drive. Best news: It has USB 3.0 and FireWire 800 (along with USB 2.0). The drive itself ships with USB 2.0 adapter for $250, and you can get the USB 3.0 and FireWire 800…

Tech News Jason Chen

Google’s Facebook Killer “Google Me” Confirmed By Former Facebook CTO

When Digg founder Kevin Rose tweeted about the existence of “Google Me,” Google’s supposed “Facebook killer” social-networking site, I’d love to know whether he expected Facebook’s former-CTO to jump into the fray and confirm it, saying it’s a “real project.” https://gizmodo.com/rumor-google-rolling-out-google-me-their-facebook-k-5573953 Adam D’Angelo, who has since left Facebook to found Quora, wrote on his Q&A…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Try and Tell the Difference Between This iPad Artwork and A Real Masterpiece

We’ve seen some extraordinary creations coming from the iPad Brushes app, but I think my favorite so far is David Kassan’s portrait of a live model who sat still for three hours (all livestreamed, naturally) while Kassan fingerstroked his iPad. https://gizmodo.com/ipads-brushes-app-like-paint-but-with-multitouch-5458319 Certainly a lot more talented than David Hockney, I’m sure you’ll agree. I wonder…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

An Early Look at What to Expect From a Windows Phone 7 Launch Game

Having been months since we’ve seen any WP7 games, you should (re)acquaint yourself with the Xbox game Shoot 1UP. It’s fast, it’s furious (mostly as it’s running at 10x the speed on a WP7 emulator), and it looks awesome. https://gizmodo.com/the-first-xbox-live-windows-phone-game-looks-awesome-a-5493687 The emulator is shown running a “smoke test,” which helps developers check for memory leaks…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

The airship emerged from jagged peaks, its body swollen with gas

Hot Tub Time Machine’s deleted scene teases possible sequels

Quitting Facebook Sure Is Hard

Programmable sheet can fold itself into origami robot

Watch Self-Folding Origami Take All the Fun Out of Tiny Paper Boats

The Secret Apprentice joins the U.S. version of Being Human

Video Clearly Shows Antenna Defect on iPhone 4 Web Browser

More Legroom, Luxury In All-New 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee Redesign

A meeting of famous time-travelers (and other cult-inspired art)

Lego Facebook

Apple Site Leaks iWork For iPhone, Again

This Is the Safest and Most Beautiful iPhone 4 Money Can Buy

What kind of music do dogs enjoy listening to? Science has the answer!

Pipe Desk Lamp Humbly Pores Over Your Work

Major casting news for Captain America and X-Men: First Class, plus Doctor Who news and a weird Transformers rumor

The Lightning Strike Device

The World’s First 3TB External Hard Drive, From Seagate

Google’s Facebook Killer “Google Me” Confirmed By Former Facebook CTO

Try and Tell the Difference Between This iPad Artwork and A Real Masterpiece

An Early Look at What to Expect From a Windows Phone 7 Launch Game

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