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C-3PO Backpack Makes for World’s Most Obnoxious iPad Case

The best moment of the Star Wars trilogy was when C-3PO was nearly destroyed. Now you can commemorate that moment with the pleather C-3PO backpack. Just like in the film, the robot isn’t all that useful—he comes with a mesh bag that’s basically only good for carrying himself along with any of his loose appendages.…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Things That Will Never Be: Jeff Smith’s Bone, Animated by Hand

While a feature adaptation of Jeff Smith’s wonderful, enduring graphic odyssey is in the works, it’ll be an entirely computer-generated affair — and it won’t have half the hand-hewn charm of this fan-created short. Taking the audio from TellTale’s Bone videogame, animator Andrew Kaiko created this Flash-animated short — based on Smith’s story of three…

io9 Marc Bernardin

Michael Bay Promises Less Robot Stereotyping. Plus A Super 8 Poster And Your First Look At Alt-Astrid!

Today’s spoilers include Neuromancer hints, a Transformers 3 promise, and a Super 8 poster. Is Twilight: Breaking Dawn in trouble? Meet Fringe’s alt-Astrid. Plus Lost, Ghostbusters, X-Men, Doctor Who, Torchwood, Chuck, Smallville, V, True Blood and Ashes To Ashes spoilers. Neuromancer: We weren’t the only ones to talk to prospective writer/director Vincenzo Natali about this…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Laser DSLR Reticle To Make Your Pets Extremely Uncomfortable

I’m not sure the specific advantage that a configurable, tactical laser reticle can offer your photography other than turning a photo shoot into a photo shoot. But maybe that’s your thing. Slipping into any camera’s hot shoe mount, this ‘Wildlife Photography with Tactical Four Reticle Sight’ allows you to frame your subjects the semi-lethal way,…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Improve Your Hearing In Noisy Environments With Head Bubbles

These bubble-headed girls have created a device to drown out background noise from pubs and bars. Too bad it makes you look like an escapee from an astronaut fan club. If we’re all looking like astronauts in a few years’ time, it’s all Elaine McLuskey‘s fault. The product design student from Edinburgh Napier University’s School…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

AT-AT Jungle Gym From 1984 Had 4-Sound Electronic Console

Ahh, the ’80s. When safety precautions barely existed, and kids could get excited by the mere thought of a 4-sound electronic console. Just look at their happy little faces. Even the dog is smiling. [io9 via Boing Boing]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Coolest Gmail Feature In A Long Time—Drag And Drop Images

Honestly, it’s so simple and obvious I’m surprised it’s taken Google this long to implement it. Drag and drop image files from your computer to Gmail message—as long as you’re using Chrome, that is. [Gmail Blog]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Suit In A Backpack Keeps Clothes Wrinkle and Sweat Free

Targeting the thousands upon millions of businessmen who choose to cycle to work, the Highson Suit Commute is quite literally a-suit-in-a-backpack. It keeps your office-wear wrinkle-free, and also holds shoes, a tie and a laptop should you need to. Able to fit laptops up to 17-inches in size and a suit up to 44-inches, it’s…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Another Lost iPhone 4 Shows New Details

Here is another lost iPhone 4. The photos show it turned on—with some kind of console screen titled Inferno. The photos and video also show some new interesting details. Update 2: Processor is an A4 including Samsung DRAM. https://gizmodo.com/the-tale-of-apples-next-iphone-5520471 Here’s the Apple-branded chip, which could be is a reduced version of the A4. After enhancing…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Last Night’s Lost Was Cheesy — And That’s A Good Thing

Let’s face it, if the big mythology episode of Lost hadn’t been cheesy as all get-out, you’d have been disappointed. It’s about time this show let its true over-the-top colors fly. But exactly whose fall from grace did we witness? And yes, there are maximum spoilers for “Across The Sea” in this recap. The creators…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Apple Hits Back At Claims Of Android’s Larger Sales

Apple’s spokespeople have made a rare comment regarding the smartphone survey which placed Android’s sales at 28 per cent for the first quarter in the US—7 per cent more than iPhone sales. https://gizmodo.com/android-surpasses-iphones-sales-for-q12010-5535502 The NPD Group’s smartphone survey was based on over 150,000 completed surveys undertaken online each month in the US, of the first…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Francis Ford Coppola Watched Part of Avatar Without 3D Glasses On

Joining fellow film industry chum Roger Ebert, Godfather director Coppola has spoken out against 3D movies, saying that “until you can watch 3D without glasses, it’s the same thing we know.” https://gizmodo.com/why-roger-ebert-hates-3-d-and-you-should-too-5528270 Saying he’d rather make films in 2D with larger format for “some big scenes much like Abel Gance did with Napoleon” (or Christopher…

Movies Kat Hannaford

Sharp Conjures Up World’s First 3D Camera For Phones—and the Nintendo 3DS?

Designed for mobile devices such as phones, digital cameras or even netbooks, Sharp’s 3D camera module will start mass production this year—meaning within the next couple of years we could be shooting image-popping HD 3D video. While Sharp isn’t known for phones in our parts, if you walk into any store in Japan you’ll be…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Sony NEX-3 and NEX-5 Cameras Available For Pre-Order, Starting at $550

Did those interchangeable lenses linger on the mind last night, and you’ve woken up this morning with the resolve to snap one up ASAP? Hotfoot it to SonyStyle now, but bear in mind you won’t receive it until June. [SonyStyle] https://gizmodo.com/sony-nex-5-and-nex-3-interchangeable-lens-cameras-go-of-5535890

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Aerobic Step for Wii Fit Raises Your Balance Board To Make You Sweat

The Multi Function Aerobic Step is designed to raise your Balance Board by an extra three, four, or six inches so that you can get more out of your Wii Fit exercise routine. It’s simple, but does the trick. The step is available for $30 which is about the cost of regular step exercise equipment.…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Poker Face: An iPhone-Turned-Sorta-Accurate-Mood-Ring

Unlike traditional mood ring voodoo, Poker Face measures bodily conditions like pulse and galvanic response to assess your mood, revealing it on the iPhone’s display—and a wristband vibrates when you’re starting to feel like a prick. Oh, and you can upload your mood data, to note, precisely, when you watched your favorite Lost characters die…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

This Rusty Double iPod Dock Will Match Your Basement Pipes Perfectly

I don’t think that I’d pay $95 for this peculiar double iPod dock, but there’s something charming about a dock constructed from rusty old bits and spare electric parts found in a bargain bin. [Etsy via Unplggd]

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Too Short? Yeah, There’s an App for That

You just need the elevator shoes to go with it. (Sorry about the headline.) [ITP]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Floating Printers Are Kind of Messy

The slowest printer ever, the Blimpter floats freely, dropping ink as it passes the coordinate of a dot it wants to “print,” like an 1880s aerial bomber, painting a picture one spot at a time. [ITP, Blimpter]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

AMD Vision Refresh: Better, Faster, More

AMD’s officially closing the gap. With the help of a slew of major manufacturers, they’re putting their processors in nearly three times more notebooks than last year, expanding their Vision branding to desktops, and ramping up performance across the board. https://gizmodo.com/amd-vision-takes-complicated-processor-stickers-off-lap-5355973 To be clear, Intel’s still the big dog here. But they’ve been showing some…

Tech News Brian Barrett

C-3PO Backpack Makes for World’s Most Obnoxious iPad Case

Things That Will Never Be: Jeff Smith’s Bone, Animated by Hand

Michael Bay Promises Less Robot Stereotyping. Plus A Super 8 Poster And Your First Look At Alt-Astrid!

Laser DSLR Reticle To Make Your Pets Extremely Uncomfortable

Improve Your Hearing In Noisy Environments With Head Bubbles

AT-AT Jungle Gym From 1984 Had 4-Sound Electronic Console

Coolest Gmail Feature In A Long Time—Drag And Drop Images

Suit In A Backpack Keeps Clothes Wrinkle and Sweat Free

Another Lost iPhone 4 Shows New Details

Last Night’s Lost Was Cheesy — And That’s A Good Thing

Apple Hits Back At Claims Of Android’s Larger Sales

Francis Ford Coppola Watched Part of Avatar Without 3D Glasses On

Sharp Conjures Up World’s First 3D Camera For Phones—and the Nintendo 3DS?

Sony NEX-3 and NEX-5 Cameras Available For Pre-Order, Starting at $550

Aerobic Step for Wii Fit Raises Your Balance Board To Make You Sweat

Poker Face: An iPhone-Turned-Sorta-Accurate-Mood-Ring

This Rusty Double iPod Dock Will Match Your Basement Pipes Perfectly

Too Short? Yeah, There’s an App for That

Floating Printers Are Kind of Messy

AMD Vision Refresh: Better, Faster, More

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