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Robotic Mouth Pronounces Vowels in Most Horrifying Manner Imaginable

This robotic mouth was designed to mimic the mouth and throat motions that create accurate vowel sounds. Also, it is fucking terrifying. Progress! [I Heart Chaos via Daily What]

Tech News Adam Frucci

Inside Windows Phone 7’s OS

We’ve known a lot about Windows Phone 7, but not so much about the guts of the OS. Well, now we know a lot more—like that a Windows Live ID is tied in pretty tightly. https://gizmodo.com/windows-phone-7-and-internet-explorer-9-heres-what-hap-5495054 A Windows Live ID is as integral to WP7 as a Google account is to Android, since it’s your…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

The Man Who Designed Tron’s Lightcycles Will Rock Our Worlds Again

Syd Mead didn’t just work on Blade Runner’s dirty-neon future L.A., he also designed Tron’s original lightcycles — check out this original concept art. So a new Mead book, full of concept art, is a cause for major celebration. The Tron concept art above comes from a display at the Aero Theater in 2007, and…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Dream-Sector Physics and Inception Space

The Los Angeles Times calls Christopher Nolan’s Inception “Hollywood’s first existential heist movie.” The architectural design of the movie is also incredible. Here’s a preview of some of the film’s sets and architectural spaces. Warner Brothers” />. He specifically highlights the contributions of “special effects guru Chris Corbould (the man who built the Batmobile and…

Movies Geoff Manaugh

Bright Woods’ Wooden Chairs Look Like Zebra Turds

These wooden chairs and coffee tables are about as far-removed from the antique wooden furniture lining your grandparents’ house as possible. With resin strips glowing brightly, they look like zebra poo—or at least something from the ’60s. Bright Woods showed them off at the Milan Design Week, with the wooden and resin-strip furniture coming in…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Gadget Deals of the Day

Even when the rest of the world stops, Dealzmodo slowly churns along. Here’s the latest gadget deals to satisfy your online spending appetite. Check them out! Top Deals: • 46″ Toshiba 46XV648U 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV for $799 plus free ship to store (normally $973). • Cables Unlimited Audio Unlimited SPK-VELO-W Premium 900Mhz Wireless Indoor/Outdoor…

Tech News Casey Chan

Octopus Steals A Diver’s Videocamera And Records High-Speed Underwater Chase

Further proof that cephalopods are intelligent: This octopus stole a diver’s brand-new videocamera then recorded a high-speed chase where the diver tried (and eventually succeeded) in getting his camera back. Was this a hostile move or just play? In the end, it seems as if the octopus may just have been trying to interact playfully…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Eyjafjallajökull Rains Lightning Upon You

The ongoing eruption of Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull has filled the atmosphere with so much dust that airplanes throughout the world are grounded. These incredible photographs show the lightning-laced wrath of the volcano that won’t stop. Volcanic clouds are often full of lightning, though the process that causes it is not well understood. (Here’s a great…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Has Any Apocalypse Movie Ever Truly Destroyed The World?

Armageddon is promised in film after film, teased in marketing campaigns, salivated after by destructo-porn aficionados — but never comes. Call it destructus interruptus. The End of the World has only been delivered in one movie. Disaster films offer it up like a bride’s dowry: If you come see this movie, we’ll show you the…

Movies Marc Bernardin

Russell T. Davies Returns To Doctor Who — And He’s Bringing An Old Friend

If Doctor Who’s Eleventh Doctor hasn’t yanked your heart-strings with both hands yet, David Tennant style, fear not — Russell T. Davies will be writing for Matt Smith soon. And Davies has found a surefire way to bring some angst. Oh, and minor spoilers are ahead. Be warned! Matt Smith will be appearing in a…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Awesome Teaser Trailer For The Gatchaman Film We’ll Never Get To see

We didn’t think we could get any more depressed after Imagi started auctioning off bits from the now-dead Gatchaman movie. But this amazing teaser footage just set us over the edge. This movie must be made somehow. https://gizmodo.com/concept-art-from-the-gatchaman-movie-that-never-was-and-5507913 Twitch found this amazing footage that we haven’t seen anywhere on the internet. Granted, it’s from 2007…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The Only Tron Hoodie You Will Ever Need

It’s the perfect protection on cool spring evenings: A glow-in-the-dark Tron hoodie that makes you look as awesome as Tron Guy without having to wear an entire body stocking. On sale today at Threadless, Rolf Nelson’s “My Other Ride Is A Light Cycle” is a recreation of the outfits the Programs wear inside the computer…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Comments Are Temporarily Down – But You Can Chat On io9’s Facebook Page

io9 comments are temporarily down, but you can comment on stories via our io9 Facebook fan page. Join us there for a few hours as our hard-working tech team resuscitates the comment system! You can also still chat in io9’s comment forum, Observation Deck.

io9 Annalee Newitz

How To Finish Your Comic Book: Drink More Shitty Vodka

To finish the script for his indie-music mage miniseries Phonogram: The Singles Club, comic scribe Kieron Gillen took a novel approach – he drank whatever the characters in his comic drank. Unfortunately for Gillen, his characters pounded swill. Phonogram: The Singles Club details a club night in which music magics – or “phonomancers” – dance,…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Can Dark Horse and Hammer Pump Fresh Blood Into Horror Comics?

It ain’t easy to scare a reader in 22 pages or less, but comics publisher Dark Horse is partnering with Hammer Films to give it a go. Up first: a comic-book adaptation of Let The Right One In. Horror, like comedy, is a visceral genre — something either makes you scared or makes you laugh,…

Books & Comics Marc Bernardin

Stan Lee’s Thor Cameo Revealed

Stan Lee’s next Marvel movie cameo could appear in a pivotal scene of next year’s Thor. Rumor has it, the co-creator of Marvel’s most iconic characters is helping us get in touch with the majesty of Asgard. Spoilers ahead. According to a Fan Boy Web’s on set source: Thor’s hammer ( Mjolnir ) is found…

Movies Meredith Woerner

A Whole Blog Dedicated To The Worst SF/Fantasy Book Covers

What do you think is happening on this book cover? Even the poor unicorn looks confused. Our new favorite blog is Good Show Sir, in which the worst SF and fantasy book covers are thrust in our faces. (Possibly NSFW.) Good Show Sir is an addictive time sink, featuring scores of incredibly embarrassing book covers.…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Shooting Challenge: Stage a Scene Gallery

Three photos of the same cupcake combined into a natural triptych. Canon 5D, Canon 50mm Macro lens. Vivitar 285, 1/4th, camera left. Diffused. Vivitar 285, 1/4th, camera right. Diffused. subject. Triggered with Cactus V2. -Kurt Elster Camera: Nikon D60 Lens: AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ISO: 200 Aperture: 3.5 Program: Manual Shutter Speed: 6s…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Creepy Baby Drama In This Week’s V And Fringe

The miracle of life gets exponentially weirder this week with polymorphic embryos on Fringe and scary Visitor babies on V. Also, new Lost, SGU, Doctor Who, Supernatural, Ugly Americans, Vampire Diaries, and more! MONDAY 4/19/10 Chuck’s off today, but The Futurama Episode Of The Week is tonight (9:30 PM, Comedy Central)! In “A Taste of…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

What if They’d Made A RoboCop TV Show in 1977?

This incredibly short-lived police dramedy gives Ernest Borgnine’s beat cop an android partner. And, yes, it looks as gloriously shitty as it sounds. Hard to say what’s the worst part of the intro for 1977’s TV series Future Cop: John Amos’ badly stereotyped mugging (“man, that’s the fastest white boy I ever seen”) , Ernest…

Television Marc Bernardin

Robotic Mouth Pronounces Vowels in Most Horrifying Manner Imaginable

Inside Windows Phone 7’s OS

The Man Who Designed Tron’s Lightcycles Will Rock Our Worlds Again

Dream-Sector Physics and Inception Space

Bright Woods’ Wooden Chairs Look Like Zebra Turds

Gadget Deals of the Day

Octopus Steals A Diver’s Videocamera And Records High-Speed Underwater Chase

Eyjafjallajökull Rains Lightning Upon You

Has Any Apocalypse Movie Ever Truly Destroyed The World?

Russell T. Davies Returns To Doctor Who — And He’s Bringing An Old Friend

Awesome Teaser Trailer For The Gatchaman Film We’ll Never Get To see

The Only Tron Hoodie You Will Ever Need

Comments Are Temporarily Down – But You Can Chat On io9’s Facebook Page

How To Finish Your Comic Book: Drink More Shitty Vodka

Can Dark Horse and Hammer Pump Fresh Blood Into Horror Comics?

Stan Lee’s Thor Cameo Revealed

A Whole Blog Dedicated To The Worst SF/Fantasy Book Covers

Shooting Challenge: Stage a Scene Gallery

Creepy Baby Drama In This Week’s V And Fringe

What if They’d Made A RoboCop TV Show in 1977?

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