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20 Great Infodumps From Science Fiction Novels

A truly great infodump is a work of art. The best science fiction authors can brief you on everything you need to know about their worlds, without making you feel lectured. Here are 20 great examples of the smooth infodump. Because you demanded it! We all love science-fiction books that have rich world-building — but…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Night of the Gun: Remembering Only What We Can Stand To Remember

Before David Carr was my favorite NY Times columnist, he was an asshole. Carr’s book, the Night of the Gun, is about that change, mostly. His story is one of the downtrodden man coming around to a sweeter life; classic. But what’s also striking is Carr’s self awareness. That in order to confront his past—which…

Tech News David Carr

The Typo We’ve Been Waiting For

Admit it. You’ve been waiting for someone at a publication to slip up and make this typo ever since the LHC was announced. Unfortunately for Telegraph.co.uk and fortunately for us, Rebecca Watson caught a screenshot when it finally happened. [Flickr]

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter: Surprisingly Fantastic

Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter takes gigantic liberties. But if you can allow your imagination to accept the incontrovertible fact that our 16th President also killed vampires on the side, you’ll be entertained right up until John Wilkes Booth’s fanged appearance. After Seth Grahame-Smith’s Pride and Prejudice and Zombies lit/genre mash-up book came and went like…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Football – Real Kick iPhone Game Actually Plays Meatspace Soccer

Some app developer was smart enough to realize that the iPhone’s speaker pushes air around, and thus, can be used to move a little styrofoam ball around a fake soccer field. It’s 99 cents, and it looks like a lot of fun. It would be even better if there was some kinda camera/judging thing that…

Tech News Jason Chen

This Week’s Best iPhone Apps

In this week’s reminiscent app roundup: Music, comprehended! Transformers, done justice to! Zombie defense, executed within the bounds of Newton’s laws! Images, kaleidoscoped! Premium navigation, sold piecemeal! iPhones, blown upon! And more… If you’d like to view this gallery as a single page, click here. https://gizmodo.com/this-weeks-best-iphone-apps-5497767 Nota: If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance…

Tech News John Herrman

Before The Movie, Witness Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour

The movie may be due in August, but Bryan Lee O’Malley is bringing the original (and best) version of Scott Pilgrim to a close a month earlier, with the just-announced release of final book Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour. The 248-page sixth book in the series follows on from the (more than slightly heartbreaking) conclusion of…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Tendril Vision Clock Helps You Save in Electricity Bills

I like the Tendril Vision’s looks. And I like it even more because it’s real, even while it feels like a spare part for the Enterprise’s bridge. The clock connects to the electric grid, giving you real time consumption information. The device shows usage information, and also displays the cost of energy during the day,…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

DIY Alien Race Invades Earth

After birds and firetrucks and scuba divers and branches and the devil and burgers and God and teddy bears and drunks and noses invaded Earth, now it’s the turn of crafty DIY aliens. Here’s their mothership. [Google – Thanks oakleytimebomb!] https://gizmodo.com/google-street-view-meet-your-avian-nemesis-5496901

Tech News Jesus Diaz

First Quantum Effects Seen in Visible Object

Does Schrödinger’s cat really exist? You bet. The first ever quantum superposition in an object visible to the naked eye has been observed. Aaron O’Connell and colleagues at the University of California, Santa Barbara, did not actually produce a cat that was dead and alive at the same time, as Erwin Schrödinger proposed in a…

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The Five Stages of Data Loss Grief

So your hard drive just died, and you didn’t back it up. I’m so, so sorry. You can expect to go through the following five stages once you discover that all of your photos, files and music are gone forever. Stage One: Denial “No. No, there’s no way. This is probably just a software issue,…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Repo Men—Now Playing Everywhere

In this futuristic action-thriller, Jude Law and Forest Whitaker star as repossession experts for The Union who collect artificial organs from their past due recipients. In theaters now! After a freak accident, Remy finds himself fitted with a top-of-the-line heart-replacement—-and a hefty debt. The hunter soon becomes the hunted, as Remy goes on the run…

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Steve Jobs on Organ Transplant Lists: “I Almost Died” Waiting

When Steve Jobs received his liver transplant, he was considered “the sickest person on the waiting list.” Now he’s speaking out about the faults in California’s current organ donor system which left 400 people dying in wait last year alone: https://gizmodo.com/hospital-confirms-steve-jobss-transplant-denies-he-rec-5301887 “I was fortunate,” he said because he had the ability to fly cross country…

Health Rosa Golijan

A Wrinkle In Time Finally Gets Vengeace For Crappy Disney TV Movie, With A Real Feature Film

Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle In Time is getting another shot at the big screen with an adaptation by Jeff Stockwell (Bridge to Terabithia). Let’s hope this time they properly adapt Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which. [THR]

Movies Meredith Woerner

The Health Care Industry Apocalypse In “Repo Men”

With health care a source of fierce debate in America, a movie like Repo Men was bound to be made. A bloody satire of the marriage between medicine and capitalism, it’s about repo men who collect on overdue artificial organs. A cult musical about this same topic, called Repo! The Genetic Opera, came out last…

Movies Annalee Newitz

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Pony up that cash, it’s payday! This is what you should be blowing your kids’ college fund on, unless you already blew it on St. Patrick’s Day—here’s what’s Now Available. Knox Handroid The internet caught glimpses of this gauntlet last fall and now it’s available for motorcycle and cyborg hand enthusiasts worldwide. This kevlar and…

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Best Buy Now Completely Full of Crap in 3D

If you drop a few grand on a 3DTV package, the Geek Squad will “sync” those 3D glasses for you free—part of a “$149.99 value.” The problem? Syncing shutter glasses only requires that you LOOK AT THE SCREEN. So HDGuru called three different Best Buy locations to figure out what’s so complicated about getting 3D…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Fassbinder’s Ground-Breaking Virtual Reality Crime Movie Showing In New York

Computer-generated simulations of people start getting out of control in Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s World On A Wire, which anticipated The Matrix 26 years early. This film has only showed in the U.S. once, but it’s coming to New York. World On A Wire will have a weeklong run at the Museum Of Modern Art in…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

The Future of Storage

If you take the guts of a Blu-ray or DVD player, blow it up, and spread it across a work bench, it looks like this. So you might be surprised to know that you’re looking at the future of storage. A laser beam whose wavelength is being monitored by this Soviet-looking machine is being bounced…

Tech News John Herrman

What’s Happened To Torchwood?

Torchwood achieved critical acclaim and blockbuster ratings for “Children Of Earth,” but since then? No news. Now BBC Wales left Torchwood out of a list of its productions. And John Barrowman dodged Torchwood questions. What’s going on? According to Den Of Geek, the director of BBC Wales, Menna Richards, gave a speech before the preview…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

20 Great Infodumps From Science Fiction Novels

Night of the Gun: Remembering Only What We Can Stand To Remember

The Typo We’ve Been Waiting For

Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter: Surprisingly Fantastic

Football – Real Kick iPhone Game Actually Plays Meatspace Soccer

This Week’s Best iPhone Apps

Before The Movie, Witness Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour

Tendril Vision Clock Helps You Save in Electricity Bills

DIY Alien Race Invades Earth

First Quantum Effects Seen in Visible Object

The Five Stages of Data Loss Grief

Repo Men—Now Playing Everywhere

Steve Jobs on Organ Transplant Lists: “I Almost Died” Waiting

A Wrinkle In Time Finally Gets Vengeace For Crappy Disney TV Movie, With A Real Feature Film

The Health Care Industry Apocalypse In “Repo Men”

Now Available

Best Buy Now Completely Full of Crap in 3D

Fassbinder’s Ground-Breaking Virtual Reality Crime Movie Showing In New York

The Future of Storage

What’s Happened To Torchwood?

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