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Colonel Mustard, In The Dining Room, With This Chandelier

There are lamps that excite me and there are lamps that I couldn’t care less about. Then there’s this chandelier designed by Robert Kaindl, glass artisan extraordinary, which looks like it would stab me if given the opportunity. https://gizmodo.com/the-loch-ness-monster-isnt-in-scotland-shes-lighting-u-5485981 For once, I’m scared to turn on the lights. [Design Milk]

Tech News Rosa Golijan

CeBIT Remainders: 8 Reasons We Didn’t Go

Every year, Hanover, Germany hosts hordes of tech journalists, analysts, and PR people for CeBIT. It’s like CES, sort of, except further away, and more boring. We decided not to go this year; it ends tomorrow. Here’s what we missed! To be clear, these were some of the bigger stories of the conference, at least…

Tech News John Herrman

Orangutan Hacks Snack Machine

At the Hanover zoo, an orangutan must pull a succession of strings before being rewarded with a nut. Sometimes, the experience gets a bit frustrating: We’ve all been there, buddy. We’ve all been there. [Telegraph via Animals don’t think…]

Biology Mark Wilson

Lip-Reading Cell Phones Will Be Great For Phone Six

German researchers are working on mobile phone technology that would convert silent mouth movements into speech. It’s an ingenious way to have a noiseless conversation, but if they don’t get it right there could be some unfortunate mix-ups. The tech—developed at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology—involved uses electromyography, and measures the electrical potentials generated by…

Tech News Brian Barrett

The Cat Who Wears A Bunny Suit May Have Nefarious Intentions

This is the sort of thing that cats do when they are certain that humans aren’t watching. They dress up in bunny suits, commit crimes, and hold secret meetings in snowy glades to divide up the loot. Artist Steven Tabbutt is an illustrator whose image of cats in bunny suits, “The Incident,” just won the…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

Bacon Rockets: How to Make Dead Pigs Fly

Rockets made of bacon, a song about bacon, broken windows, and beeping smoke detectors. I could not think of a more wonderful experiment. Here’s how it was done. Please don’t try this at home. I refuse to be responsible for any damage. [Thanks, Jess!]

Tech News Rosa Golijan

A Very Quick Guide To io9 Commenter Forums

In response to your demands, we’ve made io9 commenter forums even easier to reach. Here is the Very Quick Guide to our discussion forums. Observation Deck: Many of you already visit our general discussion area, Observation Deck. That’s where you can talk about anything you want, from tonight’s episode of Caprica to which novels you…

io9 Annalee Newitz

The Apple Lawsuit Rampage We’d Love to See

Apple’s lawsuit against HTC made one thing clear: Steve. Jobs. Will. Cut You. And with all the patents they’ve got? Nobody’s safe. Here’s who’s next on the subpoena warpath: https://gizmodo.com/apple-sues-htc-for-infringing-on-20-iphone-patents-the-5483632 Patent #8,567,301: A Process to Cryogenically Microbead Pasteurized Dairy Defendant: Dippin’ Dots Patent #5,475,939: Inexpensive Self-Assembled Home Furnishings With Names That Sound Like Lesser Norse…

Tech News Brian Barrett and Kyle VanHemert

IDF Facebook Reminder: Do NOT Poke Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

To prevent any more raids being blown over Facebook status updates, Israeli Defense Forces higher-ups have put these posters around bases to make very clear that soldiers should not be friending enemies of the state. Noted! https://gizmodo.com/israeli-raid-cancelled-after-very-stupid-facebook-post-5485797 Besides, I hear Syrian President Bashar Assad is a real jerk on Farmville. [Thanks, tipster!]

Social Media Brian Barrett

The Shiniest Stories On io9 Last Week

Too busy taking bets on the Gandalf-versus-Nic Cage wizard battle of the century? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. This week: hangover-free alcohol, why the Chile earthquake shortened our days, and Roger Corman talks Sharktopus! https://gizmodo.com/nic-cage-versus-gandalf-whod-win-we-asked-the-sorcere-5482466 Scientists Have Discovered Booze That Won’t Give You A Hangover Booze, for all its magical wonder, still has big…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Nova Albion Steampunk Exhibition Showcases Fashion, Film, Madness

If you are yearning for some alternate history pomp and glory next weekend, and you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area, you’ll want to fetch yourself some tickets to the Nova Albion Steampunk Exhibition. Not only will you find the latest anachronistic styles and literary endeavors, but you’ll also be treated to a unique motion…

io9 Annalee Newitz

The Prettiest Way To Learn About Satellites

This Is Real Art, a company that aims to “bridge the gap between design and advertising,” recently completed a series of animated videos on the subject of satellites. They’re the perfect combination: the subject matter is geeky, the animation gorgeous. The series, which was produced for European satellite maker Astra, covers every aspect of the…

Space & Spaceflight Kyle VanHemert

And The Cameo Oscar Goes To… Stan Lee!

Everybody’s obsessed with whether Meryl Streep will get her thousandth Oscar this weekend, but what about Stan Lee? He works hard too. And in this new Oscar-campaign video, he makes a compelling case for his movie cameos as High Art. Stan Lee’s Oscar Campaign from Stan Lee [via Funny Or Die, True Believers!]

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

The Week’s Best iPhone Apps

In this week’s legitimately purchased app roundup: Google Buzz, appified! Games, sold Costco-style! App Store meme marriages, consummated! Child medical mysteries, solved! Ragdoll physics, taken to its logical conclusion! Travel, meticulously planned! Movie recommendations, mystically conjured! And more… https://gizmodo.com/the-myth-of-iphone-app-piracy-5477732 This Week’s Best Apps If you’d like to view the gallery as a single page, click…

Tech News John Herrman

Chairs You Can Eat

I don’t know how solid these are, but they look so yummy. I want a bite too. [Enoc Armengol via Core77]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

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Check out three new Windows laptops to suit every style. The ultraportable ThinkPad X201, the Asus N71, and the new Dell Latitude. ASUS N71JV-X1 NoteBook Asus outed their newest notebook to feature the smart and power saving Nvidia Optimus system. This new technology allows for easier transitions in GPU dedication between graphics intensive apps and…

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Review: Alice In Wonderland 3D Doesn’t Need the 3D

Having read the original many times, watched multiple films and TV series, and collected every object imaginable, I must confess that I’m an Alice whore. Here’s my review of Tim Burton’s sequel: I love it. But not on 3D. Spoilers ahead In fact, I like everything about the movie except the 3D. I don’t hate…

Reviews Jesus Diaz

Tim Burton’s “Alice” Is A Bad Marriage Between Disney and Goth

If Alice in Wonderland is a hybrid of Disney sensibilities and Burton’s dark weirdness, I’m afraid the Disney side is dominant. A 3D remake of Lewis Carroll’s classic novels, Alice has a heart of darkness wrapped in a cloying exterior. The movie, packed with whimsical effects (though nothing that takes advantage of 3D) and great…

io9 Annalee Newitz

This Week’s Apps

Vlingo: Vlingo’s updated their popular (well, BlackBerry popular) voice transcription app with a new interface. The core functionality—voice actuated calling, web, Facebook and Twitter updates and mapping—is still there, and the newly organized homescreen literally spells out how to use each function. The catch, though, is that to use the new features, like the email…

Tech News John Herrman

Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Headaches Edition

In today’s Remainders: headaches. Microsoft’s browser ballot is a headache for the little guys; CereProc talks about the painstaking process of rebuilding Ebert’s voice; WiMax taxis in Taiwan get me a little steamed; a magical migraine-diminishing wand, and more. Talk To Me Since we first read about the Scottish company CereProc and their effort to…

Health Kyle VanHemert

Colonel Mustard, In The Dining Room, With This Chandelier

CeBIT Remainders: 8 Reasons We Didn’t Go

Orangutan Hacks Snack Machine

Lip-Reading Cell Phones Will Be Great For Phone Six

The Cat Who Wears A Bunny Suit May Have Nefarious Intentions

Bacon Rockets: How to Make Dead Pigs Fly

A Very Quick Guide To io9 Commenter Forums

The Apple Lawsuit Rampage We’d Love to See

IDF Facebook Reminder: Do NOT Poke Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

The Shiniest Stories On io9 Last Week

Nova Albion Steampunk Exhibition Showcases Fashion, Film, Madness

The Prettiest Way To Learn About Satellites

And The Cameo Oscar Goes To… Stan Lee!

The Week’s Best iPhone Apps

Chairs You Can Eat

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Review: Alice In Wonderland 3D Doesn’t Need the 3D

Tim Burton’s “Alice” Is A Bad Marriage Between Disney and Goth

This Week’s Apps

Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Headaches Edition

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