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Reinvention Of The Daleks!

Doctor Who’s oldest and deadliest monsters are back — and some new concept art shows how the twisted, maniacal minds at the BBC recreated them in a new, terrible image. Plus here’s why Doctor Who season five is must-see television. Minor spoilers ahead… So at this point, three episodes of the Matt Smith era of…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Apr 17 '10

Needs More Dazzler: Brightest Day, Loki Goes Loco, And HulkPool Is Hulklarious

What comics Need More Dazzler this week? Brightest Day and Siege: Loki do readers a solid, whereas Hulked Out Heroes reads exponentially better if you’ve been tippling. Brightest Day 0 Writer: Geoff Johns Art: Peter Tomasi Now this is more like it – after the grand mal choma-war that was Blackest Night, it’s enjoyable to…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Apr 17 '10

FIRST Robot Competition Championship 2010

The championship match of the 2010 FIRST Robot Competition is starting soon. Many teams have fallen and many robots have fallen apart. But now it’s just the best student-made bots of the lot, battling for all the glory. Watch inside! https://gizmodo.com/first-2010-americas-engineering-whiz-kids-face-off-in-5518948 You can watch the stream of the event, provided by NASA, here. Learn about…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Apr 17 '10

Miniature LED Lamp Powered By Fruit (Or Is It Vegetable?)

The tastiest design at this year’s Milan Furniture Fair isn’t furniture at all—it’s this tiny, tomato-powered LED lamp by Israeli group d-VISION. You say tomato, I say incisive commentary on energy production and consumer culture. [MocoLoco and Inhabitat]

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Apr 17 '10

Is The Universe The Creation Of Asimov’s Bored Robot?

For this installment of Weekend Short Story Club, we’ll be looking at Isaac Asimov’s “The Last Question.” Short stories are an oft-forgotten part of literature, and “The Last Question” showcases every reason why they should stay relevant. Originally published in 1956 in the short-lived Science Fiction Quarterly, Asimov privately thought “The Last Question” the best…

Books & Comics David Grossman Apr 17 '10

This Computer/Amp Combo Overclocks To 11

Is the OPC Computer Amplifier a guitar amp with a bonus computer or a computer with a bonus guitar amp? The look suggests the former. The 500GB HDD, GeForce 9300 graphics card, and Windows 7 OS suggest the latter. OK, to be honest, the answer is A. The OPC is the latest and greatest from…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Apr 17 '10

Greek Myths Clash With The Modern World

With Clash of the Titans getting an update, the time is perfect for Ryan Mauskopf’s humorous illustrations placing Greek mythological figures in the modern world. Too bad most gods and monsters aren’t quite ready for modern life. For this year’s junior thesis project, the School of Visual Arts asked students to transform Greek myths. Mauskopf…

io9 Lauren Davis Apr 17 '10

FIRST Robot Competition Finals Streaming Live RIGHT NOW

Though the championship match isn’t slated for a few more hours—we’ll be back with full coverage when it does—the division finals for the student-built robotics extravaganza are now streaming live from the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. These are the elimination matches, so there are sure to be some robot tears shed. Tune in to see…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Apr 17 '10

Octopus Snatches Diver’s Camera For Home Movie

Octopuses, it is generally agreed, are the sneakiest, most awesome animals in existence. They have magical camouflaging abilities and can squeeze through teeny holes. The latest octopus rascality: stealing a diver’s video camera and shooting an undersea home movie. Updated In this case, the inspired cephalopod borrowed the camera from New Zealand free diver Victor…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Apr 17 '10

The Daughter From FlashForward Is The Most Evil Kid On TV

You know FlashForward is a very special program when it can’t even make its plucky child protagonist likable. Seriously, Charlie Benford is a pint-sized harbinger of adultery. It’s like she wants her mom to cheat on her dad or something. If I had to compare this week’s FlashForward episode – “Let No Man Put Asunder”…

Television Cyriaque Lamar Apr 17 '10

Buying Back Your Youth on the Internet

Heartwarming: An elderly actor used the internet to recreate the Manhattan apartment he lived in as a youngster, item by item. Not so heartwarming: it was a stunt by the Swedish Postal Service to familiarize old people with e-commerce. My heart doesn’t know how to feel about this. Bo Brundin, a Swedish actor who appeared…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Apr 17 '10

The Shiniest Stories On io9 This Week

What happened on io9 this week? Joss Whedon nabbed Avengers (huzzah!), the io9 Commentary Twack debuted with Dune, Grant Morrison talked Batman, mysterious cryptography boggled us, and McLovin hinted at Kick-Ass 2 (and wore sweet shoes). Why Joss Whedon Should Be Your New Marvel Movie Overlord Will Joss Whedon ruin your superhero-gasm? Some fans seem…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Apr 17 '10

Bees And Flowers Speak In A Secret Code (And They Think Your Haircut Is Goofy)

Flowers may use UV patterns to attract bees. See how, and check out photos that shows us approximately what a bee sees when it looks at flowers. This is a confusing time to be a human. As the human race unlocks the secrets of genetics and uses them to make square tomatoes and clone velociraptors,…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Apr 17 '10

How To: Access Your Entire Computer From an iPad

I don’t buy into the iPad as a laptop replacement—not quite. But it is fantastic at tapping into your computers to access video and audio, documents, and even your full desktop, remotely. Here’s how. The iPad is first a foremost a device for consuming media, and where is most of your media if not on…

Tech News John Herrman Apr 17 '10

Soccer Stars Sleeping In Altitude Tents To Prep For World Cup

Outside of the U.S., soccer is taken quite seriously. So seriously, it turns out, that members of England’s national team will soon sleep in oxygen-deprivation tents to prepare for their high-altitude matches at the upcoming World Cup in South Africa. The players are subjected to a variety of creepy tests at the team’s Hertfordshire “hotel,”…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Apr 17 '10

Stormtroopers Have Lightsabers And C-3PO Has Breasts In Ralph McQuarrie’s Star Wars Art

If it hadn’t been for this gorgeous concept art by Ralph McQuarrie, Fox may not have embraced George Lucas’ pitch for A New Hope. McQuarrie’s illustrations didn’t just define the Star Wars aesthetic – they made Star Wars happen. For the most part, A New Hope stayed faithful to McQuarrie’s original designs, but it’s intriguing…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Apr 17 '10

X170 Action Camera Is Ready For Any Adventure

If a rugged cam is only as good as the places you can mount it, then the X170 Action Camera, which can be strapped to heads, latched to handlebars, and velcroed just about anywhere else, must be pretty damn good. The X170 from Drift Innovation shoots 720 x 480 video and 5MP photos on a…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Apr 17 '10

Cloud Computing Makes It Easier For Criminals To Get Busted

The great thing about cloud computing is that no matter where you are, your files are just there. It turns out they’re just there for law enforcement, too, as two Google Docs-using spammers recently found out. In a case Wired’s calling “the first publicly acknowledged search warrant benefiting from a suspect’s reliance on cloud computing,”…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Apr 17 '10

Do Cyborgs Dream Of Co-Ed Hot Showers?

The 1990 film Hardware, aka M.A.R.K. 13, might have been trying to be the Terminator of the 1990s, but it was mostly forgettable. Except for this cyborg shower scene. That cyber-hand is great for lathering. [via Bonniegrrl on Twitter]

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 16 '10

One of the Worst Ways to Introduce Yourself

As if it’s not enough that he turned his iPad into an overpriced name tag, this guy had to go a step further and let it dangle precariously from his neck. Geez. There are classier ways to announce your name. Like this: See? All it takes is a hair tie on each corner and your…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Apr 16 '10

Reinvention Of The Daleks!

Needs More Dazzler: Brightest Day, Loki Goes Loco, And HulkPool Is Hulklarious

FIRST Robot Competition Championship 2010

Miniature LED Lamp Powered By Fruit (Or Is It Vegetable?)

Is The Universe The Creation Of Asimov’s Bored Robot?

This Computer/Amp Combo Overclocks To 11

Greek Myths Clash With The Modern World

FIRST Robot Competition Finals Streaming Live RIGHT NOW

Octopus Snatches Diver’s Camera For Home Movie

The Daughter From FlashForward Is The Most Evil Kid On TV

Buying Back Your Youth on the Internet

The Shiniest Stories On io9 This Week

Bees And Flowers Speak In A Secret Code (And They Think Your Haircut Is Goofy)

How To: Access Your Entire Computer From an iPad

Soccer Stars Sleeping In Altitude Tents To Prep For World Cup

Stormtroopers Have Lightsabers And C-3PO Has Breasts In Ralph McQuarrie’s Star Wars Art

X170 Action Camera Is Ready For Any Adventure

Cloud Computing Makes It Easier For Criminals To Get Busted

Do Cyborgs Dream Of Co-Ed Hot Showers?

One of the Worst Ways to Introduce Yourself

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