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The Blade That Would Make Helicopters Almost Silent

Helicopters make a lot of noise because of a physical phenomenon called blade-vortex interaction. Eurocopter engineers have developed a new kind of rotor blade that attenuates this problem. It’s called Blue Edge, and—as you can hear—it works beautifully: The new blade shape is combined with another technology called Blue Pulse, which adds three flaps to…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Godzilla Battles Sea Monsters And Dragons, For The Sake Of Art

We love Hugo Award-winning artist Bob Eggleton’s art in general, but his kaiju and dragon images — at least one of which appeared in a Tokyo gallery show — melt our brains with their atomic breath of awesomeness. It’s well worth checking out all of the art over at Eggleton’s blog, Bob’s Art Du Jour…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Motorola CLIQ Firmware 1.3.18 Update Looks Like Trouble

If you have a CLIQ, it’s probably a good idea to hold off on any updates, as a multitude of issues have cropped up. And most importantly, a T-Mobile forum mod recommends you “not to Master Reset your phone if your OTA update did not download or if you are experiencing issues at this time.”…

Tech News Mark Wilson

The Flash Finds Director, Speeds Towards Production?

If rumors are to be believed, Superman isn’t the only DC superhero whose movie plans are on the fast track: The Flash movie may have found its director, and it’s a name that may sound familiar to Green Lantern fans. According to IESB, Greg Berlanti will be the director of DC Entertainment’s The Flash. Berlanti…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Student’s iPod Explodes During Class

A Pentucket Regional High School science class got an unpleasant surprise yesterday when one student’s iPod exploded on her desk. But don’t worry! Nobody was hurt, and there’s a perfectly good explanation. While Apple has gotten in trouble in the past for spontaneous iPod Touch combustion, Newburyport Daily News Online commenter “jos” offered some valuable…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Chrome PS3 Slim Case Gives You a New Surface for Dust to Collect On

The XCM Cyberchrome case makes your PlayStation 3 look like the bumper of a ’57 Chevy, which is neat. Although I’ve gotta wonder if it makes the PS3 any less of a dust magnet. We’ve already seen XCM’s chrome case for the Xbox 360, but it somehow looks a bit better suited for the PS3’s…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Iceberg The Size Of Luxembourg Threatens Ocean Currents

A massive iceberg has broken off Antarctica and gotten stuck in a position that could cause global ocean currents to change dramatically. That would affect everything from shipping lanes to animal migration. The iceberg broke off from the Mertz Glacier last month, and has since lodged in a position where it is blocking heavy, ultracold…

io9 Annalee Newitz

What Is Apple’s Magic Trackpad?

The US Patent & Trademark Office just published Apple’s latest trademark application for “Magic Trackpad”—and, looking at a bit of history, we think it could be one of two new products. Possibility #1 Back in July 2009, Apple was granted a patent on their multi-touch Trackpad. However, many elements of the patent were left out,…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Will Disney’s Decision To Crush Mid-Budget Films Stomp Out Ant-Man?

Disney is squeezing out the middle on its slate of upcoming films. And that’s bad news for lesser-known Marvel heroes, like Ant-Man and Doctor Strange — unless you want to see Ant-Man done as a dirt-cheap romantic comedy. Producers for the Disney rom-com The Proposal, have spilled the beans on Disney’s film future. Disney will…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Why You and Everybody Else Wants Laser Eye Surgery

I never knew why Brian Lam wanted lasik so badly. He just called it “Godzilla protection.” [b3ta via The Daily What] https://gizmodo.com/what-does-lasik-really-feel-like-5051492

Books & Comics Mark Wilson

enTourage eDGe On Sale Next Month, “Comfortable Reading Experience” Will Win Over iPad Fans

The half ereader/half netbook from enTourage eDGe was one of the best gadgets CES threw up in my opinion. While the sale date has been pushed back by a month to March, some more details have been drip-fed to us. https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-with-the-entourage-edge-dualbook-if-you-want-5444059 In an interview with e-reader-info, enTourage’s President and CEO Asghar Mostafa detailed when the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

The Alternate History of Gundam In World War II

In the alternate history of Project Arbeiter, it’s 1943 and the Nazis have invented the ultimate weapon: Mobile armor suits. But the allies have stolen the tech. And now it’s a mobile suit mano a mano to win the war. I’m not sure if the plot is enough to sustain a feature, but this trailer…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Children of Men Director Saves Us From Wanted 2

Two bits of awesome news! First there will be no contrived Wanted sequel, thanks to Angelina Jolie. Instead she’s going to star in Gravity from Children Of Men director Alfonso Cuarón. Which is definitely the second bit of good news. New York Magazine is reporting that Angelina Jolie pulled out of Universal’s Wanted 2 picture,…

Movies Meredith Woerner

PK Lounge Surf Chair Captures Constant Motion

Cristian Wicha designs both furniture and surfboards. And looking at his PK Lounge, that’s pretty obvious. I wasn’t going to get too literal with an interpretation, but I just can’t help myself—it’s as if the base of the chair is the wave and the top of the chair a board! And while I’m no surfer,…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Your Bilingual First Look At New Iron Man 2 Scene

Iron Man 2’s villain Whiplash is going to be “ridiculously off the hook,” according to co-star Scarlett Johannson in this new French behind-the-scenes clip from the Marvel sequel, complete with brand new scene… in French. Parlez Vous Superhero? [MSN France]

Movies Graeme McMillan

Details On RIM’s New BlackBerry Slider?

This isn’t confirmed, but with RIM rumored to be exploring sliding-QWERTY devices for a pretty long time, one of our BlackBerry connects dropped some info on us and we wanted it to share it. Here’s what we know: • It’s a portrait-oriented slider. While most people assume a device with slideout keyboard would end up…

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Why Most Current Android Phones Will Never Get Flash 10.1

Flash is coming to Android phones, and for this, some of you are grateful. So when is it due? For some new handsets, the “first half of this year.” But the rest? Probably never. https://gizmodo.com/name-your-top-sites-using-flash-5478573 There are two factors that’ll determine whether or not your phone is ready and able to run Flash, whenever it…

Tech News John Herrman

Which Major Cities Will Transformers 3 Destroy? Also, Can You Unravel The Chuck Riddle?

Michael Bay reveals Transformers 3’s main locations. Your new favorite science-fiction heroine may be pregnant! A new Chuck casting scoop gives rise to wild theories. Plus Crazies, Defendor, Repo Men, Doctor Who, Caprica, Supernatural, V and Lost spoilers! Transformers 3: Michael Bay’s official blog says the next film will have major action sequences in Chicago…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

NY Vice-Principal Brags About School’s Laptop Spying to PBS

Apparently using laptop webcams to spy on students isn’t an isolated problem. An assistant principal in the Bronx recently not only bragged about doing just that to PBS—he demonstrated it live. Heads up: this gets real creepy. https://gizmodo.com/school-spies-students-through-their-laptop-cameras-5474614 Dan Ackerman is an administrator at Intermediate School 339, in the Bronx, and he appeared in a…

Privacy & Security Brian Barrett

The CartDesk Is Aimed at a Very Specific Type of Traveler

The CartDesk may or may not be for you. The only way to know for sure is to take the following questionnaire: Is the CartDesk Right For Me? Do you despise those trendy roller bags? Yes / No Is your lap unable to sustain the pressure of a “lap”top? Yes / No Would you add…

Tech News Mark Wilson

The Blade That Would Make Helicopters Almost Silent

Godzilla Battles Sea Monsters And Dragons, For The Sake Of Art

Motorola CLIQ Firmware 1.3.18 Update Looks Like Trouble

The Flash Finds Director, Speeds Towards Production?

Student’s iPod Explodes During Class

Chrome PS3 Slim Case Gives You a New Surface for Dust to Collect On

Iceberg The Size Of Luxembourg Threatens Ocean Currents

What Is Apple’s Magic Trackpad?

Will Disney’s Decision To Crush Mid-Budget Films Stomp Out Ant-Man?

Why You and Everybody Else Wants Laser Eye Surgery

enTourage eDGe On Sale Next Month, “Comfortable Reading Experience” Will Win Over iPad Fans

The Alternate History of Gundam In World War II

Children of Men Director Saves Us From Wanted 2

PK Lounge Surf Chair Captures Constant Motion

Your Bilingual First Look At New Iron Man 2 Scene

Details On RIM’s New BlackBerry Slider?

Why Most Current Android Phones Will Never Get Flash 10.1

Which Major Cities Will Transformers 3 Destroy? Also, Can You Unravel The Chuck Riddle?

NY Vice-Principal Brags About School’s Laptop Spying to PBS

The CartDesk Is Aimed at a Very Specific Type of Traveler

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