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Syfy’s Haven Finds Its Leading Lady

Good news for the inhabitants of Haven, the town at the center of the upcoming Syfy fantasy series based on a novella by Stephen King: A former doctor will be taking a lead role in the community. er’s Emily Rose will be playing FBI Agent Audrey Parker in the series, adapted from King’s The Colorado…

Television Graeme McMillan

Steve Wozniak Describes the Eureka Moment That Brought Color to Computers

It’s hard not to like Steve Wozniak, both for his contributions to modern computing and his jovial nature. In this recent interview, where he recounts the moment he solved bringing color to computing, you get a healthy dose of both. His description of those moments between awake and asleep when inspiration strikes is a familiar…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Split-Screen Lets You Compare Lost’s Two Premieres

Just how similar were the opening sequences of seasons one and six on Lost? Creepily similar, it turns out, judging from a split-screen run down of each intro.

Television Meredith Woerner

Melt Your Pores With Panasonic’s Nano-Care Ion Steamer

Nothing like getting a hot steam blast to the face whenever you demand it. Now you can clean out your filthy pores with ‘ion-charged nano-particles’ that a normal pot of boiling water simply can’t provide. Supposedly. Joe Shishido’s character from Branded to Kill (trailer NSFW) would love this thing. It also has a setting to…

Health Gizmodo Deals

Did AT&T Lie About SlingPlayer? [Update: Probably Not]

When AT&T announced it’s allowing SlingPlayer for the iPhone to stream video over 3G, CEO Ralph de la Vega said that Sling “revise[d] the app to make it more bandwidth sensitive.” Sling told Ars they didn’t change anything. Updated. https://gizmodo.com/slingplayer-iphone-app-finally-allowed-to-stream-tv-ove-5464089 Sling told Ars “AT&T never discussed any specific requirements with us” and that they’ve always…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Star Trek LOLCats. Just Cuz.

Is there anything more awesome than a cat with a bat’leth? If so, we don’t want to know. The two biggest non-porn components of the Internet are Star Trek and cats. Combine the two, and it’s like matter and cattymatter! Top image via Joey DeVilla.

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Alien Chestburster Finds Loving Host in PS3

Say whatever bad things you will about the PS3, but have you ever seen an alien bust out of an Xbox 360’s torso? I didn’t think so. Just in time for cyborg surrealist Hans Rudi Giger’s birthday (he’s attributed with creating the trademark Alien look), a long-time Alien PS3 modder has completed his latest creation—this…

Movies Mark Wilson

The Woman Who Married Art And Burlesque And Got Fantastically Weird [NSFW]

Big, beautiful, lusty women. Gorgeous, gigantic, muscled men. Fantastic animals and larger-than-life settings. This is the wonderful world of Molly Crabapple: the woman who married art and burlesque and watched them make beautiful music together with Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School. Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School is an amazing event. Roughly twice a month (in the NY…

io9 Ann VanderMeer

Obama Cancels Kennedy’s Dream

Once upon a time, a President thought that taking humans “to the Moon and the planets beyond” was not only good for the economy of the country, but also would push US technology decades beyond everybody’s else. He was right. That President was John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Of course, he also wanted to go to the…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

3D HDMI 1.4 Spec Available for Public Download

You don’t need to be a big shot licensee to develop an HDMI 1.4 compatible 3D product anymore. The powers that be have released the spec for public download, which I assume means that Chinese OEMs everywhere are going nuts at the moment. [HDMI via Engadget] https://gizmodo.com/hdmi-1-4-rocks-for-six-reasons-sucks-for-four-more-5340013

Tech News Mark Wilson

Darpa’s Latest Project: Synthetic Creatures That Can Never Die

Darpa, the Pentagon’s crazypants research arm, is taking shit to a whole new level: they’re pumping money into developing synthetic organisms immune to death. Oh, except for the built-in genetic kill switch. Yikes. Danger Room reports that Darpa is investing $6 million into the project, called “BioDesign.” As part of its budget for the next…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Terry Pratchett Argues For Assisted Death

Since his Alzheimer’s diagnosis, Discworld author Terry Pratchett has become a vocal advocate for people’s right to die when faced with extremely debilitating diseases. He explained how the state might regulate “assisted death” in an intelligent, moving speech. Delivered earlier this week, the speech has now been excerpted in the Guardian. Pratchett suggests that the…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Wind-Powered Highway Lights Disconnect From the Grid

As far as practical renewable energy concepts go, these wind-powered highway lights are pretty elegant. And from my layman’s perspective, they seem to be practical and realistic. I like ’em! [Turbine Light via Inhabitat]

Tech News Adam Frucci

Another Gremlins Film? That’s News To Spielberg

Gremlins scribe Chris Columbus put the new movie rumors to bed, with the help of original executive producer Stephen Spielberg. What do they seem much more interested in: a Goonies 2 “all grown up with kids” feature. We snagged the Harry Potter director at the premiere of his new demigod film Percy Jackson & the…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Samsung to Release Laptop with a Transparent Screen within 12 Months

Remember this insane transparent OLED laptop we saw at CES? Well, Samsung is actually planning on selling this ludicrous contraption within a year. Prediction: it will be expensive and not worth it. But we’ll see! [PlusPlasticElectronics via OLED-Info] https://gizmodo.com/the-invisible-oled-laptop-to-end-all-laptops-5442217

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Watchmen Sequel? “Not A Chance” Says Hollywood

Rumors of a comic book sequel to Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen may be racing around the internet, but that doesn’t mean that Warner’s movie division is tempted to go back to the well again. https://gizmodo.com/watchmen-2-wrath-of-the-electric-boogaloo-may-actually-5463598 An anonymous source told Deadline Hollywood’s Nikki Finke that we won’t be seeing Zack Snyder’s Watchmen 2 anytime…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Deadly Submarine Freelances as Charming Bathtub

The only way the Porthole Bath could be more charming? Through the addition of a periscope. $5,100—nuclear core and depth charge detector not included. [Water Monopoly via Bem Legaus via bookofjoe]

Tech News Mark Wilson

Color Touch-Sensitive Ereader Screens Coming This Year, Sez Kindle Supplier

The company that supplies Amazon with its Kindle displays is working on touchscreen electrophoretic panels according to Digitimes. This doesn’t necessarily mean Amazon will be using them, considering their recent snap-up of Touchco. https://gizmodo.com/hello-kindle-touch-amazon-buys-a-little-multitouch-com-5463577 Scott Liu, chairman of PVI (which bought e-ink mid last year) reckons their color pressure-sensitive touchscreen EPDs will support animation this…

Commerce Kat Hannaford

Logan Lerman Talks Spider-Man: Is He Your Peter Parker?

News broke yesterday that Logan Lerman was one of the actors being considered for Peter Parker in Sony’s Spidey reboot. We caught up with Lerman at the Lightning Thief premiere and tried tapping into his Spidey senses. When we asked him about the news, he was extremely cautious about revealing anything at all, which is…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Full Details on the New Nook 1.2 Firmware Going Out Now

A B&N employee (who’d just updated their store’s Nooks) sent us all the details of the new Nook firmware 1.2 update that, according to the date on this memo, should hit later today. UPDATE https://gizmodo.com/internal-memo-shows-nook-firmware-update-1-2-will-hit-5464878 • Enhanced in-store seamless connectivity to enjoy free Wi-Fi, with More In Store content promotions exclusively for Nook owners •…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Syfy’s Haven Finds Its Leading Lady

Steve Wozniak Describes the Eureka Moment That Brought Color to Computers

Split-Screen Lets You Compare Lost’s Two Premieres

Melt Your Pores With Panasonic’s Nano-Care Ion Steamer

Did AT&T Lie About SlingPlayer? [Update: Probably Not]

Star Trek LOLCats. Just Cuz.

Alien Chestburster Finds Loving Host in PS3

The Woman Who Married Art And Burlesque And Got Fantastically Weird [NSFW]

Obama Cancels Kennedy’s Dream

3D HDMI 1.4 Spec Available for Public Download

Darpa’s Latest Project: Synthetic Creatures That Can Never Die

Terry Pratchett Argues For Assisted Death

Wind-Powered Highway Lights Disconnect From the Grid

Another Gremlins Film? That’s News To Spielberg

Samsung to Release Laptop with a Transparent Screen within 12 Months

Watchmen Sequel? “Not A Chance” Says Hollywood

Deadly Submarine Freelances as Charming Bathtub

Color Touch-Sensitive Ereader Screens Coming This Year, Sez Kindle Supplier

Logan Lerman Talks Spider-Man: Is He Your Peter Parker?

Full Details on the New Nook 1.2 Firmware Going Out Now

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