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MetalStorm 3GL Grenade Launcher Should Be Renamed to “You-Gonna-Get-a-Sh*tstorm-of-Metal, Enemy Dude”

This is not the MetalStorm 3GL Grenade Launcher. It’s the Milkor MGL/M32, a lightweight 40 mm semi-automatic, 6-shot grenade launcher. It does a lot of bang-bang-my-baby-shot-me-down, but it’s no match for the deadly simple, electronically-fired MetalStorm 3GL: Unlike the Milkor, which is the classic grenade launcher, MetalStorm 3GL doesn’t have multiple barrels. Just a single…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Iron Man’s Arch Enemy The Mandarin, Like You’ve Never Seen Him Before

If the Iron Man movies are leading up to featuring the Mandarin as the ultimate big bad, it could be a bit of a letdown, based on the comics. But concept art for a new animated series gives us hope. Marvel released a few pieces of concept art of the Mandarin from the animated series…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The Real Psychic Soldier Behind The Men Who Stare at Goats

When Jim Channon authored the First Earth Battalion manual, he was hoping to bring warfare into a more humane, modern age. In a new series of columns, he talks about the film and why harnessing the paranormal is so important. Jon Ronson, who wrote the book The Men Who Stare at Goats, has taken over…

Movies Lauren Davis

Dell Adamo XPS Hands On: Insanely Thin (and Just Insane)

The Adamo XPS is a daring slice of design and engineering. Quite frankly, it’s batshit insane. I mean that in the best possible way. It really is impossibly thin. I felt like I was holding a single sheet of aluminum that was contoured into the curved shape of a laptop. I set it down, gingerly,…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Inflatable Seatbelts…Really Ford?

Times are tough for the automotive industry. Consumers have less money, the environment has less tolerance and nothing short of new engineering paradigms can fix any of it. You know, stuff like inflatable rear seatbelts. The next-generation Ford Explorer will come with rear seatbelts that inflate in an accident, just like an airbag. But the…

Tech News Mark Wilson

More Low-Tech Invisibility Cloaks, This Time in NYC

Yesterday, I showed you Liu Bolin’s analog take on invisibility. Today, I’ve got more for you: say hello to Fred Lebain…if you can see him. https://gizmodo.com/liu-bolin-creates-slowest-least-practical-invisibility-5397102 Fred’s technique is similar to Liu’s, but instead of painting himself, he uses large photographs. He goes to various spots in NYC, take a photo, then returns a few…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Pirate Agricultures of the California Coast

When every crop has to be licensed from patent owners like Monsanto, only those practiced in the art of pirate agriculture will have reasonably-priced food. This gorgeous series of photographs from Mendocino’s pot harvest might be a glimpse of that future. Photographer Mathieu Young took these intimate pictures of a small pot farm at harvest…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Orphan-Friendly Villains Fight To The Death, In New Despicable Me Trailer

We’re still not sure how to feel about 3-D supervillain showdown Despicable Me, especially since one of the aforementioned villains becomes an impromptu foster parent to three orphan girls. Watch the trailer and judge for yourself. While the theme is certainly catchy, and the voice cast is impressive what’s with the orphans? Read the official…

Movies Meredith Woerner

MPAA Still Trying to Plug Your Analog Hole with Selectable Output Control

Still use component connections with your cable box? Listen up: the MPAA has again asked the FCC to let studios disable analog connections during certain on-demand movies. The FCC currently bans this, and here’s why that’s a good thing. Lots of gear that’s still kicking around only has an analog connection with a cable box:…

Tech News Danny Allen

How Superman Might Read the NY Times

The Infractor is probably the least efficient manner in which you could read the morning paper, but it involves Fortress of Solitude-esque prisms and interactive rays of light. Quite simply, the paper has never looked better. Video demo: Running on what looks to be a Microsoft Surface the Reactable, Infractor is a piece of software…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Together At Last! Dinocroc Vs. Supergator!

First there was Dinocroc, and then there was Supergator (both produced by Roger Corman, of course). Now the long-awaited smackdown stomps onto DVD next year, with some David Carradine thrown in for good measure. Check the monsters. Over at Undead Backbrain, Robert Hood and Avery Guerra have the full story. But in a nutshell, it’s…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Avatar’s Japanese Trailer Adds Even More Creatures

Japan got a shorter version of the latest Avatar trailer, but it also got some new footage we didn’t see in the English-language version. Here, we meet more of Pandora’s monsters, and witness the beginnings of the love story. Most of the footage here is the same, albeit remixed, and there are some small changes…

Movies Lauren Davis

Giz Explains: Android, and How It Will Take Over the World

This week we met Motorola’s Droid, the first handset with Android 2.0. To an outsider, it just looks like another Google smartphone, but 2.0 is more than that: it’s proof that Android is finally going to take over the world. https://gizmodo.com/motorola-droid-review-5396168 So Wait, What Is Android, Exactly? In Google’s words, it’s “the first truly open…

Tech News John Herrman

Out-Of-The-Box Windows 7 Install Is Vulnerable To 8 out of 10 Viruses Tested

SophosLabs didn’t believe claims that Windows 7 and its User Account Controls were any more secure than previous versions of the OS, so they tested (albeit somewhat oddly) a clean install. Result? A reminder that you should always use protection. The way the test was conducted is that ten viruses were introduced into a clean…

Privacy & Security Rosa Golijan

Wil Wheaton’s Star Trek Cameo And How You Made Quinto Spock Happen

It’s pretty amazing that Zachary Quinto’s interest in playing Spock was sparked by mere message-board chatter — a newly released DVD featurette shows how it all began. Plus Wil Wheaton’s Trek movie cameo is revealed. Apparently Wheaton did a lot of voice work for the Romulan crew, and it’s all thanks to fellow voiceover-artist Greg…

Movies Meredith Woerner

New Xbox 360 Warranty Stickers Better Guarantee Chastity?

Apparently, Microsoft is slapping a new style of void-if-removed warranty stickers on Xbox 360s that are sent in for repair. Why? With no facts to back us up, we must call upon our favorite pastime: crazy-eyed speculation. The new sticker, found under the faceplate (just like the old one), looks a bit bigger and features…

Tech News Mark Wilson

LG Chocolate Touch, BlackBerry Curve 8530, and Samsung Convoy: Verizon’s Second-String Lineup

The Motorola Droid and HTC Droid Eris may get all the buzz, but what about Verizon’s less glamorous new phones? The LG Chocolate Touch, BlackBerry Curve 8530 and Samsung Convoy were all introduced today, and they too deserve a look. The LG Chocolate Touch is the latest iteration of the Chocolate line, and brings with…

Gadgets Dan Nosowitz

Rapidly-Forming Rift in African Desert Could Become an Ocean

Four years ago, a volcano opened this massive crack between the African and Arabian tectonic plates in Ethopia. New research shows it could be the beginning of a new ocean shoreline. According to New Scientist: The magma inside the volcano did not reach the surface and erupt as a fountain of lava – instead, it…

io9 Annalee Newitz

These Are the Bikini Princess Leias You Are Looking For (Updated)

Did you know Princess Leia had a twin sister? And that they sunbathed on Jabba barge’s deck, half-naked and oily under the torrid light of Tatooine’s twin suns? Neither did I. [Update: ANTHR CLEERER PICTRR AFTRR JMP] Here you can see Carrie Fisher in her metal bikini alonside Tracy Eddon, her stunt double in Return…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Doctor Who And Resident Evil Both Have Scary Shower Scenes, But They’re Very Different

It’s a spoiler-crash! Ed Norton talks Avengers, Milla Jovovich reveals a Resident Evil showdown, and James Marsters shows up in a Caprica ad. Creepy new Doctor Who/Fringe clips! Plus Red Dawn, Ghost Rider, The Box, Supernatural, Smallville, FlashForward and Chuck. The Avengers: More on Edward Norton’s will-he-won’t-he dance, with regards to returning as the Hulk.…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

MetalStorm 3GL Grenade Launcher Should Be Renamed to “You-Gonna-Get-a-Sh*tstorm-of-Metal, Enemy Dude”

Iron Man’s Arch Enemy The Mandarin, Like You’ve Never Seen Him Before

The Real Psychic Soldier Behind The Men Who Stare at Goats

Dell Adamo XPS Hands On: Insanely Thin (and Just Insane)

Inflatable Seatbelts…Really Ford?

More Low-Tech Invisibility Cloaks, This Time in NYC

Pirate Agricultures of the California Coast

Orphan-Friendly Villains Fight To The Death, In New Despicable Me Trailer

MPAA Still Trying to Plug Your Analog Hole with Selectable Output Control

How Superman Might Read the NY Times

Together At Last! Dinocroc Vs. Supergator!

Avatar’s Japanese Trailer Adds Even More Creatures

Giz Explains: Android, and How It Will Take Over the World

Out-Of-The-Box Windows 7 Install Is Vulnerable To 8 out of 10 Viruses Tested

Wil Wheaton’s Star Trek Cameo And How You Made Quinto Spock Happen

New Xbox 360 Warranty Stickers Better Guarantee Chastity?

LG Chocolate Touch, BlackBerry Curve 8530, and Samsung Convoy: Verizon’s Second-String Lineup

Rapidly-Forming Rift in African Desert Could Become an Ocean

These Are the Bikini Princess Leias You Are Looking For (Updated)

Doctor Who And Resident Evil Both Have Scary Shower Scenes, But They’re Very Different

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