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Xbox Cufflinks Allow You To Subtly Ruin Any Formal Occasion

These Xbox cufflinks are the perfect way to inappropriately inject your nerdiness into otherwise classy situations. Because your daughter’s wedding just won’t be the same without everyone knowing you’re a gamer. [Etsy via Technabob]

Tech News Adam Frucci

When Monsters Change Sides: 10 Horror Icons Who Turned Good

Monsters cannot live (or unlive, in some cases) on terrorizing alone – sometimes, even the most horrible feel the need to spread some happiness in the world. Here are ten of the more memorable examples of horror icons going soft. Frankenstein Conquers The World Because, sometimes, a monster has to save the world from a…

io9 Graeme McMillan

I Pity the Fool Who Doesn’t Want to See the New A-Team

(Gizmodo’s bullpen a few minutes ago). Me: The new A-Team. Liam Neeson will be Hannibal. Brian: What the fuck. Backlink to the team limo. Me: That’s not for posting. https://gizmodo.com/the-a-team-limousine-chauffeurs-of-fortune-329935 Brian: Oh, I think it’s postable late at night. Me: Hahaha, you think that’s for posting, you fool. Brian: They always had gadgets, home made.…

Movies Jesus Diaz

Internet Finally Getting Non-Latin Domain Names

The ICANN, the folks who set some guidelines that make the Internet go ’round, are in the final stages of passing a proposal to introduce non-Latin characters to web addresses. Finally, there’ll be some non-porn-based multiculturalism on the Internet. Seriously, this is incredibly huge. Aside from being one of the single biggest changes to domain…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

The Cheapest Way To Smash An iPhone For Fun

Oddly enough, a website called iPhonedummy.net is selling realistic looking but completely non-functional iPhone dummies for $20 apiece. As stupid as that sounds, there are a million and one uses for this thing. The most obvious use would be as a cheap, smashable/stompable/blendable/microwaveable prop for film of home videos. I would imagine that practical jokers…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Felicia Day Assures Us the Milky Way Isn’t Doomed

In an unholy blending of space porn and Felicia Day, the Spitzer Science Center has released a funny and informative PSA on colliding galaxies. In this mock behind-the-scenes video, Day explains to an explosions-loving filmmaker why we shouldn’t fear Andromeda. Bad Astronomy]

io9 Lauren Davis

Microsoft Pusses Out on Family Guy Special

Microsoft’s involvement in the Windows 7 Family Guy hackathon is canceled. Family Guy’s writing team pulled out one too many idea balls about incest, the Holocaust and feminine hygiene, making it “not a fit with the Windows brand.” https://gizmodo.com/family-guys-seth-macfarlane-and-microsoft-team-up-for-h-5381164 Aw, that description of stuff in the episode makes me almost not really sad about missing…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Lost Northwest 188 Pilots Were Probably Dicking Around on Their Laptops

Last week, Northwest Flight 188 blew past its destination by over 100 miles and didn’t respond to air traffic control for 75 minutes, prompting panic. Most guessed the pilots fell asleep. Now, it appears they were messing around on laptops. It’s come out of interviews with the NTSB that the still-suspended pilots now claim the…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

The Best “Real Life” Ghost Cameos: Real or Fake?

Candid camera ghosts are all the rage, and it’s time we paid respect to the on-camera spirits that paved the way for popular films like Paranormal Activity. Here are the best of the best from YouTube: you be the judge.

io9 Meredith Woerner

Soft Tofu Chair Molds to Your Softer Tofu Tush

I’ve never been all that enthusiastic about eating tofu. But sitting on a gigantic piece of the stuff sounds just delicious. No, Yu-Ying Wu’s “breathing chair” is not really a giant chunk of tasteless protein, but it will automatically form to your body as you sit, turning from tofu to armchair with the weight of…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Ghost Gallery

This is one of three videos taken in this ghost hunters house, and this is the only one I truly believe. Verdict: Scary radio ghosts. From the video: "I inadvertently captured a spirit in my house on my camera after letting my dogs outside. After I left the room, a dark image of a ‘person’…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Give Your Pumpkin Some True Blood Bite

Last year, we rocked your pumpkin face off, with the cylon, death star and Predator pumpkins. This year, it’s all about True Blood pumpkin love. Who doesn’t want a sassy Lafayette on your front step? https://gizmodo.com/science-fictions-great-villains-immortalized-in-pumpki-5068026 These jack-o-lantern stencils from Camp Blood make me beyond happy! We’ve seen Star Wars, Dr. Horrible and Firefly before…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Petman Walking/Balancing Robot Is Like BigDog’s “Human” Master

I’m sure you are all well acquainted with the crazy quadrupled BigDog robot, but if it had a master to walk with, it would probably look something like the Petman. Actually, the similarity is not surprising considering that the walking robot was designed by Boston Dynamics—the same company behind BigDog. Petman has been in development…

Tech News Sean Fallon

25 of the Scariest Science Experiments Ever Conducted

While science has the power to improve our lives and cure disease, it can also be used to torture, murder, and brainwash. Here are 25 scary experiments that destroyed lives, or have the potential to unleash doomsday. Creepy animal experiments Pig Powder From the University of Pittsburgh’s McGowan Institute of Regenerative Medicine, comes regenerative powder.…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Interactive Multitouch Sphere Will Make you Feel Like Gandalf

Matt thought the Microsoft Surface Sphere was the trippiest multitouch thing ever. I agreed with him until I saw this insanely wicked Interactive Multitouch Sphere by London design house Seeper. [Seeper via Likecool] https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-multi-touch-sphere-plays-360-degree-video-tr-5030314

Tech News Jesus Diaz

An Acoustic Hyperlens

This is the acoustic hyperlens developed by the Xiang Zhang research group. Think of it as a radar dish for sound waves. Put into practice, it can increase performance of ultrasound baby spotting and sonar submarine sighting by 8x. [EurekAlert]

Tech News Brian Lam

Olmos Talks BSG’s Unanswered Questions, And What You Won’t See In “The Plan”

If you buy enough copies of Battlestar Galactica: “The Plan,” coming out tomorrow, Edward James Olmos is determined to make more BSG direct-to-DVD epics. We asked Olmos what those films would be about, and he explained what happened to Starbuck. Oh, and this one-on-one interview with Olmos contains some spoilers for “The Plan,” because we…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Robot Bricklayer Flawlessly Builds 7000 Brick “Infinite Loop” Without Mortar

If you happen to be on Pike Street In New York’s Chinatown between now and November 14th, you might catch a glimpse of “R-O-B” the bricklaying robot building a 7,000 brick “Infinite Loop” sculpture along a pedestrian island. Designed by Fabio Gramazio and Matthias Kohler, the Infinite Loop has been pieced together without mortar, one…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Jumbo 4-Inch Nintendo DSi Coming This Year

A new DSi? Oh, of course—it’s only been a year since the original launched, and we’re talking about Nintendo. Nikkei says a fresh DSi is coming with a 4-inch screen, for the same price as the current one. https://gizmodo.com/next-generation-nintendo-ds-mock-up-332353 So far, the slightly embiggened (plus 0.75 inches) DSi is only destined for Japan later this…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Da Vinci’s The Last Supper, Painted in 4000 Rubik’s Cubes

It took five people two months to recreate Leonardo Da Vinci’s The Last Supper in Rubik’s Cubes, but it will take those same five people the rest of their lives to solve it. [Popped Culture via firstcoastnews via Neatorama]

Tech News Mark Wilson

Xbox Cufflinks Allow You To Subtly Ruin Any Formal Occasion

When Monsters Change Sides: 10 Horror Icons Who Turned Good

I Pity the Fool Who Doesn’t Want to See the New A-Team

Internet Finally Getting Non-Latin Domain Names

The Cheapest Way To Smash An iPhone For Fun

Felicia Day Assures Us the Milky Way Isn’t Doomed

Microsoft Pusses Out on Family Guy Special

Lost Northwest 188 Pilots Were Probably Dicking Around on Their Laptops

The Best “Real Life” Ghost Cameos: Real or Fake?

Soft Tofu Chair Molds to Your Softer Tofu Tush

Ghost Gallery

Give Your Pumpkin Some True Blood Bite

Petman Walking/Balancing Robot Is Like BigDog’s “Human” Master

25 of the Scariest Science Experiments Ever Conducted

Interactive Multitouch Sphere Will Make you Feel Like Gandalf

An Acoustic Hyperlens

Olmos Talks BSG’s Unanswered Questions, And What You Won’t See In “The Plan”

Robot Bricklayer Flawlessly Builds 7000 Brick “Infinite Loop” Without Mortar

Jumbo 4-Inch Nintendo DSi Coming This Year

Da Vinci’s The Last Supper, Painted in 4000 Rubik’s Cubes

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