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Apple TV 3.0 Software Is Out, New Interface Looks Fugly

Atten-shun! The new Apple TV 3.0 is out. As rumored, it includes iTunes Extras, iTunes LP, and Genius Mixes, but also a surprise: A new user interface. Question: Is Steve Jobs too busy overseeing the tablet development? This looks uggghsome: https://gizmodo.com/apple-tv-3-0-can-play-itunes-lp-and-extras-like-a-real-5392642 Conceptually, it reminds me of the PS3. More straightforward than the previous version. Graphically,…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Oct 29 '09

The Muralizer Draws Art on Your Wall Automatically

The Muralizer is a device that hangs on a string, automatically drawing the design of your choice on your wall. And hopefully, it’ll be a kit you can get yourself in the near future. You plug it into your computer and load it up with the vector art of your choosing, hang it up on…

Tech News Adam Frucci Oct 29 '09

Smarmy Writers and Battle Stags Defeat Gentlemen Broncos’ Bad Hype

With Gentlemen Broncos taking a beating from the critics, why should you see it? Because it’s actually a warm and funny piece of metafiction that celebrates creativity and embracing your weird side. Plus, who could resist Sam Rockwell‘s battle stag? There’s a scene early on in Gentlemen Broncos where science fiction novelist Ronald Chevalier (the…

io9 Lauren Davis Oct 29 '09

Toyota Engineers Unique Flower Species to Absorb Prius Manufacturing Emissions

What do you do when the “eco-friendly” car you’re manufacturing is actually horrible for the environment to manufacture? Re-engineer nature, obviously! Toyota, who’s Prius is easy on the environment to drive but horrible on it to make, has engineered a new type of flower to help shoulder some of the damage their factories are spitting…

Tech News Adam Frucci Oct 29 '09

The Secrets of Pro iPhone 3GS Photographer

The real key is using the limits of the iPhone 3GS’s camera as a strength, Japanese pro photographer Koichi Mitsui tells BoingBoing: Its “simplicity keeps me devoted to only composition and the perfect photo opp.” In other words, the secret is composition, composition, composition. The one real advantage the iPhone 3GS has in this regard…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Oct 29 '09

What’s Really Powering Our Gadgets?

I’m no scientist, but I don’t believe that we’ve really got “circuits” and “microchips” powering our devices. That’s just what Big Brother wants you to think! Let’s break free from mind prison and see what truth lies within our gadgets. Create your visions of what powers our day-to-day devices, and send your best entries to…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Oct 29 '09

Chuck’s Not Dead Yet: The Flopsy-Haired Faux Nerd Lives On

First we thought it was all over for the faux nerd Chuck and his herd. Then we slowly grew hope that NBC’s troubles meant more time for the sitcom. Turns out we were right – Chuck’s getting six more episodes. https://gizmodo.com/are-nbcs-troubles-good-news-for-chuck-5378735 The network has just decided to tack 6 more episodes onto its order for…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 29 '09

Halloween Costume Contest: Show Us The Geeky Getup You’ll Be Wearing This Year

What are you going out as this Halloween? If it’s geeky, we want to see it. There just might be a free pizza in it for you. All you need to do is drop a photo in the comments of you actually wearing the costume. And let me just say, if it’s Star Wars, it…

Tech News Sean Fallon Oct 29 '09

The 8-Bit Guide to Choosing Your Perfect Costume

Still looking for that perfect Halloween costume? Diesel Sweeties explains how to dream up an original and clever Halloween outfit without overtaxing your imagination. [Diesel Sweeties]

io9 Lauren Davis Oct 29 '09

Giz Explains: Why Every Country Has a Different F#$%ing Plug

Ok, maybe not every country, but with at least 12 different sockets in widespread use it sure as hell feels like it to anyone who’s ever traveled. So why in the world, literally, are there so many? Funny story! The more you look at the writhing orgy of plugs in the world, the sillier it…

Tech News John Herrman Oct 29 '09

Droid Fancy Dock and Car Mount Are Each $30

In case you’re wondering how much the Droid’s schmancy dock and car mount cost, they’re $30 a piece. [Gearlog] https://gizmodo.com/motorola-droid-first-hands-on-its-a-terminator-5391825

Tech News Matt Buchanan Oct 29 '09

The Secret History of Science Fiction

Tachyon Publications has a new anthology out called The Secret History of Science Fiction. It centers around a subject that has sparked countless debates and rants among Science Fiction fans. And no, it’s not River Tam vs. James T. Kirk. Editors James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel have collected these nineteen stories to explore the…

io9 Grey_Area Oct 29 '09

This RC Tissue Box Could Save You From The Swine Flu

A tissue box that you can drive seems stupid at first, but it could be a hot product given our current state of hysteria over germs. I say quarantine the sick and deploy RC vehicles to handle it. You can already deliver tissues, so all you need is an RC Cooler for drinks and a…

Tech News Sean Fallon Oct 29 '09

Birth Control Used to Be Utterly Terrifying

Abstinence was so the sexiest way to not have children until the 20th century, as Newsweek’s terrifying illustrated history of birth control shows. Look at this scary contraption that went inside of ladyparts around the time Lysol douches were popular: They’re an early precursor of the IUD, called a stem pessary. And yes, they were…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Oct 29 '09

James Marsden Takes a Nose-Bleeding Ride in “The Box”

James Marsden has blood on his hands in the latest clip from Richard Kelly‘s The Box, but that’s the least of his worries. He’s also got a creepy girl in his car and has just swerved into The Twilight Zone. Richard Kelly’s The Box is based on Richard Matheson‘s story “Button, Button,” which was adapted…

io9 Lauren Davis Oct 29 '09

An Early Video Peek at LaLa’s Übercheap Music App

The latest news, in The Week Of The LaLa: the company’s long-promised iPhone app, which would bring the bizarre play-a-song-once-for-free-then-pay-10-cents model to mobile, has been submitted to Apple. And assuming they don’t abort it, this is what it’ll look like. Say what you will about the merits of a pay-per-song streaming music service, but the…

Tech News John Herrman Oct 29 '09

New York’s Post-Apocalyptic Survival Will Be Decided By A Hitman

Hitman director Xavier Gens is gearing up to take on the next end of the word feature called Fallout, where we see New York in ruins, and possibly subject to feral child gangs. There’s not much information out there but so far The Fallout, not to be confused with the very layered video game Fallout,…

Movies Meredith Woerner Oct 29 '09

Sprint’s Still Bleeding, But Not As Badly

It’s been crazy watching Sprint overhaul itself over the last year, going from a wasteland of phones to probably the number two carrier for hardware, so I feel kinda bad that they still bled out over 800,000 postpaid customers this past quarter. (Postpaid are the customers carriers actually want, vs. people who prepay for chunks…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Oct 29 '09

A Pirate’s Life For Robots

When robots take over pirate ships, all the high seas thievery gets far more efficient. They can swashbuckle recursively and hoist their Jolly Rogers in parallel. These are some incredible shots of a few of the latest sculptures from retro futurist art maniac Nemo Gould. Specializing in robots and other outlandish creatures, Gould creates all…

io9 Annalee Newitz Oct 29 '09

Ericsson’s Spider PC Concept Projects the Keyboard and Screen

Over at the Taiwan Broadband show, Ericsson’s vision for the portable computer of 2020 uses a pico-projected screen and laser-projected keyboard. And though they’ve got a rough prototype (pictured), they imagine it ultimately squeezing into this bizarre spider-leg tripod design: It’d have essentials like wireless broadband connectivity and a battery, but I’m hoping that we’ll…

Tech News Danny Allen Oct 29 '09

Apple TV 3.0 Software Is Out, New Interface Looks Fugly

The Muralizer Draws Art on Your Wall Automatically

Smarmy Writers and Battle Stags Defeat Gentlemen Broncos’ Bad Hype

Toyota Engineers Unique Flower Species to Absorb Prius Manufacturing Emissions

The Secrets of Pro iPhone 3GS Photographer

What’s Really Powering Our Gadgets?

Chuck’s Not Dead Yet: The Flopsy-Haired Faux Nerd Lives On

Halloween Costume Contest: Show Us The Geeky Getup You’ll Be Wearing This Year

The 8-Bit Guide to Choosing Your Perfect Costume

Giz Explains: Why Every Country Has a Different F#$%ing Plug

Droid Fancy Dock and Car Mount Are Each $30

The Secret History of Science Fiction

This RC Tissue Box Could Save You From The Swine Flu

Birth Control Used to Be Utterly Terrifying

James Marsden Takes a Nose-Bleeding Ride in “The Box”

An Early Video Peek at LaLa’s Übercheap Music App

New York’s Post-Apocalyptic Survival Will Be Decided By A Hitman

Sprint’s Still Bleeding, But Not As Badly

A Pirate’s Life For Robots

Ericsson’s Spider PC Concept Projects the Keyboard and Screen

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