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Attack of the Zombie Bikini Babes From Outer Space Is 99-Cent B-Movie Brilliance

Attack of the Zombie Bikini Babes from Outer Space. It’s a 99 cent iPhone game. That pretty much says it all. Well, if it doesn’t, imagine a Zombies Ate My Neighbors kind of schlock, except you’re in the boots of a redneck armed with dual slingshots, firing rocks and raccoons at undead chicks in bikinis…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Oct 27 '09

Wood, Dreams And The Victory Of Evil In This Week’s Comics

Killer puppets and wily foxes offer the best thrills in this week’s new comic releases, but there’s also a nice taster for curious potential Hellboy fans and even the seventh issue of a six issue mini-series. Hello, Comics We Crave! While present-day Marvel finds itself beginning to tie up their uber-story Dark Reign with this…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan Oct 27 '09

Self-Parking Car Works Perfectly, Except For That Whole Running People Over Thing

Volkswagen is onto something great with this concept demo. You just step out of this car and it parks itself. Great, now they just need to iron out those details about detecting obstacles like lil’ ol’ grannies crossing parking lots. Self-parking cars aren’t really a new idea, but with the design the Volkswagen Automotive Innovation…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Oct 27 '09

The Future of Charging Gadgets? Toshiba’s Methanol Fuel Cell Is Promising, Flawed

As mentioned last week, Toshiba’s first batch of 3,000 direct-methanol fuel cell (DMFC) chargers—the first from a major manufacturer—hit Japan on Thursday. The IDG News Service has been testing one, and here are their first impressions: https://gizmodo.com/toshibas-dynario-hybrid-fuel-cell-li-ion-finally-makes-5387351 Some quick background: DMFCs produce electricity from a reaction of methanol, water, and air—the only by products are…

Tech News Danny Allen Oct 27 '09

The Morbid Anatomy of Infant Werewolves, Vampire Pharohs, and Eldritch Horrors

If your anatomical collection is shy a demon child or cursed monkey’s paw, then you’re in luck. Artist Alex CF crafts macabre sculptures styled after dead scientific specimens. Only the deceased creatures in his cases are demons and monsters Alex CF includes a story to accompany each piece, which is available for sale. And if…

io9 Lauren Davis Oct 27 '09

Samsung Moment Review: The ED-209 of Android Phones

The Samsung Moment is the first Android phone trying to be special purely through hardware: It’s got a really rich AMOLED display, a gigantic keyboard, an 800MHz processor (the fastest yet for Android) and it’s on Sprint’s sturdy 3G network. While the specs might make you dizzy, there’s absolutely nothing unique about the software. It’s…

Reviews Matt Buchanan Oct 27 '09

Hyper Stylized Samurai-In-Space Film Is A Gorgeous Kick To The Throat

Cup of Tears’ trailer is teaching Hollywood how to put together a sleek green-screen martial arts flick properly, even in outer space. This sick trailer should make everyone who worked on The Spirit blush. Quiet Earth has pointed out the super sleek The Cup of Tears from Gary Shore. which was all shot on Red…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 27 '09

I Want to Have Twins Just to Get Them These Awesome T-Shirts

So cute, those two and their t-shirts. Mine would say cmd + c and cmd + v, however. [The Daily What]

Tech News Jesus Diaz Oct 27 '09

Build Your Own Life HUD With a Smartphone and Some Cardboard

A cardboard box, sliced to pieces, taped together, fastened to a pair of work goggles, and capped off with an HTC Magic: this is what DIY augmented reality looks like, right now. Which isn’t to say I won’t totally do this when I have a few spare minutes, because when you get to thinking about…

Tech News John Herrman Oct 27 '09

Definitely No New 3D Star Wars, Stupid, Says Lucasfilm

Hope you weren’t getting too excited over those rumors about George Lucas preparing to make three all-new, all-3D Star Wars movies. According to Lucasfilm’s Head of Fan Relations Steve Sansweet, they’re not going to happen anytime soon. Or ever. When asked by Movie Geek Feed about the rumors, Sansweet offered this denial: It wasn’t a…

Movies Graeme McMillan Oct 27 '09

FAA Mildly Concerned About Flight Attendants Carrying Handheld Bombs

They’re on pretty much every flight now: Handheld credit card readers to buy snackies and soda. None have exploded, yet, but the FAA just issued special advisories to airlines, since they’re powered by explode-y lithium ion batteries. Now, the FAA says the airlines need approval from the FAA’s hazardous materials division, and has asked them…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Oct 27 '09

Plastic Logic Que Is Going to Nuzzle Nook in Barnes & Noble Stores (And Why You Care)

I asked at the announcement if the Nook would get exclusive perks over other Barnes & Noble readers, like Plastic Logic’s Que. Shelf space ain’t one of them, since Que will cozy up with Nook in B&N stores next year. https://gizmodo.com/que-plastic-logics-capacitive-touch-ebook-reader-5384563 Barnes & Noble’s going to display the Que and Nook together, with displays pointing…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Oct 27 '09

Daybreakers Vamps Practice The “See Something, Say Something” Anti-Human Law

New images for futuristic vampire dystopia Daybreakers showcase Willem Dafoe’s big sexy vamp-killing toy. Check out the images from the not so distant future, where human blood is served via soda shop. https://gizmodo.com/can-ethan-hawkes-daybreakers-make-vampires-edgy-again-5302795 These images are via MTV, so if you want to take a better high depth look at Willem’s fancy new crossbow head…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 27 '09

Air Guitar Hero Lets You Shred Sans Plastic Guitars

Now this is cool. Using a standard electromyograph attached to the forearm, the geeks at Microsoft’s Muscle-Computer Interface group set up Guitar Hero to react to the position and pressure of all five fingers. How badass is this? In all honesty, overpriced toy instruments cluttering up my living room is one of the big reasons…

Tech News Adam Frucci Oct 27 '09

Watch the Ares I-X Launch Live [Updated: Launch Scrubbed]

All systems are go at Cape Canaveral. The new Arex I-X—largest NASA’s rocket since Saturn V—is now ready to launch at Launch Pad 39B. After all, launch has been scrubbed because of the weather. Updated. https://gizmodo.com/ares-i-x-rocket-unveiled-rolls-out-to-launch-pad-5385721 After a slight delay this morning, countdown resumed on T minus 4 minutes at 9:46am Eastern Time. There’s a…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz Oct 27 '09

VMWare Fusion 3 Fuses Snow Leopard and Windows 7 With Full 64-Bit Power

VMWare’s Fusion 3—with full support for Snow Leopard and Windows 7—is out today. Besides being natively 64-bit in Snow Leopard, it lets you migrate a PC to your virtual machine, launches Windows apps like native apps, and more. It now supports OpenGL 2.1 and DirectX 9 Shader Model 3.0, giving you some more graphics powah…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Oct 27 '09

Would Warners Say Yes To An Abrams Superman Reboot?

Warner Bros. may not have been planning on making another Superman movie anytime soon, but now that Star Trek‘s JJ Abrams is announcing his interest in the project again, could that change…? https://gizmodo.com/dc-ent-prez-no-plans-for-superman-movie-5359981 MTV’s Splash Page blog quotes Abrams, who wrote a screenplay for an unmade Superman movie years ago, as saying that he wouldn’t…

Movies Graeme McMillan Oct 27 '09

Nifty Elecom Card Reader Sticks to Metal Surfaces

With a magnet backing, this clever multi-card reader frees up desk space by sticking to most metallic surfaces like PCs, or a filing cabinet. It costs ¥2520 (about $27), and will likely be available from GeekStuff4U. [Elecom via Akihabara News]

Tech News Danny Allen Oct 27 '09

Apple’s Tablet Pitch To Media: It’s Small Enough For A Handbag, Too Big For A Pocket

There’s excitement that Apple’s in talks with Australian media companies to get content for a touchscreen reader-style product. It’s not news to us, but at least there’s a laugh in the size details given for the mystery device: https://gizmodo.com/apple-tablet-to-redefine-newspapers-textbooks-and-maga-5370252 The device was described as a larger iPhone, “small enough to carry in a handbag but…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Oct 27 '09

Batman’s Vanishing Act is Only Impressive When It Works

Sure, Batman’s “vanishing silently into the shadows” routine is impressive and unnerving 99% of the time. But what about those rare occasions when he doesn’t pull it off? College Humor reveals what happens when the Dark Knight’s mystique fails. Click to view See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. [via Superhero Hype!]

io9 Lauren Davis Oct 27 '09

Attack of the Zombie Bikini Babes From Outer Space Is 99-Cent B-Movie Brilliance

Wood, Dreams And The Victory Of Evil In This Week’s Comics

Self-Parking Car Works Perfectly, Except For That Whole Running People Over Thing

The Future of Charging Gadgets? Toshiba’s Methanol Fuel Cell Is Promising, Flawed

The Morbid Anatomy of Infant Werewolves, Vampire Pharohs, and Eldritch Horrors

Samsung Moment Review: The ED-209 of Android Phones

Hyper Stylized Samurai-In-Space Film Is A Gorgeous Kick To The Throat

I Want to Have Twins Just to Get Them These Awesome T-Shirts

Build Your Own Life HUD With a Smartphone and Some Cardboard

Definitely No New 3D Star Wars, Stupid, Says Lucasfilm

FAA Mildly Concerned About Flight Attendants Carrying Handheld Bombs

Plastic Logic Que Is Going to Nuzzle Nook in Barnes & Noble Stores (And Why You Care)

Daybreakers Vamps Practice The “See Something, Say Something” Anti-Human Law

Air Guitar Hero Lets You Shred Sans Plastic Guitars

Watch the Ares I-X Launch Live [Updated: Launch Scrubbed]

VMWare Fusion 3 Fuses Snow Leopard and Windows 7 With Full 64-Bit Power

Would Warners Say Yes To An Abrams Superman Reboot?

Nifty Elecom Card Reader Sticks to Metal Surfaces

Apple’s Tablet Pitch To Media: It’s Small Enough For A Handbag, Too Big For A Pocket

Batman’s Vanishing Act is Only Impressive When It Works

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