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This Is How You Sell Wide-Angle Lenses

It’s extremely rare to find a tasteful ad campaign that uses sex and clever humor to perfectly define the qualities of a technology product. This series of print ads for Omax wide-angle lenses is one of them: Click to viewThe campaign was created by Publicis India, showing alternative uses for the wide shots that these…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Farscape’s Editor Talks Monthly Thrills And Webisode Teases

One of the announcements that thrilled Farscape fans most during last week’s San Diego Comic-Con was the news that Boom! Studios are turning their Farscape comics into an ongoing monthly series. We spoke to editor Ian Brill about the news. So, what’s the news about Farscape from Boom! Studios? The big news at this con…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Smell Like No Man Has Smelled Before with Star Trek Cologne

When we originally heard about Star Trek cologne, we were a bit skeptical that the musk would actually come to fruition. Now, it’s with the greatest joy that we report “Red Shirt” Star Trek Cologne cologne is available for purchase. https://gizmodo.com/love-jealousy-passion-star-trek-cologne-for-men-5145695 Named after the brave red-shirted men to appear on one episode of Star Trek…

Movies Mark Wilson

New Pre Commercial Confirms What We All Suspected (Bitch Is Crazy)

One look at the Palm Pre’s spokesperson and we knew she was crazy. Now, in her latest commercial, she admits it…right after proposing that the Pre can actually read her mind. https://gizmodo.com/our-palm-pre-ad-remix-makes-more-sense-5320633

Tech News Mark Wilson

A Periodic Table for Black Hole Orbits

Physicist Janna Levin last year published a paper where she offers a way to understand what happens to objects trapped in the intense gravitational field around rotating black holes. As this chart shows, there are many paths to the singularity. Levin, who has also written a beautiful, fascinating book about physics called How the Universe…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Scott Pilgrim vs. The Video Game

With the Scott Pilgrim movie nearing completion, it was only a matter of time before the video game-themed comic got a video game adaptation of its own. But don’t worry, the game promises to be as nostalgic as the books. Ubisoft has announced that it plans to make a game based on Bryan Lee O’Malley‘s…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

DJ Hero to Get Obnoxiously Large ‘Renegade Edition’ Peripherals

The duo of Guitar Hero and Rock Band has already ruined my living room. And as fun as it may be, I simply don’t have the space for DJ Hero‘s newly announced Renegade Edition. This special edition bundle not only comes with a JAY-Z and EMINEM 2-CD bonus, but a higher quality turntable with metal…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Hands On With Vudu On LG: 1080p, Like, Now

Don’t get me wrong: the announcement that LG’s connected HDTVs are getting Vudu streaming—especially instant-on 1080p HDX movies—is a good thing. It’s just that we got a few minutes with the service, and, well, something’s a little… off. https://gizmodo.com/lg-shacks-up-with-vudu-brings-1080p-movie-streaming-to-5325335 It’s got nothing to do with Vudu’s service, which is largely unchanged from the days of…

Tech News John Herrman

G.I. Joe Needs A Few Good, Hairless, Lubed-Up Men

Two Joes get all sweaty and naked while smartypants Scarlett runs and reads Aufbau Principle. No really, it’s that bad. There’s no saving this movie from the hell it’s spiraling into – just watch the horror. Yes she’s really reading that on the treadmill and yes they are really falling all over each other half…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Personal Urn Offers You a Chance to Be Supremely Creepy After Death

When you leave this Earth, how will you be remembered? As a kind soul, or as that jackass who insisted his ashes be placed in a bust of his own head on the mantle? Personal Urns use “advances in facial reconstruction and 3D printing” to create an urn in the shape of anyone’s head based…

Tech News Adam Frucci

China’s First SF Movie To Close Venice Festival

The movie being sold as “China’s first sci-fier” will get a high profile launch in the West — Chengdu, wo ai ni (which translates as “Chengdu, I Love You“) has been chosen to close this year’s Venice Film Festival. Variety reports that the collaboration between director Fruit Chan and musician Cui Jian, which focuses on…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Offender Locator Tracks Sex Offenders on Your iPhone

Looking to get molested but don’t know where to look to get the job done? The new Offender Locator iPhone app will show you exactly where to go when all you need is an inappropriate touch. The app uses GPS to show you where all the registered sex offenders are near you at any given…

Tech News Adam Frucci

CG “Rats Of Nimh” Goes Alvin And The Chipmunks

Now that G-Force has made millions, more rodents are scurrying into the action-movie spotlight. That’s right: Hollywood is remaking The Rats of Nimh as a CGI extravaganza. Mrs. Frisby is about to have an aneurism. According to the Hollywood Reporter, “Director Neil Burger (The Illusionist) is in talks to write the screenplay, and former Walden…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Horrifying Palm Pre Ad Remix Scares the Holy Poop, Pee and Bejesus Out of Us

I’m still shaking after watching this. I’m not joking. Can someone make me a happier version, so I can resume normal daily functions? Thanks. [YouTube via BBG] https://gizmodo.com/our-palm-pre-ad-remix-makes-more-sense-5320633

Tech News Matt Buchanan

iPhone 3GI Delivers True Multitasking, But Only to People Who Really Deserve It

The sad thing is, if Apple did release the iPhone 3GI and claim only the truly worthy could see it, I’m sure it would go down exactly like The Onion says it would. “Oh my God, I can’t believe how much faster you can get online with this,” said Delaney, who exited the store holding…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Miley Cyrus In Dark Knight Sequel? Do Not Want.

Call it the news that Comic-Con thankfully drowned out, but we’re stunned to discover the rumor that Hannah Montana herself, Miley Cyrus, could play Batgirl in Chris Nolan’s follow-up to The Dark Knight. It can’t be true… right? On the face of it, it’s so ridiculous that there’s no chance that it could be true,…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Russia Locks Up Volunteers in Mock Space Ship to Simulate Mars Trip

A group of 6 volunteers just finished a simulated 105-day mission to Mars. Completely stuck on the ground, the subjects were essentially locked in a room so that researchers could gauge the psychological impact of isolation. The study is the brainchild of a European Space Agency and Russian Institute for Biomedical Problems partnership. The subjects…

Space & Spaceflight Mark Wilson

New Pics Let You Compare Iron Man’s Newest Armored Characters With G.I. Joe’s Accelerator Suits

Today’s spoiler haul includes a G.I. Joe power-suit clip, shiny new Astro Boy pics, and more Iron Man trailer screencaps. Plus Fringe set pics, Doctor Who video, and V/Caprica casting calls. Also: Repossession Mambo, Smallville, Stargate, Heroes and Warehouse spoilers. Iron Man 2: Even more trailer screenshots including War Machine and Whiplash, letting it all…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

LG Shacks Up With Vudu, Brings 1080p Movie Streaming to Connected TVs

Adding to an already impressive list of services available on their web-connected HDTVs, LG has yanked Vudu into the fold. What this means: instant 1080p movie streaming. Also, that standalone set-top streaming boxes might finally die, as they should. So what gets this? It’s a decent spread of 42-inch-and-up plasma and LCD TVs, including the…

Tech News John Herrman

THQ Confirms Project Natal for 2010

Even though Microsoft won’t be so specific, we’re all pretty sure that Natal is coming at the end of next year. Now even the boss of THQ (a major game publisher) has grown tired of the elephant in the holiday of 2010, going on record that Natal would be released “late next year.” So why…

Tech News Mark Wilson

This Is How You Sell Wide-Angle Lenses

Farscape’s Editor Talks Monthly Thrills And Webisode Teases

Smell Like No Man Has Smelled Before with Star Trek Cologne

New Pre Commercial Confirms What We All Suspected (Bitch Is Crazy)

A Periodic Table for Black Hole Orbits

Scott Pilgrim vs. The Video Game

DJ Hero to Get Obnoxiously Large ‘Renegade Edition’ Peripherals

Hands On With Vudu On LG: 1080p, Like, Now

G.I. Joe Needs A Few Good, Hairless, Lubed-Up Men

Personal Urn Offers You a Chance to Be Supremely Creepy After Death

China’s First SF Movie To Close Venice Festival

Offender Locator Tracks Sex Offenders on Your iPhone

CG “Rats Of Nimh” Goes Alvin And The Chipmunks

Horrifying Palm Pre Ad Remix Scares the Holy Poop, Pee and Bejesus Out of Us

iPhone 3GI Delivers True Multitasking, But Only to People Who Really Deserve It

Miley Cyrus In Dark Knight Sequel? Do Not Want.

Russia Locks Up Volunteers in Mock Space Ship to Simulate Mars Trip

New Pics Let You Compare Iron Man’s Newest Armored Characters With G.I. Joe’s Accelerator Suits

LG Shacks Up With Vudu, Brings 1080p Movie Streaming to Connected TVs

THQ Confirms Project Natal for 2010

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