UK-based Tech 21 have devised a real-life, mailable, flubber-esque gel that becomes rigid on impact. This substance dubbed “d30” is used to safeguard an iPhone or iPod Touch from owners with buttery fingers. According to the product page, d30 cases can offer up to “150% more protection than other cases.” Of course, that protection doesn’t…
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Hardcore photo geeks know that Leica’s M9 is supposedly due out on 09/09/09 (exactly one 9 less cool than the Sega Dreamcast’s release). Now the company’s second digital offering has been captured in several blurry shots from a promo. Live Webcast on 9/9/2009 – The next Generation of Leica Cameras from leica camera on Vimeo.…
The next hundred years could see the United States merge as a mature global power, only to see a rival nation threaten its space assets, and face aggression from a strong and prosperous Mexico, according to geopolitical forecaster George Friedman. Friedman is an intelligence officer with Strategic Forecasting, a private intelligence agency, as well as…
Apple recently published a small Mac OS X Snow Leopard application blacklist. Now, some users have set up wiki with an exhaustive directory of Mac OS X 10.6 software, each with their compatibility status. [Snow Leopard Compatibility—Thanks Traviscat] https://gizmodo.com/the-mac-os-x-snow-leopard-applications-blacklist-5347769
SF Signal asks up-and-coming author Paul Melko (whose The Walls Of The Universe we reviewed here) whether the ways people consume mass media are influencing pop culture. And he says: https://gizmodo.com/alternate-universes-are-big-business-5107999 I like the idea that we as a species evolved with story as a part of intelligence. When we see disconnected facts, our brains…
Alan Turing, a father of computer science and WWII code-breaker was prosecuted by the British government for being gay. Then chemically castrated. Sign this petition if you think this is fucked up and want them to apologize. Turing committed suicide two years after his prosecution in 1954. He is most well known for his Nazi…
James May’s Lego abode may be shaping up to be spectacular, but he’s far from the first person to build a house out of something novel. Here are ten more amazing homes with, shall we say, unorthodox constituents. https://gizmodo.com/take-a-look-at-the-house-made-completely-of-lego-bricks-5344423
Hookay. So we knew that texting while driving is stupid. But what about using your cellphone to take photos of yourself while driving. Drunk. Speeding. Fishtailing. Running red lights. Crashing against a police car. And with no driver’s license. https://gizmodo.com/study-finds-that-more-than-half-of-drivers-are-idiots-5344638 Yes. That definitely goes beyond the general area of stupidity straight into the I’m a…
Can’t recall which items the media claims prevent cancer and those that cause it? Kill or Cure takes aim at bad science journalism with its tongue-in-cheek index of items the Daily Mail links to cancer. [via Metafilter, Image from SMBC]
The SEC is all up in Apple’s business again, this time over suspicions that some illegal trading may have gone down using insider information in regards to threee “three particular Apple-related developments.” HuffPo’s Dan Dorfman points at someone getting an “illegal lead” on iPod sales, true knowledge of Steve Jobs‘ health, and when Apple was…
Now Shipping kicks off the week with a new set of earphones from the legendary Grado. Unlike the entry-level cans the company is known for, though, they aren’t cheap. • Grado is now shipping their in-ear headphones, the GR8. I’m assuming Grado really wants you to read that model number phonetically, so I’m going to…
A cave: Built in Missouri in place of an old concert venue (which was in turn built in place of a much older geographical feature), this 17,000-square-foot cave dwelling has three bedrooms, and a surprising market price of about $300,000. https://gizmodo.com/this-might-be-the-nicest-inhabitable-cave-ever-5159911 Upsides: Great noise insulation, instant villain cred Downsides: Difficult to wire for electricity, still…
Looking to live fast and quite possibly die young? Got $2500 burning a hole in your pocket? Do I have a potentially badass obituary for you! Updated. This homemade jetpack is being sold by some dude in Canada via a classified ad. How reputable! Jet Pack — Jumps You 10′ in the Air Handcrafted by…
This week, we’re gearing up for 9, Shane Acker’s film about nine animated rag dolls, each known only by their number. With that in mind, we list 16 other characters who have numerical monikers. Leaving aside characters with alphanumeric names (like Star Wars’ R2-D2 and C-3PO), characters who also have serials number imparted to them…
Webcomics fans looking for robots, vampires, zombies, ninjas, pirates, monsters, dinosaurs, ghosts, and general awesomeness need look no further than Chris Hastings‘s brainchild The Adventures of Dr. McNinja. It’s a glorious pastiche of loving parodies for superfans. The first issue gives you a taste right away of what you’re in for. It’s the middle of…
I’d be ready to give in my Flip MinoHD for this Pioneer high-def camcorder concept in a second. The palm-sized device has been designed with a pivoting lens which can be maneuvered with touchscreen controls. https://gizmodo.com/flip-minohd-lightning-review-so-easy-a-caveman-can-do-5084357 The back of the gadget is rounded and its symmetrical form makes it comfortable for both righties and lefties.…
We’ve got 9’s secret ragdoll-making mad science journal, complete with ink blots, sketches and doomsday prophesies. Flip through our exclusive pages, and check out your chance to win the concept art book. Only 999 of these special-edition collector’s “9” movie books were produced – so here’s your chance to win one of the nine copies…
You’ve had the weekend to play with Snow Leopard and have stuff run faster, apps break and all the other glories of a new OS. But how much extra space did you get, and how’s your battery life? https://gizmodo.com/snow-leopard-review-lightened-and-enlightened-5346418 On Twitter we noticed that everybody seemed to get back more space from Snow Leopard than…
Yesterday, we showed you images from a potential “Dystopian Disneyverse” videogame codenamed Epic Mickey. Anonymous sources have since let us know that the game is definitely real, and that we should expect to hear more about it on September 9th. https://gizmodo.com/what-is-this-strange-dystopian-disneyversese-5348876
