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Thursday’s San Diego Comic Con Schedule Is Out

Thursday’s San Diego Comic Con schedule has been released, and we’re picking out all the stuff you absolutely, positively cannot miss. From a Terry Gilliam panel to James Cameron’s Avatar, and even a Middleman cast reunion. Here goes our top pics, though I’m sure more will be revealed, write it down now! Astro Boy 10:15-11:15…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Bossa Nova Penbo: The “First Real Robot for Girls” Is a Pink, Waddling Penguin With a Baby

The adorable pink counterpart to Prime-8, Penbo is supposedly the “first real robot for girls.” It uses the same locomotion tech derived from the buggy RHex robot, but cutified so it waddles: https://gizmodo.com/bossa-nova-prime-8-robot-walks-runs-on-his-hands-smash-5310979 And yes, it has a baby. Called Bebe. Cute overload, for sure. Unlike Prime-8, it’s not strictly remote-controlled—it responds to touch and…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Google Chrome OS Screenshots Are Fake, Just Like We Thought

John Herrman was pretty skeptical of the Chrome OS screenshots we saw this morning, and as it turns out, rightly so; their creator has piped up and admitted their falsity. https://gizmodo.com/are-these-the-first-chrome-os-screenshots-5310757 Here’s the creator’s explanation, in his own (poorly written) words. It was all just a prank, for some unknown reason! I am sorry if…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Sony’s Planning a Vaio P Mark 2 Super Portable in October?

TechRadar reports that there will be a “range” of Vaio Ps, Sony’s super tiny and super expensive laptop coming later this year. https://gizmodo.com/sony-vaio-p-review-5131637 We recently got a minor spec bump in the original line, making the Vaio P as fast as normal netbooks. No other details on what the new machines will have, however. [TechRadar]…

Tech News Jason Chen

Can Food Prevent Age-Related Dementia?

A new study has confirmed that primates who eat a low-calorie diet can, according to researchers, “slow the aging process.” Restricting your calorie intake means you’re three times less likely to develop age-related disorders, particularly in the brain. The system of caloric restriction has been studied in yeast and mice, and now a long-range study…

io9 Annalee Newitz

The iSaw USB Chainsaw Was a Hoax with a Message

Remember the iSaw from a couple days ago? Unsurprisingly, it wasn’t real. But the cause that it was created to support is one we can definitely get behind. https://gizmodo.com/the-isaw-will-be-the-bloody-apex-of-usb-peripherals-5309114 Here’s the email people who placed “pre-orders” received: Hello. We love that you liked the i.Saw enough to pre-order. Truth is, you already own a chainsaw.…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Bossa Nova Prime-8 Robot Walks Runs on His Hands, Smashes Aibos to Bits

What’s special about Bossa Nova‘s Prime-8 robot—a $100 descendant of DARPA and Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute’s $20,000-a-pop all-terrain RHex designed for 10-year-old boys? It’s the fastest bipedal toy robot ever. Just watch. https://gizmodo.com/hrex-robot-can-conquer-any-terrain-with-manic-thrashing-321020 Prime-8 and Penbo (shown here) are the launch products for Bossa Nova Robotics, a spinoff of Carnegie Mellon‘s Robotics Institute with a…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Warner Bros. To Superman: Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You

Warner Bros. doesn’t have a Superman film in development right now, and President Alan Horn told a judge that he has “issues” with the Man of Steel. Warners won its latest legal battle, but has Superman’s movie career already lost? The new Superman ruling was just the latest development in a running battle over the…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Secrets of Harry Potter’s All-Important Final Scene

Harry Potter lovers know that in the final chapter of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, there are many crazy surprises. But the biggest surprise will be how the movie version will handle the very last scene. Spoilers ahead. For those of you who haven’t read it yet, in the final book there’s a flash-forward…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Retromodo: Did You Know Hedy Lamarr Helped Invent Frequency Hopping?

There’s a longer story you can read elsewhere, but actress Hedy Lamarr invented and patented a system to help prevent torpedoes from being jammed by using frequency hopping. Neither Hedy or her co-patenter made money from the invention because their patent expired before it was implemented in 1962, and wasn’t really acknowledged until 1997 by…

Tech News Jason Chen

XCM Candy Case For The DSi Is The Sweetest Way To Void Your Warranty

The XCM Eye Candy case for the DSi comes in several tempting colors, but disassembling your machine to install one is only for those with a serious sweet tooth. [Divineo via Technabob via Boing Boing Gadgets]

Tech News Sean Fallon

Louis Vutton Watch Has ‘Mysterieuse’ Floating Hands

When does a watch cost as much as a house? When it’s the gravity defying $250,000 Louis Vuitton Tambour Mysterieuse Calibre LV115 apparently. The focus of the design lies in its transparent face with a mechanism that appears to float in the center. However, the secret to this magical feature is actually quite simple—the hour…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Now That’s What We Call A Starship Bridge

New Pandorum concept art shows a dark, time-worn spaceship command center, with rusty bulkheads and a cool-looking holographic user interface surrounding the captain’s chair. And click through to see another piece of concept art, showing the inevitable service crawlway. Four pieces of Pandorum concept art showed up over at DVD-Forum. This film is definitely looking…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Location Finding With Google Maps Comes To Chrome and Firefox

If you are running Chrome 2.0+ or FireFox 3.5+ you will notice a dot in the upper left corner of Google Maps that should, theoretically, be able to locate your position using the W3C Geolocation API. We have been around this block before with apps like Geode and Google Gears, but it has yet to…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Warehouse 13’s Debut Is A Ratings Win, But Can It Beat Eureka?

The first episode of storehouse-of-weirdness show Warehouse 13 was the top-rated cable show of the night, with 3.5 million viewers. That doesn’t beat Eureka’s 4.1 million debut. It’s also not clear whether Warehouse can beat Eureka’s third-season average of 3 million viewers per week. Meanwhile, how will Eureka do in its new doghouse slot of…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Why An Urban Nuclear Explosion Is “Not Hopeless”

The consequences of a nuclear explosion in the heart of a city may seem unthinkable to most, but experts think that, if the proper precautions are made, it wouldn’t be as bad as you may assume. Of course, “bad” is a relative term; a panel of doctors and public health officials set up by the…

io9 Graeme McMillan

The Seven Types of Employees You Meet at Best Buy

Click to viewHave you ever noticed that no matter which Best Buy you go into, you end up seeing the same people working there? That’s because there are seven types of people that work at every single Best Buy, with no exceptions. A little known fact about me is that I worked at Best Buy…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Your First Horrifying Look At Doctor Who’s Next Monster

A new clip from Doctor Who‘s next special episode, “The Waters Of Mars,” showcases the bizarre alien threat the Doctor faces this time around. What, you thought “Waters” was metaphorical? [Thanks, Bluehinter!]

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Gadget Deals of the Day

Summer moving sluggishly? Dealzmodo here to save you with amazing deals on movies and games! The awesome Metal Gear Solid collection going for $20! Evil Dead 2 for $13? Who’s laughing now Ash? Dealzmodo is! Happy thirsty Thursday everyone! Computers and Peripherals: • 17″ Dell Vostro 1720 Intel Core 2 Duo T6670 2.2GHZ LED-Backlit Laptop…

Tech News Johnny Tzeng

Amazon Wireless Aims To Make Cellphone Shopping Easier

For many of us, cellphone shopping really means choosing between the major smartphone brands—but for those of us looking at a broader range of devices and plans, Amazon has developed a new site to help make the process easier. Amazon Wireless offers services like: •Easy shopping for cell phones and service wireless plans without rebate…

Commerce Sean Fallon

Thursday’s San Diego Comic Con Schedule Is Out

Bossa Nova Penbo: The “First Real Robot for Girls” Is a Pink, Waddling Penguin With a Baby

Google Chrome OS Screenshots Are Fake, Just Like We Thought

Sony’s Planning a Vaio P Mark 2 Super Portable in October?

Can Food Prevent Age-Related Dementia?

The iSaw USB Chainsaw Was a Hoax with a Message

Bossa Nova Prime-8 Robot Walks Runs on His Hands, Smashes Aibos to Bits

Warner Bros. To Superman: Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You

Secrets of Harry Potter’s All-Important Final Scene

Retromodo: Did You Know Hedy Lamarr Helped Invent Frequency Hopping?

XCM Candy Case For The DSi Is The Sweetest Way To Void Your Warranty

Louis Vutton Watch Has ‘Mysterieuse’ Floating Hands

Now That’s What We Call A Starship Bridge

Location Finding With Google Maps Comes To Chrome and Firefox

Warehouse 13’s Debut Is A Ratings Win, But Can It Beat Eureka?

Why An Urban Nuclear Explosion Is “Not Hopeless”

The Seven Types of Employees You Meet at Best Buy

Your First Horrifying Look At Doctor Who’s Next Monster

Gadget Deals of the Day

Amazon Wireless Aims To Make Cellphone Shopping Easier

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