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Celebrate July 4th With Robobama

To those who fear that President Barack Obama may be a robot sent here from the future to plunge us into a horrific machine-led dystopia/save John Connor (Delete as applicable), Disney has a message for you: You’re right. Well, almost. Admittedly, they’re talking about the new animatronic Obama that provides the news hook for their…

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Which One is the Robot?

A great cover by the Christian Science Monitor. I went back and forth a few times, and ended up being wrong. Which do you think is the meat-based contruction? The answer forthcoming on Monday. [BoingBoingGadgets]

Tech News Brian Lam

Watch 7 Clips From Paul Giamatti’s Soul-Rattling New Movie

Cold Souls, the new film about a bizarre soul-extraction process, is mostly a chance for the movie’s lead to stretch his comedy muscles in an existential wasteland, judging from seven new clips. Good thing it’s Paul Giamatti, then. Spoilers ahead. In the above clip, Dr. Flintstein explains to Giamatti, who’s playing an actor named Paul…

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Meizu M8’s New Interface Almost Makes Me Want It

Meizu M8, maybe the most legendary knockoff gadget around, maintains its “inspired” tradition with a refreshed UI that feels faintly of the Palm Pre in terms of graphical styling. I like it, even if I know, really, I’d hate it. [Meizu via Meizu Me via Engadget

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Sony Ericsson Kiki Concept

Mobil delivered this rendering of Kiki, a Sony Ericsson phone with a projected display and um, presumably, somewhere, a keypad. I like green. People need to make more green handsets. [Mobil via Engadget]

Tech News Brian Lam

20 Great American Superheroes To Share Your Holiday With

It’s Independence Day here in the United States, and what better way to celebrate it than to remember the fictional men and women who drape themselves in red, white and blue and try to personify what makes the country great? For almost as long as there have been superheroes, there have been superheroes who were…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Letters by 4th Graders to the Year 2000 (1976)

The July 4, 1976 Grand Prairie Daily News (Grand Prairie, TX) published letters written by 4th graders, addressed to people of the year 2000. Just as the newspaper did, I’ve left the spelling and grammatical errors. Because if we’ve learned anything at the Paleo-Future blog, it’s that kids are stupid. We’ll begin by looking at…

Tech News Matt Novak

Is Sony Ericsson’s Rachael Their First Android Handset?

Mobil’s dug up these photos of the XPERIA Rachael, supposedly their first Android phone. Exciting, since I love Sony Ericsson hardware. These things are kind of all starting to look the same, but it’s running the Snapdragon platform, meaning it could be 1GHz, and is rumored to have an 8MP imaging sensor. Let’s hope they’ve…

Tech News Brian Lam

DDR Alarm Clock Takes Your Fingers Back to 2003

Dance, dance to much booty in the, um, wrists? Your fingers have to dance like they’ve never danced before to shut off the alarm. Hope you don’t suck at Tap Tap Revenge. $16. [Thumbsupuk via OhGizmo via Engadget]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

There Is No Happily Ever After In Fallen Princesses

Dina Goldstein’s photo series Fallen Princesses revisits the origins of classic fairy tale heroines and finds things not exactly as we remember them from childhood tales. Click through for more. Goldstein explains: As a young girl, growing up abroad, I was not exposed to Fairy tales. These new discoveries lead to my fascination with the…

io9 Graeme McMillan

How Swine Flu Works, And Why It Kills

Scientists now have an idea of just how the H1N1 virus may be so deadly, and what makes it different from earlier viruses from the same family. Hint: It’s where it goes inside your body that counts. According to New Scientist, two separate teams of scientists in the Netherlands and the US have discovered through…

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Already, A Toy-Based Movie Even Weirder Than Asteroids

Never mind the Asteroids movie… there just may be a movie being worked on that comes from an even less likely toy origin. Are they really making a movie based on Viewmaster? Brad Caleb Kane, a writer and producer on Fringe, announced the project on Twitter earlier this week: Almost official — after the alien…

Movies Graeme McMillan

New Predator Movie Sounds Familiar, Will Be Non-Mainstream(ish)

It’s official – Little-known director Nimrod Antal is going to be directing Robert Rodriguez’s sequel/reboot to Predator, Predators. But is the name a worrying omen for how much this film will echo James Cameron’s Aliens? Rodriguez teases the answer. Antal’s involvement was confirmed by Rodriguez – who’s “overseeing” the movie, as well as co-writing –…

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Euros Lyn To Direct Doctor Who Movie For 2011?

Will Torchwood: Children of Earth director Euros Lyn be the man in charge of the much-rumored Doctor Who movie? Rumors say yes, and also suggest that the movie is only two years away. BleedingCool.com suggests that Lyn has already been approached for the project – confirmed as in development by the BBC and expected to…

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iPhone 3GS Jailbreak

Hey, the iPhone 3GS has been jailbroken, through what looks like a web exploit. Warning: We haven’t tested this because we’re playing with fireworks. Use at your own risk. [Make It Rain via BBG]

Tech News Brian Lam

The Pegasus Open 50 Sailing Log: Weather

Philippe Kahn describes the weather before the race.I took a serious look at the weather. What a mess! In 11 crossings I have never seen such messy weather patterns in the usually very predictable Pacific. https://gizmodo.com/pegasus-open-50-the-official-transpac-raceboat-of-gizm-5306826 July 1st, 2009 The weather chart says it all. Instead of one beautiful strong, stable high pressure centered somewhere…

Tech News Philippe Kahn

Giz Service Announcement: Aim Fireworks Into the Air, Not At Your Mom

Here’s another clip from the Consumer Product Safety Commission that proves, once and for all, that it is not okay to point fireworks at family members. Happy July 4th everybody! [CPSC]

Tech News Jason Chen

Pentagon’s Robot Hummingbird Christened “Nano Air Vehicle”

The Pentagon’s wacky sci-fi department DARPA has been working on robotic hummingbird-based drones to serve as miniature spies. They’re not nearly as agile or adorable as real hummingbirds, but DARPA is well on their way to achieving that dream. Program manager Todd Hylton is aiming for “an approximately 10-gram aircraft that can hover for extended…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Pegasus Open 50 Tour, Part 1: The Hull and Foresails

The official Gizmodo raceboat, the Pegasus Open 50, was originally rigged for reliability for global cruising. Going from CA to HI in a race requires more power. Here’s a tour of the tech in the rigging, hull material and sails. Bruce Mahoney, who helps run the team, is the guy walking me through the boat’s…

Tech News Brian Lam

Should We Be Excited About the Archos9 Windows 7 Tablet Netbook?

We already knew pretty much everything about the Archos9 tablet netbook running Windows 7, but with nobody sure what kind of touchscreen the thing uses, we’re left to wonder if we’d want anything to do with a resistive-touchscreen tablet. https://gizmodo.com/archos-latest-touch-tablet-the-archos9-runs-windows-7-5287341 Crave got a little hands-on with the svelte Atom-powered Archos9, and without even thinking about…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Celebrate July 4th With Robobama

Which One is the Robot?

Watch 7 Clips From Paul Giamatti’s Soul-Rattling New Movie

Meizu M8’s New Interface Almost Makes Me Want It

Sony Ericsson Kiki Concept

20 Great American Superheroes To Share Your Holiday With

Letters by 4th Graders to the Year 2000 (1976)

Is Sony Ericsson’s Rachael Their First Android Handset?

DDR Alarm Clock Takes Your Fingers Back to 2003

There Is No Happily Ever After In Fallen Princesses

How Swine Flu Works, And Why It Kills

Already, A Toy-Based Movie Even Weirder Than Asteroids

New Predator Movie Sounds Familiar, Will Be Non-Mainstream(ish)

Euros Lyn To Direct Doctor Who Movie For 2011?

iPhone 3GS Jailbreak

The Pegasus Open 50 Sailing Log: Weather

Giz Service Announcement: Aim Fireworks Into the Air, Not At Your Mom

Pentagon’s Robot Hummingbird Christened “Nano Air Vehicle”

Pegasus Open 50 Tour, Part 1: The Hull and Foresails

Should We Be Excited About the Archos9 Windows 7 Tablet Netbook?

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Celebrate July 4th With Robobama

Which One is the Robot?

Watch 7 Clips From Paul Giamatti’s Soul-Rattling New Movie

Meizu M8’s New Interface Almost Makes Me Want It

Sony Ericsson Kiki Concept

20 Great American Superheroes To Share Your Holiday With

Letters by 4th Graders to the Year 2000 (1976)

Is Sony Ericsson’s Rachael Their First Android Handset?

DDR Alarm Clock Takes Your Fingers Back to 2003

There Is No Happily Ever After In Fallen Princesses

How Swine Flu Works, And Why It Kills

Already, A Toy-Based Movie Even Weirder Than Asteroids

New Predator Movie Sounds Familiar, Will Be Non-Mainstream(ish)

Euros Lyn To Direct Doctor Who Movie For 2011?

iPhone 3GS Jailbreak

The Pegasus Open 50 Sailing Log: Weather

Giz Service Announcement: Aim Fireworks Into the Air, Not At Your Mom

Pentagon’s Robot Hummingbird Christened “Nano Air Vehicle”

Pegasus Open 50 Tour, Part 1: The Hull and Foresails

Should We Be Excited About the Archos9 Windows 7 Tablet Netbook?

Even the ‘Avatar’ Fighting Game Is Disrespecting ‘Legend of Korra’

Bluesky Has a New App, and It’s All About AI

Dammit, Jim, He’s a Doctor *And* an Action Figure!

Whatever Just Happened with ‘Fruit Love Island,’ Nobody Won

AMC Puts a Stake in ‘Talamasca’ After One Season

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