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Holes In The Fabric Of Reality Happen All The Time In Belgium

Nemo Nobody is a regular guy, until a hole in reality opens up and deposits him in the shimmering year 2092, when everybody’s immortal. And then, judging from this new trailer, the suddenly-old Mr. Nobody does a Sliding Doors riff and examines several possible versions of his life. Mr. Nobody, starring Jared Leto and directed…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 26 '09

Freelock Self-Locking Cycle Concept

If you’re tired of carrying a lock around with you every where you ride, the Freelock is a self-locking bicycle whose seat also functions as a built in lock, which is apparently as secure as an old bicycle with a typical chain lock. The handlebars and body of the bike can rotate around to accommodate…

Tech News Andi Wang May 26 '09

Get Girls Half-Naked in Your iPhone

I’m not a fan of the Suicide Girls—although I’ve a crush for Gwen, a waitress at the Blackbird Parlour who looks like one, only prettier—but I love their iPhone application. It works like those naughty pens with pin ups that fascinated me when I was 11 years old. They were one of my first fetishes:…

Tech News Jesus Diaz May 26 '09

The First iPhone Clock App I Actually Paid Money For

FlipTime is a clock and calendar app designed to look and work and go *clickclickclickclick* like the old-school flippy information boards at train stations and airports. Simple, but watch and see why I paid 99 cents. [iTunes, omletworks via Soup]

Tech News Matt Buchanan May 26 '09

People Are Falling In Love With Paranormal Romance

Publisher’s Weekly has a great run-down of the rapidly growing genre of paranormal romance books, spearheaded by authors like Sherrilyn Kenyon. Among other things, it explains the difference between paranormal romance and dark fantasy — paranormal romance is about the relationship, dark fantasy is usually about other stuff — and illuminates debates over whether a…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 26 '09

Disney Remakes Flight Of The Navigator Because You Don’t Have Enough Money To Stop Them

While thumbing through the catalog of ideas from my childhood they should ruin, Disney has stopped at the cult favorite The Flight Of The Navigator. If they replace Paul Reubens with someone like Robin Williams as the voice of the lovable mechanical alien, there will be pain. Brad Copeland (Wild Hogs,Arrested Development) is writing the…

Movies Meredith Woerner May 26 '09

Chair Spells Chair

This Chair/Chair from Erik Ku disassembles easily into the word “chair”, which is great if you want to teach your toddlers spacial coordination as well as the ability to spell one word. [Eric Ku via Like Cool via Craziest Gadgets]

Tech News Jason Chen May 26 '09

10 Scariest Eco-Catastrophes from Early Science Fiction

These days, SF thrillers in which natural disasters end human life as we know it are mainstream fare. But long before M. Night Shyamalan and J.G. Ballard flirted with disaster, the authors of SF’s Pre-Golden Age (1904-33) speculated wildly, and sometimes presciently, about the possible causes of dire biospheric transformations. During science fiction’s Golden Age…

Books & Comics Joshua Glenn May 26 '09

Ballmer Scores a Fusion Hybrid From Ford CEO

Today over in Redmond, Ford CEO Alan Mulally handed Steve Ballmer the keys to a light blue metallic Ford Fusion Hybrid not coincidentally rigged up with Microsoft’s Sync system. Unfortunately, at that moment, I was too far off to hear what they were saying. Any guesses? Update: Our friend Todd at TechFlash just posted a…

Tech News Wilson Rothman May 26 '09

Terminator Salvation Made Me Miss Sarah Connor Chronicles More

Terminator Salvation and the Sarah Connor Chronicles both ended the same way: in a post-apocalyptic future, with John Connor lost and confused. But there’s only one Terminator story I want to see continued, and it’s not connected to McG. Here’s why Salvation made me miss Sarah Connor more than ever. Oh, and this rant has…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders May 26 '09

This Pill Is Filled With Stupid Music Instead Of Cool Drugs

The Vitamin is a tiny MP3 player that combines our hobbies of music, gadgets and prescription-strength home pharmaceuticals into one. Measuring 2.7 inches long and about an inch in diameter, you pull the pill apart to unlock the controls, then twist forward and back to toggle tracks. We’re a little confused how volume and 30…

Tech News Mark Wilson May 26 '09

What Secret Horror Is Destroying the Nation’s Youth According to the New York Times?

“They do it late at night when their parents are asleep. They do it in restaurants and while crossing busy streets. They do it in the classroom with their hands behind their back. They do it so much their ______ hurt.” Hint: Not syphilis. Text messaging. Yep, really. Thanks for that cutting edge reporting, New…

Tech News Matt Buchanan May 26 '09

Fans Get One Step Closer to Bringing Back Polaroid Film

The NYT just visited the Impossible Project, a group of Polaroid lovers (which include Dutch scientists), who dedicate their time in bringing back Polaroid film. https://gizmodo.com/crazy-polaroid-zealots-making-film-themselves-5134845 Last time we saw these people, they leased a Polaroid factory and are trying to not just re-invent Polaroid film, but something slightly better. What’s interesting is that the…

Tech News Jason Chen May 26 '09

Android Apps Running on Ubuntu Blur All Kinds of Boundaries

Ubuntu’s upcoming Android execution environment that’ll let you run Android apps isn’t just interesting, it’s smart, given the buzz over Android on netbooks—stick with Ubuntu and you can run Android apps alongside real Linux programs. [Ars]

Tech News Matt Buchanan May 26 '09

The Weird Surfaces Of Undersea Life, In Crochet And Plastic Trash

Weirdest science art we’ve seen lately: artists working with the Institute for Figuring have recreated the hyperbolic surfaces of undersea reefs using the plastic garbage that is helping to kill them — plus a lot of crocheting as well. Artworks include “The Ladies’ Silurian Atoll” and “Cambrian Explosion Reef.”

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 26 '09

Sweet Dreams, Deadly Machines

Terminator Salvation may have been a letdown, but our week of celebrating the violence within every gadget—armed and sentient or ordinary and household, they’re all bloodthirsty—was a hit. Here’s a recap of the finer moments: https://gizmodo.com/terminator-salvation-review-better-than-t3-but-not-by-5260359 Adam took us through some of the worst manglings and murders committed by appliances, from pitching machines to prison…

Tech News Wilson Rothman May 26 '09

New True Blood Season Climaxes With A Vampire Slap Fight

Check out a the first promo reel for True Blood that actually explains what’s happening to our beloved characters next season. Looks like Jason got his hands on a vampire-killing bazooka, Mary Ann has her mits on everyone and Sookie is slap-happy. Cheers to delightful over-the-top fangy drama.

io9 Meredith Woerner May 26 '09

Win Tickets to Google I/O Developer Conference

Want to go to the Google I/O Developer Conference in San Francisco tomorrow? You’ll get to actually talk to Google engineers who will help you get to know technology. Here’s how. Send an email to [email protected] with the subject “Google I/O Tickets“. We’ll pick five emails at random (you + 1) and send you a…

Tech News Jason Chen May 26 '09

Chopsticks Roll Into Rings and Straws and…Well, That’s Actually It

I’ve never looked at a pair of chopsticks and thought to myself, “…if I could only use these as napkin holder rings.” Then again, I am not a designer. Designer Jacky Wu Tung Chi, on the other hand, had such a vision. That vision fleshed itself out in some sort of 3D imaging program to…

Tech News Mark Wilson May 26 '09

Starbuck Turns To Comics In Time Of Need

With Battlestar Galactica (and Bionic Woman) gone to the great television network in the sky, where should smitten fanboys and girls hope to see Katee Sackhoff next? If rumors are true, a Marvel movie. MTV Splash Page reports that Sackhoff was recently seen in LA comic shop Golden Apple, buying up appearances of Marvel villain…

Movies Graeme McMillan May 26 '09

Holes In The Fabric Of Reality Happen All The Time In Belgium

Freelock Self-Locking Cycle Concept

Get Girls Half-Naked in Your iPhone

The First iPhone Clock App I Actually Paid Money For

People Are Falling In Love With Paranormal Romance

Disney Remakes Flight Of The Navigator Because You Don’t Have Enough Money To Stop Them

Chair Spells Chair

10 Scariest Eco-Catastrophes from Early Science Fiction

Ballmer Scores a Fusion Hybrid From Ford CEO

Terminator Salvation Made Me Miss Sarah Connor Chronicles More

This Pill Is Filled With Stupid Music Instead Of Cool Drugs

What Secret Horror Is Destroying the Nation’s Youth According to the New York Times?

Fans Get One Step Closer to Bringing Back Polaroid Film

Android Apps Running on Ubuntu Blur All Kinds of Boundaries

The Weird Surfaces Of Undersea Life, In Crochet And Plastic Trash

Sweet Dreams, Deadly Machines

New True Blood Season Climaxes With A Vampire Slap Fight

Win Tickets to Google I/O Developer Conference

Chopsticks Roll Into Rings and Straws and…Well, That’s Actually It

Starbuck Turns To Comics In Time Of Need

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