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Nanofiber Underwear Burns Fat…Literally?

A new nanofiber underwear burns fat just by wearing it. But given the premise, it must chafe a bit. From Japan chemical company Teijin, the underwear is woven from 700-nanometer ultra fine polyester that the company calls Nanofront. Originally used for industrial polishing, the fabric is soft to the skin but apparently causes enough friction…

Tech News Mark Wilson

DC Comics Goes Big, Retro For New Weekly Series

Want to relive the Sunday comics of your youth but with better writing and art? DC Comics‘ newly-announced weekly Wednesday Comics will give you that chances… and also introduce you to some amazing creators. Rumored for some time and finally confirmed yesterday, Wednesday Comics will be an experimental twelve-issue weekly series from America’s oldest comic…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

The Average PS Home Session Lasts One Hour (ORLY)

Remember the world before the PlayStation Home open beta launched? You may, because it looked a lot like the world after PlayStation Home launched. Still, Sony has some numbers they’d like to share with you: The Facts: PlayStation Home now has 4 million registered users. Those users spend an average of 55 minutes on Home…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Intel’s Leaked Z550 Atom Processor For Netbooks/MIDs Reaches 2GHz

Leaks suggest that Intel will be dropping a new single-core Z-series Atom proc that will be the first of the family to reach 2GHz. Granted, the Z series is the slightly lower-powered single-core chips intended for MIDs, but it’s not ridiculous to assume these could find their way into a low-cost netbook or two. The…

Tech News John Mahoney

Your Brain Starts Deteriorating By Age 27, Say Neuroscientists

A depressing new study from a group of neuroscientists at University of Virgina suggests that people begin experiencing age-related cognitive deterioration in their late 20s. Published today, a summary of the study explains: Some aspects of peoples’ cognitive skills – such as the ability to make rapid comparisons, remember unrelated information and detect relationships –…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Nikon D400 DSLR Surfaces on Nikon Germany Site With 15.3MP Sensor, Full HD Video

Camera nerds, this is exciting. Just a couple of days after Canon’s 500D pops up, Nikon’s D400 supposedly made an appearance on Nikon’s German site. And the specs are just what you’d expect. https://gizmodo.com/rumor-canon-rebel-eos-500d-to-launch-on-march-25th-5174244 It’s got a 15.3-megapixel sensor with a standard ISO range of 200-6400, 6FPS bursts, and yes children, full HD video recording,…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

When Is Transformers 3 Coming Out Again?

Paramount announced a summer 2011 release date for Transformers 3 earlier this week, but Michael Bay is claiming that that’s based on a crappy phone connection… Awkward negotiation tactic, or something else? After Paramount’s announcement, Bay made the following post in his online forum: Paramount made a mistake in dating Transformers 3 – they asked…

Movies Graeme McMillan

President Obama Details $2.4 Billion in Grants For Electric Vehicles

Speaking at the Edison Electric Vehicle Tech Center in Pomona, California, BHO dropped details on exactly who can and will receive money for helping put one million plug-in hybrids on the road by 2015. The plan is as follows: * The Department of Energy is offering up to $1.5 billion in grants to U.S. based…

Tech News John Mahoney

The Ultimate BSG Frakkin Spoiler Orgy!

Spool up your FTL for the last, and greatest, Battlestar spoilerfest. Plus a Terminator 4 poster, G.I. Joe footage reports, and Whedon’s Dollhouse forecast. Also: Lost, Fringe and Doctor Who. We have a spoiler plan… Battlestar Galactica: OMG it’s our last chance for BSG spoilers. (Apart from the “Plan” TV movie, which barely counts.) Here’s…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Sony Ericsson Sales Drop By Almost Half in One Quarter

Sony Ericsson, the world’s 4th biggest handset maker, has reported a titanic sales decrease of almost 50% in just a few months. This is a bad thing, you see. Reuters slapped a scary headline on this story, but it couldn’t really be described as sensational. As much a terrifying portent of electronics companies’ coming year…

Tech News John Herrman

The Watchmen Xbox 360 Looks Like a Pretty Butterfly

I looked at the Watchmen 360. I tried to pretend it looked like a spreading tree, shadows pooled beneath it, but it didn’t. It looked more like a dead cat I once found, the fat, glistening grubs writhing blindly, squirming over each other, frantically tunneling away from the light. But even that is avoiding the…

Movies Mark Wilson

Mophie Juice Pack Doubles iPod Touch 2G’s Battery Life, Ass Size

The iPod Touch 2G has finally gotten its own $100 Mophie Juice Pack, which promises to double the device’s battery life. Recommended, with one caveat: it looks awfully fat on the super-slim new Touch. [Mophie] https://gizmodo.com/mophie-juice-pack-for-iphone-3g-lightning-review-it-do-5063778

Tech News John Herrman

Palm CEO Confirms That, Yes, There Will Be More WebOS Phones

It was a safe guess from the start, but the Pre won’t be Palm’s only WebOS handset. In fact, they’re already promising an entire roadmap of new smartphones based on the slick OS. https://gizmodo.com/palm-pre-the-definitive-guide-and-faq-5133554 The announcement accompanied a particularly bloody quarterly report, which is perhaps why Palm felt it necessary in the first place—when you’re…

Tech News John Herrman

Windows Mobile 6.5 Honeycomb Menu Gets De-Honeycombed

Now that the public has made their sundry judgments about Windows Mobile 6.5’s UI overhaul, Microsoft has made a few changes. Most obviously, they’ve removed the honeycomb. OH GOD! https://gizmodo.com/windows-mobile-6-5-hands-on-the-new-interface-rocks-5154385 Well, mostly. The Honeycomb Inexplicably Offset Icon Grid is still arranged in the same way, but the actual honeycomb graphics—that is, the hexagonal icon containers…

Tech News John Herrman

Robotic Carp Unleashed Into the Sea to Sniff Out Pollution

Those crazy looking robotic carp now have a job-a whole school of them are going to be released into the sea off northern Spain to help detect hazardous pollutants in the water. Created by engineers at the University of Essex, they measure about 8 feet long, can swim at roughly 2.24mph and feature real fish-like…

Tech News Elaine Chow

Get Catty With The New Wolverine Trailer

A new trailer for May’s Wolverine movie showcases the weird lion growl that you’ll hear every time Sabretooth pounces. Plus the way Sabretooth says “Shiny” with a little meow when he sees Wolvie’s adamantium claws. The new video also includes a genuinely handy roll call of at least some of the random mutants in the…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Rumor: Nintendo Planning on Its Own Dsi App Store

Nintendo might be planning on taking on the iPhone and iPod Touch with an app download service of its own, and has been encouraging developers to come up with app-like content for the DSi. The Dsi—at least the Japanese version—currently connects to the DS Shop and DSi Ware, Nintendo’s bite-sized gaming store. But according to…

Tech News Elaine Chow

“Want To See How Painful Our Stun Guns Are? Let Me Show You… On Myself!”

Showing a dedication to lightning reviews we could never hope to emulate, this Japanese stun gun company’s president tested out his products on himself. That’s right, we said PRODUCTS. The one in the top video is self-defense tool shop KSP’s TMM S-308 model. The man shows how, despite the layers of heavy clothing, being tazed…

Tech News Elaine Chow

Asus W90Vp-X1 Proves You Don’t Need a Desktop for Raw Power (But It Helps)

The fellers at Computer Shopper just gave a rave review to this 11-lb. 18.4″ monstrosity from Asus, saying it “raises the bar for all comers.” Isn’t it just a desktop in disguise? Look at the breakdown: Sure, it’s got a 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T9600 and 320GB 2.5″ hard drive, but it also has…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

These Carbon Nanotube Muscles Are 30 Times Stronger Than Human Muscles

These next gen carbon nanotube muscles have “diamond-like” stiffness side to side, but are as flexible as rubber when moved perpendicularly. When voltage is applied to the structures, they contract with a pulling force 30 times the force per unit of human muscles. They’re also quicker. A human’s muscle fibers can contract 10% per second,…

Tech News Brian Lam

Nanofiber Underwear Burns Fat…Literally?

DC Comics Goes Big, Retro For New Weekly Series

The Average PS Home Session Lasts One Hour (ORLY)

Intel’s Leaked Z550 Atom Processor For Netbooks/MIDs Reaches 2GHz

Your Brain Starts Deteriorating By Age 27, Say Neuroscientists

Nikon D400 DSLR Surfaces on Nikon Germany Site With 15.3MP Sensor, Full HD Video

When Is Transformers 3 Coming Out Again?

President Obama Details $2.4 Billion in Grants For Electric Vehicles

The Ultimate BSG Frakkin Spoiler Orgy!

Sony Ericsson Sales Drop By Almost Half in One Quarter

The Watchmen Xbox 360 Looks Like a Pretty Butterfly

Mophie Juice Pack Doubles iPod Touch 2G’s Battery Life, Ass Size

Palm CEO Confirms That, Yes, There Will Be More WebOS Phones

Windows Mobile 6.5 Honeycomb Menu Gets De-Honeycombed

Robotic Carp Unleashed Into the Sea to Sniff Out Pollution

Get Catty With The New Wolverine Trailer

Rumor: Nintendo Planning on Its Own Dsi App Store

“Want To See How Painful Our Stun Guns Are? Let Me Show You… On Myself!”

Asus W90Vp-X1 Proves You Don’t Need a Desktop for Raw Power (But It Helps)

These Carbon Nanotube Muscles Are 30 Times Stronger Than Human Muscles

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