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I Wish Things in Space Really Went This Fast

I was watching NASA’s channel—admiring Discovery’s pitch maneuver as it approaches to dock with the ISS—and I found myself thinking, “This is glacially slow.” So I sped it up by four.* While launching is a pretty fast business, maneuvering in space is even more boring than turtle porn. How are we ever going to have…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Daniel Was Battlestar’s Biggest Fiasco, Says Ron Moore

Battlestar Galactica creator Ronald D Moore prepared us for tomorrow night’s season finale, by explaining how it went down. Plus, the backstory to the most mysterious name drop in BSG’s history, the missing Cylon Daniel. When did you figure out what you wanted to do with the ending? Because I heard with President Roslin, you…

Television Meredith Woerner

Urban McHugly Is My New Best Friend

I was just thinking, “I want a friend who has a touchscreen belly with LED Swarovski eyes that light up when someone calls, and loves me unconditionally.” Lo and behold, there was Urban McHughly. He’s coming soon, and is powered by your iPhone in his chest, like Tony Stark’s heart. And I’m pretty sure we…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Blazewear Heated Sportsvest: Lightning Review

The Gadget: Blazewear’s heated vest is powered by a lithium ion pack and good for hours of user controlled heat. It also has a built in flashlight on the battery. It’s very warm! The Price: $139 The Verdict: OMG warm! Although not as fitted or high quality as the Ardica jackets, which have padded battery…

Tech News Brian Lam

Gmail Lets You Take Back Sent Messages, Gets Built-in YouTube, Flickr and Yelp Previews

Everyday, Gmail makes desktop mail clients feel a little more dated. The latest Labs features now preview stuff from YouTube (no more Rickrolling??), Flickr, Picasa and Yelp, and you can undo sending regrettable email. https://lifehacker.com/gmail-goes-offline-with-google-gears-5140668 Undo send, sadly, only has a five-second window to take it back (you can boost it to 10), so you…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Pac-Man Calls the Ghostbusters, Again

Two weeks ago, we spotted a t-shirt in which Pac-Man decided to use Ghostbusters technology to spook those ghosts once and for all. Today, he does it again. https://gizmodo.com/pac-man-aint-afraid-of-no-ghosts-5165712 Available at Busted Tees for $17, Ghost Catcher explores the lengths that a gluttonous and brutal carnivore will go to for a snack of psychokinetic energy.…

Movies Mark Wilson

Play FTW or Concede Defeat: What Would You Do In This Ethical Dilemma?

Here is the scenario: you are playing a video game (board game, foosball, nerf battle…whatever) vs. a sick 10 year old boy. What do you do? In the midst of this ethical dilemma you would… ( polls)

Tech News Sean Fallon

A Flying Car Chase We’d Love To See

Check out this new concept art from Black Lightning, the next project from Wanted’s Timur Bekmambetov. It’s like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, only with a thousand percent more bang. In Black Lightning, a student at Moscow’s Institute of Higher Education gets hold of a used car, which turns out to be able to fly. And…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Watch the Spacewalk via Helmet Cam for the Next 3 Hours on NASA TV

Check out NASA TV right now – you can see the spacewalk first-person-shooter style, with cameras mounted on the crews’ helmets. Cool! Not exactly sure what they’re doing, but it seems as if they’re installing the new truss on the ISS. Lots of views of Earth in between cool shots of space tech.

io9 Annalee Newitz

Nerdy Scientists Are TV Champions, On Better Off Ted

Last night ABC debuted its quirky new sitcom, Better Off Ted. It takes place at Veridian Dynamics, where awkward brainiacs are coaxed into getting frozen by their pretty superiors. Thankfully, the geeks steal the show. Science fiction comedy is a hard sell, but even though Better Off Ted debuted with somewhat dismal numbers (around 5.8…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Mercury In-Line Skates Let You Glide On a Shock-Absorbed Cushion Of Air

Designed for Ronald McDonald optimum comfort, these Mercury in-line skates feature a shock system to minimize vibration, a removable calf plate and an air cushioned interior for an optimum fit. The result would be less wear-and-tear on the joints, better ankle support and a ride so smooth that it is almost like true ice skating.…

Tech News Sean Fallon

David “X-Files” Nutter Directs A Super-Cyborg Movie

We’ve been fans of David Nutter from his work on X-Files and Sarah Connor, so we’re excited to learn he’s attached to direct an Iron Man-esque cyborg story, Freemind. Details, and spoilers, below. Nutter, as we mentioned last week, is known as the “pilot king” because the pilots he films have a high success rate…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Wicked Wii Nerf N-Strike Concept Weapons

Designer Weston Boeges has out-Nerfed Nerf with these concept weapons for the Wii game Nerf N-Strike. Wii or no Wii, I wouldn’t mind using these to shoot someone in the face with a foam dart. [Coroflot via Core77]

Tech News Sean Fallon

You Can Now Buy and HD Movies From iTunes Directly

You could rent ’em before, but starting today, you can buy movies in high def from the iTunes Store on your computer. They’re $20—yes, about as much as a Blu-ray—and they’ll pop up as the usual $5 HD rentals within 30 days after that. It kicks off with Quantum of Solace and Twilight for pre-order,…

Movies Matt Buchanan

Blow-up Doll Hoodies Are, At Minimum, Waterproof

As weird as blow-up dolls hoodies may sound, wearing one of these creepy humans sounds a lot more practical to me than banging one—though a tent or flotation device might make more sense. By designer Sander Reijgers, he explains: I customize existing tracksuit tops with parts of the blow-up dolls – the head, the breasts,…

Tech News Mark Wilson

The Chopsticks Aid Turns Chopsticks Into Forks for Lousy White People

I hate the way most white people eat Asian food: Drowning white rice in soy sauce, shoveling cream cheese-stuffed “sushi” into their mouths, pretty much the entire sorry spectacle. The Chopsticks Aid is for them. It’s a fork face that attaches to chopsticks, turning them into a fork. In case Midwestern Whitey McWhiterson is visiting…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Naked Fargos And New Loves, In Eureka Season 4

We scored some details on Eureka’s next season from Salli Richardson-Whitfield, who plays the strong-willed and gorgeous Allison Blake. Turns out Alice might have a little competition this season… and Fargo might have less clothes. So there were a lot of changes last year. We lost a character and we gained a character. Where does…

Television Meredith Woerner

How To: Fake the iPhone 3.0 OS On Your iPhone Today

If you left this week’s Apple event a little underwhelmed, it’s because most of 3.0’s new features have been available via Cydia and the App Store. Here’s how to enable iPhone 3.0’s biggest additions today. https://gizmodo.com/iphone-3-0-os-guide-everything-you-need-to-know-5171796 Since many of iPhone 3.0’s features were deliberately blocked by restrictions in the official SDK, for several of these…

Tech News John Mahoney

Sawyer Is Right About Jack, After All

Watching last night’s Lost, I realized for the first time just how much I love this new version of Sawyer. I’d way rather follow him than Jack or Locke. Spoilers and snark ahead. First of all, I have to apologize for the lack of a Lynn Peril recap this week. She’s traveling, so I’m stepping…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Metal Gear Solid iPhone Covers Are Great, But We Want Hideo Kojima’s Face

Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima loves Apple, so it’s fitting that he made somebody create all these Metal Gear Solid iPhone skins. He even made one with his face on it. https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-metal-gear-solid-touch-iphone-app-5174367 The Kojima skin is a one-of-a-kind, and just like Kojima’s real skin, the only way you’re gonna be able to get one…

Tech News Jason Chen

I Wish Things in Space Really Went This Fast

Daniel Was Battlestar’s Biggest Fiasco, Says Ron Moore

Urban McHugly Is My New Best Friend

Blazewear Heated Sportsvest: Lightning Review

Gmail Lets You Take Back Sent Messages, Gets Built-in YouTube, Flickr and Yelp Previews

Pac-Man Calls the Ghostbusters, Again

Play FTW or Concede Defeat: What Would You Do In This Ethical Dilemma?

A Flying Car Chase We’d Love To See

Watch the Spacewalk via Helmet Cam for the Next 3 Hours on NASA TV

Nerdy Scientists Are TV Champions, On Better Off Ted

Mercury In-Line Skates Let You Glide On a Shock-Absorbed Cushion Of Air

David “X-Files” Nutter Directs A Super-Cyborg Movie

Wicked Wii Nerf N-Strike Concept Weapons

You Can Now Buy and HD Movies From iTunes Directly

Blow-up Doll Hoodies Are, At Minimum, Waterproof

The Chopsticks Aid Turns Chopsticks Into Forks for Lousy White People

Naked Fargos And New Loves, In Eureka Season 4

How To: Fake the iPhone 3.0 OS On Your iPhone Today

Sawyer Is Right About Jack, After All

Metal Gear Solid iPhone Covers Are Great, But We Want Hideo Kojima’s Face

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