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SimMan 3G Patient Simulator Is One Creepy Way to Learn Medicine

The SimMan 3G is a robot that can cry, bleed, convulse, go into cardiac arrest and do any number of other things that humans do when their bodies are malfunctioning. Also, it’s super creepy looking. This is one crazy robot. Here’s just a partial list of features: Quality CPR Feedback Laerdal’s Q-CPR technology measures the…

Tech News Adam Frucci May 11 '09

Japanese Find Out How to Make Heart-Shaped Watermelons

Having mastered the art of making square watermelons and even pyramid watermelons, Japanese farmers turned to making heart-shaped watermelons. https://gizmodo.com/pyramid-melon-17988 These 15,750 yen ($160) watermelons were grown by a couple and took three years to perfect down to the point where they were good enough to convince people to pay $160 for them. There’s only…

Tech News Jason Chen May 11 '09

Exploded Original Mac 128k Is a Must Buy for Any Gadget Freak

If you really like technology, this beautiful Exploded 128 t-shirt showing the guts of an original Mac 128k is the best $18 you are going to spend this week. [Exploded 128 via Cult of Mac]

Tech News Jesus Diaz May 11 '09

The Evolution Of The Cloverfield Monster

The Cloverfield monster went through a lot of variations before it ended up with its unique body shape, designer Neville Page’s portfolio reveals. At one point, he even sported a Superman T-shirt and glasses. We already showed you the concept drawings for Star Trek’s snow-planet monster, but now Page has posted a portfolio of Cloverfield…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 11 '09

Japanese Toilet Kneeler Puts You Closer To the Action

Splashes become a worry once you hit the high end of five feet, which is why this Japanese “Angels Knee Pillow” is a decent alternative, even if it is a little degrading. The pillows come in two options, a split-mode one and a larger, single unit variety. It’s pretty gross when you think about getting…

Tech News Jason Chen May 11 '09

Even Bad Summer Blockbusters Have More To Say Than Horror Flicks Or Romantic Comedies

“Despite that financial success, the critics are growing restless. The New York Times’ A.O. Scott declared that X-Men Origins: Wolverine is “the latest evidence that the superhero movie is suffering from serious imaginative fatigue.” Slate’s Dana Stevens announced that “I’ll be holding comic-book-based blockbusters to a more robust standard” this summer. And Anthony Lane, a…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders May 11 '09

An Island Sinks Into The Ocean, Lost To Human Habitation

Global warming has displaced the first of many refugees: Papua New Guinea has begun evacuating the Carteret Islands, which have been sinking into the ocean for years now, but they’re finally lost to human habitation. According to Dan Box at The Ecologist: The evacuation of the Carteret Islands [has] begun. This morning I stood on…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 11 '09

All-American Tech: What’s Hot Here (and Nowhere Else)

People are always eager to point out cool technologies that America ignores, but what about the ones that we—and only we—use? Enough with the grousing: Here’s what we’ve got that they don’t. https://gizmodo.com/six-technologies-that-passed-america-by-5162719 TiVo For a long while, TiVo was the undisputed king of TV recording. Other DVRs have come a long way in the…

Commerce John Herrman May 11 '09

Gadget Deals of the Day

Need to recover from all the Mother’s Day fanfare? A new camcorder, 46″ LCD TV, and some cheapo $6 DVDs should do just nicely. Computing and Peripherals: • Lenovo ThinkPad X200 12.1″ Tablet Laptop for $1,239.20 plus free shipping (normally $1,549—use coupon code USPEMAILMD). • Dell Inspiron 15 Intel Dual Core 2GHz 16″ Laptop for…

Tech News Odelia Lee May 11 '09

Thousand-Year-Old Characters Get A Makeover In True Blood Season 2

HBO has released a few behind the scenes looks at the making of True Blood Season 2, giving us some new scene peeks — and a closer look at Eric’s new vampire hairdo. New Bob Dylan Vamp Dance And Stare Off: Good to see more Eric and his fresh new ‘do. Its one thing to…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 11 '09

This Is What It Was Like to Drop the Atomic Bomb on Japan

The historical rupture of the atomic bomb makes the moment it was dropped almost ahistorical—Hidezaku Furuya’s videogame documentary forces you to inhabit it as a crewmember of the Enola Gay. It’s quite startling. Each person playing the game wears a headset, speaking the lines onscreen like a member of the Enola Gay’s crew as it…

Tech News Matt Buchanan May 11 '09

Star Trek: The Backlash Begins?

Let’s see: Star Trek gets great reviews, a good opening weekend and nerdgasms aplenty. So that would mean the backlash should be along any… minute… Yeah, this could be it. I’m not talking about random Trekkies/Trekkers/Trekfans/whateverthey’recalled disliking the movie; that’s all fine and dandy. I’m more interested in essays complaining that the costumes weren’t consistent…

Movies Graeme McMillan May 11 '09

Denon’s DBP-2010CI and DBP-1610CI Blu-ray Players: Pay More for Less

Denon’s DBP-2010CI and DBP-1610CI Blu-ray players are made with high-end components, but at $700 and $500 respectively, they are missing perks found in much cheaper players. They both have what pretty much every $300 Blu-ray player from Samsung, LG, Sony or Panasonic has: • An Ethernet port for BD-Live and firmware updates • DivX and…

Gadgets Wilson Rothman May 11 '09

Denon’s Latest Receiver Line Starts at $350, Loves iPods and HDMI

Denon has refreshed their complete line of receivers, meaning that you can read the press release below to discern the precise discrepancies between the 9 new/updated models. What I find notable is what’s become standard in the line: USB iPod connectivity, analog-to-HDMI conversion, and Dolby Pro Logic IIz decoding (which adds front height channels). Also,…

Tech News Mark Wilson May 11 '09

Denon AH-NC600 Earbuds Cancel Noise, Right Down To Touched Cables

Denon has announced the AH-NC600—their first foray into noise canceling earbuds. They claim this new model can reduce ambient noise by 99% while delivering high quality sound. Speaking of noise reduction, all three of their new models, including the AH-C710 and AH-C360 feature a Radial Cascade Damper that reduces noise from touched cables. The AH-NC600…

Tech News Sean Fallon May 11 '09

Lexon Stuffs FM Radio Into a Twisty Tube

Who doesn’t love tubes? This Lexon tube looks like something you would shoot down a pipe at the bank, but it’s actually a FM radio that you twist to turn stations. [Singulier via Aquire]

Tech News Sean Fallon May 11 '09

Microsoft Axum Programming Language Focuses on Multi-Core Processor Development

The latest .NET-based programming language by Microsoft is Axum, which was previously known as Maestro. It’s neat because it’s aware of concurrent computing, the paradigm of having multiple processes or programs run simultaneously, which makes it optimal for taking advantage of multi-core processors. [MSDN via Slashdot]

Tech News Jason Chen May 11 '09

Mr. Miyagi Busted My Balls So Hard

I failed miserably trying to catch a fly with chopsticks in Mr. Miyagi’s Fly Catcher Game. Honestly, it’s because a fat woman in a green shirt walked by and made it go wonky. [ITP]

Tech News Matt Buchanan May 11 '09

New Snow Leopard Feature: Access Mac Files from Windows in Boot Camp

Maybe the best front-end feature from Snow Leopard yet: HFS+ drivers will let you access your Mac’s files from Windows in Boot Camp, making running multiple OSes on one machine more seamless. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-install-windows-7-on-your-mac-using-boot-camp-5132325 One other bit Ars rounds up: The Grand Central APIs—Apple’s built-in multi-core mojo—are finalized, meaning that the OS is likely feature-complete as…

Tech News Matt Buchanan May 11 '09

Two Space Shuttles Prepped For Launch, In One Of Their Very Final Missions… To Probe Our Cosmic Origins

Later today, Space Shuttle Atlantis will be lifting off from Florida for the last ever servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. Today’s mission also marks the 30th mission for the Orbiter, which first launched in October of 1985 with STS-51-J. The primary mission will be to install new equipment and upgrades for Hubble, which…

io9 AndrewLiptak May 11 '09

SimMan 3G Patient Simulator Is One Creepy Way to Learn Medicine

Japanese Find Out How to Make Heart-Shaped Watermelons

Exploded Original Mac 128k Is a Must Buy for Any Gadget Freak

The Evolution Of The Cloverfield Monster

Japanese Toilet Kneeler Puts You Closer To the Action

Even Bad Summer Blockbusters Have More To Say Than Horror Flicks Or Romantic Comedies

An Island Sinks Into The Ocean, Lost To Human Habitation

All-American Tech: What’s Hot Here (and Nowhere Else)

Gadget Deals of the Day

Thousand-Year-Old Characters Get A Makeover In True Blood Season 2

This Is What It Was Like to Drop the Atomic Bomb on Japan

Star Trek: The Backlash Begins?

Denon’s DBP-2010CI and DBP-1610CI Blu-ray Players: Pay More for Less

Denon’s Latest Receiver Line Starts at $350, Loves iPods and HDMI

Denon AH-NC600 Earbuds Cancel Noise, Right Down To Touched Cables

Lexon Stuffs FM Radio Into a Twisty Tube

Microsoft Axum Programming Language Focuses on Multi-Core Processor Development

Mr. Miyagi Busted My Balls So Hard

New Snow Leopard Feature: Access Mac Files from Windows in Boot Camp

Two Space Shuttles Prepped For Launch, In One Of Their Very Final Missions… To Probe Our Cosmic Origins

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