The Teckell Collection is a completely glass foosball table designed to be “Green.” I just wonder if the designers have ever actually played foosball. I mean, it’s no pool, but it’s still not that low-impact of a game. You’ve got people leaning on handles, a small ball whipping around and bouncing off the walls. It’s…
The fans who are horrified at the “dark, gritty” reimagining of the cheesy old show Astro Quest include Battlestar Galactica’s Grace Park… and BSG reinventor Ronald D. Moore, in this clip from last night’s CSI. Last night’s science-fiction-themed CSI started off feeling more like Galaxy Quest, spoofing the ridiculous trappings of 1960s Star Trek. We…
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Making Money, Terry Pratchett‘s Nebula-nominated, thirty-somethingth novel in Discworld series, could be a subtitled, “a comic fantasy on contemporary themes,” ie the large-scale consensual fraud that is a banking system. In a sense, Making Money is Neal Stephenson’s The Baroque Cycle writ small and funny. I should reveal here that I did not finish The…
As promised, here are more details on the unscientific audiophile gear comparisons I did in Michael Fremer’s audiocave. They range from the mildly crazy to the borderline batshit—and they were all fun as hell. https://gizmodo.com/why-we-need-audiophiles-5213042 My objective in experiencing a full-bore audiophile’s listening room was not to try to call him on whether or not…
Hello, we’re looking for another intern to work in both the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City. Here’s what you need to know and what we want: What You Need • Gadget love and knowledge • A decent laptop (one that can handle light video editing) • An alarm clock, ’cause you’ll be…
We may not know who’s going to be wearing the ring and tights yet, but now we know where and when Green Lantern will be filmed… and how much it’ll cost. Warner Bros. announced yesterday that the movie adaptation of DC Comics‘ space cop opera will start filming at Fox Studios Australia in Sydney, New…
A lot of people have been sending me amazing timelapses after yesterday’s beautiful view of Tokyo. The most stunning one is this travelling timelapse of space from the ground, including radio telescopes in the desert. https://gizmodo.com/mesmerizing-tokyo-timelapse-makes-me-want-to-go-back-on-5214626 It may be Pink Floyd’s Learning to Fly—some music, as we have shown this week, makes everything look better—but…
Are you a teen who is interested in worldbuilding in fiction, videogames, or art? Then we’ve got the best summer school class you’ll ever take. It’s called “Shared Worlds,” and it’s a two-week workshop on a South Carolina college campus where you meet with science fiction and fantasy authors, who help you create the world…
A few of us were hoping that the upcoming April 21 T-Mobile event might be for a new Android handset, a sequel to the G1. Instead, it’s just a launch party for the new Sidekick LX. But hey, we like getting awkwardly drunk at corporate sponsored social events as much as the next guy. https://gizmodo.com/major-t-mobile-launch-event-set-for-april-21-in-nyc-wi-5205472
Next time you hop on a bus in Oslo, it might not run on regular gas. Instead, it may be running on methane fermented from human waste. Awesome? Apparently, a year’s worth of human excrement is equal to a measly 2.1 gallons of diesel, but when you collect an entire city’s worth of crap, you…
Hongkiat has put together a list of 50 photographers you should know. Some work is brilliant and some is just cheesy. But all of the portfolios (warning: some nudes) will help kill a Friday. [Hongkiat/photo]
Maybe it’s true that love knows no bounds. And when we’re exploring space and discovering new alien life-forms, it just makes sense that we’re going to have their babies. Here’s our nine favorite half-human hybrids. Spock (Star Trek) Let’s start with the really obvious here. Spock’s father is a Vulcan ambassador named Sarek and his…
Wired’s “mysteries and puzzles” issue hits stands today with a guest editor: Star Trek director J.J. Abrams. He’s included a (mysterious) comic that fills in Spock’s new backstory for the flick. We’ve got a peek. Here are a few panels from the gorgeous 6-page comic, drawn by comics legend Paul Pope. Basically we get a…
The latest Terminator skirmish is over, without dramatic gunfights and explosions. We’d be disappointed, except this isn’t an episode of Sarah Connor we’re talking about, but the lawsuit surrounding the rights ownership of Terminator: Salvation. Variety report that the lawsuit (which we reported on last month) has been settled out of court, although details of…
Say what you will about Bose, but more than once, we’ve found their low-end docking products to be alright. And besides, this concept is perfect for a company focused on ease of use. https://gizmodo.com/ipod-dock-8-way-battlemodo-5211025 Designed by a Bose intern back in 2007, these modular Bluetooth speakers offer omnidirectional sound that can be enhanced by simply…
It is among my few regrets in life that I don’t have a front yard, only in that it limits me from unleashing an army of solar-powered squirrels on the neighborhood. Imagine, if you will, standing behind a legion of weather proof, poly-resin rodents that operate off free energy. What in the world would not…
Authors Sean Williams and Karen Miller are auctioning off a “walk-on role” in their next Star Wars novels, with the proceeds to benefit Australian brushfires victims. You could be enshrined in Expanded-Universe continuity! [Karen Miller]
What do minions for the world’s most dangerous supervillains do when they’re not punching heroes at their masters’ bidding? According to a just-announced new movie, they form a book club. Admit it: you’re surprised. DM Productions have just announced plans to adapt Danny King’s upcoming novel The Henchmen’s Book Club for the big screen. The…
Beatles’ record producer and arranger George Martin—the Fifth Beatle—once said: “You’ve never really heard Sgt Pepper until you’ve heard it in mono.” As it turned out after hours of listening tests, it’s completely true. The first article I ever got published was an opinion piece on Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. I was 16…
