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Selene Captures Amazing Footage of Earth Eclipse

Selene—the Japanese lunar orbiter that is mapping the moon and searching for Nazis—has captured one of the most stunning views of Earth from the Moon, one in which you can’t see it: A penumbral eclipse. https://gizmodo.com/first-high-definition-moon-map-released-uranium-sites-379172 Even while it’s all black, in the video you can see the Earth rising over the Moon’s surface and…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz Feb 26

Ask Josh Wheaton Your Science Fiction Questions!

We’ve been wanting to ask Buffy/Dollhouse creator Joss Whedon random science-fiction questions for ages… but he wasn’t available. So instead, we’re asking Josh Wheaton, who’s responsible for everything you hate. He’s almost as good, right? https://gizmodo.com/how-steven-deknight-survived-last-fridays-dollhouse-5158044 About Josh Wheaton: he created the television shows Burfy, Agnel, Fryfly and Doghouse. He also wrote Anal Resurrection. He’s…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 26

Big Dog Army Robot Will Change the Face of War Forever

If you were freaked out by the spooky Big Dog quadruped robot, you are going to love seeing it in action alongside US Army soldiers, following them like a smart giant dog. https://gizmodo.com/new-video-of-bigdog-quadruped-robot-is-so-stunning-its-368651 And that’s what it is: A really smart giant dog. Big Dog—which is being developed by robotics company Boston Dynamics—has some of…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 26

San Diego Polar Bear Cam Showing Porn

This is NSFWIYAB (Not Safe For Work If You Are a Bear), but a rare occurrence captured by the San Diego Zoo Polar Cam. Ask yourself a question, people: Do our children need Baloo porn? It happened this morning, according to Swedish reader Madonna Arsan, who apparently has nothing else to do but to check…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 26

‘That’s What She Said’ iPhone App Is the Opposite of Comedy

You’re an unfunny person if you say “That’s what she said!” all the time. You’re an aggressively, offensively unfunny person if you pull out your iPhone and push a button to say it. Yes, say hello to the “That’s What She Said” iPhone app. It’s pretty straightforward: it’s a big red button that says TWSS.…

Tech News Adam Frucci Feb 26

The Boy Whose Glowing Eyes Give Him Night Vision

Evolution at its finest: A Chinese boy by the name of Nong You-hui has cat eyes that glow and help him see in the dark. At least, according to Britain’s reliably trashy Sun newspaper. Says the Sun, the bright blue-eyed Nong has been under the watchful study of doctors in Dahua, southern China, due to…

io9 Meredith Woerner Feb 26

Miniature Synthesizer Replicas Cast in Felt Will Rock Your Tiny Mind

Can’t afford a true vintage Mini Moog? Then how about the Mini-Est Moog—a 5-inch wide version made of felt by Etsy craftser pulsewidth? Have your pet mice been itching to form a synthpop trio? Than these are the instruments for them. If one of your mice is particular and will only play a red Nord…

Tech News John Mahoney Feb 26

Red Dwarf’s Return Grows Another 30 Minutes, Kind Of

New images from behind the scenes of the new Red Dwarf have been released, but that’s not the best news from the show we’ve heard. That’ll be the fact that it’s now an episode longer. UK cable channel Dave — home to “Back to Earth,” the new Dwarf special — has confirmed that the show’s…

Television Graeme McMillan Feb 26

iLuv i1166: When Not Making a Choice Becomes a Choice In Itself

Most portable electronics make functional sacrifices in the name of portability. The iLuv i1166 is not such a device. The “portable” media player features a (16×9) 9-inch screen, DVD player, and an iPod dock. It simultaneously supports MPEG4 and VCD, iTunes libraries and DVD collections. It will run off AC Power, a car adapter or…

Tech News Mark Wilson Feb 26

Get the Vista Service Pack 2 Release Candidate Next Week

Windows Vista? What’s that? Oh yeah, that Windows before Windows 7. The Vista SP2 Release Candidate went out to MSDN and TechNet subscribers yesterday, and it’s gonna be available for everyone else next week. Mary Jo says that the rumor is that it’ll be all final in April, though the most recent word was that…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Feb 26

We Don’t Want A Total Recall Reboot, Not Even With 4 Boobs

All right – just stop it, Hollywood. Stop it right now. Neal Moritz, producer of I Am Legend and Stealth, thinks it’s time to remake Total Recall. Pass. According to The Hollywood Reporter Moritz believes the advancements in technology and state-of-the-art visual effects can help tell the “Recall” story in a fresh way. Yes, the…

io9 Meredith Woerner Feb 26

Dashboard Widgets For Jailbroken iPhones: Hot or Not?

This work-in-progress Dashboard implementation (seen here running through the SDK) looks like it’s coming along nicely; I just can’t decide if it’s something I’d want. What do you guys think? It’s done by the same guy who brought Leopard’s “stacks” feature to your bottom row of icons. It looks like it’s running smoothly with a…

Tech News John Mahoney Feb 26

Florida Is Scrambling Crocodiles’ Brains With Magnets

Strapping a magnet to a crocodile’s head seems like two counts of animal cruelty for the price of one, just to appease old people in Florida who are racist against crocodiles in their backyards. Florida state wildlife officials are taping magnets to poor crocodiles’ heads when they catch them in people’s yards or wherever they’re…

Biology Matt Buchanan Feb 26

Fury Returns To Iron Man 2… And His Own Movie?

Whatever Tony Stark gets up to in Iron Man 2, he’s going to be doing it beside Nick Fury. Marvel announced yesterday that Samuel L. Jackson has signed a “long-term” deal to play the character. The new agreement comes following Jackson claiming, at the start of this year, that negotiations to play Fury in future…

Movies Graeme McMillan Feb 26

Man-Made ‘Happy Clouds’ Float Over London

While a cloud floating overhead is traditionally heralded as a bad omen, the 2057 “Happy Clouds” released over London were simply meant to “cheer people up a bit.” Artist Stuart Semple released these smiley-shaped, pink-tinted clouds to celebrate London industry. Comprised of helium, soap and vegetable dye, a total of 2057 clouds were launched at…

Tech News Mark Wilson Feb 26

Spoilery New Vids From BSG, Dragonball, Chuck, Heroes, Reaper And Kyle XY!

Chow Yun-Fat shows how much he enjoyed smacking Justin Chatwin in Dragonball. Plus there are new videos of Battlestar, Chuck, Heroes, Reaper and Kyle XY. Smallville season-nine casting! Plus Lost, Chun-Li, Dollhouse, T:SCC and Pushing. Dragonball Evolution: Chow Yun-Fat did an interview in Mandarin, and they showed a few new super-brief clips of him kicking…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 26

Obama Is Not Too Excited About His Expensive New Helicopter

While Lockheed Martin’s VH-71, the new Presidential chopper, is the latest greatest thing floating on five blades, Obama couldn’t be less enthusiastic, according to a recent Q&A: https://gizmodo.com/next-gen-presidential-helicopter-now-flying-george-w-275623 The helicopter I have now seems perfectly adequate to me. (Laughter.) Of course, I’ve never had a helicopter before — (laughter) — maybe I’ve been deprived and…

Tech News Mark Wilson Feb 26

Wii Classic Controller Pro Is Basically a Nintendo DualShock

We’ve all heard of Nintendo’s SNES-like Classic Controller for the Nintendo Wii. Now the company has announced a similar, enhanced pad that should be out (somewhere) in time for summer. The Classic Controller Pro is essentially the Classic Controller beefed up with extra shoulder buttons, hand grips and more widely spaced analog sticks. While at…

Tech News Mark Wilson Feb 26

Purported Specs Surface for Slimline 10″ Acer Aspire One

Yesterday’s 10″ slimline Acer Aspire One leak wasn’t rich with info, leaving us nothing but our own speculations. Luckily, some guy got a hands-on with the machine, and took plenty of notes. https://gizmodo.com/acer-aspire-one-slims-down-slightly-5160014 An anonymous tipster passed on these hands-on photos along and full spec list to NetbookNews, though we can’t confirm its authenticity: Housing:…

Tech News John Herrman Feb 26

VMWare For Mobile Devices Lets You Run Windows and Android Simultaneously

Ok, this is even cooler than we expected: a Nokia N800, loaded with VMWare’s MVP hypervisor, is seen here running Windows CE and Android, at the same time. This is a big deal! https://gizmodo.com/vmware-pushing-virtual-machines-for-smartphones-will-s-5083023 What you’re watching is, admittedly, virtualization. The MVP hypervisor is a small (20KB) “bare metal” virtual machine which runs beneath the…

Tech News John Herrman Feb 26

Selene Captures Amazing Footage of Earth Eclipse

Ask Josh Wheaton Your Science Fiction Questions!

Big Dog Army Robot Will Change the Face of War Forever

San Diego Polar Bear Cam Showing Porn

‘That’s What She Said’ iPhone App Is the Opposite of Comedy

The Boy Whose Glowing Eyes Give Him Night Vision

Miniature Synthesizer Replicas Cast in Felt Will Rock Your Tiny Mind

Red Dwarf’s Return Grows Another 30 Minutes, Kind Of

iLuv i1166: When Not Making a Choice Becomes a Choice In Itself

Get the Vista Service Pack 2 Release Candidate Next Week

We Don’t Want A Total Recall Reboot, Not Even With 4 Boobs

Dashboard Widgets For Jailbroken iPhones: Hot or Not?

Florida Is Scrambling Crocodiles’ Brains With Magnets

Fury Returns To Iron Man 2… And His Own Movie?

Man-Made ‘Happy Clouds’ Float Over London

Spoilery New Vids From BSG, Dragonball, Chuck, Heroes, Reaper And Kyle XY!

Obama Is Not Too Excited About His Expensive New Helicopter

Wii Classic Controller Pro Is Basically a Nintendo DualShock

Purported Specs Surface for Slimline 10″ Acer Aspire One

VMWare For Mobile Devices Lets You Run Windows and Android Simultaneously

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