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Camera on a Sushi Conveyor Belt Scores One for the Fishies

Sushi is the greatest food on this earth, hands down. Some Tokyo filmmakers decided to place a digital camera on a sushi conveyor belt, following its journey from chef to customers. Sake nigiri, now? Dennis Wheatley and Stefan McClean were sitting in a sushi bar trying to figure out how to film things all by…

Tech News Erica Ho

LaCie d2 External Blu-ray Burner Joins the 8x Crew

Even though 8x media is still hard if not impossible to come by here in the States, Lacie’s new d2 external burner will be ready for it when it’s here. It’s $450, available now. LaCie Doubles the Burn Speed of Its High-Capacity Blu-ray Drive February 2, 2009 * Burn Blu-ray discs up to 8x *…

Tech News John Mahoney

James Cameron’s Avatar Hitting France Before U.S.?

Time to plan a French vacation in December? The most long-awaited movie in science fiction, James Cameron‘s decade-in-the-making Avatar, is hitting France and Belgium on December 16. It only opens in the United States two days later, on the 18th. So unless you catch a preview screening, you’ll be behind the French. According to IMDB,…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Art: Painting by Windows Error

When Windows fails to refresh its screen properly, it can lead to frustration. Or an Escher-like piece of art. Apology for the res of this screen cap, just imagine it’s HD. [TecheBlog, with video]

Tech News Brian Lam

Vudu Box Drops to $150, Leaving Us Confused

Vudu just announced that its video-on-demand movie boxes would start selling for $150, down from $300, citing the “rewards of success” and not “imminent failure,” like we first assumed when we saw this. We love Vudu—we have yet to see a video-on-demand interface as user friendly, and an internet-based service so smooth. (Hint: Peer-to-peer sharing…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

303,000 People Extremely Terrified of Chinese People

Sometimes, Google gives you these amazing pearls of insight into the world’s extreme state of mind: Go into Google in Firefox and type “I am extremely” in the search box. You will get these most searched queries: • 12,300,000 pages with people saying they are extremely tired • 11,100,000 pages of extremely tired people •…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The World’s Most Inconvenient ATM

Either that is the worst ATM location in the world, or this guy is two feet tall. Too bad it’s not part of a series, I would like to see how this unfolds. [TechEBlog]

Tech News Sean Fallon

MIT Student Turns His Body Into a Computer

The tech world has been buzzing for the past week over an MIT Media Lab student project which converts any surface – including the human body – into a touchpad that controls a mobile computer in your pocket. Using just $350 of off-the-shelf technology, Pranav Mistry created the device for the Fluid Interfaces group at…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Unintended Gadget Fusion Puts It Where It Doesn’t Belong

German artist Christian Weber has put together a series of photographs entitled Unintended Fusion that focuses on connecting unrelated gadgets. It’s amusing but, to be honest, its not much weirder than some of the real convergence devices out there (See exhibit A and exhibit B.) [EyeShots via Dezeen via Boing Boing Gadgets] https://gizmodo.com/fingers-on-with-the-mp3-lederhosen-and-hunting-jacket-295908

Gadgets Sean Fallon

Posthumans Go Hollywood! (Maybe.)

Are we finally going to get a posthuman mass culture? With movies like Surrogates and Avatar hitting theaters later this year, it may be now or never. Both Surrogates and Avatar feature posthuman heroes, in very different ways. And television’s Lost is starting to look as though its protagonists are going to wind up evolving…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Nikon’s New DX 35mm f/1.8 Prime: The First Lens You Should Buy For Any DX Nikon DSLR

Shooting with a prime (non-zoom), normal (50mm-equivalent) lens will make you a better photographer. This is a fact. But getting into the normal-prime sweetspot on non-full-frame DSLRs is tough. This Nikkor makes it easier. Even though Nikon’s had the same lens mount for decades, their low-end DSLRs require on-board AF motors for auto-focus, which limits…

Tech News John Mahoney

Coffee Mug Houses Lovely Digital Frame

You know what there’s not enough of in the world? Coffee mugs with integrated digital photo frames. (If you answered clean water, peace or medical care, thanks for playing, idiot.) The Digi-Mug is packed with 1MB of memory (not a typo) that allows you to store 50 or so images for playback on its 1.5-inch…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Zombie War in the Middle East, Brought to You by the Outlander Team

The team behind kickass Vikings vs. aliens flick Outlander, Dirk Blackman and Howard McCain, have been hired to write Zombies of Mass Destruction, a flick about an army of zombies in the Middle East. Based on a comic book, ZMD sounds appropriately awesome for Blackman and McCain. According to Hollywood Reporter: The comic, created by…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Should Sprint Drop the Palm Treo Pro With the Palm Pre On Its Way?

Sprint has taken their sweet time pushing out the Windows Mobile 6.1 Palm Treo Pro—but with the Palm Pre on its way, is the Pro even worth releasing at this point? https://gizmodo.com/palm-pro-delayed-again-5149987 Should Sprint Release the Palm Treo Pro With the Palm Pre On Its Way? ( polls)

Tech News Sean Fallon

“Mind Over Ship” Explains What Clones Really Want

It’s one thing to lose a job to someone with more skills, but quite another when that person was genetically engineered to replace you. And will go on to replace your whole family too. The fear of being fundamentally replaceable is one of the many anxieties that squirms through David Marusek’s new novel, Mind Over…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

Vintage Gaming Ties Futilely Subvert Corporate Authority

If a red tie is considered to exude power and authority at some business lunch, then an Asteroids tie must allude to nothing less than intergalactic domination. Oh, who are we kidding? You have a crappy office job (whether you make a lot of money or not) that doesn’t allow you to sit around and…

Tech News Mark Wilson

All Episodes of Star Trek TOS, MacGyver, Twin Peaks and More Now Available For Free Streaming

It’s not quite Hulu, but CBS just dropped a ton of their old favorites into a decent flash web player, serving them up for free with a couple short ad clips. Plus, Melrose Place! The flash player kind of sucks, but apparently the site works internationally, which isn’t always the case for these types of…

Television John Mahoney

Script Pages Show 4400 Reasons To Watch “V” Reboot

Will ABC’s reboot of V be another retro-disaster, along the lines of Bionic Woman and Knight Rider? After reading a ton of script pages from the pilot, we’re actually somewhat optimistic. Thar be spoilers below. The script pages were released for casting purposes, but they appear to be genuine pages from the pilot. In a…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

The Joyd*ck Mods Your Penis Into a Joystick (NSFW)

The Joydick is a DIY cock ring that turns a penis into a 4-way joystick, with masturbatory strokes replacing as button presses. Honestly, I’m not sure I’d be able to get past lv.1. The original joystick case, now gutted, can then be turned into a kleenex box. To learn how to make your own, check…

Tech News Brian Lam

It Takes an Absolutely Ridiculous Amount of Energy to Power the Death Star’s Laser

Blowing up a planet is no small feat, but the Death Star’s laser manages it easily. But the energy consumed is a bit much. Like a full week’s worth of the sun’s total output. Yes, in order to blow up a planet the size of earth, you’ll need to harness about 2.2 x 10^32 joules.…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Camera on a Sushi Conveyor Belt Scores One for the Fishies

LaCie d2 External Blu-ray Burner Joins the 8x Crew

James Cameron’s Avatar Hitting France Before U.S.?

Art: Painting by Windows Error

Vudu Box Drops to $150, Leaving Us Confused

303,000 People Extremely Terrified of Chinese People

The World’s Most Inconvenient ATM

MIT Student Turns His Body Into a Computer

Unintended Gadget Fusion Puts It Where It Doesn’t Belong

Posthumans Go Hollywood! (Maybe.)

Nikon’s New DX 35mm f/1.8 Prime: The First Lens You Should Buy For Any DX Nikon DSLR

Coffee Mug Houses Lovely Digital Frame

Zombie War in the Middle East, Brought to You by the Outlander Team

Should Sprint Drop the Palm Treo Pro With the Palm Pre On Its Way?

“Mind Over Ship” Explains What Clones Really Want

Vintage Gaming Ties Futilely Subvert Corporate Authority

All Episodes of Star Trek TOS, MacGyver, Twin Peaks and More Now Available For Free Streaming

Script Pages Show 4400 Reasons To Watch “V” Reboot

The Joyd*ck Mods Your Penis Into a Joystick (NSFW)

It Takes an Absolutely Ridiculous Amount of Energy to Power the Death Star’s Laser

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