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This Robot Helicopter Snipes Better Than You With an Xbox 360 Controller…In Real Life

When war is a videogame, it’s much easier to pull the trigger: Autonomous Rotorcraft Sniper System is a robot helicopter with a .338-caliber rifle controlled by the user with an Xbox 360 controller. [Popular Mechanics] https://gizmodo.com/u-s-army-future-combat-system-like-battlefield-2142-263955

Tech News Matt Buchanan Apr 16 '09

Google Street View Captures Google Employee Picking His Nose

Just when you thought it was safe to pick your nose, Google Street View documents your dirty (but pleasurable) habit for the world to see. He’s lucky that’s all he was doing. [Google – Thanks JJ!]

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 16 '09

Verizon CEO Admits They Want iPhone, Won’t Happen ‘Til iPhone 4G

Hey guys, want a Verizon iPhone? Well, leave it to Verizon Communications CEO Ivan Seidenberg to completely crush all of your hopes and dreams for the next few years. He does basically admit to the WSJ that he wants the iPhone on Verizon (just like his customers!), saying that, once Verizon goes to its 4G…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Apr 16 '09

Pump Up The Dial: Photographic Daps for the Iconic 80s Boombox

Boomboxes. Synonymous with hip-hop. Synonymous with loud. Its standing in the cultural zeitgeist has faded over the years, but their past glories and appetite for D batteries will always be loved and adored by me. Perfectly timed to complement (or perhaps aid in) the rise of hip-hop, the boombox rose to prominence in the late…

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 16 '09

Parking Space That Doubles as a Playground Swing: A Deadly Space Saver

You know that space saving concepts have gone too far when someone proposes that a collapsible swing be integrated into a parking space. “Yeah Billy, go play in the busy street. Daddy’s gonna sit here and watch with his beer. But hey, listen, I might fall asleep so whatever you do, don’t talk to strangers…unless…

Tech News Sean Fallon Apr 16 '09

Wii New Play Controls Hands On: GameCube Games Are Better With Wii Controls

Attempting to revive GameCube games that didn’t do so well, Nintendo is bringing back a few titles—including Pikmin and Mario Power Tennis—that are better suited for the Wii with its enhanced motion controls. With the success of Wii Sports, it’s easy to see how swinging your arms in Mario Tennis can be more fun than…

Reviews Andi Wang Apr 16 '09

Enter Your Robotic Art in the RoboGames’ Annual Art Expo!

Are you an artist or maker who loves to build robots whose sole purpose in life is to be artistic rather than to destroy humans or build ships? Then we’ve got the perfect art expo for you, and you can enter your art robots now! Every year, the RoboGames come to San Francisco in a…

io9 Annalee Newitz Apr 16 '09

My First Album

Who the hell is Richard Marx? Being another baby of Gizmodo, I’m sure I’ve still got a lot to learn about music, especially since I’m one of those kids who’s completely brainwashed by The Mouse. https://gizmodo.com/my-first-album-5213777 For those of you who know me, it shouldn’t come as a surprise to know the very first CD…

Tech News Andi Wang Apr 16 '09

What Present-Day Elements Would Improve Movie Remakes?

With every science fiction movie ever being remade, it’s time to help Hollywood figure out ways to spice them up with 21st.-century technology, in our new poll. Plus, what phrase shoudl replace “raping my childhood?” What 2009-ish touches could we add to remakes of classic movies to make them worth watching? ( surveys) And here’s…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Apr 16 '09

Apple Responds to Microsoft’s Laptop Hunter Ads

If you thought Microsoft’s laptop hunter ads (1, 2, 3) were catty, check out Apple’s response. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-marketing-team-now-exclusively-advised-by-int-5186672 “A PC is no bargain when it doesn’t do what you want,” Apple spokesman Bill Evans says. “The one thing that both Apple and Microsoft can agree on is that everyone thinks the Mac is cool. With its…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 16 '09

Unboxed Psystar Open(3) Looks Like Any Other Hackintosh

Someone got the first Open(3)—the kind-of-slimline Psystar Mac “clone”—and posted a lot of pics. Like its guts, it just looks like any other Hackintosh. You know, the ones you can make yourself. https://gizmodo.com/psystar-ignores-every-lawyer-in-the-entire-world-debut-5173285 I would rather get my own PC and install Mac OS X myself, thank you very much. [Flickr via Engadget]

Tech News Jesus Diaz Apr 16 '09

New Wolverine Movie Continues With “Cyclops Sucks” Mantra

Good to see Fox isn’t letting up on their perpetual crapping on poor old Cyclops. A clawful of new Wolverine Origins stills shows young Scott Summers in some sort of mutant jail, looking like hell. Poor Cyclops – he never gets a break. While fans were howling for more Wolverine, Fox doesn’t give Scott Summers…

Movies Meredith Woerner Apr 16 '09

House Of Suns Is A Flawed Far-Future Thrill Ride

Alastair Reynolds‘ House Of Suns, shortlisted for the Clarke Award, is a novel of ideas, with all that implies. The space-opera epic throws a dizzying blizzard of concepts at the reader, sacrificing character-development. Spoilers below. House Of Suns is one of those novels that assumes a shape after you’re done reading it. All of the…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Apr 16 '09

Cool Album Art and Packaging: Records, Cassettes, CDs Then Nothing

CDs originally came in long boxes with amazing art. Word went around that they’d go away, since hippies—like Sting—were pissed off about killing trees, but I was sad. Music packaging says a lot about music. Album art used to be a serious pursuit, as if it was equally important to catch both the eyes and…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Apr 16 '09

From the Archives: Wired’s Bionic Quest for Boléro

This 2005 Wired feature by Mike Chorost, edited by Jeff O’Brien, is one of the best. It’s about a deaf man’s quest to be able to hear the song Boléro again through robot ears. Read: With one listen, I was hooked. I was a 15-year-old suburban New Jersey nerd, racked with teenage lust but too…

Tech News Brian Lam Apr 16 '09

Unibody Construction Helps MacBook Air Survive Plane Crash

Last February a Turkish Airways jet crashed in Amsterdam killing nine people and injuring 121 others. Passenger Sefer Baris and his MacBook Air survived the crash—but both were a little worse for wear. Sefer’s friend Bullent tells Macenstein: He was sitting on the chair in the front [of the airplane]. Seat number seven. (3-4 chairs…

Tech News Sean Fallon Apr 16 '09

Have You Ever Bought An Album More Than Once?

Only the best albums are worth buying more than once. Maybe you lost it, maybe you bought it in different formats—whatever the reason, let us know which albums are worth the investment. Have You Ever Bought An Album More Than Once? ( polls)

Tech News Sean Fallon Apr 16 '09

Secrets Of Hustler’s Star Trek XXX Movie

What exactly is Khan Noonien Singh doing in Hustler’s new Star Trek porn movie? And what role does Sasha Grey play? We talked to screenwriter Roger Krypton. Plus an exclusive work-safe clip and pics. It sounds as though This Ain’t Star Trek XXX will follow the storyline of “Space Seed,” the classic episode which introduced…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 16 '09

iPhone 3.0 Beta 3 Gets Jailbreak With Quickpwn

iPhone 3.0 Beta 3 users can now jailbreak your iPhone again with QuickPWN, but will probably make your phone unable to be unlocked by the iPhone Dev Team’s unlock util. Be careful. [QuickPWN via Into Mobile]

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 16 '09

Outrage Prompts Time Warner To Drop Tiered Pricing Until We Can Be Educated

Score one for the consumer—Time Warner Cable has decided to temporarily shelve their tiered pricing plan in response to “unprecedented customer protests. In a statement released by TWC, Chief Executive Officer Glenn Britt explained the situation: “It is clear from the public response over the last two weeks that there is a great deal of…

Tech News Sean Fallon Apr 16 '09

This Robot Helicopter Snipes Better Than You With an Xbox 360 Controller…In Real Life

Google Street View Captures Google Employee Picking His Nose

Verizon CEO Admits They Want iPhone, Won’t Happen ‘Til iPhone 4G

Pump Up The Dial: Photographic Daps for the Iconic 80s Boombox

Parking Space That Doubles as a Playground Swing: A Deadly Space Saver

Wii New Play Controls Hands On: GameCube Games Are Better With Wii Controls

Enter Your Robotic Art in the RoboGames’ Annual Art Expo!

My First Album

What Present-Day Elements Would Improve Movie Remakes?

Apple Responds to Microsoft’s Laptop Hunter Ads

Unboxed Psystar Open(3) Looks Like Any Other Hackintosh

New Wolverine Movie Continues With “Cyclops Sucks” Mantra

House Of Suns Is A Flawed Far-Future Thrill Ride

Cool Album Art and Packaging: Records, Cassettes, CDs Then Nothing

From the Archives: Wired’s Bionic Quest for Boléro

Unibody Construction Helps MacBook Air Survive Plane Crash

Have You Ever Bought An Album More Than Once?

Secrets Of Hustler’s Star Trek XXX Movie

iPhone 3.0 Beta 3 Gets Jailbreak With Quickpwn

Outrage Prompts Time Warner To Drop Tiered Pricing Until We Can Be Educated

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