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What If The Happening Was A Novel? (And Quite Good?)

Pity David Oppegaard. His debut novel The Suicide Collectors – about almost everyone deciding to commit suicide for mysterious reasons – just came out, while memories of The Happening remain pungent. But it’s worlds better. Oh, and there are spoilers, although I won’t give away the novel’s ending or anything. As in The Happening, people…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Man Creates Modern Day Gingerbread Bridge Using Epilog Laser

Have a laser cutting device handy? Then you too can recreate real life landmarks using gingerbread. Most impressive to me are the laser-etched bricks that adorn the sides of this gingerbread bridge, based on the Oberbaum Bridge in Berlin. And, as everyone knows, laser etched gingerbread tastes best. Instructables member rstraugh, we salute you and…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Watch (Almost) All The Remaining BSG Webisodes!

The last five webisodes in Battlestar Galactica’s “Face Of The Enemy” series are online now at Amazon Video On Demand. (Except for episode 9, which is still mysteriously missing. But episode 10 is there.) [Amazon via Sci Fi Forums, thanks Chris!]

Television Charlie Jane Anders

What Does The Watchmen Ruling Mean?

So now that we know that the Watchmen movie case has been resolved in Fox’s favor, we’re left wondering what happens next. Who owns the movie? Will it be released? Will anyone watch the Watchmen? What Did The Ruling Say? Short version is that Judge Gary Feess’ ruling said that Fox was right. The most…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Mercedes Attention Assist Fights Drowsy Driving With Coffee Breaks, Alarms

Fall asleep at the wheel of the new Mercedes E-class and the car will attempt to wake you up. Then, like a good $50,000 vehicle, it will suggest you pause for coffee. Called Attention Assist, the program is the result of some meticulous study by the fine folks at Mercedes. By studying the brainwaves of…

Tech News Jack Loftus

The Moon’s A Balloon

That’s no moon… that’s a fully opera – No, wait, it is a moon. Ganymede, in fact, as captured disappearing behind Jupiter by the Hubble Telescope. Click through for video. Although the images and movie – made from 540 stills taken over a two hour period – were only released just before Christmas, they were…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Clear iPhone 3G Replacement Case Shows Its Fugly Guts

Not everything is pretty in Apple land. This custom clear replacement case bares your iPhone 3G’s naughty bits completely naked. Some people hate it, some people love it, we just ogle. Obviously, it’s is missing some of those naughty bits, like the camera and other parts, but the case is being manufactured by a company…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Designer Babies Are a Terrible Idea

Recently, we asked whether designer babies were OK. I’d like to reopen that discussion, because it’s such a complex question, with no easy answers. So let me start by saying: No, obviously they are not. https://gizmodo.com/will-it-soon-be-acceptable-to-select-the-sex-of-your-ba-5114848 It’s pretty open-and-shut, to my mind; and frankly, I’m surprised to have seen any support at all for tweaking…

io9 Josh Wimmer

Automated Carillon Is Powered By Mac, Scary Tambourine Doll and Christmas Cheer

This bell rig, called a carillon by we cultured folk, is a late post-Christmas creation that puts and nice bookend to the holiday. Just ignore the crazy, twitching tambourine-playing doll. The rig was created and programmed by Sarah Angliss. It plays many tunes, but in this video we are hearing a rendition of Troika, from…

Tech News Jack Loftus

The Great Unknown Is Filled With Your Ideas

What if you’ve had the greatest idea in the world… and then someone steals it from you? And what if that happens again and again and again? You’ve probably just stepped into The Great Unknown. Unknown, a new comic series premiering in February from Image Comics, is the work of writer and artist Duncan Rouleau,…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

The One Way To Defeat An Alien Invasion: Procreate

In the B-movies of the 1950s, Earth found itself regularly invaded by all manner of aliens. But what trait did all these ETs share that made them want to invade our planet? Sexual frustration, apparently. Top image: “Amor Alien” by Laura Molina. As part of their “Science At The Movies” special issue, Scientific American has…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Radio Flyer Cloud 9 Wagon Crushes My Youthful Memories With MP3 Player, Bucket Seats

What a sad sack I was in grade school. My Radio Flyer wagon had a busted wheel and rust. This concept, dubbed Cloud 9, has an MP3 player and more. So all that means I’m feeling pretty inadequate right now. And why shouldn’t I? As CNN notes in their report on the latest invention out…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Batman’s Latest Nemesis: Abba

Just when it looked as if 2008 was undoubtedly the Year Of The Bat, a last-minute spoiler attempt seems to be taking place from the most unlikely of sources: Abba musical Mamma Mia. As the year ends, Christopher Nolan’s Batman epic finds itself with two (admittedly minor) black eyes in terms of public perception. Firstly,…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Slightly-On-Sale iPhones Arrive at Wal-Mart Today, Still Not $99

Just a gentle reminder for you folks who buy the lion’s share of your electronics at Wal-Mart: The iPhone will be at the big box store chain with a tiny discount, starting… today! According to Yahoo, Wal-Mart will offer the 8GB iPhone 3G for $197, and the 16GB black or white model for $297. Dealzmodo…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Adam Sandler Sticks A Fork In Star Wars

Adam Sandler’s new “comedy” Bedtime Stories looks like one 2008’s worst films. But at least it proves that Star Wars has become almost too ridiculous to satirize, in this sequence. Is it wrong that I sort of love the basketball turning into a kind of Death Star-esque space station? Maybe only because it reminds me…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Teen with Home Chemistry Lab Arrested for Meth, Bombs

A Canadian college student majoring in chemistry built himself a home lab – and discovered that trying to do science in your own home quickly leads to accusations of drug-making and terrorism. Lewis Casey, an 18-year-old in Saskatchewan, had built a small chemistry lab in his family’s garage near the university where he studies. Then…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Dad, Where’s the Digital Photo Frame?

I love my parents. My dad is tech savvy, my mom isn’t, but both are equally bedazzled by technology and their reaction to certain gadgets is funny. Some parents, however, are not so impressed. Like Giz reader Brian, who had this sweet post-xmas story to tell us about his dad: I went back to MI…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Windows 7 Beta 1 (Build 7000) Leaked On BitTorrent

The Windows 7 Beta 1 that was public-bound in mid-January has been leaked now, and you can get a copy on BitTorrent. https://gizmodo.com/windows-7-beta-1-will-debut-on-january-13th-5101372 The beta expires July 1, 2009, and from what we read, it’s a bit more stable than the versions people have been playing with for a few months. Hit the links below…

Tech News Jason Chen

“Will It Blend?” iPhone App: The Christmas Present Nobody Wanted

YouTube superstar Tom Dickson gained massive fame when he turned an iPhone into dust, mocking all of us who don’t have one. Now, he brings his videos to the App Store, with a twist! The app, surprisingly called “Will It Blend?”, contains 20 of the most popular blending videos, including the iPhone (so meta!), glowsticks,…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Best of io9’s Interviews: 10 Best People We Excitedly Probed

This year io9 got to quiz some of the galaxy’s most interesting people. Meet the Cloverfield Monster’s mama, talk to Jewel Staite about bondage and get chatty with theDr. Who genius Steven Moffat. MythBusters’ Grant Imahara Talks to io9 About Engineering, Star Wars, and the Controversial RFID Episode Did you know the Mythbusters had to…

io9 Meredith Woerner

What If The Happening Was A Novel? (And Quite Good?)

Man Creates Modern Day Gingerbread Bridge Using Epilog Laser

Watch (Almost) All The Remaining BSG Webisodes!

What Does The Watchmen Ruling Mean?

Mercedes Attention Assist Fights Drowsy Driving With Coffee Breaks, Alarms

The Moon’s A Balloon

Clear iPhone 3G Replacement Case Shows Its Fugly Guts

Designer Babies Are a Terrible Idea

Automated Carillon Is Powered By Mac, Scary Tambourine Doll and Christmas Cheer

The Great Unknown Is Filled With Your Ideas

The One Way To Defeat An Alien Invasion: Procreate

Radio Flyer Cloud 9 Wagon Crushes My Youthful Memories With MP3 Player, Bucket Seats

Batman’s Latest Nemesis: Abba

Slightly-On-Sale iPhones Arrive at Wal-Mart Today, Still Not $99

Adam Sandler Sticks A Fork In Star Wars

Teen with Home Chemistry Lab Arrested for Meth, Bombs

Dad, Where’s the Digital Photo Frame?

Windows 7 Beta 1 (Build 7000) Leaked On BitTorrent

“Will It Blend?” iPhone App: The Christmas Present Nobody Wanted

Best of io9’s Interviews: 10 Best People We Excitedly Probed

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