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Survival Bracelet Made of Paracord For Emergency Rappeling Anytime, Anywhere

A more masculine bracelet you will not find: Survival Straps are tightly braided, 20-foot lengths of parachute cord that can support 550 pounds. Perfect for that unforseen canyon rappel, or for Tarzan’ing across a battle station’s inexplicably dangerous chasm with your princess. After you use it, you can send it back to the folks at…

Tech News John Mahoney Dec 10

Lips Karaoke Game For Xbox 360: Hardware and Media Import Review

Xbox 360’s Lips karaoke game is notable for two reasons. One is the Vegas loungy motion-sensitive wireless microphones that trigger bonus scoring opportunities for you as part of the game. The second is the feature that lets you use any DRM-free song from your iTunes/Zune/Amazon library as a base for singing. So what the hell…

Reviews Jason Chen Dec 10

Palin Wins 2008 Year-End Google Zeitgeist

Sure, President-elect Obama and vice-buddy Biden may have won the election, but Alaskan governor and animal rights activist Sarah Palin won the worldwide Google battle! In the US, however, things were different. Google.com – Fastest Rising Globally 1. sarah palin 2. beijing 2008 3. facebook login 4. tuenti 5. heath ledger 6. obama 7. nasza…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Dec 10

The Science Behind Giant Robot Gort

Click to view One of the huge hunks of coolness that everybody is anticipating when The Day the Earth Stood Still lands in theaters this Friday is eco-conscious alien Klaatu’s sidekick, the deadly bot Gort. In the original 1950s flick, Gort was a smooth, silver menace with a cylon-style eye glowing out of his wrap-around…

io9 Annalee Newitz Dec 10

Ghetto Wii Balance Board Is Perfect for Tap Dancing Simulator

This guy wanted to get fit without Wii Fit, so he created this ghetto balance board with foam, wood, a Wiimote, and some custom PC software. His objective: A more vigorous exercise method. I wondered about a way to get fitter, work out without having to go running outside (although that is very healthy). I…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Dec 10

The Corvini C6W Six-Wheel Speedster Is Actually Being Built

The Corvini C6W is a (crazy? brilliant?) 6-wheel Italian sports car that’s specifically not a Photoshop. On display at various stages of prototype since 2004, the C6W is just now going into official production. More than a mere novelty or an expensive automobile recouping from a horrible toxic waste accident, the C6W’s 6-wheel design promises…

Tech News Mark Wilson Dec 10

Does The Wolfman’s Delay Mean He’s Getting Neutered?

Universal Pictures has pushed Benicio Del Toro’s Wolfman movie back from April of 2009 until November 6. Rumors cite a dreadful post-production process for director Joe Johnston. Also, it sounds like no one can agree on the actual transformation process for Del Toro as he turns from man to mutt. Let’s hope this delay doesn’t…

io9 Meredith Woerner Dec 10

Photos Show What 10 Megajoules Worth of Damage To the LHC Looks Like

CERN’s photos of the LHC’s multi-million-dollar ouchies aren’t as dramatic as the Earth being swallowed by the Singularity, but they show the results of a single solder joint’s failure on the world’s most complex machine. For someone who doesn’t know his quench detector from his quadropole Q24, it’s not easy to see what’s going on…

Physics & Chemistry John Mahoney Dec 10

Dated Computer Ads For Your Perusal and Mockery

There’s nothing quite like the ego boost of looking at an old computer ad. Without doing absolutely anything remarkable, you get to laugh at the accomplishments of yesteryear that got us where we are today. Luckily, Old Computer Ads has pages of…old computer ads…for your casual browsing and snickering. But occasionally you can find a…

Tech News Mark Wilson Dec 10

Fire-Breathing Robo Dog Is Mad Max’s AT-AT

While nothing matches the spooktastic BigDog for infusing terror-or hilarity-into the population, this fire-breathing RoboDog-half Mad-Max bike, half AT-AT-probably comes in second place. But as the video shows, Larry is a good guy. https://gizmodo.com/new-video-of-bigdog-quadruped-robot-is-so-stunning-its-368651 Made by London’s Mutoid Waste Company in four weeks, Larry is a walking robot made out of spare parts and a…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Dec 10

Science Fiction Novelists Reveal Their Daily Writing Routines

Isaac Asimov awoke each morning 6 AM and worked well into the night, sometimes churning out entire books in a matter of days. Kingsley Amis’ writing binges were fueled by nicotine, alcohol, and numerous cups of tea, while surrealist Haruki Murakami claims to work himself into a routine-induced trance. Take a gander at how some…

io9 Lauren Davis Dec 10

Congress Says FCC Chairman Abused Power, Played Favorites with Verizon

What’s up with corrupt politicians this week? Congress just filed a 110-page report on FCC Chairman Kevin Martin’s “egregious abuses of power,” documenting his favoritism for companies, and possibly impropriety with some, like Verizon. For instance, he leaked early warning to T-Mobile about a Do Not Call violation fine, and then helped get it reduced…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Dec 10

Office Depot to Close 112 Stores

Financiapocalypse has claimed yet another victim. This time it is Office Depot—and they are planning to close 112 stores, or 9% of their North American locations over the next three months. A list of the store closings has not been made available, but the breakdown will look like this: “45 stores in the Central U.S.,…

Tech News Sean Fallon Dec 10

Verizon Rolling Out Superfast LTE Mobile Broadband Next Freakin’ Year

Verizon is so super-serial about beating AT&T in the race to deploy 4G LTE mobile broadband (wazzat?), CTO Dick Lynch said yesterday they’ll start rolling it out next year, ahead of the original 2010 timeframe. https://gizmodo.com/verizons-9-36-billion-700mhz-plans-high-speed-4g-lte-376103 The original timetable called for initial rollouts in 2010, with a wide commercial launch in 2011 and true mass…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Dec 10

Next Bond Won’t Be A Sequel To Quantum Of Solace, Thank God

Here’s an idea: let’s pretend Quantum Of Solace never happened, ok? We’ll just overlook that Jason Bourne wannabe Bond flick, and Daniel Craig can remain the smooth talking card shark from Casino Royale. Well good news dreamers — the next Bond has nothing to do with Quantum, according to Craig. When asked by Collider if…

io9 Meredith Woerner Dec 10

Virgin Mobile Lets You Send Texts to Nobody, Charges For Confirmation

Virgin Mobile has a new service that allows its customers to send text messages into space, with a “formal confirmation” costing $15. Yes, sending text messages to nobody in particular, allowing them to travel out in some random direction and end up in space, is the hot new thing. You know, because aliens will know…

Tech News Adam Frucci Dec 10

HP’s New Boston Power Laptop Batteries Last 3x Longer, Charge To 80% in 30 Minutes

Coming to HP laptops at the beginning of next year, the new cells by Boston Power (dubbed “Enviro” by HP) will charge faster and last 1,000 cycles without degrading. We first saw the batteries under development at last year’s DEMO conference (the bottom battery in the picture), but HP will become the first to offer…

Tech News John Mahoney Dec 10

A Computer Program That Taught Itself to Draw the Mona Lisa

These images represent four steps in one computer program’s progress towards recreating the Mona Lisa using only 50 semi-transparent polygons. Swedish programmer Roger Alsing did this simple weekend project with genetic programming that resulted in a program that could generate, on its own, a pretty awesome likeness of the famous painting. So how did he…

io9 Annalee Newitz Dec 10

Buffalo LinkStation Mini: 240GB Ninja SSD

We’ll laugh at this equipment in a few years, but Buffalo has updated their external LinkStation Mini drive with ultra-premium storage and nearly silent operation. And for the time being, it’s pretty freakin’ uber-worthy. The new Mini packs dual 120GB, 2.5-inch SSDs that allow the drive to run at a ridiculously quiet 2.3db. This setup…

Tech News Mark Wilson Dec 10

Quake on Chumby Is the Cuddliest Slaughterfest Ever

Sure, people port games to totally inappropriate platforms all the time, but rarely do they entail the cognitive dissonance of a full port of Quake to the huggable Wi-Fi beanbag Chumby. https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-chumby-wi-fi-widget-beanbag-cuddly-in-more-wa-359388 This black magic was concocted by a chumby developer who got the game running under SDL. Obviously, chumby doesn’t have a WASD key…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Dec 10

Survival Bracelet Made of Paracord For Emergency Rappeling Anytime, Anywhere

Lips Karaoke Game For Xbox 360: Hardware and Media Import Review

Palin Wins 2008 Year-End Google Zeitgeist

The Science Behind Giant Robot Gort

Ghetto Wii Balance Board Is Perfect for Tap Dancing Simulator

The Corvini C6W Six-Wheel Speedster Is Actually Being Built

Does The Wolfman’s Delay Mean He’s Getting Neutered?

Photos Show What 10 Megajoules Worth of Damage To the LHC Looks Like

Dated Computer Ads For Your Perusal and Mockery

Fire-Breathing Robo Dog Is Mad Max’s AT-AT

Science Fiction Novelists Reveal Their Daily Writing Routines

Congress Says FCC Chairman Abused Power, Played Favorites with Verizon

Office Depot to Close 112 Stores

Verizon Rolling Out Superfast LTE Mobile Broadband Next Freakin’ Year

Next Bond Won’t Be A Sequel To Quantum Of Solace, Thank God

Virgin Mobile Lets You Send Texts to Nobody, Charges For Confirmation

HP’s New Boston Power Laptop Batteries Last 3x Longer, Charge To 80% in 30 Minutes

A Computer Program That Taught Itself to Draw the Mona Lisa

Buffalo LinkStation Mini: 240GB Ninja SSD

Quake on Chumby Is the Cuddliest Slaughterfest Ever

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