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Tesla Needs a Government Bailout Too

Tesla, the electronic auto maker, has just stated that it needs a $350,000,000 government loan in order to produce their upcoming four-door Model S Sedan. https://gizmodo.com/what-it-feels-like-to-drive-a-tesla-roadster-5091319 CEO Elon ‘Manly’ Musk says the company either needs federal backing or capital market backing, which will take a year or two to recover from the current mess. They’ve…

Tech News Jason Chen Dec 10 '08

How Each Nuclear-Capable Country Got Its Bombs, Visualized

As the NY Times point out in their review of two upcoming histories of The Bomb, Robbert Oppenheimer originally assumed that little could stop anyone from developing nuclear weapons. Thankfully, he was wrong. With a geek’s typical hubris, Oppenheimer assumed that since the laws of physics were universal, very little could stop anyone in getting…

Tech News John Mahoney Dec 10 '08

Farewell, Sweet Space Shuttle Endeavour

The space shuttle Endeavour hitched a ride on the back of NASA’s special Shuttle Carrier Aircraft today, crossing the country to its normal hangar in Florida. Endeavour is the youngest of the five space shuttles built, and it is due to be decommissioned in 2010 along with its two remaining siblings, Discovery and Atlantis. Reporting…

io9 Annalee Newitz Dec 10 '08

Exciting Two Week Career Opportunities Await You At Circuit City

Are you tired of your job? Were you laid off recently? No worries because a little thing like liquidation won’t stop Circuit City from helping you jump start a new career. That’s right—this location is closing AND hiring. Sounds strange but think of how exciting working with a bankrupt company on the brink can be.…

Gadgets Sean Fallon Dec 10 '08

Rumor Smash: No Zune Phone at CES

Sorry dudes. Just heard it first hand from Brian Seitz, Group Manager of Zune: “No Zune phone at CES.” Well, at least no Zune Phone as we’re hearing it. A few days ago, some analysts stirred up the rumors of a Zune specific piece of hardware this week, complete with hardware details, which Barrons quoted.…

Tech News Brian Lam Dec 10 '08

8 Machines That Can Assemble Themselves

Ever find that “some assembly required” doesn’t quite encapsulate the enormity of the task? Perhaps one day we will have gadgets that can assemble themselves, like the eight machines illustrated in this OObject list. [OObject] https://gizmodo.com/self-replicating-repairing-robots-164568

Gadgets Sean Fallon Dec 10 '08

Funde Razor SF is TONIGHT

In case you didn’t notice our previous posts, we’re hosting a little event (with Wired Game|Life) called Funde Razor in SF where you can play Rock Band for charity. And it’s going down TONIGHT. https://gizmodo.com/funde-razor-sf-event-on-december-10-5101148 Here’s the deal, we’re throwing the party at a place called Shine in the SOMA district of SF. It starts…

Tech News Adrian Covert Dec 10 '08

Giz Explains: Everything You Need to Know About Hard Drives

Some say that the end of the trusty hard drive is near, killed by SSD. But let’s not be so quick to give up on a technology that stores a whole terabyte for $100. It’ll be years before solid-state flash-memory disks (in this case usually referred to as SSDs) let us cheaply bank the same…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Dec 10 '08

Klaatu Movie Shot Into Space, Director Washes Hands Of Eventual Invasion

That’s right — the movie about aliens coming to Earth to wipe out humans is going to be broadcast into space. But the director, Scott Derrickson, doesn’t want to be blamed. We also talked to Derrickson about the chances for a sequel to his remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still, and asked who…

io9 Meredith Woerner Dec 10 '08

Explosive Mallet Party is Confusing and Dangerous

When you attach a bunch of explosives to a huge mallet and slam it on the ground, what do you expect to happen? If you said lots of ridiculous explosions, you would be correct. Dangerous Explosive Mallets – Watch more Free VideosYep, it’s about what you expected, eh? I try to deliver when I promise…

Tech News Adam Frucci Dec 10 '08

Jimmy Fallon May Be the First Geek’s Talk Show Host

In the second daily video for his upcoming show, Jimmy Fallon name drops services like Flickr and says he’s going to have a laptop at his desk so he can Skype people. I believe him. I’ve always liked the guy, so I know from his past standup material that he actually knows what he’s talking…

Tech News Jason Chen Dec 10 '08

Attack Of The Frog People!

Monster art doesn’t come any cooler, or more colorful, than 1000 Tentacles, the collaboration of artists Leong Wan Kok and pH Khor. Just check out this gallery of our faves, below. I totally want to see a monster movie of their frog people, giant squids and toxic fish. You can see tons and tons more…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Dec 10 '08

Pseudo-Science Pays Well – Until You Go to Jail

Today a San Francisco “psychic” named Lisa Marie Miller (pictured) was sentenced to two months in jail after convincing a woman she had a “curse” that could only be cured by buying Miller a Corvette. Obviously, the fake-psychic-turned-investigator from The Mentalist chucked a pretty lucrative job when he went straight. Miller had sucked over $100…

io9 Annalee Newitz Dec 10 '08

Revolving Door Uses You to Make Energy

It’s an alarmingly simple concept that claims to be the world’s first application: Netherlands-based company Natuurcafé La Port installed a power generator into a revolving door. Fantastic, but it took us this long? The door is the entrance to the Driebergen-Zeist railway station, where it’s predicted to generate 4600 kwh of energy a year—or somewhere…

Tech News Mark Wilson Dec 10 '08

New MacBooks Get Another Firmware Update To Fix Problems

Apple has released firmware updates (two apiece actually) for the MacBook, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air. As usual, “stability fixes” are the only details—but hopefully it fixes all the problems we’ve been seeing. Down with Beta Culture, but Hurray for Software updates. [Apple] https://gizmodo.com/new-macbooks-are-cranky-they-have-insomnia-and-hate-th-5104487

Tech News Sean Fallon Dec 10 '08

Sony Ericsson C905 Hits The FCC With U.S. 3G, 8.1MP Camera

The race to bring the first retardedly huge 8MP cameraphone to the U.S. is on! After a Samsung 8MP piece with T-Mobile livery surfaced, the FCC has outed the 8.1MP C905 bound for AT&T. https://gizmodo.com/spied-t-mobile-branded-samsung-may-be-the-states-first-5104382 Asia and Europe have been enjoying the C905 since the summer, but the FCC report lists the 850/1900 WCDMA banding,…

Tech News John Mahoney Dec 10 '08

Novels That Put The Fun Back Into The Post-Apocalypse

A new literary sub-genre is being born today, while you nap at your desk. It features larger-than-life, and often comical, characters having bizarro adventures after the end of the world. Call it “post-apocalyptic picaresque.” Two of the most intriguing fall books fall into this category: Brian Slattery’s Liberation, and Nick Harkaway’s The Gone Away World.…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Dec 10 '08

Benedict Campbell Predicts Our Sexy Cyborg Future

Photographer Benedict Campbell’s digital artwork is delightfully retro, rendering a 1960s vision of our clean and sleek future. We’ve got a gallery of his images. Instead of mundanely human-shaped Cylons and Terminators, or humanoid bodies with machinery clunkily attached, Campbell’s cyborg men and women seem to have carefully engineered bodies dipped in chrome. [Benedict Campbell…

io9 Lauren Davis Dec 10 '08

Beauty and Bondage Gadget Circa 1961

People have long considered magnets to be a source of health and beauty, but in 1961 they took this mumbo jumbo very seriously. The woman here is attempting to smooth wrinkles and slow the aging process of cells by wearing a magnetized neck collar that looks more like some sort of horrific medieval torture device.…

Tech News Sean Fallon Dec 10 '08

Gadget Deals of the Day

Hey guys, I’ve got some sweet deals here. I’ll give em to ya if you let me have Obama’s senate seat. OK, OK, fine. I’ll just give you the deals for free. Computer Software • Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac (2 for 1) for $79.99 (going for $160 – valid until 12/31). https://gizmodo.com/dealzmodo-buy-parallels-get-parallels-free-5106532 Gaming •…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Dec 10 '08

Tesla Needs a Government Bailout Too

How Each Nuclear-Capable Country Got Its Bombs, Visualized

Farewell, Sweet Space Shuttle Endeavour

Exciting Two Week Career Opportunities Await You At Circuit City

Rumor Smash: No Zune Phone at CES

8 Machines That Can Assemble Themselves

Funde Razor SF is TONIGHT

Giz Explains: Everything You Need to Know About Hard Drives

Klaatu Movie Shot Into Space, Director Washes Hands Of Eventual Invasion

Explosive Mallet Party is Confusing and Dangerous

Jimmy Fallon May Be the First Geek’s Talk Show Host

Attack Of The Frog People!

Pseudo-Science Pays Well – Until You Go to Jail

Revolving Door Uses You to Make Energy

New MacBooks Get Another Firmware Update To Fix Problems

Sony Ericsson C905 Hits The FCC With U.S. 3G, 8.1MP Camera

Novels That Put The Fun Back Into The Post-Apocalypse

Benedict Campbell Predicts Our Sexy Cyborg Future

Beauty and Bondage Gadget Circa 1961

Gadget Deals of the Day

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