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DIY Coffee Cup Speakers Crank Out Grande Sound

Don’t get me wrong, the CupSpeakers were interesting, but if you are looking for a cup-based speaker solution that is a little more tech and a little less ghetto this DIY project should fit the bill. Using a couple of grande-sized coffee cups and a TDA1552Q amplifier chip, you should be able to construct a…

Tech News Sean Fallon Nov 18 '08

Sony DR-BT160AS Bluetooth Headphones: Buyable Now for $130

The Sony DR-BT160AS Bluetooth Active Style Headphones popped up on Giz a few months back, and they looked promising if a bit odd, streaming stereo A2DP audio while packing a rechargeable lithium ion battery and a microphone for calls. But we had no pricing or availability information. Now, through the magic of press releases, we…

Tech News Mark Wilson Nov 18 '08

Trailer Reveals Who’s Hooking Up With Kirk and Why Scotty’s All Wet

Click to viewThe new Star Trek trailer revealed Spock’s inner toil and the color of Uhura’s undergarments, but it left us with a whole host of new questions. Who’s that in Kirk’s bed? Why is Scotty dripping wet? What’s causing all the earthquakes on Vulcan? And where did all those crazy ships come from? We…

io9 Lauren Davis Nov 18 '08

Cosmic Encounter Returns with 50 Alien Races

Cosmic Encounter is a classic board game of intergalactic warfare, trade and diplomacy that is beloved by pretty much everyone who’s ever played it. Out of print for several years, the game is ready to make a big comeback with Fantasy Flight Games. There are 50 alien races represented in the game (seriously…50!), and expansions…

io9 Ed Grabianowski Nov 18 '08

What It Feels Like to Drive a Tesla Roadster

The Tesla dealership is quiet as a cage of sleeping panthers. A pack of the electric Roadsters, in varying degrees of gray, are strewn across the show floor looking like 120mph standing still. I imagine most of them are waiting for a venture capitalist to pick them up and take them from meeting to meeting…

Tech News Brian Lam Nov 18 '08

See Sam Rockwell Deal With Space Madness in “Moon”

These stills from Sam Rockwell’s new movie Moon bring some serious cold shudders. We’ve been eagerly following the development of Duncan Jones’ creepy space tale about an isolated astronaut with rage issues stationed at a remote moon for three years. It’s about space madness – and what happens when giant corporations abuse science.Bloody Disgusting got…

Movies Meredith Woerner Nov 18 '08

LG Incite: LG’s First US Smartphone Available at AT&T

LG may release some crazy handsets on a global level, but believe it or not, the LG Incite has arrived at AT&T as what could be considered the first full-fledged LG smartphone in the States. And it’s not a bad first showing. The 3G Windows Mobile handset features a 3-inch touchscreen with full virtual keyboard…

Tech News Mark Wilson Nov 18 '08

USB Monkey Hand Warmer Is For Your Hands, Not A Monkey’s

So many options to describe this product: “stick your hands up a (USB) monkey for warmth” or “cheat the chills with chimp USB mitts.” I’m sure you can do better. It’s a pair of monkey-shaped USB hand warmers, for when you’re typing in the cold, or you’re a sufferer of chilly hands. They get up…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Nov 18 '08

Store Your Data in a Swank, Swedish Eco-Bunker

This bunker is so hardened it can withstand an atomic blast, but it’s so eco that it has a tiny built-in ecosystem of artificial sun, waterfalls, and plants. And the best part about this subterranean environment in Sweden is that it’s packed with giant, shiny server cabinets throbbing with data. Want to poke around inside?…

io9 Annalee Newitz Nov 18 '08

Wii Classic Controller Gets a GameCube Makeover

The Hori Classic Controller isn’t just a Wavebird knockoff for the Wii. It’s a strange amalgamation between the old and new, borrowing the iconic Wavebird formfactor while simultaneously swapping those ridiculous Wavebird controls for the more practical 4-button setup from the SNES/Classic Controller and a pair of dual analog sticks reminiscent of the Xbox 360.…

Tech News Mark Wilson Nov 18 '08

Forget The Final Cylon — Who’s Gay On BSG?

Battlestar Galactica has more revelations up its sleeve besides the identity of the final Cylon, and just how Starbuck got such a pristine new bird. Turns out the upcoming webisodes — which will appear online after all — will reveal that two long-running male characters on the show are gay, and are in a relationship.…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Nov 18 '08

Under $20 MAKE Electronics Gift Guide Good For Frugal Holiday Season

Times may be hard economically, but you don’t need to give your electronics-DIY enthusiast friend a naff present, thanks to MAKE’s sub-$20 Electronics Gift Guide. In fact, some of the items listed are so neat I’m tempted to gift a couple to myself right now… There’s a DIY battery-powered USB charger kit good for iPhones,…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Nov 18 '08

Disney Slams SUVs into Children’s Faces

The brand new reboot of the Disney’s Witch Mountain series is packed with CG effects, The Rock, UFOs, shiny lights . . . oh and Master Chief. Or was that Boba Fett? Either way they’ve managed to cram a ridiculous amount of crap into this kiddie movie that was once a treasured memory of mine.…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 18 '08

Flash 10 on the Android G1: It’s Getting There

It’s no secret that Adobe is playing with Flash products on Android, but at the Adobe MAX 2008 developer conference that company showed off Flash Player 10 running on Android (and the T-Mobile G1 phone, of course). As you can see, the implementation isn’t the silky smooth experience we’ve become so accustomed to on our…

Tech News Mark Wilson Nov 18 '08

Newest System Menu 3.4 Wii Update Kills Homebrew Again

Hey, Nintendo-what’s going on here? After a good year or so looking the other way on Wii homebrew (for the most part), now we’ve got two fairly serious brew-killing updates in the last month? Word from the folks at Wiibrew.org is that the latest update, System Menu 3.4, is apparently a doozy when it comes…

Tech News John Mahoney Nov 18 '08

Numberkey Transforms iPhone Into Sweet Wireless Numberpad

The best ideas really are the simplest ones. I don’t want to carry around a 17-inch notebook (does anyone?) and I’m not an accountant, but sometimes I miss the numberpad, like when I’m dropping in a credit card number or doing a stupid Excel spreadsheet, and using two hands to pound digits is just annoying…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Nov 18 '08

Meet Ape Gremlins In War Monkeys

Never mind any half-assed Planet of the Apes remake; we’ve discovered the monkey SF film we’ve been waiting for all along in the simian shape of War Monkeys. It’s the next project from director Kevin Munroe and he’s describing it as an updated Abbott and Costello crossed with Quentin Tarantino. Starring monkeys with guns. I…

io9 Graeme McMillan Nov 18 '08

Colossus of Rhodes to be Rebuilt as Colossal Light Sculpture

The Colussus of Rhodes, one of the original Seven Wonders of the World, is going to be rebuilt as an innovative light sculpture—the “world’s largest light installation” according to its architect. And it’ll be even bigger than the 120-foot original, which was destroyed in an earthquake in 226BC.The new architectural piece will be between 200…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Nov 18 '08

Microsoft Stock Hits 10-Year Low

After a Jefferies Group analyst cut Microsoft’s 2009 revenue forecasts, Microsoft’s stock fell to its lowest levels since 1998. The projections were reduced due to “downward pressure on PC unit sales,” not Vista or lawsuits. And indeed, when you study Microsoft’s decline the past few months that’s right in line with the S&P 500, it’s…

Tech News Mark Wilson Nov 18 '08

Desktop Wallpapers That Give Away The Enterprise’s Secrets

We’ve spurned “wig spoilers,” but we’re not above “desktop wallpaper spoilers” here. Especially when they may help to explain just what’s up with the Enterprise in the new Star Trek movie. Meanwhile, there’s a batch of new Transformers 2 details, including Megan Fox claiming to be a special kind of Transformer. Plus spoilers for BSG,…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Nov 18 '08

DIY Coffee Cup Speakers Crank Out Grande Sound

Sony DR-BT160AS Bluetooth Headphones: Buyable Now for $130

Trailer Reveals Who’s Hooking Up With Kirk and Why Scotty’s All Wet

Cosmic Encounter Returns with 50 Alien Races

What It Feels Like to Drive a Tesla Roadster

See Sam Rockwell Deal With Space Madness in “Moon”

LG Incite: LG’s First US Smartphone Available at AT&T

USB Monkey Hand Warmer Is For Your Hands, Not A Monkey’s

Store Your Data in a Swank, Swedish Eco-Bunker

Wii Classic Controller Gets a GameCube Makeover

Forget The Final Cylon — Who’s Gay On BSG?

Under $20 MAKE Electronics Gift Guide Good For Frugal Holiday Season

Disney Slams SUVs into Children’s Faces

Flash 10 on the Android G1: It’s Getting There

Newest System Menu 3.4 Wii Update Kills Homebrew Again

Numberkey Transforms iPhone Into Sweet Wireless Numberpad

Meet Ape Gremlins In War Monkeys

Colossus of Rhodes to be Rebuilt as Colossal Light Sculpture

Microsoft Stock Hits 10-Year Low

Desktop Wallpapers That Give Away The Enterprise’s Secrets

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