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Could The Survivors Cure Your Doctor Who Withdrawal?

Going into Doctor Who withdrawal yet? With the BBC’s time-traveling soap opera pretty much taking a year off, and spin-off show Torchwood also doing a shorter season, you’re going to need an acceptable Who substitute. So it may be worth looking into The Survivors, the remake of a classic show by Dalek co-creator Terry Nation…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Nov 5 '08

Is Grant Morrison Writing The Fastest Movie Alive?

MTV’s Splash Page blog may have accidentally discovered the writer of the much-rumored movie based on DC Comics’ speedster hero The Flash – During an interview with comic writer (and the man behind DC’s current Batman RIP and Final Crisis mega-storylines) Grant Morrison, an innocent question about the rumored movie got Morrison giving the kind…

Movies Graeme McMillan Nov 5 '08

This is What Landing On Mars Feels Like

This is part 2 of an ongoing series by our latest guest editor, NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander, as it faces its final days. Just over five months ago, on May 25, I was zooming along toward the Red Planet with nothing more than a dream and a lot of butterflies in my stomach. At mission…

Space & Spaceflight Mars Phoenix Nov 5 '08

Gadget Deals of the Day

We’ve got some good deals on video games, video game accessories and movies today, as well as some other miscellaneous deals that might be up your alley. There’s even a iPod nano for $1, although you’ve got to wait in line in front of a 99 cent store in California for it. But hey, if…

Tech News Adam Frucci Nov 5 '08

The Killer-Robot Comedy Stylings Of The Thing And The Hulk

The Thing and the Hulk, Marvel Comics’ two biggest inhuman bruisers, usually just pound the stuffing out of each other when they meet up. But it turns out they have an awesome buddy-comedy chemistry, judging from this amazing panel from The Incredible Hulk & The Thing, a 1987 graphic novel drawn by the one and…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Nov 5 '08

Robotic Sculptures Are Surveillance Cameras in Disguise

Viewers may be mesmerized by the whirling propellers and twitching legs of Bjoern Schuelke’s interactive sculptures. But these robotic artworks come with a sinister surprise. Armed with tiny cameras, the sculptures stare back at the viewers, quietly recording the people around them.Schuelke’s sculptures feature motion sensors that allow the robots to identify and take aim…

io9 Lauren Davis Nov 5 '08

Flat Light Bulbs Are an Incandescent Innovation

The world may be moving on to CFLs, but at least one designer is still thinking about how to improve the classic incandescent bulb. Joonhuyn Kim’s concept is simple: flat bulbs take up less space and make them easier (and cheaper) to store and transport. A great idea, if not a little late. Perhaps makers…

Tech News Sean Fallon Nov 5 '08

Neon Scarface Rifle Lamp Threatens Consequences Beyond Tackiness

You may be tempted to buy the Neon Scarface Rifle Lamp, and you may even notice that it has an affordable $67 price tag. But we don’t recommend the purchase because somewhere, deep beneath the Earth’s crust, there lives a little mole-like man who keeps a very large list, and people who buy things like…

Movies Mark Wilson Nov 5 '08

US Army to Push X-Files Tech Development, Invade World of Warcraft

The US Army is ramping up the development of technology right out of the X-Files, “making science fiction into reality” as Dr. John Parmentola-Director of their Research and Laboratory Management-puts it. The list of things currently in the works is amazing: Regenerating body parts on “nano-scaffolding”, telepathy through electronic impulses in the scalp, and self-aware…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Nov 5 '08

ESA Reveals Next-Gen Reentry Pod, Makes NASA’s Plans Look Kinda Low-Tech

This is ESA’s video unveiling of its Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle, a test-bed for a next-generation reentry pod. The IXV is due to rocket aloft on Europe’s new small Vega launcher in 2012 and test out a range of systems for a “proper” future vehicle. Ditching the simplicity and limitations of the now old-fashioned conical-pod-with-heat-shield design,…

Space & Spaceflight Kit Eaton Nov 5 '08

The Toxic Fridge That Fell To Earth

Here’s a lesson that they apparently don’t teach in Astronaut school: No matter how old something may be, don’t throw it out of your space station. Just in case it, you know, only manages to stay in orbit for a year or so before plummeting to Earth. Especially if said object is a tank of…

io9 Graeme McMillan Nov 5 '08

Is Woody Allen Finally Going Back to Science Fiction?

In the latest New Yorker, Woody Allen has a near-future tale of smart drugs that feels like it was written as the beginning of a pharmaceutical dystopia flick. Called “Think Hard, It’ll Come Back to You,” the Provigil-addled prose unwinds the story of a guy who is about to sample a smart drug. But then…

Movies Annalee Newitz Nov 5 '08

Paini Puts Some Flex Into Their Futuristic Faucet

When I did the first walkthrough of my current apartment, I failed to notice that the kitchen sink does not have a separate spray hose. The digs are nice but that would have been a dealbreaker! Paini has the right idea though with their Hybrid I-KIC faucet. As you can see in the tantalizing image…

Tech News Sean Fallon Nov 5 '08

Fans Remix Gort The Robot Enforcer

Fox has unleashed fans on the face of Gort, Klaatu’s robot bodyguard from The Day The Earth Stood Still. The studio asked artists and enthusiasts to dream up what the giant robot guardian would have looked if they’d had a say in the remake. Apparently a lot of them wanted him to look like the…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 5 '08

Giz Explains: What’s So Awesome About 64-Bit?

The phrase “64-bit” has been tossed around lately, the most it’s been since the Nintendo 64. If you haven’t heard it, pay attention. One of the most important steps forward in computer power is happening right under your nose, but most people don’t know thanks to the sneaky efforts of Microsoft and Apple. Though fully…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Nov 5 '08

JVC DLA-RS2 is ‘World’s First’ Home 3D Projector

3D displays may or may not be the next big thing in home entertainment, but JVC has just announced the first 3D projector intended for home theaters. Needing no special glasses, the JVC DLA-RS2 uses D-ILA projection (that’s similar to LCD) and stereoscopic video processing to offer a 1080p 3D viewing experience.Details are light on…

Tech News Mark Wilson Nov 5 '08

It’s the Smog Monster on Acid

It’s a toy! It’s a pile of guts! Its name is translated from the Japanese as “organ bat”! Click the picture to see this glorious piece of WTF at full size. [via ToyCyte.]

io9 Annalee Newitz Nov 5 '08

Limited Edition iZ3D Monitors Are the Mullets of the LCD World

Sometimes you have to respect a company if only because they’re doing something different. Now iZ3D has teamed with computer painters Smooth Creations to release 22-inch widescreen monitors that offer some 3D LCD “business” in the front and a little 2D hot rod paint job “party” in the back. The monitors run at resolutions up…

Tech News Mark Wilson Nov 5 '08

SanDisk’s New Flash File System Improves SSD Write Speeds by 100 Times

SanDisk has developed a new file system for flash-based SSD drives, improving random write speeds by up to 100 times. The system, dubbed ExtremeFFS, should be coming to products sometime next year. How’s it work? To maximize random write performance, SanDisk developed the ExtremeFFS flash file management system. This operates on a page-based algorithm, which…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Nov 5 '08

It’s X-Files Meets Eureka… In A Warehouse! But It May Be Good Anyway.

The Sci Fi Channel is gearing up to produce another 11 hours of its fledgling spooky-warehouse series, Warehouse 13, in addition to the previously shot pilot. Which still begs the question: now that the pilot for the Battlestar Galactica prequel, Caprica, has been in the can for months, when will Sci Fi make a decision…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Nov 5 '08

Could The Survivors Cure Your Doctor Who Withdrawal?

Is Grant Morrison Writing The Fastest Movie Alive?

This is What Landing On Mars Feels Like

Gadget Deals of the Day

The Killer-Robot Comedy Stylings Of The Thing And The Hulk

Robotic Sculptures Are Surveillance Cameras in Disguise

Flat Light Bulbs Are an Incandescent Innovation

Neon Scarface Rifle Lamp Threatens Consequences Beyond Tackiness

US Army to Push X-Files Tech Development, Invade World of Warcraft

ESA Reveals Next-Gen Reentry Pod, Makes NASA’s Plans Look Kinda Low-Tech

The Toxic Fridge That Fell To Earth

Is Woody Allen Finally Going Back to Science Fiction?

Paini Puts Some Flex Into Their Futuristic Faucet

Fans Remix Gort The Robot Enforcer

Giz Explains: What’s So Awesome About 64-Bit?

JVC DLA-RS2 is ‘World’s First’ Home 3D Projector

It’s the Smog Monster on Acid

Limited Edition iZ3D Monitors Are the Mullets of the LCD World

SanDisk’s New Flash File System Improves SSD Write Speeds by 100 Times

It’s X-Files Meets Eureka… In A Warehouse! But It May Be Good Anyway.

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