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Wiimote Hacked into Guitar for Mindbending, Accelerometer-based Effects

Hack a Day has a great video sent to them by a musician named Rob Morris, who uses the accelerometer data from his Wiimote to manipulate the sounds coming from his guitar. At the beginning of the vid, he shows how it can be used to change the pitch (using the Guitar Hero Star Power…

Plants Invade Singapore Skyscraper

Step aside, humans; the plants are about to take over the Singapore skyline. This building may look like a scene from a post-human era, but it’s actually the EDITT Tower, an eco-friendly structure slated for construction in Singapore. The hope is that the veggie-laden tower will provide locals with a much-welcome view of plant life…

DIY Egg Beater Centrifuge Can Save Lives

Apparently, egg beaters are more than just a tool for making tasty omelets—these cheap contraptions can also be used as a quick and dirty centrifuge in developing countries. According to the Royal Society of Chemistry, taping a bit of plastic tubing to the end of a standard egg beater and a little elbow grease is…

Sneak A Look At What The Joker Did Next

We’ve already told you about DC’s Joker graphic novel by 100 Bullets writer Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo, a book that Azzarello calls “brutal… the most violent thing I’ve ever written.” With two weeks to go until its release, the first four pages have been released online to give fans of The Dark Knight a…

1.4-Inch Robot to Take Over Your Desk, World

At 1.37 inches, this robot may not be as complex as the bipedal 6.3-inch Tomy iSobot—the former-smallest bipedal bot according to the Guinness book of world records—but it can do plenty of things, from walking to finding its way out of a labyrinth to play soccer. It will arrive to europe later this year and…

Drinking shark’s blood could slow the spread of cancer in your body. Australian researchers have discovered that the hardy blood of sharks has anti-carcinogenic properties (it doesn’t cure cancer, but does slow it). Plus, it can survive the acidic environment of the human stomach, which means a pill to slow the spread of cancer could…

Cameron Talks Avatar And Teases The Dark Knight

Our hero James Cameron took time out of creating weird alien planets to describe to CBC the “CG hell” that he is currently living in as he works Avatar, and getting the chance to work with Sigourney Weaver again. Even though the man is a master of the movie domain, it’s a little relieving to…

Giz Explains: Why Does the New MacBook Pro Have Two Graphics Cards?

The biggest update to the new MacBooks—on the inside anyway—is their graphical muscle, which has been hooked up with some Barry Bonds-level steroids. Apple ditched Intel’s crummy integrated graphics and chipset (basically the traffic controller between the processor and everything else) entirely, opting for a new one from Nvidia that combines the chipset and a…

Cthulhu Needs a Perky Blond Sidekick

Sure, a talking dog movie is money in the bank, but what about a talking Great Old One movie? Cthulhu is all the rage these days – there are freaking Cthulhu bunny slippers, for Yog-Sothoth’s sake! And since Lovecraft’s creations are all public domain, a studio could pen the script without having to license any…

Adobe Creative Suite 4 Now Shipping

The latest Adobe Creative Suite 4 for Mac OS X and Windows is now shipping in all its flavors: Design Premium ($1799), Web Premium ($1699), Production Premium ($1699), and $2499 for the Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection. I can’t wait to try the new GPU-based acceleration. Adobe Creative Suite 4 Now Shipping Milestone Release…

IBM Laptop Concept Features Built-In Scanner, Shredder

Whether you are a spy or a shady CEO, this laptop concept by Nicolas Lehotzky has features that will fit the bill. I’m not crazy about the giant protruding lock / finger scanner, and the USB slots hidden behind a lockable metal cap may be a bit of a nuisance—but I love the built in…

Stop Worshiping Washing Machines And Meet Your New Hero

We’ve been excited for Franklyn for almost a year now, and there’s finally a trailer for the movie, opening in London in January. In one of the movie’s four intersecting storylines, Ryan Philippe plays Jonathan Preest, a homicidal gun-toting superhero in a dystopian future where you’re required to believe in a religion… but they don’t…

Japanese Gundam Slippers Make Giant Robot Noises

While browsing the usually awesome Tokyu Hands, I found only one really great thing: These Gundam slippers, with faux gold trim. They make giant robot stomping noises as you walk. Video: gundam slippers from japan from Gizmodo on Vimeo.

An End to Paralysis with Artificial Brain-to-Muscle Connectors

Click to view Using a computerized connector between the brain and muscles in the body, scientists have been able to restore movement to paralyzed limbs. A group of neuroscientists report in Nature today that they used a brain-computer interface to join the motor cortex of an ape to the muscles in its wrist. After scientists…

Whip Your Padawan Muscles Into Shape With The Jedi Workout

AskMen.com has constructed a Jedi workout. Slogan: “you too could harness the Force in your muscular fitness.” The routine includes Force jumps, hyperspace holds, lightsaber pulls, and many others. Kudos for encouraging people to get out of their easy-chair, but shame for creating a workout called “space slug boots.” All my love to the first…

Finger Trap Puts the Smackdown on Unwanted Laptop Usage

For a moment, let’s just forget about the fact that this Finger Trap concept is ridiculous and would be completely useless as a real-world product. I mean, the idea of smashing someone’s finger for trying to touch your trackpad is only a joke. Now, electrocuting someone for trying to touch your laptop is a completely…

Major Outbreak Of Sequel-Itis At Fox

If you love reheated and recycled entertainment, then your heart will thrill to a recent interview with Fox co-chairman Tom Rothman. Coming off an apocalyptically bad summer (including Space Chimps, X-Files 2, The Happening, Meet Dave and Babylon A.D.) Fox seems to be looking backwards. Rothman told IESB he’s optimistic about upcoming films like The…

John McCain Gets Absolutely Humiliated by Technology, Photoshop

Boy, you guys really like making fun of John McCain. This week’s contest invited you to improve any of the candidates with technology using Photoshop. The results? About 95% of the entries involved McCain. And they’re absolutely hilarious. I didn’t filter these entries to make them all McCain-centric, this is just the way they came…

UN Could Unleash Human Clones on the World Next Year

Anti-cloning advocates may want to keep their pitchforks at the ready. A United Nations bioethics committee is taking a second look at the UN’s current cloning policy, which condemns all possible forms of human cloning. Could the UN be on track to relax its views on cloning, or is it looking to ban the practice…

Sexy New Repo Pics Show Silk Stockings And Surgery

It’s getting closer to the opening date of Repo The Genetic Opera, and these beautiful stills of a scantily clad Paris Hilton and Anthony Head (Giles) with his hands literally inside a screaming mans chest are rekindling my interest. I swore that I could love no other scifi musical like I loved Rocky Horror, but…