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One-Man Submarine Built By One Man

Tao Xiangli may only have an elementary school education, but he built his own 20-foot, 1.8-ton submarine from some metal barrels and miscellaneous parts he could scrap together. Fitting only himself, the interior also houses pressure meters, oxygen tanks, headlights, video cameras and a TV monitor. The entire submarine cost Xiangli $4,366, or about one…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Where Is My Hypospray?

Welcome to Ask a Biogeek, a column where you ask UC Berkeley researcher Terry Johnson any question you want — no matter how weird. Reader Mairi proxies the following question: My mom wants to know when we’re going to get needle-less, painless injections. While I personally covet the medical tricorder, I would almost prefer that…

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Antique Pocket Watch Hides Tiny Pistol

The all-in-one device is not a new trend by any means. Whereas we’ve recently combined music players and cellphones, our great-grandfathers were tinkering with other ways of saving pocket space…discreetly. In this rare English Patent Curiosa Railroad Pocket Watch Gun, designers stuck a 3mm pistol inside an otherwise inconspicuous pocket watch. Here’s the reveal “shot”:…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Teases More Live Action Movies

Be still my action-figure-loving heart: Could there possibly be another Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles live-action movie in the works? Judging from the frenzy over the new TMNT toys at New York Comic Con, I’m not the only one excited to see the turtles the way they were meant to be seen. Click through for more…

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A Closer Look At Our New Robot Foes From Terminator 4

The future of the human race is looking pretty grim in John Connor’s world — especially with all the new-fangled robots director McG is populating the post-Judgment Day world with. We took a closer look at the trailer for Terminator Salvation, and examined each of the new robotic enemies humanity will have to face. Click…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Giz Explains: Intel’s Centrino 2

Intel’s Centrino 2 notebook platform officially launched yesterday, and brought an armada of new laptops with it. Centrino (2) is actually just a brand name for a mobile platform, which is really a fancy way saying a combination of Intel parts: a processor, chipset and wireless module. The latest and greatest is Montevina, which is…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Has a New Species of Insect Appeared in the Middle of London?

When an unknown insect starts showing up in ever-growing numbers in London, England, the most logical step would be to take one to some experts so they can identify it. What do you do when the insects first appear in the experts’ own back yard, the Wildlife Garden outside the Natural History Museum? Even after…

io9 Ed Grabianowski

First iPhone 2.0 Pwnage Tool Will Not Unlock iPhone 3G, says Dev Team

The tireless iPhone Dev folks who managed to jailbreak the iPhone 3G within five days of launch have announced that the first Pwnage tool will be released shortly, but it will not support a baseband unlock of the iPhone 3G. The team is still working out the particulars of the unlock and rightfully wants to…

Tech News John Mahoney

Apple Now #3 U.S. Computer Maker, Behind Only Dell and HP

Last Friday might’ve been the most important day of the year for Apple, but today’s looking pretty shiny too: Gartner estimates that sales of 1.4 million Macs last quarter effectively make it the number three computer maker in the US, trailing only Dell and HP, thanks to a swoopy 38 percent growth in Mac sales.…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Black Panther Stalks Comic-Con

Obviously, someone at Marvel Studios agreed with us when we said that African superhero the Black Panther should be a star in his own right. One of the exclusive previews fans will be able to see at next week’s San Diego Comic-Con is of BET’s new Black Panther animated series. https://gizmodo.com/9-unknowns-we-want-to-see-in-the-avengers-movie-5019727 For those unfamiliar with…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Icare Motorcycle Actually Doesn’t Give a $@&* About Anything

While most of us are adolescently psyched to see the Batman bike in the Dark Knight, we’re aware of the crude reality that even trained stuntmen couldn’t ride the thing without falling off. But it’s OK, because we’ve found a suitable superhero replacement. Inspired by the lightcycles from TRON, France-based Enzyme Design has created the…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Wal-Mart Getting Its Own Geek Squad, Courtesy of Dell

If I ran Wal-Mart and was brainstorming ideas to pump up customer satisfaction, offering Dell tech services would be near the bottom of my list. Free Snickers would probably be near the top. Anyways, you can guess which one Wal-Mart is actually going with. Wal-Mart and Dell are testing the Solution Station by Dell in…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

The Earth-Bashers

Mars isn’t the only planet with awe-inspiring craters. Here on Earth, we’ve been pummeled by space rocks in the not-so-distant past, and our planet has the scars to prove it. A new photo essay in National Geographic by Stephen Alvarez tells the story of planetary impacts like this one (above) in Arizona, U.S., called simply…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Amazon’s Streaming Video on Demand Service Rolls Out Today in Beta, Works With Bravia Video Link

Today Amazon is launching a beta of Amazon Video On Demand, which will stream TV and movies from all the major studios (save for Disney/ABC, which is still in bed with Apple) and take the place of Unbox. The service will instantly stream rentals or download purchases to your PC. But Amazon also has plans…

Tech News John Mahoney

Opera Mobile 9.5 Beta 1 Available Now

Two days late, the first beta of Opera Mobile 9.5 is available right now. While it’s a developer-focused release, 9.5’s snappier response, overhauled UI and better standards support make it worth making the jump now, if you’re just a little adventurous. [Opera] https://gizmodo.com/opera-mobile-9-5-beta-available-july-15-5020740

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Venture Bros Season 4 Is On The Way Already

For those of us who were emotionally devastated by the nearly-two-year gap between the second and third seasons of The Venture Bros., the show’s co-creator Jackson Publick has some good news: They’re already started work on the show’s fourth season. Even though they haven’t finished work on the third yet. According to Publick, working on…

io9 Graeme McMillan

HTC Diamond To Lose its Crinkles, Get Smooth Back-Side, Codename Victor

The HTC Diamond isn’t even out yet in the US, but a leaked photo shown over at BoyGeniusReports seems to show that HTC is planning a new version that doesn’t have the Diamond’s trademark crinkly, angular shape. The smooth-sided, round-reared phone is dubbed “Victor” apparently, and seems to be in every function identical to the…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

EcoModo – The Best of Treehugger

This week at TreeHugger: We look back at 17 electric cars that were featured in our archives during the past 3 years, including speed demons like the Eliica (top speed 250 mph) and Wrightspeed X1 (0 to 60 in 3 sec). The not very useful, but oh-so-fun Circular Bike, aka Vicious Cycle made from salvaged…

Tech News Jason Chen

PlayStation 3 Movies Are Region-Locked

If you’re a US PS3 owner who wants to play some game that’s only been released to Japan’s PlayStation Network, you can simply sign up for a Japanese account and download the game. However, it appears that Sony will not allow the same exploit for movie downloads. Some of Kotaku’s non-US contingent tried downloading a…

Movies Mark Wilson

Clone Wars Merch Floodgates Open With Clone Trooper Kiddie Laptop

Being a Star Wars die-hard from back in the day, everything I’ve seen or heard about the new Clone Wars series and film has made me throw up in my mouth a little bit. I guess this Clone Trooper “laptop” is no exception-sweet case, QWERTY keyboard, but all junior will be doing is playing educational…

Tech News John Mahoney

One-Man Submarine Built By One Man

Where Is My Hypospray?

Antique Pocket Watch Hides Tiny Pistol

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Teases More Live Action Movies

A Closer Look At Our New Robot Foes From Terminator 4

Giz Explains: Intel’s Centrino 2

Has a New Species of Insect Appeared in the Middle of London?

First iPhone 2.0 Pwnage Tool Will Not Unlock iPhone 3G, says Dev Team

Apple Now #3 U.S. Computer Maker, Behind Only Dell and HP

Black Panther Stalks Comic-Con

Icare Motorcycle Actually Doesn’t Give a $@&* About Anything

Wal-Mart Getting Its Own Geek Squad, Courtesy of Dell

The Earth-Bashers

Amazon’s Streaming Video on Demand Service Rolls Out Today in Beta, Works With Bravia Video Link

Opera Mobile 9.5 Beta 1 Available Now

Venture Bros Season 4 Is On The Way Already

HTC Diamond To Lose its Crinkles, Get Smooth Back-Side, Codename Victor

EcoModo – The Best of Treehugger

PlayStation 3 Movies Are Region-Locked

Clone Wars Merch Floodgates Open With Clone Trooper Kiddie Laptop

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