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Judge Dredd Inspires A Different Kind Of Australian Justice

The new Chief Justice of Australia is fond of inserting Judge Dredd into his speeches. The good news is, he doesn’t actually want to emulate the dystopian enforcer. The bad news is, he’s presenting the movie version, starring Sylvester Stallone. New Chief Justice Robert French, a self-confessed science fiction fan, tells the Sydney Morning Herald…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Sep 5 '08

The Latest in Space Tourist Fashion

When file-sharing destroys the movie biz, at least special effects designers will still have work — in the aerospace industry. Orbital Outfitters, the first company to manufacture special pressurized spacesuits for civilians, is hiring special effects designers from Hollywood to help. This swanky suit that you see here, created with help from special effects maven…

io9 Annalee Newitz Sep 5 '08

Scuba Steve Is Good With Children, Aquatic Pets

Scuba Steve, a 7″ figurine, seems like a nice enough guy. His round face and charming monocle seem perfect for children’s parties and lending an extra hand in bathroom sterilization. But then you read his description and see that “if a shark won’t listen to reason, then Scuba Steve pulls their teeth out (but still…

Tech News Mark Wilson Sep 5 '08

New Windows Ad Just an “Icebreaker”

Confession: I actually very much enjoyed the new Bill Gates/Jerry Seinfeld Microsoft ad. Yes, I found it funny and entertaining—the moment when Gates grins like a conspiratorial child revealing that his budget shoes were actual “leather” cracked me up. No, there wasn’t much any substance, but who cares? If nothing else, it’s positive branding and…

Tech News Mark Wilson Sep 5 '08

Twelve of CEDIA’s Most Beautifully Expensive Audiophile Speakers

Put simply, CEDIA is a trade show that trains its attendees to prep a home for MTV Cribs. Simple as that. So as a result, the audiophile gear on display is a sight (and an expenditure) to behold. Especially if your Cribs client prefers speakers that cost more than some small countries’ GDPs in their…

Tech News John Mahoney Sep 5 '08

Samsung Wants to Buy SanDisk to Complete Domination of World’s Flash Memory

Samsung is already the world’s largest maker of flash memory chips—seriously, their chips are in like everything—but it told regulators today that it’s thinking about picking up ailing industry giant SanDisk. Part of the reason, no doubt, is that Sammy pays SanDisk up to $500 million a year in royalties thanks to its massive portfolio…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Sep 5 '08

I Hate It When My Alien Is Overdone

Just when I thought I’d seen them all, an entire website has been created on how to whip up a fabulous alien feast. While I enjoy the pure dedication of creating a site completely dedicated to preparing three-alien pizza or and roast filet of grey, I’m still a little distressed that it hasn’t addressed the…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 5 '08

Nikon 41-Megapixel MX Format Sensor for Digital Rangefinder?

We’ve been following this for a little while to let some meat stick on the skeletal rumors, and it’s finally feeling substantial enough—though definitely still a rumor—to throw your way. It looks like Nikon’s got a 41-megapixel medium format (MX) sensor up its sleeve, which is most likely for a digital rangefinder. Nikon itself teases…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 5 '08

Dell to Sell Most or All of Its Factories in 18 Months

According to the Wall Street Journal, Dell is restructuring their production in a massive overhaul that will send the entire manufacturing process overseas. According to one insider’s account, most or all of Dell’s factories, which are based in the US, will be sold off in 18 months.Dell has long used their own factories to assemble…

Tech News Mark Wilson Sep 5 '08

Manga Jobs and Wozniak Dream Up Apple

Lisa Katayama at Boing Boing has found a manga gem from the 80s: the story of Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, from the moment Woz started to get interested in gadgets until the Apple II was created and launched. Into space apparently. Truth is that I don’t have a clue of Japanese, so that’s probably…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Sep 5 '08

Bonni Reid’s Retro-Tech Surrealism

Welcome back to Jewels of Apator, Ann & Jeff VanderMeer’s column about the intersection of art and the fantastic. Bonni Reid often displays an uncanny meshing of the real and the surreal in her artwork-it’s as if she’s recording something odd or disturbing that’s just happened in her backyard. Some of her strangest work takes…

io9 Ann and Jeff VanderMeer Sep 5 '08

When Political Cross-Branding Goes Horribly Wrong

There’s a good reason why Washington has generally veered away from 80s robot cartoons. And now we know that reason. [brewcityonline]

Tech News Mark Wilson Sep 5 '08

Heroes’ Painting Oracle Foresees A Potential Return

He may not have survived the first season of NBC’s Heroes, but that doesn’t mean that we’ve seen the last of fortune-telling artist Isaac Mendez. Or, at least, that’s what the actor who played him, Santiago Cabrera, is hoping. Are we ready for Heroes to have its own Denise Crosby moment?In a move eerily reminiscent…

Television Graeme McMillan Sep 5 '08

Polygon Bike Has Integrated iPod Charger

I don’t know what to say about the Polygon Bike, a concept that has an iPod-compatible charger powered by yourself. On one side, the bike-dock combo is just way too much. On the other, it may be actually useful for those days that you forget to charge it at home. The bike also has other…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Sep 5 '08

Stargate Atlantis Superfan Builds Own Gate, Ends In Tears

This video from the Sci Fi Channel explains why the Stargate creation is best left to the professionals. But honestly, this could very well be the funniest video promo I’ve ever seen — kudos on the sprinkler addition, it’s a lovely touch. My jealousy runneth over.Obviously that’s a hilarious commercial. Plus what a fantastic McKay…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 5 '08

Concrete-Jet Printer Gets Caterpillar Funding: Print-Out Houses on the Way

Check out this lengthy vid: it shows how one day you may just call-in giant robots to print out a new home based on a CAD model. Research into the concrete-jet printer is being carried out by USC, and their technology can already build up complex concrete structures using technology that’s half-CNC machine and half…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Sep 5 '08

Attack of the Robot Spiders!

British scientists have learned some interesting things about the way animals respond to traumatic experiences and how trauma affects their daily lives. What was the key to their groundbreaking research? Robot spiders that hug bumble bees. Seriously.In the wild, bumble bees can fall prey to crab spiders, which are able to camouflage themselves to match…

io9 Ed Grabianowski Sep 5 '08

Comcast Sues FCC to Get P2P Slowdown Ban Reversed

Comcast has sued the FCC to overturn its order to stop slowing down P2P traffic, as was widely predicted. Even though they’re fighting to have the FCC’s ruling reversed, it’s actually not so they can go back to mucking your P2P funtime—no, they’re already way down the road of slowing down heavy users’ entire connection…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 5 '08

Garmin’s Free Lifetime Traffic Alerts Come at a Price

Garmin’s new fleet of GPS nav units looks fantastic, especially in light of a particular feature: Free traffic alerts lasting the lifetime of your Garmin product. But according to the first review of the nüvi 755T by PC Magazine, Garmin is coincidently preloading map screen with clickable ads (probably to offset traffic alert costs). From…

Tech News Mark Wilson Sep 5 '08

Indoor R-C Helicopters Go DIY, Use Spare Electronics Parts

Forget the Picoo Z’s, no matter how much fun they are they can’t be as cool as making and flying your own indoor remote-control ‘copter. And over at this site there’s a set of instructions that’ll help you DIY, assuming you have some spare CD drive motors and servos lying around, and are happy with…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Sep 5 '08

Judge Dredd Inspires A Different Kind Of Australian Justice

The Latest in Space Tourist Fashion

Scuba Steve Is Good With Children, Aquatic Pets

New Windows Ad Just an “Icebreaker”

Twelve of CEDIA’s Most Beautifully Expensive Audiophile Speakers

Samsung Wants to Buy SanDisk to Complete Domination of World’s Flash Memory

I Hate It When My Alien Is Overdone

Nikon 41-Megapixel MX Format Sensor for Digital Rangefinder?

Dell to Sell Most or All of Its Factories in 18 Months

Manga Jobs and Wozniak Dream Up Apple

Bonni Reid’s Retro-Tech Surrealism

When Political Cross-Branding Goes Horribly Wrong

Heroes’ Painting Oracle Foresees A Potential Return

Polygon Bike Has Integrated iPod Charger

Stargate Atlantis Superfan Builds Own Gate, Ends In Tears

Concrete-Jet Printer Gets Caterpillar Funding: Print-Out Houses on the Way

Attack of the Robot Spiders!

Comcast Sues FCC to Get P2P Slowdown Ban Reversed

Garmin’s Free Lifetime Traffic Alerts Come at a Price

Indoor R-C Helicopters Go DIY, Use Spare Electronics Parts

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