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Lady Frankenstein Builds a Biological Love Machine

Lady Frankenstein is an early-1970s spaghetti horror flick that’s all about what happens when you let ladies into the lab. They build the ultimate love machines, combining their favorite male brains with their favorite male bodies. At least that’s what Tania, Dr. Frankenstein’s daughter, does. She returns home from medical school only to see papa…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Samsung U940 Glyde Officially Glides Onto Verizon

After months of unofficial teasing (and well over a year of hanging out overseas) Samsung’s U940 Glyde is finally official for Verizon. Besides going all CDMA/EV-DO, the former F700 touchscreener with a QWERTY keyboard packs GPS, a full HTML browser, a gimped 2MP camera, VCAST and all the usual stuff like Bluetooth and microSD support.…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Delayed Education in the Year 2000 (1937)

The July 8, 1937 San Antonio Light (San Antonio, TX) ran a blurb about predictions for the year 2000. Apparently, children won’t attend school until they reach ten years of age. The entire blurb appears below. A Columbia university educator, addressing students at the University of California at Los Angeles, predicted that “by the year…

Tech News Matt Novak

Dash Express GPS Updates Traffic Models, Software Update Coming

The Dash Express GPS just received its first historic traffic model update using the live Dash data gathered by users. That’ll help predict traffic in areas where no Dash or other trusted data sources have been in the last 15 minutes. By end of month, a software update is coming with tweaks in performance, stability…

Tech News Brian Lam

Put Games On Your Zune Now: XNA 3.0 Preview Arrives

XNA 3.0 tech preview is out, and with it, you can dev or install some homebrew games on your Zune right now, like Alien Aggressor and Galactic Wars 3. The directions are at [Zuneboards, thanks IPXX]

Tech News Brian Lam

Tenori-On Makers Interviewed, Neither Can Play Music

PingMag did an interview with the creators of the Tenori-on that was overlooked when published, but there are a few interesting tidbits from the interview, like the fact that neither of the creators are musicians. Yu said it took three years to develop the Tenori-on, and another three to get Yamaha on board with the…

Tech News Adrian Covert

DIY Party Button: For Emergency Use Only

You never know when a partying emergency will strike—which is why you must always be prepared. If you have the know-how, you can build one of these Emergency Party Buttons and launch the fun in a matter of moments. When the key is turned and the button is pressed, the blinds will close, the lights…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

Lightning Review: Aluratek Wi-Fi Internet Radio Alarm Clock

The Gadget: A Wi-Fi internet radio alarm clock from Aluratek, with over 11,000 free stations worldwide. The Price: $199. The Verdict: I actually like this thing a lot despite its laundry list of flaws—it’s a bread-and-butter gadget that mostly works as advertised. It’s got more radio stations than you could possibly ever listen to, from…

Reviews Matt Buchanan

NBC Streaming Full Episodes of 30 Rock and the Office to iPhones (for Free, No Ads!)

Even though there’s no love lost between NBC and iTunes, that doesn’t mean NBC doesn’t love you! At least if you’ve got an iPhone or iPod touch. They’re streaming full episodes of 30 Rock and The Office to iPhones (and touches) in QuickTime, for free, with NO ads. They work, nicely, but the major catch…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Dealzmodo: Hitman on iTunes Unintentionally Free

We were among the 10 people to actually see this videogame-to-movie adaptation in the theaters, but now you can watch it for free in your own home thanks to a mis-price by iTunes. Just follow the instructions after the jump and you’ll be able to download all 1.09 GB of bald gunplay for yourself, all…

Tech News Jason Chen

Are You Ready To Be An Evil Colonist?

Humans are a plague, shredding across the galaxy and destroying other peace-loving creatures. At least, that seems to be the theme of a number of movies that are coming out in the next few years. I’ve been wondering what would replace the post-apocalyptic-Earth as the stock plot for “dark” science fiction movies, and the evil-humans-in-space…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

New Zune Colors Make the Beast With Two Black Backs

If you’ve got time and absolutely nothing better to do, you can graba resource explorer and dive into the Zune software. What would you find? Some images of two new Zunes, both with a black back. The current black 80GB and red 8GB Zunes have a silver back, which are also pictured, so these would…

Tech News Jason Chen

Dance, Robot Snake Girl, Dance!

A ballerina from the English National Ballet dances next to a two-meter-high robot snake, which looks every bit as graceful as she does. Maybe the future of robotics isn’t dancing little humanoids or cute puppies, but a nice sinuous snake that can slither around your house cleaning your floors and picking up after you. They…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

U.S.S. Independence: A Triple Hulled, Weapon-Laden Monster That is Surprisingly Affordable

Last month, the US Navy and General Dynamics took the lid off the new U.S.S. Independence littoral combat ship (LCS). This beast will sail close to the shore and throw everything imaginable at an enemy—from armored vehicles and helicopters to shells, torpedoes and missiles. Plus, it can hustle at a rumored 60 knots. Basically, that…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Photoshop Express Gets Flickr Support

As promised, Adobe’s online Photoshop-branded photo re-toucher now has full Flickr support and integration. Fix your photos, automatically dump ’em to Flickr. [Photoshop Express] https://gizmodo.com/adobe-photoshop-express-now-live-free-online-photoshop-372726

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Microsoft Developing Copyright Filter for Zune, Will Block Pirated Content

Yesterday, NBC jumped aboard Starship Zune after its protracted breakup with iTunes. It’s clear why—and going with NBC’s pricing was only part of it. Saul at the NYTimes says that Microsoft has agreed to develop a copyright filter that would block pirated content from being played on Zunes. Which is exactly what NBC was demanding…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Nintendo Wii’s Nintendo Channel Screenshot Tour and Hands-on

The Wii’s “Nintendo Channel” just went live, giving you a way to both watch trailers of current and upcoming Nintendo games, and feed Nintendo information on what games you play. What’s the latter for? So Nintendo can better customize the trailers of games to recommend to you, thus making you buy more games and completing…

Tech News Jason Chen

Star Wars Saga Has An End — And An Ever-Expanding Middle

Want to know what happens after Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi? You have to venture into the “expanded universe” of books, comics and video games, says creator George Lucas, who reiterated that he never plans to make episodes 7, 8 or 9 of the series. For Lucas, the saga begins with Anakin’s childhood and…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Waterworld Will Be Arriving Faster Than You Think

Waterworld, the Kevin Costner eco-disaster flick that flopped at the box office, turns out to be a lot more prescient than most well-made scifi flicks. Many highly-populated areas of the world that were once safely on dry land have become perpetual flood zones and could slip underwater any year now. For example, several areas in…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Lightning Review: The Plush Super Mario Star’s Spiritual Effect

The Gadget: A plush star from Super Mario Brothers that plays the appropriate music when you touch it. Includes a goomba and a ? block. The Price: $25 The Verdict: There’s no reason to buy something as frivolous as a plush Super Mario Star that plays the actual theme; no reason unless you have a use…

Reviews Brian Lam

Lady Frankenstein Builds a Biological Love Machine

Samsung U940 Glyde Officially Glides Onto Verizon

Delayed Education in the Year 2000 (1937)

Dash Express GPS Updates Traffic Models, Software Update Coming

Put Games On Your Zune Now: XNA 3.0 Preview Arrives

Tenori-On Makers Interviewed, Neither Can Play Music

DIY Party Button: For Emergency Use Only

Lightning Review: Aluratek Wi-Fi Internet Radio Alarm Clock

NBC Streaming Full Episodes of 30 Rock and the Office to iPhones (for Free, No Ads!)

Dealzmodo: Hitman on iTunes Unintentionally Free

Are You Ready To Be An Evil Colonist?

New Zune Colors Make the Beast With Two Black Backs

Dance, Robot Snake Girl, Dance!

U.S.S. Independence: A Triple Hulled, Weapon-Laden Monster That is Surprisingly Affordable

Photoshop Express Gets Flickr Support

Microsoft Developing Copyright Filter for Zune, Will Block Pirated Content

Nintendo Wii’s Nintendo Channel Screenshot Tour and Hands-on

Star Wars Saga Has An End — And An Ever-Expanding Middle

Waterworld Will Be Arriving Faster Than You Think

Lightning Review: The Plush Super Mario Star’s Spiritual Effect

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