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The Future of TV According to AT&T

The video labs at AT&T’s Atlanta HQ are not located on the higher floors of its 47-story Midtown Center where, between demos, you can casually scrape a view of the city through giant windows. You know, where you might expect to see the future of TV. Instead, they’re buried down on the second floor in…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jul 7 '08

OSXBMC Called “Plex” (And Looking Hotter Than Ever)

An independent Mac fork of XBMC (formerly Xbox Media Center)-a lauded cross-platform solution for streaming media-has just gotten a neat new name: “Plex.” (That’s short for “cineplex.”) But we know how it is. You use Front Row and think it’s great. Before you go back into your Apple shell, check out this Aeon skin for…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jul 7 '08

Images of Samsung U4 MP3 Player Surface, iPod Shuffle Shakes in Fear

This image of the Samsung U4 MP3 player appeared on Samsung’s Korea site over the weekend, promising “freedom from monotony.” And while there are no hard specs surrounding this rendering except that it’s “coming soong,” it will likely pick up where the Samsung U3 left off, which is to say it wants the iPod Shuffle’s…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jul 7 '08

The Transformer Attack You Never Got To See

Click to viewAn aircraft carrier morphs into a massive robot and goes on the attack, in this gorgeous piece of Transformers concept art by Tim Flattery. We already showed you some of James Clyne’s amazing Transformers concept art a while back, but Flattery’s images of giant robots striding through water eruptions and jets of flame…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 7 '08

LG Projector Phone Is Like a Media-Throwing Web Shooter

The winner of LG’s next phone design challenge has been announced-and by the looks of things, it appears that Spider-Man’s web shooter was a major source of inspiration. The device is actually a pen-shaped cellphone/mobile projector that can throw images, video and other information on the back of the user’s hand when mounted on a…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jul 7 '08

Russell T Davies On Life Post-Who

Now that he’s almost done with Doctor Who, having wrung all of his fan fantasies dry with this weekend’s season finale, Russell T Davies finds himself at a crossroads. So what’s next for the man who brought television’s favorite time traveler back to life? Davies hints at possibilities below the jump. Talking to the UK’s…

io9 Graeme McMillan Jul 7 '08

Prototype Remote-Activated Wrist Stun-Device Shocks You For Airplane Security

This story from the Washington Times seems more ridiculous than ridiculously awesome, but the base of it is that some official in the Department of Homeland Security has “expressed great interest” in a wrist bracelet that can be remotely activated to stun the wearer. It works by taking the place of a boarding pass, which…

Privacy & Security Jason Chen Jul 7 '08

New Garmin Line Leaked

It appears that retailers have leaked Garmin’s upcoming GPS line. Amazon had listed relatively blank pages of the new 200, 300, 400c, 400i and 400t while Buy.com got even more specific with complete details on the Garmin Oregon 200 ($450) and Garmin Oregon 400C ($600). Apparently the Oregon is very similar to Garmin’s Colorado (pictured…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jul 7 '08

IKEA + Apple = Mamebook Cocktail

A MAME (arcade) cabinet will easily cost you several hundred to several thousand dollars. But one modder used a little ingenuity to take an old PowerBook with snapped hinges and fit it into an IKEA RAMVIK shelving unit. The result is a tabletop arcade machine á la Galaga and Pac-Man that fits in a modern…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jul 7 '08

iPhone Hacked to Run Flash Lite, Looks Quite Lovely

Belgian iPhone coder Thomas Joos posted this video up on YouTube showing his iPhone running Flash Lite. No, this isn’t official or Adobe-backed in the slightest way, but rather a port of the software hacked into the iPhone OS using the two apps b.Tween and eyeGT. He only browses one site in the video, so…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jul 7 '08

A Robot Spartacus, Crucified In A Bleak Future

A grim warning to all robots looms over a pile of dirt and rubble on the set of The Surrogates, now filming in Hopedale, Massachusetts. In The Surrogates, based on a graphic novel, every human has a robot copy so they never have to leave the home. Willis plays a cop that has to go…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 7 '08

Pioneer Gen 2 Kuro Elite PRO-111FD Plasma Reviewed: New King of TVs, If You Got the Ransom

Last week we saw Panasonic’s latest 50-inch TH-50PZ850U posing a serious challenge to the long-enshrined King of All TVs, the Pioneer Kuro plasma. But now our buddy Gary at HD Guru put the all-new second-gen Kuro 50-incher, the Kuro Elite PRO-111FD, up against the potential throne-usurping Panasonic 850. The verdict? As we predicted, the Kuro…

Tech News John Mahoney Jul 7 '08

Seascout Lifeguard Robot Is a Far Cry From Baywatch

Designer Andre Harley’s Seascout robot concept aims to save lives in dangerous waters by taking the lifeguard out of the equation. The device can be programmed to locate a swimmer, deployed manually or autonomously guided via a GPS tracker integrated into a watch or clothing. It even features internal lighting and a two-way radio system…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jul 7 '08

First Pics of Touchscreen BlackBerry Thunder in Action

Finally, pictures of the touchscreen BlackBerry Thunder in action. BlackBerry Sync has a pair for us: One showing the music player (which will have an integrated carrier music store, but hopefully not Verizon’s UI, ugh) and another apparently recording a video. It’s definitely super polished, as we’d expect from a phone BlackBerry’s ballsy enough to…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jul 7 '08

New “Earth Stood Still” Isn’t Just Eco-Horror

If Keanu Reeves seems to be acting a little stiffly in the new remake of the 1951 classic The Day The Earth Stood Still, it’s entirely intentional. Reeves spent a lot of time thinking about his movements in the film, trying to use his physicality to seem as alien as possible without acting too quirky,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 7 '08

Democratic Convention Protestors Will Be Blasted With Ray Guns and Sticky Goo

If you’re unhappy that Hillary Clinton lost the nomination to Barack Obama, you better think twice before showing your displeasure at next month’s Democratic National Convention. According to CNN, the city of Denver is purchasing tons of high-tech weapons to use on unruly DNC protesters, which may include goo-guns that shoot an impossible-to-escape sticky film,…

Tech News Benny Goldman Jul 7 '08

Watch a Movie Inside a Giant Gundam

Japanese architect Kazushi Takahashi used to build ships, then jumped into building design. Now he’s made another conceptual leap. He’s created a movie theater in Tokyo that looks like the carapace of a Gundam robot. [via PingMag]

io9 Annalee Newitz Jul 7 '08

Panasonic Makes Electric Bike With Regenerative Braking

What better alternative to driving to work than riding an electric bicycle? Panasonic’s Vivi RX 10-S, which is due in Japan on August 20, works the same way many hybrid vehicle systems do: taking the energy from braking and harness it into recharging the battery. The total assisted travel range combining pedal power, electric power…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 7 '08

Are Mercury’s Days as a Planet Numbered?

Click to viewEver since the International Astronomical Union demoted Pluto to a dwarf planet (does it even deserve a capital “P”???) in 2006, astronomers around the world have been at odds to describe just what they mean when they say the word “planet.” For the moment, the solar system is holding steady with eight of…

io9 Michael Reilly Jul 7 '08

Wizard Rapid Descender Backpack Beats Taking the Stairs

If everyone living or working in precariously elevated positions could shoot Spidey-silk from their wrists in case of an unexpected fall, there would be no need for the Wizard rapid-descender concept from UK design shop HJC. But a sleek Dyson-esque backpack housing up to 250 meters of woven liquid polyester that can hold you and…

Tech News John Mahoney Jul 7 '08

The Future of TV According to AT&T

OSXBMC Called “Plex” (And Looking Hotter Than Ever)

Images of Samsung U4 MP3 Player Surface, iPod Shuffle Shakes in Fear

The Transformer Attack You Never Got To See

LG Projector Phone Is Like a Media-Throwing Web Shooter

Russell T Davies On Life Post-Who

Prototype Remote-Activated Wrist Stun-Device Shocks You For Airplane Security

New Garmin Line Leaked

IKEA + Apple = Mamebook Cocktail

iPhone Hacked to Run Flash Lite, Looks Quite Lovely

A Robot Spartacus, Crucified In A Bleak Future

Pioneer Gen 2 Kuro Elite PRO-111FD Plasma Reviewed: New King of TVs, If You Got the Ransom

Seascout Lifeguard Robot Is a Far Cry From Baywatch

First Pics of Touchscreen BlackBerry Thunder in Action

New “Earth Stood Still” Isn’t Just Eco-Horror

Democratic Convention Protestors Will Be Blasted With Ray Guns and Sticky Goo

Watch a Movie Inside a Giant Gundam

Panasonic Makes Electric Bike With Regenerative Braking

Are Mercury’s Days as a Planet Numbered?

Wizard Rapid Descender Backpack Beats Taking the Stairs

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