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This Is Grant Morrison On Drugs

The most shocking revelation from Grant Morrison’s panel at New York Comic-Con: comics’ most trippy writer was a straight-edger until he turned 30. After that, of course, the floodgates were opened and it was drugs, drugs, drugs, as he explains in this clip, courtesy of Zach from ComicRelated.com. Besides explaining what on Earth fueled The…

io9 Nivair H. Gabriel

Prosthetic Commando

This is a Prostethetic Commando, a robot whose processor is a human brain taken from a felled soldier or police officer. Generally, the PC guards dignitaries at public functions. I didn’t make that up — the artist behind this trippy bot, Keith Thompson, did. He’s got an amazing gallery on his website, with each image…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Nikon D90 and D3x DSLRs Dropping in June?

June is shaping up to be a hot month for DSLRs. Fresh off spotting the 24.4-megapixel D3x lurking in the D3’s firmware, whispers out of Japan are that the monolith is due by the second week of June, along with the D90, an update to Nikon’s well-loved D80. Pure rumor, but Thom Hogan is symbiotically…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

The Empty Universe vs. Zillions of Aliens Debate

It’s a big, dumb, empty universe, according to a new formula that estimates our chances of meeting non-human intelligent life. The odds have been estimated before, most famously by the Drake Equation, but now a British scientist has tried to throw a wet blanket over exobiologists and scifi writers by claiming that intelligent life is…

io9 Ed Grabianowski

“Circuit Bent” Toy Guitars, My New Geek Fetish

Circuit bending is by no means a new idea. Through the clever short-circuiting of normal electronics, modders have been inventing some pretty incredible sound effects for years (the Speak & Spell is a notable example). But with the rise of Guitar Hero, or more appropriately, Guitar Hero knock-off toys, circuit bending may be experiencing a…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

SOLo is Lounge Table and Solar Powered Charger For Your Gadgets

Of all the solar powered gadgets we’ve shown you recently, I’d have to say this is the most elegant. The Intelligent Forms SOLo is a lounge table (can we call it a coffee table?) and is simply designed to soak up the sun, turning it into stored power so you can charge your gear. Apparently…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

What NBC Shows Should Be Revamped By Battlestar, Bionic Producer?

With the news that Battlestar Galactica and Bionic Woman producer David Eick will be revamping yet another NBC/Universal property as part of his new deal with the peacock network comes the expected flurry of expectation. Just what old TV show will be the next to feel the grim and gritty grip of Eick’s clammy reimagining…

Television Graeme McMillan

A Cellphone’s Missing Dot Kills Two People, Puts Three More in Jail

The life of 20-year-old Emine, and her 24-year-old husband Ramazan Çalçoban was pretty much the normal life of any couple in a separation process. After deciding to split up, the two kept having bitter arguments over the cellphone, sending text messages to each other until one day Ramazan wrote “you change the topic every time…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

A Gonorrhea-Based Molecular Machine

Gonorrhea, a bacteria that’s transmitted via sexual intercourse and causes painful swelling, may turn out to be the perfect molecular machine. A group of researchers at Columbia University have announced findings proving that the bacteria can use its pili, long filaments that act like limbs, to pull with a force equivalent to 100,000 times its…

io9 Annalee Newitz

AVIC-F High-End Navigation Systems from Pioneer Rocks Voice Control

Talking to your gadgets is the first sign of madness, but people who insist on doing it should look at Pioneer’s AVIC-F systems. The three models, the AVIC-F700BT, AVIC-F900BT and the AVIC F90BT all have a type of voice control developed by Pioneer alongside VoiceBox Technologies, which filters out the “um” and “ah” in everyday…

Tech News AddyDugdale

Western Digital Velociraptor Is New “Fastest Hard Drive Ever”

Western Digital has announced the Velociraptor ($300 retail), their latest and greatest in speedy storage. Connecting through 3GB/s SATA, the 300GB, 10,000RPM Velociraptor is actually a 2.5″ hard drive with a massive “Icepack” heatsink that makes it large enough to fit in a 3.5″ bay. Maximum PC already got their hands on a preproduction unit.…

Reviews Mark Wilson

Hey Hey They’re The (Marvel) Monkeys

According to reports from out of NYCC, the suspicions of comic fans across the internet have finally, officially, been confirmed: Marvel have admitted that they’re just monkeying around with their characters. Or, at least, they will when new series Marvel Apes debuts, bringing a new level of banana worship to the heroes of the House…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

Casio Futurist Watch Would Get Goldfinger All Excited

The Futurist golden watch certainly seems to be going along with the retro design trend Casio’s been exploring recently. The LA-2002G wouldn’t look out of place on the wrist of any Bond villain of yesteryear, we think. Inside that matte gold case it’s not exactly brimming with features, but it does have a stopwatch, timer,…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

See Inside Indiana Jones’ Forbidden Temple

It turns out spoilers don’t just give Steven Spielberg an ulcer, they’re also illegal — or at least that’s what Warner Bros. tried to claim in a high-profile legal case last week. So now you can revel in your status as a dashing lawbreaker, while you take in a ton of new Indiana Jones photos…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

The Original Messenger Bag Might Still Be the Best

While we are adorned with the latest and greatest in trendy, designer messenger bags, J.Crew has recreated and rereleased the original. Modeled after the U.S. Postal Service’s standard bag from 1868 until the 1970s (before they ditched timeless style and durability for blue nylon), “the original” leather postal messenger features fine leather reminiscent of the…

Tech News Mark Wilson

My Vigor Evo HD Will Beat Up Your iMac

Next Computing’s Vigor Evo HD isn’t the most elegant all-in-on PC we’ve ever seen, featuring a 17″ LCD monitor sort of glued on to the side of its tower, but it’s not afraid to get its nails dirty, either. Because this handled beast protects its 2 processors, 4 PCI-X slots and 3 TB of storage…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Kindle Finally Back in Stock on Amazon

At last! Amazon is finally restocked with Kindles, after Jeff Bezos’ front-page confession that he was fresh outta e-Books. $399, folks. [i4U] https://gizmodo.com/jeff-bezos-kindle-back-in-stock-soon-honest-p-s-i-370225

Commerce AddyDugdale

Ten-Inch Version of Eee PC to Come, Says Asustek CEO

The Eee PC will be available in a ten-inch version, says Asustek CEO. Speaking at the launch of the Eee PC 900 in Taiwan, Jerry Shen said that customers were clamoring for bigger keyboards for the lightweight laptop. “The feedback we’ve received from users has been great,” claimed the CEO at a press conference. “Many…

Gadgets AddyDugdale

VitalJacket: Heart Monitor And T-Shirt in One

Some of the same kind of health telemetry that the French army may be using could be yours in the new VitalJacket product. It’s a smart T-shirt with a built-in electrocardiogram monitor, designed for both medical diagnostics and sports fitness uses. It’s supposed to be less awkward than conventional devices, as well as more comfortable.…

Health Kit Eaton

Auto Healther Does Complete Body Massage, Robotically

Remember the massage pants? Well, automated massage seems to have taken a step further on from those with the Dainichi Auto Healther Reiz DZ-270: it’s a robo-table that can massage you from your head to to toe. You just select your program from the touchscreen, lie back, pull the hood over, switch on some music…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

This Is Grant Morrison On Drugs

Prosthetic Commando

Nikon D90 and D3x DSLRs Dropping in June?

The Empty Universe vs. Zillions of Aliens Debate

“Circuit Bent” Toy Guitars, My New Geek Fetish

SOLo is Lounge Table and Solar Powered Charger For Your Gadgets

What NBC Shows Should Be Revamped By Battlestar, Bionic Producer?

A Cellphone’s Missing Dot Kills Two People, Puts Three More in Jail

A Gonorrhea-Based Molecular Machine

AVIC-F High-End Navigation Systems from Pioneer Rocks Voice Control

Western Digital Velociraptor Is New “Fastest Hard Drive Ever”

Hey Hey They’re The (Marvel) Monkeys

Casio Futurist Watch Would Get Goldfinger All Excited

See Inside Indiana Jones’ Forbidden Temple

The Original Messenger Bag Might Still Be the Best

My Vigor Evo HD Will Beat Up Your iMac

Kindle Finally Back in Stock on Amazon

Ten-Inch Version of Eee PC to Come, Says Asustek CEO

VitalJacket: Heart Monitor And T-Shirt in One

Auto Healther Does Complete Body Massage, Robotically

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