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The Future of Technology…For Food?

Good Morning America did a segment this morning on Hi-Tech food and restaurant gadgets, which ranged from really cool to really weird. There are menus that yap at you, doggie bags for your unfinished bottles of wine, and a waiter pager so that you can harass that smug bastard who’s been ignoring you. But the…

Tech News Adrian Covert May 19 '08

Xbox 360 Pajama Pants Are Perfect for Pantsing

These official Xbox 360 pants are 100 percent cotton with an elastic waistband, adjustable drawstring tie and an open fly (which is how Chen rolls). They’re only 18 bucks, but I’m deathly afraid of what happens if you get the Red Ring of Death. [WebUndies via Max Console]

Tech News Matt Buchanan May 19 '08

Subivor Survival Kit: Buy It or You Will Die in a Subway Terrorist Attack, Maybe

If you can’t hawk your wares with a standard appeal to people’s vanity, there’s always good old-fashioned fearmongering. Like you’ll DIE in a fire caused by TERRORISTS. Unless you’ve got the Subivor survival kit! Ominous music and death-hype aside, it’s actually not a bad little pack of emergency gear—a mask that protects against toxic smoke,…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan May 19 '08

Oh No: Sprint Capping “Unlimited” 3G Data Service at 5GB

We’ve raved on Sprint’s EV-DO data service more than once, in no small part because they were the only carrier to have truly unlimited 3G data, while AT&T and Verizon capped their service at 5GB. Our love affair just might be over. According to a leaked update of their terms of service, effective July 31st,…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan May 19 '08

In Russia, the Flying Penises of Second Life Are Real

Kiddies, I remember the days when flying penises could only attack public figures in virtual world Second Life. Who doesn’t remember the day when virtual real estate mogul Anshe Chung, the richest lady in Second Life, was attacked during a virtual press conference by giant virtual penises (left)? Clearly, Russian protesters haven’t forgotten. A group…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 19 '08

Turn Your Guitar Hero Guitar Into a MIDI Controller

I can’t tell you how many times I have looked down at my Guitar Hero guitar and wished that it could be used like a real instrument. The only problem was that I lacked the ability to build one. Oh, and I have no musical ability whatsoever. Fortunately, it appears that someone with skills has…

Tech News Sean Fallon May 19 '08

Weirdest Method Of Space Travel Ever: An Astronaut-Drawn Coffin

Barney Miller is trapped on a supersonic plane that’s zoomed out of the Earth’s atmosphere — and the only way back to Earth is inside an airtight coffin, carried to the space shuttle by two astronauts, in this awesome sequence from Starflight: The Plane That Couldn’t Land. This is by far the trippiest sequence in…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 19 '08

Kama Sutra For IT People, Computer Fetishists

We’re not sure where this came from originally, but we found this on Digg under “Kama Sutra For IT People.” Hit the jump for a bigger pic. [Digg]

Tech News Jason Chen May 19 '08

Bow Down Before The Greatest Dominatrixes Of Science

Click to viewIn the new Indiana Jones movie, opening Thursday, Cate Blanchett wears kinky boots and gets Indy under her thumb in more ways than one. But is she actually the greatest dominatrix in science fiction history? We decided to see how Cate stacks up against the classics of the genre, from the villain of…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 19 '08

First Year Kindle Sales vs. iPod, Palm Pilot and Other Famous Gadgets: How’s It Doing?

Amazon’s Kindle might pull in $750 million by 2010, growing from an estimated 189,000 units this year to 2.2 million in the next couple, according Citi analyst Mark Mahaney. But how does that stack up against other important gadgets in their first year of life? Silicon Alley Insider has done the hard work for us.…

Commerce Matt Buchanan May 19 '08

Question of the Day: Do You Use an Anti-Virus Program?

I don’t know about you, but I get stuck with calls every so often from family and friends looking for solutions to their computer problems, only to find out that their systems are bogged down with viruses and spyware. Naturally, a lot of what your computer may be infected with comes down to your browsing…

Tech News Sean Fallon May 19 '08

TiVo Switched Video Tuning Adapters Appear at CableLabs

At long last, the SDV dongles that TiVo promised would arrive this year from Motorola and Cisco have been submitted to CableLabs for formal testing. For those unfamiliar, these little devices allow for two way communication between CableCard boxes and Cable Companies, so that only the needed programming data is sent, and bandwidth is conserved.…

Television Adrian Covert May 19 '08

Trapped In A Shape-Shifting Prison Full Of Supervillains

Superhero movies’ best writer is taking the genre someplace it’s never been before: a maximum security prison. David Goyer (Batman Begins) is working on Super Max, a movie stuffed to the brim with comic book baddies. Super Max follows the Green Arrow’s fall from grace and grueling experience in a super-prison. Latino Review was first…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 19 '08

RIM CEO: BlackBerry Bold Not Inspired by the iPhone At All, Really

RIM Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis, who was hating hard on touchscreen keyboards last time we heard from him, took the defensive on the BlackBerry Bold‘s iPhone-esque aesthetics at the Wireless Enterprise Symposium, saying that the Bold “wasn’t a response to another device…. This was actually designed three years ago and the actual physical design of this…

Tech News Matt Buchanan May 19 '08

Buy a Cheater’s Crushed Zune For 99 Cents: Do What You Will With The Dirty Videos

This is one of the reasons you don’t cheat on your women, my friends—because they will hit you were it hurts. And that usually means a swift kick in the nuts followed closely by a thorough dismantling of your precious gadgets. The poor Zune pictured here met its demise after a scorned woman found videos…

Tech News Sean Fallon May 19 '08

What Chicks Don’t Like About Science Fiction

I love when clueless humans tell me to my face that women don’t like science fiction. Usually they tell me this at a science fiction convention, after we have talked about scifi for an hour and I have said that I edit a science fiction blog. These humans have an amazing ability to not believe…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 19 '08

Schlage Z-Wave Door Locks Can Be Controlled Remotely Using Internet Magic

Schlage is planning on taking door lock security into the internet age with a new lineup of Z-Wave devices that can be locked, unlocked and monitored from a cellphone or other web enabled device. By connecting a Z-Wave gateway to any broadband router, users will be able to take complete control of up to 256…

Gadgets Sean Fallon May 19 '08

Flying RC Penis Disrupts Garry Kasparov Speech

We had to double check that this wasn’t a story about Second Life, but rather is an actual event in actual meatspace occurring this past weekend in Moscow. As former chess champion Garry Kasparov was giving a speech to unite opposition political forces, a radio-controlled penis flew across the room to some applause and laughter.…

Tech News Jason Chen May 19 '08

ACME Catalog Meets All Your Cartoon Villain Needs

ACME has been the go-to place for hundreds of our favorite cartoon character’s weapon needs. Who could forget wielding the ACME Disintegrating Pistol from Duck Dodgers in the 24th 1/2 Century? The Acme Online catalog lists just about every single ACME product to ever grace the animated screen. After the jump a list of some…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 19 '08

Gigantic Million-Piece LEGO Boulder Actually Has Styrofoam Core

You know that gigantic LEGO Indiana Jones boulder? Turns out that only the outside is LEGO. The inside (based on this photo) is made of styrofoam. We suppose that it would be way too cost-prohibitive to build the entire boulder out of LEGO, but that doesn’t make us any less disappointed. [Photo Credit – Thanks…

Tech News Jason Chen May 19 '08

The Future of Technology…For Food?

Xbox 360 Pajama Pants Are Perfect for Pantsing

Subivor Survival Kit: Buy It or You Will Die in a Subway Terrorist Attack, Maybe

Oh No: Sprint Capping “Unlimited” 3G Data Service at 5GB

In Russia, the Flying Penises of Second Life Are Real

Turn Your Guitar Hero Guitar Into a MIDI Controller

Weirdest Method Of Space Travel Ever: An Astronaut-Drawn Coffin

Kama Sutra For IT People, Computer Fetishists

Bow Down Before The Greatest Dominatrixes Of Science

First Year Kindle Sales vs. iPod, Palm Pilot and Other Famous Gadgets: How’s It Doing?

Question of the Day: Do You Use an Anti-Virus Program?

TiVo Switched Video Tuning Adapters Appear at CableLabs

Trapped In A Shape-Shifting Prison Full Of Supervillains

RIM CEO: BlackBerry Bold Not Inspired by the iPhone At All, Really

Buy a Cheater’s Crushed Zune For 99 Cents: Do What You Will With The Dirty Videos

What Chicks Don’t Like About Science Fiction

Schlage Z-Wave Door Locks Can Be Controlled Remotely Using Internet Magic

Flying RC Penis Disrupts Garry Kasparov Speech

ACME Catalog Meets All Your Cartoon Villain Needs

Gigantic Million-Piece LEGO Boulder Actually Has Styrofoam Core

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