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Spaceship-Grade Aluminum Houses in Canada

These crazy white houses, designed for the Canadian interactive magazine Useful + Agreeable, are actually for sale. They’re made of spaceship-grade aluminum panels, plus they’re solar-powered. Buyers can pick from different size and shape options—but they can’t pick their furniture, because it’s built in to maximize spatial economy. Global shipping available. Unfortunately, there’s not much…

io9 LISA KATAYAMA Jan 14 '08

Portable Subway Strap Prevents False Groping Accusations

I’ve never been to Tokyo, but I hear they have a bit of a problem with crowded subway trains —a fact brought up countless times as I traveled from Gizmodo HQ to the convention center during CES. Needless to say, I heard “It feels like Tokyo in here” more than once. Thankfully, these packed trains…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jan 14 '08

Michel Gondry’s Dictator Son Channels Rudy Rucker

Remember how Michel “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” Gondry had an animated film in the works, about a dictator and a rebel, based on his relationship with his teenage son? (The son being the dictator.) Turns out celebrated indie comic book writer Daniel Clowes (“Ghost World”) is writing the screenplay, and it may be…

io9 Charliejane Jan 14 '08

Saverclip Offers Unique New Way of Measuring Energy Consumption

Pissing away electricity —just about everyone does it. That is why this “Saverclip” concept from designer Lee Young Don could prove useful to anyone looking to save a few bucks on their electricity bill. The clothespin-like device latches onto any power cable and determines energy usage by measuring the electromagnetic fields emitted by specific electronics…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jan 14 '08

Become A 700-Year-Old Trash Robot

You can visit the desolate world of Wall-E, this summer’s animated movie about a trash-compacting robot, in an upcoming xBox game. Judging from these early screen shots, it looks like the Wall-E game may do too good a job of capturing the robot’s loneliness and the toll of time on his robotic circuits. You’ll be…

io9 Kevin Kelly Jan 14 '08

Major Nelson Xbox Live Status Updates Silenced by BS Lawsuit

Alright, so even though Microsoft is giving everyone a free Xbox Live Arcade game because they feel bad about the outages—or want to stem a bubbling revolt—a trio of Texan greedmongers sued over it. Result: No more Xbox Live status updates from Major Nelson, whose mouth has now been covered with legal red tape. Guess…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jan 14 '08

Tricycle House: It is Almost a Good Idea

The tricycle house is one Hong Kong designer’s mobile solution to the cramped and expensive housing problem facing his city. It features a door, a window, a writing desk and a fold-out bed contained within a 3 x 4 foot "hut." Despite the cramped living conditions, the idea has a lot of fans. During the…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jan 14 '08

Iron Man Fan Film Looks Good To Go

We’ve already told you about five fan films that blew us away. With more Iron Man on the horizon, a reader (thanks Clive!) has let us know about this fan film featuring the other Man of Steel that looks pretty snazzy. It not only includes Ms. Marvel, the Black Widow, Nick Fury, and a decidedly…

Television Kevin Kelly Jan 14 '08

StreamMyGame Lets You Play Gears of War on the PS3

What do you do when you’ve got a platform (PS3) that’s a fantastic media playback machine but lacks games? You bring games TO IT. StreamMyGame allows you to stream the visuals and sound directly from your PC onto your PS3 at up to 3200×2400 resolution (PS3 only supports 1080p), supporting Windows XP, Vista, and DirectX…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 14 '08

Make Your Own Mercury Porn

The Messenger Space Probe is flying past Mercury as you read this, taking pictures of the night side of the planet no human has yet seen. It’ll be a while before we get images as cool as the 1997 NASA image on the left. But you can download realtime images from the probe’s cameras, and…

io9 Charliejane Jan 14 '08

Will Digital Watermarking Rise From DRM’s Ashes?

Okay, so DRM is dead dead dead. Hurray, right? Well, Wired says it’s simply being swapped out for digital watermarking, which will lay out breads crumbs for the labels to follow as songs make their way across P2P networks, and the bundle of evidence will allow them to place pressure on ISPs to engage in…

Commerce Matt Buchanan Jan 14 '08

The Best of CES 2008

CES is filled with thousands of gadgets and lots of people to talk to. But most of these “new” products are really just moderate updates. So in case you missed the goodies in the wave of CES news, here’s just our favorite stuff after the jump. Yes, lazy people—life takes care of you again! Biggest…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Jan 14 '08

A Frozen Water Planet Begins Its Thaw

Amado Becquer Casaballe is a photographer who recently had the chance to work on an ice-breaking ship as it floated around Antarctica. He wanted to capture the beauty of this frozen desert before climate change transforms it forever. His images of glowing icebergs and shattered glaciers are truly otherworldly. You can see some in our…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jan 14 '08

Go Ahead…Make My Breakfast! Insert Your Joke Here

When it comes to these gun-shaped egg molds, other acceptable headlines include: •”Say hello to my little chicken!” •A great source of Omega-357 and Anti-Uzidents. •Gun shaped eggs promote fowl play. •This is your brain. This is your brain shaped like an Uzi. •Shot in the yolk, and you’re to blame. You give breakfast a…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jan 14 '08

Microsoft Customer Service Makes a Follow-Up Call 10 Years Too Late

Here’s a call you never expect to get: a customer service followup from Microsoft… ten years after the first call. That’s exactly what happened to a guy who had called the big M way back on January 7, 1998. On the 8th of this month, he got a followup call to make sure everything was…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 14 '08

Solar-Powered Laptop-Charging MediaStreet eMotion Media Player Allegedly Shipping (and Cheap)

It looks like a concept—in fact, the only pictures we have of it are fancy 3D renderings doctored up in Photoshop. But according to the press release (after the jump), MediaStreet’s 1GB eMotion solar-powered portable media player is already shipping for $169. That’s a lot for a typical 1-gig audio-video player, but when you consider…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Jan 14 '08

Lightning Review: Nextar Snap3 Navigation System

The Gadget: Nextar’s Snap3 Navigation system features a 3.5″ 4:3 touchscreen, Bluetooth, MP3 player, a built-in stereo speaker, and a photo viewer — at an affordable price point. The Price: Around $200 The Verdict: Horrible. There are a lot of features packed into the Nextar Snap3 for the price, but don’t be fooled. Even if…

Reviews Sean Fallon Jan 14 '08

Hearts from Dead Bodies Made to Beat Again

Hearts removed from dead rats started beating again after several days in a lab. No, it wasn’t caused by that bright green serum from Re-Animator — it was real science at work, and it could mean heart transplants are about to get much, much easier. A completely “dead” heart can be coaxed into beating on…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jan 14 '08

Porn Star Belladonna Talks Digital Camcorders on the CES Show Floor

The crazy folks from over at Camcorderinfo.com who made that sweet CES rap and tested out a digital camera in a fishtank last week also happened to interview noted porn star Belladonna about digital video cameras. I don’t know how we managed to miss this one, as we know how familiar many of you are…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 14 '08

Come With Me If You Want To Get Big Ratings

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles can breathe an Arnold-less sigh of relief. The first half of their premiere scored 18 million viewers last night, giving it the best opening night of any new show in three years. More good ratings may be ahead: The second part of the premiere tonight has the advantage of not…

Television Kevin Kelly Jan 14 '08

Spaceship-Grade Aluminum Houses in Canada

Portable Subway Strap Prevents False Groping Accusations

Michel Gondry’s Dictator Son Channels Rudy Rucker

Saverclip Offers Unique New Way of Measuring Energy Consumption

Become A 700-Year-Old Trash Robot

Major Nelson Xbox Live Status Updates Silenced by BS Lawsuit

Tricycle House: It is Almost a Good Idea

Iron Man Fan Film Looks Good To Go

StreamMyGame Lets You Play Gears of War on the PS3

Make Your Own Mercury Porn

Will Digital Watermarking Rise From DRM’s Ashes?

The Best of CES 2008

A Frozen Water Planet Begins Its Thaw

Go Ahead…Make My Breakfast! Insert Your Joke Here

Microsoft Customer Service Makes a Follow-Up Call 10 Years Too Late

Solar-Powered Laptop-Charging MediaStreet eMotion Media Player Allegedly Shipping (and Cheap)

Lightning Review: Nextar Snap3 Navigation System

Hearts from Dead Bodies Made to Beat Again

Porn Star Belladonna Talks Digital Camcorders on the CES Show Floor

Come With Me If You Want To Get Big Ratings

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