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Make Some Room For a Perfect Replica of the Millennium Falcon’s Cockpit

Hot Toys has more than made a name for itself when it comes to its insanely detailed sixth-scale action figures. But instead of collectors just perching them on a shelf, the company is going to start introducing other places for its figures to hang out, starting with a perfect sixth-scale replica of the Millennium Falcon’s…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Amazon’s 20th Birthday Party Will Bring “More Deals Than Black Friday”

Get your credit cards ready. Amazon says that it’s celebrating its 20th birthday with what it’s calling Prime Day, a massively discounted 24 hours of shopping which will feature “more deals than Black Friday.” The “global shopping event” will only be available to Amazon Prime customers, and even then it will only happen in he…

Commerce Jamie Condliffe

This Chart Shows Why We’re Not Nearly Worried Enough About the Drought

So you may have heard that there’s a drought going on, robbing Americans of their god-given rights to enviously plush lawns, refillable hot springs, and a bottomless bowl of almonds on every table. But the real trouble is yet to come. The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organizationput together this heat chart of which crops are…

io9 Ria Misra

Weaponizing Nerf Toys: Don’t Try This at Home

Strict safety regulations and litigious lawyers mean your kids’ toy foam blasters don’t have a lot of power behind them. And that’s a good thing, unless you spend you days making insane slingshot creations and have decided that Nerf’s Rebelle Bow Blaster needed an upgrade like Joerg Sprave did. By swapping in some beefed-up elastics,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

GoPro’s New Camera Is a Tiny Cube. I Took It on Adventures.

I’ve been keeping a secret, and today I can spill the beans. Last month, I took a new camera on some adventures. Yes, it’s a GoPro. A smaller, lighter, more versatile GoPro than you’ve ever seen. Full disclosure: GoPro flew me and a handful of other journalists out to Vail, Colorado for a few days,…

Reviews Chris Brinlee Jr

Warren Ellis Is Writing the New James Bond Comic

When Dynamite announced their official James Bond comic series, details were (perhaps appropriately for a book about a secret agent) scarce—but now we know a little more about the ongoing series, including the fact that it’s kicking off with a story penned by Transmetropolitan’s Warren Ellis. Interestingly, the announcement reveals that Ellis is not writing…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

A Nazi Weapons Cache Has Been Discovered in a German Man’s Basement

Police in Germany have uncovered a 45-ton tank, a torpedo, and other illegal weaponry dating back to WWII in the cellar of a villa in Heikendorf. As reported in Spiegel Online, officials were alerted to the weapons cache by Berlin prosecutors who searched the home a month ago looking for stolen Nazi art. The subsequent…

io9 George Dvorsky

This 3D Printer Is an Artist That Paints With Light

3D printing needn’t just be used to make real objects. Artist Ekaggrat Singh Kalsi has been using one to paint with light—and this is what it looks like. Light painting is, of course, nothing new. But here, Kalsi has attached an RGB LED to the working end of a 3D printer and captured the way…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

The Past Haunts the Present for Just About Everyone on True Detective

In “Maybe Tomorrow,” yesterday is actually the keyword. The criminal ties that Frank’s tried so desperately to shed are now the one thing he needs the most; Ray’s near-death experience makes him question nearly every decision he’s made; and Paul’s deeply in denial about his own past actions. Spoilers follow! Does anyone else sorta wish…

Television Cheryl Eddy

Chlorine Trifluoride: The Chemical That Sets Fire to Asbestos on Contact

First discovered back in the 1930s, chlorine trifluoride is a rather curious chemical that easily reacts, sometimes explosively, with just about every known substance on Earth. Just to get the ball rolling, here’s a few of the more unusual things chlorine trifluoride is known to set fire to on contact: glass, sand, asbestos, rust, concrete,…

Tech News Melissa - TodayIFoundOut.com

Write Us Some Six-Word Science Fiction Stories!

I want to hear a story, io9. And I want to hear it in just six words. Will you explore the corporate uses of time travel (“Amazon’s time machine processes returns, delivers” – destor23)? Or perhaps you’ll stick to slightly spooky error messages from our very real space robots (Mars Rover Offline: Unauthorized Firmware Update…

io9 Ria Misra

Say Bonjour to the French Comics Taking Over Comixology

The French are staging an invasion of their own. Luckily, there’s no Napoleon threatening our shores; instead, it’s the French comics market that has just conquered Comixology, bringing over 150 French series from independent comics publisher Delcourt over the course of the next year. The series include The Curse of the Wendigo illustrated by Walking…

Books & Comics Rob Bricken

This Is How “Sugarless” Sweeteners Trick Your Tongue

Take a sip of licorice tea and you’ll notice a strange lingering sweetness, as if someone secretly added sugar to your cup. This is due to glycyrrhizin, a sweetener which was used well before stevia entered the commercial market, but which works a similar way. People crave sweetness. Supposedly this is because we crave calories,…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

How Many Sailors Do You Need to Pull a Helicopter to the Ground?

Five, but they all have to be on the staff rotor! Sorry, that’s an awful joke. Actually, this image shows a team fast-roping from a helicopter: Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit 3, execute a fast-rope exercise with an SH-60 Seahawk assigned to the “Black Knights” of Combat Helicopter Squadron 4, on the flight…

Tech News Attila Nagy

This Is the First Video To Be Projected on to Clouds From an Airplane

This video isn’t in 4K. Or 3D. It isn’t even in full color. But that doesn’t matter, because it’s the first video to be projected from an airplane onto the clouds outside. New Scientist explainsthat the hardware for the project was created by artist Dave Lynch, scientist Mike Nix and maker Aaron Nielsen. Project Nimbus,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Why Does Batman Hate Superman in Batman v. Superman?

How will future Terminator films handle John Connor? Netflix may be having trouble deciding how to take on Iron Fist. Plus there’s a ton more Batman v Superman details, speculation on the return of a certain Game of Thrones star, and new looks at Mockingjay Part 2 and Once Upon A Time. Spoilers Get! Batman…

Television James Whitbrook

Robots Can’t Kill You—and Claiming They Can is Dangerous

If we start holding robots responsible for their actions – and accidents – we let their human designers and operators off the hook. Robots’ involvement in human deaths is nothing new. The recent death of a man who was grabbed by a robot and crushed against a metal plate at a Volkswagen factory in Baunatal,…

Tech News Ron Chrisley

Major Government Spying Service Supplier Hacked, 400GB of Data Stolen

An Italian company called Hacking Team, which supplies intrusion and surveillance tools to governments and law enforcement agencies, has been hacked. The intruders have made off with 400GB of data which is now being leaked online. The tranche of document reveals details about the company’s clients, along with passwords and details about the use of…

Privacy & Security Jamie Condliffe

The Best of Gizmodo This Week

Apple jumped into the streaming music game this past week, and we give it a try. We had some thoughts. We also previewed the new Mac OS El Capitan, and tested a bunch of inexpensive laptops to find the very best. Meanwhile, our weekly podcast discussed what would happen if a star exploded near Earth,…

Tech News Meg Neal

Facebook Really Would Like You to Use GIFs in Messenger

I’m personally doubtful that GIFs need more help in taking over the internet, but then again, I don’t have Mark Zuckerberg’s vision (or even two lowly commas). Facebook appears to be testing a new built-in way to search GIFs and stickers in Messenger, with the feature available to select users in Canada. Although you’ve been…

Social Media Chris Mills

Make Some Room For a Perfect Replica of the Millennium Falcon’s Cockpit

Amazon’s 20th Birthday Party Will Bring “More Deals Than Black Friday”

This Chart Shows Why We’re Not Nearly Worried Enough About the Drought

Weaponizing Nerf Toys: Don’t Try This at Home

GoPro’s New Camera Is a Tiny Cube. I Took It on Adventures.

Warren Ellis Is Writing the New James Bond Comic

A Nazi Weapons Cache Has Been Discovered in a German Man’s Basement

This 3D Printer Is an Artist That Paints With Light

The Past Haunts the Present for Just About Everyone on True Detective

Chlorine Trifluoride: The Chemical That Sets Fire to Asbestos on Contact

Write Us Some Six-Word Science Fiction Stories!

Say Bonjour to the French Comics Taking Over Comixology

This Is How “Sugarless” Sweeteners Trick Your Tongue

How Many Sailors Do You Need to Pull a Helicopter to the Ground?

This Is the First Video To Be Projected on to Clouds From an Airplane

Why Does Batman Hate Superman in Batman v. Superman?

Robots Can’t Kill You—and Claiming They Can is Dangerous

Major Government Spying Service Supplier Hacked, 400GB of Data Stolen

The Best of Gizmodo This Week

Facebook Really Would Like You to Use GIFs in Messenger

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