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Watch this smooth stop motion Lego Pet Shop build

I feel like the Pet Shop (102185) is the most underrated of the Lego modular buildings. I have a few of these things gracing my modular building street and thought it was a wonderful build. This animated stop motion build by Alexsplanet shows just how fun it is to put this thing together. Thankfully, you…

Tech News Michael Schulte Dec 23 '14

Here’s How Many Bridges NYC Would Need If Everyone Drove

Manhattan has plenty of bridges—they’re its most recognizable landmarks, really—but exactly how many more would it need if every last person drove a car? Matt Taylor, a transit engineer, has seen this bizarro-Manhattan, and it’s not pretty. Taylor took it upon himself to calculate exactly how many more bridges we’d need it everyone had a…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Dec 23 '14

This Giant Quarter-Scale Boba Fett Is As Detailed As Figures Get

The best thing about Hot Toys’ new 17-inch tall quarter-scale Boba Fett figure is that you won’t actually be able to get your hands on one until November of 2015. Which gives you more than enough time to save up the $470 you’ll need to pay off your pre-order, and built a suitable shrine to…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Dec 23 '14

Jim Henson Used To Make Hilariously Violent Coffee Commercials

Before the Muppets, Jim Henson made a series of funny but disturbing commercials for Wilkins Coffee starring a pair of puppets. When one puppet refused to drink the coffee, the other puppet would shoot him, brand him, drown him, and punish him in all manner of other violent ways. The puppets were named Wilkins and…

io9 Lauren Davis Dec 23 '14

Comcast Greases Politicians with Customer Service That Isn’t Trash

Comcast’s customer service is notoriously terrible. It sucks so bad, Comcast lobbyists dangled access to non-terrible customer service as a deal-sweetener for Washington influencers. https://gizmodo.com/its-completely-absurd-how-hard-it-is-to-cancel-comcast-1605040001 In an article about the downfall of Meet The Press host David Gregory, The Washingtonian looked at how Comcast handled politicians as the company attempted to clear the way for…

Tech News Kate Knibbs Dec 23 '14

Chewbacca Is Beautiful As The Wookiee With The Pearl Earring (And More)

Chewbacca is given a high art makeover in several paintings by artist Christine Parisi. And he is goddamn beautiful in every single one. Behold the hairy majesty. All works of are here from artist Christine Parisi, who has posted her work on her Facebook account. (There’s a lot more make sure you check it out.)…

io9 Meredith Woerner Dec 23 '14

The Craziest Stuff People Tried to Sneak Onto Airplanes This Year

We may shake our heads at the TSA’s antics from time to time, but the men and women holding you up at airport security are actually dealing with some pretty scary prospects. Like loaded firearms. And grenades. And daggers. And for whatever reason, a hell of a lot of sword canes. Here are some of…

Privacy & Security Ashley Feinberg Dec 23 '14

Sony Pictures Will Screen The Interview on Christmas Day

Multiple theaters are now announcing that Sony Pictures has authorized screenings of The Interview on Christmas Day. There are also reports that the company will also announce corresponding video on demand release. They’re not such cowards after all! That’s Tim League of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, a Texas-based movie theater chain, who supported a petition…

Movies Adam Clark Estes Dec 23 '14

Behold Your Next Desktop Wallpaper: NuSTAR’s First Picture Of The Sun

This new shot of the sun shining through in high-energy x-rays is so ridiculously gorgeous it’s actually making us angry. This is officially the first picture of the sun taken by NASA’s NuStar, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array. The image, which covers the west limb of the sun, was overlaid on a picture taken by…

io9 George Dvorsky Dec 23 '14

Looks Like North Korea’s Internet Is Still Sputtering

Yesterday, North Korea’s connection to the internet had a bad day. Then it kinda sorta came back! But not before taking another vacation. It’s like in-flight Wi-Fi over there. Dyn research, the same research company that was cited for yesterday’s 9+ hour outage in North Korea, reports that the Internet went dark there again, just…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Dec 23 '14

Chevy’s Insane PowerWall Display Has More Pixels Than an IMAX Theater

Used to be that even the smallest tweaks to an upcoming automobile’s design could require weeks of fabrication to produce the modified clay, wood, and metal models. And while physical representations of prototype vehicles are still a big part of the production process today, a new 4K UHD monitor wall from Chevrolet could soon supplant…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Dec 23 '14

First Look At HBO’s New Westworld Series Looks Crazy Good

Holy crap, three seconds of HBO’s rebooted television adaptation Westworld just got us insanely excited. This show could be really, really fun and weird — and that’s great! HBO just released a video roundup of their year, which included glimpses of their new television series, and in it was a sneak peek at Jonathan Nolan’s…

Television Meredith Woerner Dec 23 '14

6 Good Reasons to Spend Time On Your Phone this Christmas

In our smartphone-saturated, always-on age, the conventional wisdom is that holidays are a time for unplugging from the web and switching off from the devices that ordinarily dominate our lives. However, you don’t have to go with the flow and take a tech break over the holiday—here are six good reasons why you might want…

Gadgets David Nield Dec 23 '14

The Best Impossible Pasta Shapes Made Real By 3D-Printing

Traditional pasta extruders, as mesmerizing as they are, can only handle so much complex geometry. Barilla recently held a competition for 3D-printed pasta shapes, and the winners include unusual shapes like a blooming rose and cratered moon. As the largest pasta maker in the world, Barilla has recently dropped hints about wanting to make its…

Tech News Sarah Zhang Dec 23 '14

Now You Can Split A Laser Beam Into The Force Awakens‘ New Lightsaber

We have potentially reached peaked Crossguard Lightsaber madness (oh who am I kidding, we’ve got another year of this) – we’ve seen it in fan art, we’ve had it 3D printed, and now, here’s The Force Awakens’ shiny new lightsaber made out of laser beams. Because why not? Wicked Lasers are well known for their…

Tech News James Whitbrook Dec 23 '14

Why 19th Century Scientists Believed That Life Originated In Space

The Panspermia Hypothesis holds that life on our planet traces its origins to space—say, a microbe-laden meteorite landing on primordial Earth. The theory, conceived before humans even went into space, was actually born out of criticism of Charles Darwin and his perceived failure to explain how life began. Image Credit: NASA Without an explanation for…

io9 Mark Strauss Dec 23 '14

7 Million Keurigs Recalled Because They Won’t Stop Burning People

Instant coffee machine manufacturer Keurig is recalling some 7 million crappy coffee makers because they’re burning people with scalding water. According to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, the recall affects the Keurig Mini Plus Brewing System. It affects 6.6 million coffee makers sold in the United States and 564,000 sold in Canada. The danger?…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Dec 23 '14

The Obama Library May Be a City-Wide Piece of Public Infrastructure

Presidential libraries preserve archives and promote scholarship—but beyond that, they’re marble-clad information tombs, quiet and somber and only remarkable for the architectural value of their designs. Obama is the first president who may change that. Image: Sox the cat at the Clinton Presidential Library. Sunfell/CC When he leaves office in 2016, Obama will leave behind…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Dec 23 '14

What Exactly Is Cocoa Butter? Watch This To See How It’s Made

What the hell is cocoa butter? And why is it both an ingredient in candy bars and a moisturizer?This short video lets you see where cocoa butter comes from and what “chocolate” looks like without it. This video gives you a rundown of how beans turn into chocolate – and the far less glamorous cocoa…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Dec 23 '14

SMS BioSport: Earbuds That Read Your Heartbeat But Don’t Make It Thump

Sensors are everywhere—in our phones, watches, and shoes. And now our earphones, too. The SMS BioSport heart rate-sensing earbuds aim to be the audio companion of choice for all you marathon runners, mountain bikers, and other hardcore athlete types who need to know your beats per minute on a daily basis. But jamming health sensors…

Reviews Darren Orf Dec 23 '14

Watch this smooth stop motion Lego Pet Shop build

Here’s How Many Bridges NYC Would Need If Everyone Drove

This Giant Quarter-Scale Boba Fett Is As Detailed As Figures Get

Jim Henson Used To Make Hilariously Violent Coffee Commercials

Comcast Greases Politicians with Customer Service That Isn’t Trash

Chewbacca Is Beautiful As The Wookiee With The Pearl Earring (And More)

The Craziest Stuff People Tried to Sneak Onto Airplanes This Year

Sony Pictures Will Screen The Interview on Christmas Day

Behold Your Next Desktop Wallpaper: NuSTAR’s First Picture Of The Sun

Looks Like North Korea’s Internet Is Still Sputtering

Chevy’s Insane PowerWall Display Has More Pixels Than an IMAX Theater

First Look At HBO’s New Westworld Series Looks Crazy Good

6 Good Reasons to Spend Time On Your Phone this Christmas

The Best Impossible Pasta Shapes Made Real By 3D-Printing

Now You Can Split A Laser Beam Into The Force Awakens‘ New Lightsaber

Why 19th Century Scientists Believed That Life Originated In Space

7 Million Keurigs Recalled Because They Won’t Stop Burning People

The Obama Library May Be a City-Wide Piece of Public Infrastructure

What Exactly Is Cocoa Butter? Watch This To See How It’s Made

SMS BioSport: Earbuds That Read Your Heartbeat But Don’t Make It Thump

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