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What if WALL·E was cut like a Christopher Nolan film?

You might not think it at first, but WALL-E and Interstellar share some similarities in their premise – what with a ruined Earth being abandoned by Humanity for pastures new among the stars. But their realities become even closer in this trailer that shows you just how editing can completely change a movie’s tone. Youtuber…

Tech News James Whitbrook

A “Smartwatch” For Kindergarteners Is the Only Smartwatch You Need

Smartwatches: So much futuristicness promised, so little delivered. They’re clunky. They’re frustrating. They’re just not quite there yet. But what if there was a smartwatch out there that was just plain fun to use? There is—it just happens to be built for four-to-nine-year-olds. https://gizmodo.com/the-joy-and-misery-of-life-with-a-grotesquely-large-sm-1637632048 Yes, in the interest of science, reader service, and the dogged…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich

The Slingshot Madman Proves the Nokia 3310 Is Nearly Indestructible

Before the smartphone revolution left the company behind, Nokia was synonymous with cellphones, particularly handsets that could seemingly survive anything. The Nokia 3310 is still considered to be one of the most indestructible of its breed. And who’s better-qualified to prove that than the mad scientist of slingshots himself? If seeing electronics launched almost 200…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Hobbit summarized in just 72 seconds with Lego

Some might think that Peter Jackson’s the Hobbit movies are just too long. For those with a shorter attention span, The Brotherhood Workshop has put together a 72 second video that pretty much tells the whole story of the J. R. R. Tolkien novel that the movies are based on. They really did nail it.…

Tech News Michael Schulte

Sorry, Brad, This Lumpy Space Princess Chew Toy Is For Dogs Only

It seems like Adventure Time’s Lumpy Space Princess might have finally resolved her tumultuous feelings for her ex-boyfriend, Brad. How else can you explain why she’s turning her affections toward man’s best friend as a rubber chew and tug-of-war toy? Available in about a month for just $20, even if your dog has never seen…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

You Can Now Protect Your Google Accounts With a Physical Key

Two-step authentication is super important. It’s also super annoying. To try and ease the pain—and make logins even more secure—Google will now let you use a USB security key to verify yourself instead of having a code sent to your phone. https://gizmodo.com/its-time-to-enable-two-step-authentication-on-everythin-1646242605 The new feature works with a special kind of USB key. You can’t…

Tech News Eric Limer

Scientists Produce Rounded Crystals That Could Lead To 3D-Printed Pills

Taking inspiration from the microscopic rounded structures that creatures like starfish naturally grow to improve their limited vision, researchers at the University of Michigan have succeeded in artificially creating smooth facet-less crystals in the lab that have the potential to revolutionize everything from solar panels to LEDs. The rounded crystals are produced using a technique…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Duels of the Planeswalkers Expansion Changes the Rules on Premium Cards

When Duels of the Planeswalkers 2015 was released a few months ago, it introduced full deckbuilding and cards only attainable through an additional purchase. We didn’t like it. An expansion for the game makes those premium cards available simply by winning matches. Full disclosure: Wizards of the Coast flew me to Honolulu, Hawaii recently for…

io9 Ed Grabianowski

Game Of Thrones Season 5 Just Made Another Major Change From The Books

A few behind-the-scenes photos reveal two major TV show characters meeting that haven’t encountered each other in the books — at least not yet, anyways. Spoilers ahead, obviously! First let me set the scene: In the books, Daenerys has trouble ruling Meereen, to say the least, so she marries a Meereenese noble named Hizdahr zo…

Television Rob Bricken

What Are You Reading?

Whether your library is digital or hard copy, we want to peruse it. Tell us what books you’ve been reading — and which ones are coming up next! Compile a recent reading list of all the fiction, non-fiction, biographies, classics, and classics yet-to-be-recognized-as-such that you’ve been reading and tell us what you thought of them.…

Books & Comics Ria Misra

Welcome to Toyland

We love toys around here. We love writing about them, playing with them, shooting each other in the face with them. But while we try to find any excuse we can to share them with you, there are some toys that just aren’t quite tech enough to fit on Gizmodo. That’s why we’ve created Toyland.…

Tech News Brian Barrett

The First Kickstarter I’ve Given Money to Is a Glow-in-the-Dark Toilet

I am a Kickstarter skeptic. A big one. And as such, I have never felt compelled to risk putting down money for something that might never actually come to fruition—until now. I just gave $45 to a glow-in-the-dark toilet, and I don’t regret it at all. Probably. IllumiBowl is a product that, for all intents…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

The BBC Is Teaching Kids How To Program Their Own Dalek

A Doctor Who game being released by the BBC this week requires much more than a game controller or a computer mouse. Instead, players must solve puzzles through a series of commands that teach the basics of programming and coding skills. The fate of the universe depends on your ability to help a rogue Dalek…

io9 Mark Strauss

This ad is entirely made of famous song lines

I love this ad for the Helsinki-based radio station Radio Aalto. Not only it’s cool—the actors are the actual hosts of one of their shows—and well produced, but also it has an insightful and fun concept: Who hasn’t used a famous song line in an informal conversation? Well, this ad is entirely made with them.

Sploid Omar Kardoudi

New Software Lets the Visually Impaired 3D Print a Map To Go

You probably get pretty frustrated when you catch your parents printing out Google Maps directions even though they have a smartphone, but the notion seems less ridiculous when those same maps are coming off of a 3D printer as a way to let the visually impaired safely navigate a city by foot. Japan’s Geospatial Information…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Brain Damage Can Be Grammar-Specific

We know that a specific form of magnetic stimulation to the brain can render people unable to speak. But it can get a lot more specific than that. Brain lesions can get so selective, they can knock out a particular form of grammar. Transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS, is both fascinating and terrifying. During TMS,…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Yes, Guardians of the Galaxy‘s Awesome Mix is releasing on Cassette

Peter Quill’s aptly titled Awesome Mix has rocked the charts this year across a variety of formats, from Digital to CD to even multiple Vinyl pressings, but Guardian fans always asked – when is it coming to tape? Well, now you have your answer: The Awesome Mix is coming to its true home format next…

Movies James Whitbrook

Justice League and Guardians of the Galaxy Add Secret New Characters!

And what’s going on at the Batman v. Superman red carpet? Plus, David Ayer on Suicide Squad, James Gunn on already writing Guardians of the Galaxy 2, and Melissa McCarthy ends those pesky Ghostbusters rumors. And tons of information on the Arrow and Flash crossover and their new characters. Spoilers now! Top image: The Flash…

Television Katharine Trendacosta

A Rare Tour Inside a Thousand-Year-Old High-Tech Winery

The Abbey Winery in Pannonhalma, Hungary, has one of the oldest wine making traditions in Europe. In 996, Benedictine monks settled on the Sacred Hill of Pannonia—and they’ve always been closely associated with viticulture and winemaking introduced by the Romans. At the beginning of the 1900s, the Archabbey had about 100 hectares—or 250 acres—of vineyards…

Tech News Attila Nagy

Good morning, Marseille

Marseille is one the biggest and most important ports in France. This time-lapse by Dider Viodé shows not only that, but its beautiful historic buildings, fantastic landscapes and, one of the things I miss the most since I moved to England, the light that makes from the south of France a gorgeous place to live…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi

What if WALL·E was cut like a Christopher Nolan film?

A “Smartwatch” For Kindergarteners Is the Only Smartwatch You Need

The Slingshot Madman Proves the Nokia 3310 Is Nearly Indestructible

The Hobbit summarized in just 72 seconds with Lego

Sorry, Brad, This Lumpy Space Princess Chew Toy Is For Dogs Only

You Can Now Protect Your Google Accounts With a Physical Key

Scientists Produce Rounded Crystals That Could Lead To 3D-Printed Pills

Duels of the Planeswalkers Expansion Changes the Rules on Premium Cards

Game Of Thrones Season 5 Just Made Another Major Change From The Books

What Are You Reading?

Welcome to Toyland

The First Kickstarter I’ve Given Money to Is a Glow-in-the-Dark Toilet

The BBC Is Teaching Kids How To Program Their Own Dalek

This ad is entirely made of famous song lines

New Software Lets the Visually Impaired 3D Print a Map To Go

Brain Damage Can Be Grammar-Specific

Yes, Guardians of the Galaxy‘s Awesome Mix is releasing on Cassette

Justice League and Guardians of the Galaxy Add Secret New Characters!

A Rare Tour Inside a Thousand-Year-Old High-Tech Winery

Good morning, Marseille

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