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This Is The Space-Faring Lilo & Stitch Sequel We’d Love To See

Artist Diana Barron has an idea for a Lilo & Stitch sequel set in space. She imagines an adult Lilo training to become an officer in the Galactic Armada, with Stitch along for the ride. Here’s Barron’s idea for a Lilo and Stitch in space story: When Lilo graduated from High School, Grand Councilwoman immediately…

The Best Makeup Effects from Six Seasons of Face Off

A new season of SyFy’s Face Off starts this week — what better way to get fired up for mind-blowing makeup skills and creature design than with a gallery filled with six seasons of top looks? Check out these great photos of zombies, werewolves, and…other things. I’ve watched literally every episode of Face Off, in…

A $13 Wearable You’ll Actually Want to Wear

While the most we’ve seen of Apple’s smartwatch is a patent, Xiaomi (a company often referred to as the “Chinese Apple”) just announced a new line of $13 (!) wearables. And even better—they actually look like something you’d want to wear. The Mi Band line may not have a display, but it does pack in…

How Can Precision Actually Be a Bias?

Let’s say you’ve got a set of studies on the same subject, and they all yield very similar results. They must be showing an accurate answer, right? Nope. Precision and accuracy are not anywhere near the same thing. Mixing them up could get you in real trouble. Most people explain precision bias as what happens…

This Simple Contraption Lets You Make 100 Water Balloons Every Minute

Like with nuclear war, a water balloon fight isn’t about pinpoint accuracy. What’s most important is raining down as much soakage on your opponent as quickly as possible. Which means that the Bunch O Balloons, which promises to let you make 100 throw-ready water balloons every minute, could be the most important addition to your…

Samsung’s 105-Inch Curved UHD TV Only Costs $120,000

Rich people rejoice, Samsung’s huge 105-inch curved 4K television finally has an actual price you can instruct your accountant to write on a check. That number is $119,999.99. For the sake of simplicity let’s just call that $120,000. So what do you get for $120,000? A totally beautiful television, obvs. We first laid eyes on…

5 Failed Robotech Sequels That Could Have Transformed the Franchise

Robotech is one of the most-beloved cartoons of the ’80s and a pillar of American anime fandom, yet it can barely make a sequel to save its life. It’s not for a lack of trying; owner Harmony Gold has tried to produce new Robotech TV series and movies for decades with almost no success. 1)…

Guy builds biggest fart machine ever to fart at France with it

Colin Furze—maker of the coolest Wolverine claws—wants to build a giant butt and fart at France from Dover. That’s why he has built the biggest valveless pulse jet machine ever—these engines powered the Nazi V-1 bombs that terrified London during WW2 making an infernal noise that sounds like a furious fart from hell. Now that…

Deals: Halloween Comes Early, Walking Dead Comics Humble, Arkham Knight

Halloween is coming early this year with the Complete Collection Limited Deluxe Edition Blu-ray Set, and you save by pre-ordering. [Halloween Complete] This special Humble Books Bundle packs in The Walking Dead Comics and much more. https://www.humblebundle.com/thewalkingdead More io9 Highlights GreenManGaming Batman Sale | Take additional 20% off with code P36EYA-K5JYKT-ABO7X9 | Brings Arkham Knight…

Deals: Budget Action Cams, $250 off MacBook Airs, Tri-Clad Cookware

Don’t have the cash to get a GoPro? Woot has Gear Pro action cams starting at $45 today. Their image quality obviously won’t be any match for the real thing, but at these prices, it’s hard to nitpick. http://electronics.woot.com/plus/gear-pro-sport-action-cams Protect your home theater with a highly rated surge protector for only $20 today. With 2160…

This Tree Is Growing 40 Different Kinds Of Fruit At Once

This single (and quite colorfully blossoming) tree grows 40 different varieties of peaches, plums, apricots, nectarines, cherries, and even almonds — but just how does it do it? It does it through the process of chip grafting. After sculptor Sam Van Aken bought a failing orchard in upstate New York full of hundreds of different…

New Nanotech Sensors Could Put Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Out of a Job

TSA lines are the very definition of a “necessary evil.” Everyone hates the long waits and the awkward disrobing dances as you rid yourself of all your shoes, smartphones, metal, etc. Yet, we’re eternally grateful when crazy people with samurai swords don’t fly coach. Now, a new breakthrough in nanotechnology could help ease our collective…

Congress once considered renaming the US “The United States of Earth”

U.S. congressman Lucas M. Miller of Wisconsin was an odd dude. He served just one term in the House, and when you look at the bills he introduced it’s easy to guess why. Back in 1893, Miller proposed abolishing the Army and Navy, wiping out pension laws, and even wanted to amend the U.S. Constitution…

This Gorgeous Ballet Sequence Was Shot Entirely By A Robot

By programming a robotic camera to follow a 3D representation of a ballet sequence, director Tarik Abdel-Gawad managed to capture a stunning performance that could scarcely be called mechanical. Abdel-Gawad created the 3D model by recording the dancers’ performance with motion-capture technology. The data was then used to program a robotic camera that followed a…

The Worst Educational Comic Book Superheroes Ever Created

Comic books have time and again proven their worth as a way to educate and raise awareness about social issues such as AIDS and sexual abuse. While some publishers have used famous superheroes, others have opted to create their own defenders of truth, justice and bicycle safety… often with regrettable results. With that said, meet…

Comcast Internal Memo: That Service Rep From Hell Was Following Orders

Remember that agonizing phone call Ryan Block recorded last week, when a Comcast rep spent 20+ minutes trying to will Block not to cancel his account? Even a Comcast executive thought the call was “painful;” but also that the rep was doing just what they’d asked him to do. In an internal memo posted to…

Pests masterfully turned into grieving widow bugs

Amazing artwork created by Barcelona-based studio Garrigosa using 3D and Photoshop for a print ad campaign: Widowed insects crying for the husbands that got killed by insecticide. These guys are CGI geniuses. Expand the pictures below to see how insanely detailed they are. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook

Which Sherlock Actor Looks Most Like This Police Composite Sketch?

Brian Joseph Davis has been using police composite software to create realistic images of fictional characters based on the way they’re described in prose. And his latest portrait, of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, does look like some actors who have portrayed the character. https://gizmodo.com/police-composite-software-makes-realistic-portraits-of-5894304 Davis used this text from A Study in Scarlet…

Could we feed an extra 3 billion people right now? A new study takes a comprehensive look at where our agricultural resources go and concludes that by changing some global farming practices, including raising fewer cattle and cutting crop waste, we could be feeding billions more a year. Image: Topsoil runoff during a storm /…

Hands On With The World’s First HUD Motorcycle Helmet

With a 180° rearview camera, Bluetooth and futuristic styling, Skully Helmets is bringing a fighter pilot-style Heads Up Display to your everyday motorcycle ride. We’re the first publication to experience Skully in the real world. Robert Gomez Hernandez, the Creative Director at Skully, invited me to a parking lot in Playa Del Rey and told…