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It’s official: They’re making a Preacher TV show

The wondrously grim and epically bloody comic book series Preacher, is filming a pilot for AMC. Hell yes. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (who worked on This is the End together) and Breaking Bad’s Sam Catlin will all work together to adapt Vertigo’s acclaimed series. Created by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, the book follows…

Television Meredith Woerner Feb 6 '14

This Football-Sized Device Could Replace Your Huge Water Heater

That 60 gallon tank of hot water in your basement eats up a lot of energy. But tankless on-demand water heaters leave you running water down the drain while you wait for warmth. This tiny Kickstarter water heater promises to change all that, and save you money, thanks to some fascinating technology. The team behind…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich Feb 6 '14

This cyborg mystery novel is what Intelligence could have been

One of the reasons Intelligence has fizzled is that it took a solid premise—a government agent with a chip in brain—and failed to do anything interesting with it. K.B. Spangler’s novel Digital Divide, on the other hand, takes the idea of cyborg agents and runs with it in a tale of murder and anti-cyborg prejudice.…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis Feb 6 '14

Sound-Enhancing Bluetooth Tube Amp Doubles as Cheesy Sci-Fi Prop

Bluetooth speakers tend to trade sound quality for a compact form factor and portability—but not this monstrosity. Looking like a contraption you’d find in Willy Wonka’s factory, this vacuum tube amp promises to vastly improve the sound of music streaming from your mobile device. Many audiophiles swear that vacuum tube-based amplifiers produce warmer, distortion-free tones,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 6 '14

A New Chip Will Make Projected Images Look Better In Bright Light

We all know the drill: whenever you’re using a projector you need to make the room as dark as possible so the images don’t get all washed out. But Hitachi wants to change that with a new chip that automatically applies corrections and adjustments to a projected image so that it looks clear even in…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 6 '14

Stunning photos of Lick Observatory by Laurie Hatch

It may look like a movie frame showing an Evil Mad Scientist lair, but it’s just a one-minute exposure photograph of Lick Observatory, as seen from Kepler Peak. It’s part of a series of outstanding shots of this beautiful place by Laurie Hatch. I asked Laurie to tell us about herself and show us her…

Sploid Laurie Hatch Feb 6 '14

How L.A.’s 1984 Summer Olympics Became the Most Successful Games Ever

It’s almost showtime for Sochi, which may or may not have its shit together by the time the opening ceremonies start. While it’s too late for Sochi to change its trajectory, perhaps the 2016 host city could jot down a few tips from what are widely considered to be the most successful Olympics ever: L.A.,…

Tech News Alissa Walker Feb 6 '14

Real Life Logan’s Run happening in San Francisco this weekend!

OK, this is pretty cool. There’s going to be an organized Logan’s Run chase this weekend in the streets of San Francisco. Some folks will be designated Runners, while others will be designated Sandmen, hunting them down. Gabe Smedresman and Catherine Herdlick of The Multiverse Council have concocted a huge public event, based on both…

Movies Meredith Woerner Feb 6 '14

Fighter Pilots Couldn’t Ask for a Better Wingman Than the Little Buddy

Evading RF (radar frequency) missiles is not unlike running from a bear. You don’t have to outrun the threat itself but merely offer up a more tasty morsel instead—be that your pudgy buddy or, in the case of air combat, a juicy decoy with an enormous radar cross-section. The AN/ALE-50, nicknamed “Little Buddy,” is a…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Feb 6 '14

Brain Scans Reveal When Your Decisions Are Getting Risky

For the first time, scientists have shown that they can predict when people will make risky decisions based on brain activity patterns. Could this lead to a world where we consult brain scans to predict whether we’re making a risky choice or not? Our lives revolve around choices, where we must sometimes choose between a…

io9 Joseph Bennington-Castro Feb 6 '14

Sochi Official: Our Shower Surveillance Footage Says Hotels Are Fine (Updated)

By now, you’ve surely heard the harrowing stories about how the Sochi Olympic village is a hellscape of stray dogs, weird toilets, and unfinished accommodations. Well, according to the Russian official in charge, everything’s cool! And he has the surreptitious surveillance footage to prove it. The WSJ reports that Russian deputy prime minister Dmitry Kozak…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Feb 6 '14

A mind-blowing gallery of the best science visualizations from 2013

The winners of the 2013 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge have been announced, and as always, they’re simply amazing. The contest, which is now in its 11th year, is sponsored jointly by the journal Science and the U.S. National Science Foundation (check out last year’s winners here). It honors scientists and artists who create…

io9 George Dvorsky Feb 6 '14

Intricate Architectural Office Supplies Put a Skyline On Your Desk

The only thing worse than being stuck at a desk all day is being stuck at a desk in an office without a view. So if you’re not high enough on the corporate ladder to warrant a window yet, these lovely Archi-desk accessories can put a New York-style skyline on your desk, no matter where…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 6 '14

Here’s a chicken wearing a prosthetic tail to walk like a dinosaur

You already know about the evolutionary areas of overlap between dinosaurs and modern-day birds. Now one group of researchers is using those similarities for science, by attaching a prosthetic tail to a chicken to study how dinosaurs might have walked. Top Image: A chicken wearing a prosthetic dinosaur tail / via video at PLOS ONE…

io9 Ria Misra Feb 6 '14

Who’s the Greatest App Designer in the World Today?

We’ve been looking at app design from the very beginning here at Gizmodo, breaking down apps in all their various forms—from music streaming to transit apps, from the botched abyss of app-store search to our ongoing apps of the week—and, in terms of design, there’s something to learn from every app out there. So what’s…

Tech News Gizmodo Staff Feb 6 '14

Unusual Brown Dwarf Star Has Red Skies

Brown dwarfs are not quite stars and not quite planets. They are much larger than gas giant planets but fall just short of being large enough to trigger hydrogen fusion. Thus the name “brown dwarf,” because they are dark bodies, not generating enough energy to glow like a star. One brown dwarf with the catchy…

io9 Ron Miller Feb 6 '14

A Tower Grown From Fungus Is Coming to NYC This Summer

Buildings “grown” from fungus and other organic materials may seem like a far-off concept to some. But this summer, a group of young Brooklyn architects are planning to demonstrate just how real the technology is—by building a tower out of bricks “grown” from mycelium in the courtyard of MoMA P.S.1. The curators at MoMA P.S.1…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Feb 6 '14

Bo and Tamsin are dark avengers on Lost Girl

This is the Lost Girl episode I’ve been waiting for all season. Tamsin returns, Bo is a hot badass, there’s a mystery to solve, we get a sex scene in a boxing ring, and a Spice Girls song. Wait, what? Before we dive into the episode, I want to mention the interesting discussion in the…

Television Ed Grabianowski Feb 6 '14

New cool car carries a drone for terrain reconnoissance

This is the Renault KWID, a car that carries a quadcopter drone for terrain reconnoissance tucked inside a little hangar on its rooftop. It may seem like a silly James Bondigh invention, but it actually makes a lot of sense in certain situations. The three-seat prototype—presented in New Delhi Motor Show, in India—can deploy the…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Feb 6 '14

A Quick Guide to Amazon’s Latest Streaming Video Pilots

This year’s batch of brand new pilots from Amazon Studios just went live, and there are surprising number of stars in the mix. From a drug-laced drama about classical music with Gael Garcia-Bernal to a dysfunctional family comedy with Jeffrey Tambor (wait that sounds familiar), there’s something for everybody. Oh, and they’re all free to…

Commerce Adam Clark Estes Feb 6 '14

It’s official: They’re making a Preacher TV show

This Football-Sized Device Could Replace Your Huge Water Heater

This cyborg mystery novel is what Intelligence could have been

Sound-Enhancing Bluetooth Tube Amp Doubles as Cheesy Sci-Fi Prop

A New Chip Will Make Projected Images Look Better In Bright Light

Stunning photos of Lick Observatory by Laurie Hatch

How L.A.’s 1984 Summer Olympics Became the Most Successful Games Ever

Real Life Logan’s Run happening in San Francisco this weekend!

Fighter Pilots Couldn’t Ask for a Better Wingman Than the Little Buddy

Brain Scans Reveal When Your Decisions Are Getting Risky

Sochi Official: Our Shower Surveillance Footage Says Hotels Are Fine (Updated)

A mind-blowing gallery of the best science visualizations from 2013

Intricate Architectural Office Supplies Put a Skyline On Your Desk

Here’s a chicken wearing a prosthetic tail to walk like a dinosaur

Who’s the Greatest App Designer in the World Today?

Unusual Brown Dwarf Star Has Red Skies

A Tower Grown From Fungus Is Coming to NYC This Summer

Bo and Tamsin are dark avengers on Lost Girl

New cool car carries a drone for terrain reconnoissance

A Quick Guide to Amazon’s Latest Streaming Video Pilots

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