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This Back to the Future’s train time machine is heavy, Doc

Masashi, the founder of Team Back to the Future, has a new BTTF project on Lego Cuusoo: Doc Brown’s Jules Verne Train. Like the soon-to-come-to-market Lego Back to the Future DeLorean, this model—created by Sakuretsu—is extremely well designed and fully functional. Sure, the train doesn’t actually fly, but it moves. It’s fully powered by Lego’s train…

Movies Jesus Diaz Feb 25 '13

Nick App: Binge on Spongebob For All Eternity

Slime on your TV, slime on your tablet. Nickelodeon just launched a fun new iPad app. What does it do? It’s essentially a second screen experience. You can watch full episodes of your favorite Nick shows (if you’re a cable subscriber), see exclusive videos, play games, and more. Why do we like it? We might…

Tech News Leslie Horn Feb 25 '13

Google Had a Big Ol’ Hole In Its Two-Step Verification System

The coast is clear now, but for a while there, Google’s two-step verification system wasn’t keeping you as safe as you thought. In fact, it was providing an avenue for folks to get in. App-specific passwords were propping your door open. The exploit was found—and reported—by Duo Security, which is publishing its data now that…

Tech News Eric Limer Feb 25 '13

Bubbles popping at 18,000 fps is every bit as mesmerizing as it sounds

This is the slowest video YouTube’s “Slow-Mo Guys” have ever done. That, in and of itself, is saying something. That it happens to be a video of bubbles popping just turns the whole viewing experience up to 11. Don’t get us wrong, bursting bubbles has always been fun — but doing it turned down thousands…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Feb 25 '13

Has It Really Taken This Long For Someone To Create Shower Curtain Ring Hooks?

There never seem to be enough places to hang wet towels and face cloths in the bathroom. So it’s baffling to think it’s taken this long for someone to come with the Branch—an enhanced shower curtain ring that brilliantly adds a pair of hooks. It’s currently just a concept that Quirky is considering making, which…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 25 '13

The mysterious propellers in Saturn’s rings

The Cassini spacecraft has imaged propeller-shaped features in Saturn’s rings. They are created by tiny moons in Saturn’s rings perturbing the ring particles. The two-bladed propeller-shaped feature near the bottom of image reveals the location of a tiny moonlet embedded in Saturn’s A ring. The feature is a result of the gravity of this moon…

io9 Ron Miller Feb 25 '13

Tim Burton is ready for the Zombie Unicorn Apocalypse, even if reality isn’t

Sorry to post a commercial as news, but this little Samsung USA ad about Tim Burton meeting a small iOS game company to make a movie based on their hit game Zombie Unicorn Apocalyse, was cute enough that we thought we could make an exception, what with its zombie unicorns and Tim Burtons and such.…

io9 Rob Bricken Feb 25 '13

How to film an epic New York battle scene without actually being in New York

As hard as this is to believe, very little of The Avengers was shot in New York City, including the epic finale. To pull off the trick, the Industrial Light and Magic crew created an intricately detailed 20-block “digital playground” that was mapped against the real thing. Check out this video to see how they…

Movies George Dvorsky Feb 25 '13

This ATM Gives You Money for Free On the Condition You Share It With Others

This video will restore your faith in humanity but, before you watch it, you need some background information. This video was recorded in Spain—my home country. You probably have heard that it’s suffering a terrible recession. The situation is terrible: six million people without a job, corrupt politicians everywhere, gangster banks repossessing homes after receiving…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 25 '13

LEGO Star Trek: The Next Generation turns Wesley into the court jester

Star Trek: The Next Generation has been LEGO-fied! Behold, Emperor Picard and his sexy future seer, Princess Troi! Built for the SeaLUG LEGO display at Emerald City Comicon, creator Iain Heath explained his vision behind this creation: STNG as it should have been… Emperor Picard The Magnificent upon his throne, surrounded by his loyal subjects,…

Television Meredith Woerner Feb 25 '13

A Magnetized Bull Nose Keyring Keeps Your Wandering Keys Captive

You might feel like you’re always losing your keys. This bull has a magnet in its nose to hold onto them for you. It mounts directly to the wall and comes with a keychain that you’ll want to put your keys on. It’s $8, and it shouldn’t surprise you that it comes from Gamago, purveyors…

Tech News Leslie Horn Feb 25 '13

Just How Incomprehensibly Massive Is the Universe? (Hint: Even Bigger Than That)

Have you ever stared up at the stars and wondered just how far you’d have to travel before you reached the edge of the universe? The answer—as Minute Physics illustrates—is far. Like really far. Like somewhere in the neighborhood of 46 billion light years starting wherever you’re standing. And not only is that distance getting…

Physics & Chemistry Andrew Liszewski Feb 25 '13

The star of The Crow remake may have been found, and it’s… Professor X

X-Men: First Class star James McAvoy is currently in talks to don the clown white and mascara of The Crow in the remake of the movie based on Jamie O’Barr’s comic. As /Film points out, he’s a better candidate than Mark Wahlberg and Bradley Cooper, who were also in talks to star in the remake…

Movies Rob Bricken Feb 25 '13

These Evil Dead reboot photos are disturbingly gorgeous

We know for certain that the new Evil Dead reboot is gory, but is it also kind of beautiful? https://gizmodo.com/the-new-red-band-evil-dead-trailer-barfs-up-buckets-of-5973105 These new images from Filmofilia highlight the glistening goriness and strange beauty captured in Fede Alvarez’s remake of Sam Raimi’s classic. Even the raping tree is kind of enchanting — terrible, but enchanting! Check it…

Movies Meredith Woerner Feb 25 '13

Earthquakes could kill upwards of 3.5 million people this century

This is the kind of statistic we would expect to see decrease over the coming years. But as the number of humans continues to climb, and as these populations increasingly concentrate themselves in tightly packed urban areas, earthquake fatalities could reach 3.5 million by the end of this century. This is the conclusion of Tom…

io9 George Dvorsky Feb 25 '13

Carry Zelda’s Homework In This Fantastic Hylian Shield Backpack

It’s bad news if you’re a rabid Legend of Zelda fan. It turns out there’s only one of these brilliant Hylian shield backpacks available from Ivana Roso’s Etsy store. So if you’ve got $60 to spare, and are quick on the ‘Add to Cart’ draw, you can snatch it up and save your own princess…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 25 '13

How to Clean Everything in Your Kitchen Using Stuff From Your Kitchen

Punxsutawney Phil has deigned us worthy of an early thaw so there’s no use procrastinating on your spring cleaning—even if your kitchen is dirtier than a roadside truck stop Blimpie’s. Here’s how to make your kitchen sparkle using supplies that’re already there (or at least should be). Stainless Steel Stainless steel is throughout the kitchen…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Feb 25 '13

Long lost continent discovered beneath the Indian Ocean

For ages now, Mauritia has been hiding. The small, precambrian continent once resided between Madagascar and India, before splitting off and disappearing beneath the ocean waves in a multi-million-year breakup spurred by tectonic rifts and a yawning sea-floor. But now, volcanic activity has driven remnants of the long-lost continent right through to the Earth’s surface.…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Feb 25 '13

I have a light-up TARDIS fez now, light-up TARDIS fezzes are cool

One daughter-father team has created the ultimate in Time and Relative Dimension(s) in Headwear — the light-up TARDIS Fez. You can behold its awesomeness in action in the video below, but you can also head over to Tally’s Treasury to learn how to make one for yourself! [Coregeek via Fashionably Geek]

io9 Rob Bricken Feb 25 '13

iOS 6.1.3 Is Coming To Kill Your Jailbreak

Have one of those 7 million jailbroken iDevices? Like it that way? Then wait, stop, don’t touch anything. iOS 6.1.3 is poised to ruin your day, and there might not be any going back. https://gizmodo.com/evasi0n-jailbreak-has-unshackled-close-to-7-million-ios-5982790 iOS 6.1.3 is only in beta right now, so the matter isn’t that urgent, but it looks like when it…

Tech News Eric Limer Feb 25 '13

This Back to the Future’s train time machine is heavy, Doc

Nick App: Binge on Spongebob For All Eternity

Google Had a Big Ol’ Hole In Its Two-Step Verification System

Bubbles popping at 18,000 fps is every bit as mesmerizing as it sounds

Has It Really Taken This Long For Someone To Create Shower Curtain Ring Hooks?

The mysterious propellers in Saturn’s rings

Tim Burton is ready for the Zombie Unicorn Apocalypse, even if reality isn’t

How to film an epic New York battle scene without actually being in New York

This ATM Gives You Money for Free On the Condition You Share It With Others

LEGO Star Trek: The Next Generation turns Wesley into the court jester

A Magnetized Bull Nose Keyring Keeps Your Wandering Keys Captive

Just How Incomprehensibly Massive Is the Universe? (Hint: Even Bigger Than That)

The star of The Crow remake may have been found, and it’s… Professor X

These Evil Dead reboot photos are disturbingly gorgeous

Earthquakes could kill upwards of 3.5 million people this century

Carry Zelda’s Homework In This Fantastic Hylian Shield Backpack

How to Clean Everything in Your Kitchen Using Stuff From Your Kitchen

Long lost continent discovered beneath the Indian Ocean

I have a light-up TARDIS fez now, light-up TARDIS fezzes are cool

iOS 6.1.3 Is Coming To Kill Your Jailbreak

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