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Starbucks Is Charging $450 for a Specially Etched Metal Gift Card to Buy Coffee Flavored Water

Starbucks, purveyor of coffee flavored water, builder of coffee scented corner stores and shelter for no coffee drinking Wi-Fi leeches, has a new shtick: a premium gift card. It’s made of steel! It’s ‘specially etched’! And it’s a super, limited edition that inanely costs 450 bucks. The gift card itself costs $50 to make, the…

Tech News Casey Chan Dec 5 '12

Goldfrapp: Melancholy Sky

I can’t wait for the next Goldfrapp album but, in the meantime, The Singles will work. Twelve of Alison and Will’s best tracks—including Gawker Media’s favorite A&E—plus two that have never been released. One of the latter is Yellow Halo. The other is this exquisite, sad but also simultaneously uplifting, Melancholy Sky. Uplifting in an…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Dec 5 '12

Never-seen Dark Knight concept art reveals the terrifying origins of the Joker’s Clown Gang

Concept art from The Dark Knight reveals a whole creepy clown army, at The Joker’s disposal. Concept Artist Rob Bliss, who whipped up an entire horde of Joker lackeys, has recently released his art from Chris Nolan’s beloved Batman movie. They’re all completely terrifying in their own, horrific way. [Filmsketcher via Comic Book Movie]

Movies Meredith Woerner Dec 5 '12

Black and White Disposable Cameras Guarantee Every Wedding Photo Turns Out Artsy

If you’ve been considering handing out cheap disposable cameras at your wedding but really wish your guests had access to Instagram filters, Ilford Photo’s got a compromise for you. The company’s now selling disposable snappers packed with two variants of its black and white film stock. Each camera includes a flash and 27 exposures of…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Dec 5 '12

The 10 Most Important Cameras of 2012

This was a banner year for photo gear. We saw some of the most-anticipated camera refreshes in years (a new 5D, finally!) not to mention some groundbreaking technologies (that weird little Lytro!). Here’s a rundown of this year’s ten hottest cameras. 10. Panasonic Lumix LX7 Anyone in the market for a top point-and-shoot camera is…

Tech News Gizmodo Dec 5 '12

Who’s the sexiest monster of the past 30 years?

The past few decades have seen a rise in the number and sheer sexiness of sexy monsters. There are a lot more male vampires and werewolves and other supernatural creatures, who are more willing to take their shirts off in the pursuit of their supernatural goals. We’ve had more raw sexuality in our supernatural creatures,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Dec 5 '12

Polyvore: Build Your Virtual Closet on Your iPhone

It always helps to have a little inspiration for an outfit, and to be able to buy it right away without much effort. Polyvore, are your ears burning? What does it do? Lets you create and browse outfits and buy individual pieces right from the app. Why do we like it? Because, I for one,…

Tech News Leslie Horn Dec 5 '12

Doctor Who’s Mickey takes out his vengeance on alien life in Storage 24

Noel Clarke (Mickey from Doctor Who) plays an ass-kicking alien killer in the new trailer for Storage 24. True, he doesn’t start off as a major alien slayer — he’s locked in a secret warehouse with a flesh hungry beast. But soon enough, now it’s time for Mickey to kick some ass. Storage 24 will…

Trailers Meredith Woerner Dec 5 '12

China gets set to grow veggies on Mars — and plant the communist flag

China is planning a trip to Mars — and they have the vegetables to prove it. In a recently concluded lab experiment, a 300 cubic meter cabin was converted into a grow-space that served as a “ecological life support system.” The tiny biosphere could pave the way for a future mission to Mars in which…

io9 George Dvorsky Dec 5 '12

Celebrate the Anniversary of Prohibition’s Repeal With DIY Gin

Eighty-nine years ago, Congress passed the 21st amendment and repealed Prohibition. The country breathed a collective, blind drunk sigh of relief. You can commemorate the presence of no sauce in the states by making some gin of your own, and you don’t even need a whole fancy distilling system. The HomeMade Gin Kit is $40.…

Tech News Leslie Horn Dec 5 '12

Asterix: The Great Unsung Fantasy Hero

When people in the United States talk about great fantasy heroes, it’s all Conan, Bilbo, and Harry Potter. Nobody ever talks about the little French dude with the wings on his head. Asterix the Gaul has a huge following in Europe, thanks to decades of adventures in the Roman Empire and the rest of the…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Dec 5 '12

NASA’s 2020 Plan for Mars Makes the Old New Again

The Curiosity rover is just four months into its primary two-year mission on Mars, and already NASA is planning sequels. The Agency announced yesterday plans for a series of Martian missions that will culminate in 2020 with the launch of a new robotic science rover based largely on Curiosity’s design. If its mission outline unfolds…

io9 Amy Shira Teitel - Vintage Space Dec 5 '12

Squirting RC Helicopter Brings The Water Gun Fight To Your Opponent

The irony of a water gun fight is that you basically have to put yourself in the range of your adversary’s weapons and retaliation in order to accurately hit them. But not any longer. Indoor RC helicopters have evolved in leaps and bounds over the past few years, and now they come with built in…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Dec 5 '12

“The Black Marble”: A New Satellite View of the Earth That Will Leave You In Awe

Watch this incredible movie, a composite of photographs taken by a satellite on Earth’s dark side, knitted together to reveal our globe radiating its fragile light into the darkness of space. It’s called “The Black Marble.” Yesterday at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union, NASA and NOAA released the video to show off…

io9 Annalee Newitz Dec 5 '12

This manga-inspired Greenpeace video borrows from Hunger Games to get its point across

Greenpeace has released a new video as part of its ongoing Detox campaign — what is an edgy and completely new look for the environmentalist organization. And as you’ll see, the video is really well done — a dystopian-infused call-to-action that unabashedly intertwines a Hunger Games motif with an anime flair. But will this highly…

io9 George Dvorsky Dec 5 '12

Your Next Cell Phone Could Come From Blockbuster

Dish Network reportedly plans to begin selling mobile phones out of Blockbuster’s brick-and-mortar stores. Even more shocking, Blockbuster still has brick-and-mortar stores. Blockbuster had recently started selling phones on its website under the name “Blockbuster Mobile,” partnering with Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile amongst other carriers. The online venture must have been somewhat successful since, according…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg Dec 5 '12

This live-action Dragonball Z fan movie is not only better than the real movie, it’s good

Saying that something is better than the 2009 live-action Dragonball: Evolution movie is not exactly a compliment. There are car accidents I’d prefer to be in before watching that movie again. So when I say this fan-made trailer for a live-action DBZ movie is better than the Hollywood movie, please don’t use that as an…

Anime Rob Bricken Dec 5 '12

Feel Free To Spill Whatever You Want On This Waterproof PC

You can be as reckless as you want with your bottle of Moutain Dew around Stealth’s new fanless WPC-525F computer. As the name implies it relies on its aluminum chassis as one large heatsink to dissipate high temperatures. So besides near silent operation, it’s also sealed making it completely waterproof and dustproof. The $1,595 base…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Dec 5 '12

Would You Trust a Doctor Checking Your Heart with a Goddamn iPhone?

You’re in a doctor’s office, about to get a heart test that could be all that stands between you and dropping dead during a sporting event. The doctor pulls out his iPhone, which is a little unprofessional, you think, let’s get down to the—HOLY GOOD GOD HE’S USING IT TO RUN THE ACTUAL TEST??? Meet…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Dec 5 '12

Watch Megan Fox Converse With Dolphins

Megan Fox probably wouldn’t be the first person that would come to mind when choosing a spokesperson for a laptop. On the other hand, the Acer Aspire S7 Ultrabook isn’t your ordinary tech product. Fox, with the help of her Aspire S7, showed off her scientific side as she sought out to crack the code…

Tech News By Patrick Burns Dec 5 '12

Starbucks Is Charging $450 for a Specially Etched Metal Gift Card to Buy Coffee Flavored Water

Goldfrapp: Melancholy Sky

Never-seen Dark Knight concept art reveals the terrifying origins of the Joker’s Clown Gang

Black and White Disposable Cameras Guarantee Every Wedding Photo Turns Out Artsy

The 10 Most Important Cameras of 2012

Who’s the sexiest monster of the past 30 years?

Polyvore: Build Your Virtual Closet on Your iPhone

Doctor Who’s Mickey takes out his vengeance on alien life in Storage 24

China gets set to grow veggies on Mars — and plant the communist flag

Celebrate the Anniversary of Prohibition’s Repeal With DIY Gin

Asterix: The Great Unsung Fantasy Hero

NASA’s 2020 Plan for Mars Makes the Old New Again

Squirting RC Helicopter Brings The Water Gun Fight To Your Opponent

“The Black Marble”: A New Satellite View of the Earth That Will Leave You In Awe

This manga-inspired Greenpeace video borrows from Hunger Games to get its point across

Your Next Cell Phone Could Come From Blockbuster

This live-action Dragonball Z fan movie is not only better than the real movie, it’s good

Feel Free To Spill Whatever You Want On This Waterproof PC

Would You Trust a Doctor Checking Your Heart with a Goddamn iPhone?

Watch Megan Fox Converse With Dolphins

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