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Could super-realistic avatars of dead presidents influence election results?

A new technology called cognitive video regeneration has seemingly brought Ronald Reagan back from the dead — a potential glimpse into how politics might be played in the future — if not the present. The technology was developed by a company called Seyyer, who has created the Reagan “Live From the Other Side” series of…

io9 George Dvorsky

An Arcade Coin Slot Belt Would Be Creepy If It Weren’t So Awesome

The light up coin slot belt buckle is made from recycled arcade game parts and in addition to holding your pants up, it doubles as a great date-repellant. Just a quarter a pop, baby. If that’s something you can see yourself saying to a potential date, then this tool for tricking someone into focusing on…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Dyson DC44 Animal Vacuum Review: Small, Sure, But It’s All About How You Use It

We live in an age of robot cleaners scouring our floors for us with virtually no intervention. It takes a special vacuum cleaner to make you want to go back to using your arms again. But the DC44 Digital Slim vacuum is worth a look if you’re considering a Roomba—because this vacuum might actually be…

Reviews Sam Biddle

That time Michigan J. Frog mated with a headcrab and gave birth to singing, dancing hell-spawn

Feast your eyes and ears on Michigan J. Protocol, a brief but excellent Half-Life/Michigan J. Frog mashup created by The Steam Community’s Zachariah. The Canadian-based cinematic designer produced the short for “Critter Week,” a machinima challenge geared toward showcasing all the nightmarish creatures of the Half-Life video game franchise. The challenge is being hosted in…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Do You Use Your Tablet as a Second Screen?

The use of a tablet or smartphone as a “second screen” is one of the favorite pieces of marketing trend hype amongst tech companies right now. They’re convinced we need apps—more apps, specific apps—to connect to the world and allow us to share our thoughts on whatever we’re watching (or perhaps more cynically, buy stuff).…

Tech News Adrian Covert

13 Hidden Spy Cams That Might Be Watching You Right Now

The idea of a hidden spy cam is pretty scary, but let’s be real, an undetectable decoy photo tool is a pretty awesome concept, too. The creativity and imagination that has to go into creating these things, along with the technological innovation, can excite anybody. Here are 13 of the best cameras you never noticed.…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Hey Fitness Freaks, We’re Giving Away a Garmin Forerunner 10

For those strange beings who are motivated by things beyond candy corn-flavored Oreos and Dr. Who reruns, today is your lucky day. “Why’s that,” you ask (as you jog in place and adjust your sweatband)? Because, we’re giving away a Garmin Forerunner 10 fitness watch. All you have to do win is take this short…

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Drop everything — a baby panda was just born at The National Zoo, and there’s a baby panda cam (UPDATED)

Clear your schedules, people, you’re all booked solid for the rest of the afternoon. The occasion? Last night, a baby panda was born at The National Zoo in Washington, D.C.; and — because baby pandas are awesome and productivity is overrated — the zoo’s panda team has set up TWO baby panda cams. Update: The…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Leica M: Is This the Craziest Full-Frame, HD Video, Interchangeable Lens Monster Ever Made?

The new Leica M is German camerasmith’s latest photo-slaying, digital full-frame camera in the tradition of its M-series rangefinders. It’s the long rumored follow-up/upgrade to the fabulous (and fabulously expensive) M9 from a few years ago. Behold the bonkers camera you’ll be drooling over for the next couple of years. https://gizmodo.com/leica-debuts-18-megapixel-full-frame-m9-rangefinder-x1-5355482 The M9’s 18-megapixel 35.8mm…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

These Incredible/Gross Photos Were Printed With E. Coli Bacteria

These woozy prints of the famous faces of Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin were created using a modified photo printing process invented by artist Zachary Copfer. Rather than use traditional light-sensitive photo emulsion to print photos, he instead used a special genetically altered E coli. It’s gross to think about, but oh so beautiful to…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Woman absolutely definitely undeniably gives birth to a horse in Nigeria

Good news, media consumer! We’ve hit our daily annual quota of hysterical equine pregnancy stories for 2012! Time to bust out the Alizé and salt licks! According to the Nigerian news site Nation Online, a woman worshipping at the World Liberation Ministry church in the state of Edo unloosed a hoofed bun in the oven…

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This sketch recognition program could kick your ass at Pictionary

Sketching is an incredibly efficient way of creating a very rudimentary graphical depiction of our visual world. Most people are pretty good at figuring out what a sketch is trying to represent — but computers are absolutely awful at it. At least, until now. Researchers at TU Berlin and Brown University have developed a sketch…

io9 George Dvorsky

16 Fun Science Facts You (Probably) Never Knew

Did you know that YouTube adds over 64 new ‘Did You Know?’-type videos to its archives every minute? Ok, so that number may be completely made up, but the whole trend of cramming as many fun science facts into a couple of minutes worth of animated video is catching on. And compared to the rest…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Is Your iMessage Messed Up Right Now?

There have been reports that iMessage isn’t so functional right now. Our limited experiments seem to support this theory. And if you’ll remember the last time this happened, the improved centralized syncing between iOS devices popped up shortly after. What about you iPhone owners out there? Is your iMessage working at all? https://gizmodo.com/are-you-having-problems-with-imessage-and-icloud-5930654

Tech News Adrian Covert

Free Money Towards Your Dream Headphones Is Your Dealzmodo-Exclusive Deal of the Day

We’re really excited to bring you the newest entry to the series of Dealz exclusive to Gizmodo and our readers. We’ve worked with our friends at Sound Earphones worked to bring you this deal, which nets you a $100 gift card for $75. Since Sound Earphones is a groovy earphone specialist with a pretty beastly…

Tech News Kif Leswing

Throw Out Your Toothbrush, Artificial Enamel Is on the Way

When it comes to keeping your pearly whites in good shape, one of the most important things is to preserve your enamel. If you lose that protective coating, your teeth will get sensitive, and there’s no way to get it back. At least until now. A newly developed material could be used as an impervious…

Health Eric Limer

How to Write a Killer Space Adventure Without Breaking the Speed of Light

Is it possible to have a wild, exciting space adventure without resorting to magic? Or is there just no way to imagine conquering the vastness of the cosmos without warp drives, hyperspace, miraculous shielding and other fancy devices? Some of our best and brightest minds are writing “mundane space opera,” in which everything is scientifically…

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This Beautiful Wooden Book Case Is the First iPhone 5 Accessory We Actually Want

Mere minutes after the iPhone 5 was finally revealed to an upgrade-starved public, the case makers of the world started their barrage of pitches for new ways to protect the device. Most aren’t worth a second glance, but damned if Miniot has created an absolutely stunning book-type case that both protects and enhances the beauty…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Scientists Can Now Hack Your Body’s Cell Network

You’ve probably got a cell phone in your pocket, but a new discovery by Swiss researches could put one under your skin. By modifying cells’ reaction to certain genes and enzymes, the researchers were able to make them communicate and exchange information. Kind of like if they were on the phone. You know, a cell…

Tech News Eric Limer

Breast Washer Right Here! Get Your Breast Washer!

This is, apparently, a machine for massaging and/or washing breasts. And also possible proof that SkyMall started as a 1930s catalog of erotic housewares. Imagine being the model for this uncomfortable picture, which came from a French ad from the 1930s. How effective could this ad have possibly been? Because if you bought a boob…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Could super-realistic avatars of dead presidents influence election results?

An Arcade Coin Slot Belt Would Be Creepy If It Weren’t So Awesome

Dyson DC44 Animal Vacuum Review: Small, Sure, But It’s All About How You Use It

That time Michigan J. Frog mated with a headcrab and gave birth to singing, dancing hell-spawn

Do You Use Your Tablet as a Second Screen?

13 Hidden Spy Cams That Might Be Watching You Right Now

Hey Fitness Freaks, We’re Giving Away a Garmin Forerunner 10

Drop everything — a baby panda was just born at The National Zoo, and there’s a baby panda cam (UPDATED)

Leica M: Is This the Craziest Full-Frame, HD Video, Interchangeable Lens Monster Ever Made?

These Incredible/Gross Photos Were Printed With E. Coli Bacteria

Woman absolutely definitely undeniably gives birth to a horse in Nigeria

This sketch recognition program could kick your ass at Pictionary

16 Fun Science Facts You (Probably) Never Knew

Is Your iMessage Messed Up Right Now?

Free Money Towards Your Dream Headphones Is Your Dealzmodo-Exclusive Deal of the Day

Throw Out Your Toothbrush, Artificial Enamel Is on the Way

How to Write a Killer Space Adventure Without Breaking the Speed of Light

This Beautiful Wooden Book Case Is the First iPhone 5 Accessory We Actually Want

Scientists Can Now Hack Your Body’s Cell Network

Breast Washer Right Here! Get Your Breast Washer!

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