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Boba Fett & Bossk show up on Clone Wars & Yogi Bear fights the Power Rangers!

This week on Saturday Morning Cartoons, we take a look at the new story arc on Clone Wars and the one-hundredth episode of Robot Chicken. Plus, we welcome Archer and Marvel Anime: Blade to the fold. Minor spoilers ahead! Star Wars: The Clone Wars – “Deception” In the first episode of a new four-part story…

io9 Keith Veronese Jan 21 '12

This Laser Scanner Could Let You Fly With Bottles Again

After terrorists tried to fly with liquid explosives back in 2006, air travelers have been limited to bringing only small bottles onto planes. But that inconvenience could soon be gone if Cobalt’s new laser scanners start appearing at airport security checkpoints. While equipment that can determine exactly what materials are inside a bottle have existed…

Privacy & Security Andrew Liszewski Jan 21 '12

Scosche’s iPad Mount Gives You the In-Car Entertainment Center You Couldn’t Afford

They’re a great way to silence a car full of screaming kids, but in-vehicle entertainment centers are an expensive option. So assuming you’ve already sprung for an iPad 2, Scosche’s backSTAGE pro II mount is a cheaper solution to peaceful rides. Like most mounts it’s designed to attach an iPad 2 to the back of…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 21 '12

Drinking Doubles Your Lifespan and Makes You Impervious to Stress*

*Restrictions may apply. Someone get me my whiskey-drinking cap, I’m gonna live forever! Wait, whaddya mean it only works for worms?!?! A recent study by a team at UCLA suggests that moderate alcohol consumption can drastically lengthen one’s life-span while simultaneously reducing the effects of environmental stresses—so long as one is a member of the…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jan 21 '12

How To Keep Your House from Reeking of Cat Piss with a Computer Fan and Some Ducting

You haven’t cleaned the litterbox in what, two weeks now? It’s all well and good that you’ve acclimated to the overwhelming stench of ammonia and kitty poop but what about when guests come over? With some minor mods and a little electrical engineering, you can keep your home from smelling of feline by-products without actually…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jan 21 '12

42-Foot Car-Chopping Axe Is the Nuclear Option of Prank Wars

There are two hard and fast rules in this world: “Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line” and “Never get involved in a prank war in Australia.” Or else very bad things will happen to your Holden. The massive automotive-bisector above took four metal fabricators over a month and nearly all…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jan 20 '12

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: I Didn’t Know I Was Gilbert Gottfried

Not knowing you’re pregnant until you actual give birth on a toilet one night? Please. Anyone can make a TV show about that (and they did!). But the real drama (read: comedy) comes when an unsuspecting young woman wakes up one morning and realizes she’s turned into the shriekiest, yelliest comedian of the modern age.…

Tech News Splitsider Jan 20 '12

Customizable Chocolates Come in More Flavors Than Willy Wonka’s Lickable Wallpaper

Why is it so impossible to make a tasty chocolate confection? I swear, every other one I eat is either coconut creme, lemon asshole, or some other flavor that has no business in my mouth. These new modular chocolates however will taste exactly how I want them to—delicious. These customizable confections are the brainchild of…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jan 20 '12

Daily Desired: Is this a Space Heater or an iPod Dock?

Everdure’s beautiful little box doesn’t play music, but it sure looks like it could. In fact, the design more than an iPod dock, the E Cubo reminds me of Sony’s old Digicube “Dream Machine” alarm clocks from the 1980s. But alas, it’s built to heat your frigid room. I wish I lived in Australia so…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jan 20 '12

The half-naked werewolf-beating moment that sums up why we love Vampire Diaries

Behold: a totally insane sequence where HRG whacks a mostly naked, chained Tyler with an axe and yells at him to wolf out, or die. It’s hard to believe that this wasn’t automatically the most awesome or insane moment of last night’s Vampire Diaries. And yet. This was another one of those episodes where the…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jan 20 '12

Ravers Will Love This Psychedelic Music Machine

The 251 candy-colored lights on this MIDI controller are your trippy spiritual guide to the music you’re making. Watch the crazy LED test above or this fresh hands-on from the Verge. You gotta experience it, man. The QuNeo 3D’s lights provide feedback depending on what you do with it. To use the controller, you’ll need…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jan 20 '12

Google Puts the Hammer Down on Three More Services

Good news everyone! Google announced today that three of its web services will be getting the axe by mid-year. Picnik, a photo-editing company that Google acquired in 2010 with hopes of integrating into Picasa will be shuttered by April 19th, “so the Picnik team can continue creating photo-editing magic across Google products,” said Dave Girouard,…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jan 20 '12

Track Sharks, Paint With Light, Get Organized, and Stream Video

Start streaming all your videos to your iPhone, Not just those fancy h.264 videos. Start painting with light. Organize your life, and start tracking the elusive Great White shark. If you want to see all the apps on one page click here. https://gizmodo.com/track-sharks-paint-with-light-get-organized-and-stre-5878062 Air Video: Video streaming on the iPhone is pretty limited. That didn’t…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin Jan 20 '12

Read a Book, Stream Video, Become a Knight of the Muffin, and Control a Little Empire

No one ever says the movie was better than the book. So start reading more books. You know what, stream some videos. Enjoy some magic muffins and control a magical kingdom. If you want to see all the apps on one page click here. https://gizmodo.com/read-a-book-stream-video-become-a-knight-of-the-muffi-5878064 Aldiko: Lifehacker found the best eReader for Android. I can’t…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin Jan 20 '12

Uncrop Your Photos, Raise Minesweeper From the Dead, and Shoot Your Way to Victory

You know what cropping does. What AntiCrop does is attempt to restore some of the missing image at the edge of your photos. Like magic. Some zombies get thrown into minesweeper and fly around in an over-head shooter with super-bright colors. So many colors. If you want to see all the apps on one page…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin Jan 20 '12

Forcibly Prevent Yourself From Texting and Driving With This App Jammer

There are laws, PSAs, and nagging family members out there trying to keep us from using our phones while driving. Scosche’s cellCONTROL is a clever device that’ll actually block the use of distracting apps and the phone whenever a car is motion. cellCONTROL is a Bluetooth device that plugs into the ODB-II port of your…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin Jan 20 '12

The Circus Elephant Retirement Home

Elephants weigh 3 tons and eat 200 pounds of food per day. Sustaining these massive animals is an enormous (and expensive) task. So what happens to circus and zoo elephants when they grow old and can no longer earn their keep by entertaining audiences? They move to a retirement home in Tennessee. Here’s how two…

io9 Keith Veronese Jan 20 '12

Microsoft Sells More Windows 7 than Every Mac, iOS, and Android Device Combined

If it doesn’t have “8” or “Phone” after it, nobody thinks or cares about Windows anymore. But let’s not forget that Microsoft is still selling a gargantuan tower of operating systems every second—and it matches everything else combined. Dan Frommer put Microsoft’s recently reported 525 million Windows 7 licenses in perspective: Since…October, 2009, Apple has…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jan 20 '12

Henry’s Law explains why your knuckles crack

Find out how the cracking of knuckles works for the same reason deep sea divers have to take breaks as they ascend, soda fizzes, and water boils instantly in a vacuum. We already know, thanks to a sixty-year-long experiment by a proud IgNobel Winner, that knuckle cracking does not cause any harm. Donald Unger cracked…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jan 20 '12

12 Deep-Sea Diving Suits to Keep the Ocean from Crushing You Like a Walnut

Turns out that, aside from the drill-arm, Big Daddies aren’t that far off from the real thing. Our friends at Oobject have assembled 12 of the toughest examples of deep-sea diving suits around—from da Vinci’s cloth prototypes to the bell helmets made famous by countless Scooby-Doo villains. When you’re done diving through this set, check…

Tech News Oobject.com Jan 20 '12

Boba Fett & Bossk show up on Clone Wars & Yogi Bear fights the Power Rangers!

This Laser Scanner Could Let You Fly With Bottles Again

Scosche’s iPad Mount Gives You the In-Car Entertainment Center You Couldn’t Afford

Drinking Doubles Your Lifespan and Makes You Impervious to Stress*

How To Keep Your House from Reeking of Cat Piss with a Computer Fan and Some Ducting

42-Foot Car-Chopping Axe Is the Nuclear Option of Prank Wars

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: I Didn’t Know I Was Gilbert Gottfried

Customizable Chocolates Come in More Flavors Than Willy Wonka’s Lickable Wallpaper

Daily Desired: Is this a Space Heater or an iPod Dock?

The half-naked werewolf-beating moment that sums up why we love Vampire Diaries

Ravers Will Love This Psychedelic Music Machine

Google Puts the Hammer Down on Three More Services

Track Sharks, Paint With Light, Get Organized, and Stream Video

Read a Book, Stream Video, Become a Knight of the Muffin, and Control a Little Empire

Uncrop Your Photos, Raise Minesweeper From the Dead, and Shoot Your Way to Victory

Forcibly Prevent Yourself From Texting and Driving With This App Jammer

The Circus Elephant Retirement Home

Microsoft Sells More Windows 7 than Every Mac, iOS, and Android Device Combined

Henry’s Law explains why your knuckles crack

12 Deep-Sea Diving Suits to Keep the Ocean from Crushing You Like a Walnut

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