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Fisting a Multitouch Screen Looks Pretty Fun

Microsoft Surface is a technology that I know exists but wish it was a larger part of my life. And it’s getting better! Microsoft Research has been dabbling with Surface and adding new gestures that incorporate your whole hand, giving you more options than just point, point, point. The screen now recognizes shapes you make…

Tech News Casey Chan May 9 '11

May Books include far-future detective novels, zombie-fighting bloggers, and alien linguistics

May is a blockbuster month for books, with new releases from China Miéville, John Scalzi and Charlaine Harris, plus Gilded-Age witchcraft and zombie-fighting bloggers. The Quantum Thief, Hannu Rajaniemi (Tor) There’s a been a lot of buzz for The Quantum Thief, and you can read our review here. The plot is intricate and the setting…

io9 Kelly Faircloth May 9 '11

Entire Nation to Time-Travel in December [Gawker]

While our federal government continues to spend its taxpayers’ money on useless things like the U.S. Senate, the Pacific island nation of Samoa is doing something awesome: Time-traveling. Into the future! On December 29 of this year, Samoans will go to bed as though it were any other day. But they will wake up [dons…

Tech News Gawker.com May 9 '11

Womanimal: The Freaky Beauty of Half-Human, Half-Animal Creatures

Everybody loves a good human-animal crossbreed. So we were thrilled to find some gorgeous, exciting art featuring cat girls, fish women, were people and more. Check out our favorites below. We’re both intrigued and horrified by this hybrid beings created by the DeviantArtist Lessthanhuman. Devolution Nikx Kitty by lessthanhuman Aqua Change by lessthanhuman Wolfling by…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 9 '11

Come watch Serenity and Dr. Horrible with Joss Whedon in person!

Joss Whedon is busy filming The Avengers, but he’s going to take an evening out of his busy schedule to help avenge women and girls who face discrimination and violence. (Well, maybe not quite “avenge.” Possibly “support” might be better.) The California Browncoats just announced their next Can’t Stop The Serenity event, on June 25,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 9 '11

Troll Hunter turns myth into modern hardboiled tragedy

In Norwegian monster movie Troll Hunter, available as video on demand before hitting theaters in the US, fairy tales become humorously, touchingly realistic. You won’t be able to resist its satiric blend of government conspiracy and old Norse mythology. The movie begins in classic Blair Witch style, with a team of young documentary filmmakers stumbling…

Movies Annalee Newitz May 9 '11

The World’s Largest Water Pump Moves 15 Olympic-Sized Swimming Pools Every Minute

The Mississippi River has been pretty pissed off lately. And it’s because of natural disasters like this that they’re building the world’s largest water pump in New Orleans. https://gizmodo.com/worlds-biggest-water-pump-under-construction-in-new-orl-5340238 This pump’s 5,000-horsepower diesel engine spins a four-blade propeller 150 times a minute. The result is the movement of 15 Olympic-size-swimming-pools worth of water every minute…

Tech News Max Behrman May 9 '11

Turn Your iPhone into a Super 8 Video Camera

There are already a ton o’ vintage camera apps for your iPhone but this Super 8 app (which ties in to the J.J. Abrams movie of the same name) is as full featured and fun and free as they come. Not only does it let you shoot video (with front facing and back facing), you…

Tech News Casey Chan May 9 '11

What’s in Odin’s Vault? Plus other cool stuff from the Art of Thor

Chances are, you’ve already seen Thor — but you didn’t see all the cool stuff that appeared on the screen, as well as all the insane artwork and design work that went into creating the film. Like the contents of Odin’s Vault, the storehouse of secret weapons that the King of Asgard has stashed over…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders May 9 '11

The tragic lives of Game of Thrones’ misfits

You think you have a hard time fitting in? Pah. The denizens of Westeros and the Dothraki horde spit on your pathetic feelings of mal dans la peau. Try being a bastard, a disabled lord, or a cowardly Night’s Watchman. Last night’s Game of Thrones was dedicated to the people who will never quite fit…

Television Charlie Jane Anders May 9 '11

Isaac Asimov’s Foundation: The little idea that became science fiction’s biggest series

On the planet Terminus, a group of academics struggles to survive as the Galactic Empire crumbles. With no weapons, all they can rely on are the predictions of a dead genius named Hari Seldon. That’s right – it’s time to discuss Isaac Asimov’s Foundation! Welcome to Foundation Week, a Blogging the Hugos special event. In…

io9 Josh Wimmer and Alasdair Wilkins May 9 '11

Sony Working To Get PS3 Back Online “As Soon As Possible” But No New Deadline Set [kotaku]

The deadline Sony set for itself to start restoring service to their online gaming and music networks passed over the weekend with no update and no success. Today Sony officials told Kotaku that there is no new estimate for when they plan to start putting the service back online.”We’re working hard, doing everything we can…

Tech News Kotaku.com May 9 '11

Welcome to the department of bellybutton studies

Have you ever wondered about the tiny ecosystem that lives in your bellybutton, untouched by soap, water, light, and air? So did the scientists who spearheaded North Carolina State’s Belly Button Biodiversity project. According to the Charlotte Observer: The idea germinated from exploring the “bellybuttons” of tiny bark beetles. “We’ve been identifying the creatures living…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 9 '11

This Sensor-Packed Spy Plane Can Fly with or without a Pilot

Hauling tourists into space—that’s for tomorrow. Today, the legendary aerospace designers at Scaled Composites unveiled a new spy plane that can snoop on the unsuspecting four different ways, and doesn’t need a human in the cockpit to fly. Scaled Composites is best-known for its private spacecraft, like the one Virgin Galactic plans to use to…

Tech News Noah Shachtman May 9 '11

Everyday Looper for iPhone and iPad

Your voice! It’s the only instrument you always carry with you. Unless you’re that weird guy who always walks around with a harmonica in his pocket. But for most of us, it’s the voice. Everyday Looper lets you layer vocal track on top of vocal track for to make simple and sonorous acapella sandwiches. What…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert May 9 '11

Today’s Best Gadgets

V750 Unmanned Helicopter Can Rival US Counterparts https://gizmodo.com/v750-unmanned-helicopter-can-rival-us-counterparts-5800049 Shiny and purple. It may look like a baddy chopper from an 80s TV movie made in a Foxconn factory, but it’s China’s latest flying machine, the V750. And it means the Chinese’s aerospace industry is maturing dangerously quickly. More » Wire Prison Keeps S’mores In For 20…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola May 9 '11

Let’s review Walt Simonson’s Thor omnibus (a.k.a. “Why the @#$! does Odin need safety goggles?”)

To capitalize on the new Thor flick, Marvel recently released a $125, 1192-page, and approximately 8-pound omnibus of Walter Simonson’s 1983-1987 run on The Mighty Thor. Is it worth the ducats? Forsooth, ye varlet. Forsooth. You’ll notice four distinct things about this tome. The first thing that will strike you about this omnibus is that…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar May 9 '11

Sexy 8-Bit Stockings Give Me Some Classic Turgidity Action

Gizmodo’s bullpen, five minutes ago. Jesus: I kind of like these 8-bit stockings. Christopher M.: only kind of? Jesus: You know me too well, Mr Mascari. [Thanks Laura!]

Tech News Jesus Diaz May 9 '11

If this summer’s movie posters told the truth, they’d look just like this…

Ever wonder what it would look like if movie posters told the truth? Well here you have it, a BS-free crop of summer movie posters. Like Transformers 3: “Trust Us This Time.” Captain America Cowboys & Aliens Green Lantern Harry Potter Pirates 3 Super 8 Transformers 3: Dark Of The Moon X-Men: First Class Thanks…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 9 '11

Fisting a Multitouch Screen Looks Pretty Fun

May Books include far-future detective novels, zombie-fighting bloggers, and alien linguistics

Entire Nation to Time-Travel in December [Gawker]

Womanimal: The Freaky Beauty of Half-Human, Half-Animal Creatures

Come watch Serenity and Dr. Horrible with Joss Whedon in person!

Troll Hunter turns myth into modern hardboiled tragedy

The World’s Largest Water Pump Moves 15 Olympic-Sized Swimming Pools Every Minute

Turn Your iPhone into a Super 8 Video Camera

Top Stories: Monday, May 9, 2011

What’s in Odin’s Vault? Plus other cool stuff from the Art of Thor

The tragic lives of Game of Thrones’ misfits

Isaac Asimov’s Foundation: The little idea that became science fiction’s biggest series

Sony Working To Get PS3 Back Online “As Soon As Possible” But No New Deadline Set [kotaku]

Welcome to the department of bellybutton studies

This Sensor-Packed Spy Plane Can Fly with or without a Pilot

Everyday Looper for iPhone and iPad

Today’s Best Gadgets

Let’s review Walt Simonson’s Thor omnibus (a.k.a. “Why the @#$! does Odin need safety goggles?”)

Sexy 8-Bit Stockings Give Me Some Classic Turgidity Action

If this summer’s movie posters told the truth, they’d look just like this…

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