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Evil Parents Can Flick the Positive Reading On For This Monster Meter iPhone App

Kids are so mollycoddled these days, what with apps detecting monsters in wardrobes instead of just living through the fear like we did, so I’m not surprised the developer included a positive-reading option for this $1 app. [iTunes via AppsPlayground]

Tech News Kat Hannaford Oct 22

Get Schooled: Class Starts Tomorrow!

Are you ready to learn about electronics? You’d better be: Gizmodo University’s interactive video course, Discover Electronics 101, begins tomorrow, Saturday October 23rd at Noon Eastern! Have your thinking hats on and your Discover Electronics kits ready! We are very excited to be able to offer you Discover Electronics 101 via the good folks over…

Tech News Gizmodo University Oct 22

The First Rickroll In Space

Hiding a Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up in a college paper? Small time. This is what it’s like to Rickroll the entire planet. https://jezebel.com/student-hides-rick-astleys-song-in-college-paper-5669317 The good, bored people over at Zug executed the prank with a weather balloon, a digital video camera, helium, and a very loud speaker. Through the course of the…

Tech News Brian Barrett Oct 22

Will Colin Farrell take over for Arnold in the Total Recall remake?

A list of potential Total Recall leads, that includes Inception’s Tom Hardy and Michael Fassbender, is being passed around Hollywood. At the top of the list is Colin Farrell. Surprised? We certainly are. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Len Wiseman, Underworld director, has Farrell perched at the top of his list for his…

Movies Meredith Woerner Oct 22

What color dragon is likely to wipe out your town

The good people at Orbit Books have analyzed which dragon colors were most popular on the covers of fantasy books. Although no one color has the majority, most artists have gone with a traditional green. A dramatic orange takes the second spot. There are a few ties, but brown dragons trail the herd at only…

Books & Comics Esther Inglis-Arkell Oct 22

Gizmodo Presents… Serious Bandz!

Silly Bandz are great fun, but they’re not really relevant to adults. So we made these Serious Bandz, suitable for anyone who has a dysfunctional marriage, a humdrum job, or a looming awareness of their own mortality. Get yours today! Silly Bandz, of course, are the variously-shaped rubber bands that all the kids are wearing…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Oct 22

Apple: All New Macs Will Ship Without Flash

Turns out Apple shipping the MacBook Air without Flash pre-installed wasn’t just a one-time thing. From here on out, every Mac that’s sold will be Flashless. That makes more of a statement than a Steve Jobs open letter ever could. https://gizmodo.com/new-macbook-airs-faster-lighter-instant-on-30-day-s-5668810 Apple spokesman Bill Evans gave word to Engadget that while previous generations of Macs…

Tech News Brian Barrett Oct 22

Father-daughter team use a 3D printer to create awesome nanobot art

Jeff and Ashley Sierzenga recently took it upon themselves to bring to life the flesh-eating nanobots from Jeff Carlson’s bestselling series Plague Year. Here you can see their entire project, from schematics to the final model. A mechanical engineer with a lifelong interest in science fiction and science fact, Jeff Sierzenga explains: My daughter has…

Books & Comics Samuel Grant Oct 22

Motorola Droid X and Droid 2 Overclocked from 1GHz to Whopping 2GHz

Seriously, that’s got to hurt. Two forum-posters calling themselves Team DeFuse are claiming they successfully managed to overclock both the Droid 2 and Droid X, taking them from a decent 1.0GHz to spectacular 2.0GHz. We’d be concerned for their safety, if we hadn’t seen they survived the task at least long enough to upload video…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Oct 22

Introduce a Foot Pedal Into Your Computing Setup

Imagine if drum kits didn’t have kick drums. Music wouldn’t be nearly as great! Here’s how you can turn an old USB keyboard into a foot pedal and stomp stomp stomp your way through Google Reader (or whatever else). OK, yes, I understand, you’re not playing the drums with your fingers, so using your foot…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Oct 22

12 Monumental Gadget Firsts

These clunky “firsts” will leave you hungry for a game of Duck Hunt and your favorite cassette. Or possibly send you scrambling to hug your sleek iPhone while giving thanks for the goodness that is modern technology. Disclaimer: These gadgets were chosen because they were the first available to consumers on the market—not necessarily the…

Gadgets Christina Bonnington Oct 22

See the World’s Fanciest Nuclear Submarine Pathetically Stuck in the Mud

Aw, look at the poor British nuclear submarine, HMS Astute. The “world’s most advanced nuclear submarine” has run aground off the coast of the Scotland’s Isle of Skye, and it’s just sitting there like a sad mallard. The Telegraph says that the $5.5 billion sub’s rudder got caught in a bank and it’s currently waiting…

Tech News Adrian Chen Oct 22

Astronaut Checks Into Foursquare From Space

Douglas Wheelock, a NASA astronaut, just checked into the International Space Station. On foursquare. In outer space. The feat netted him the NASA Explorer Badge, which I’m sure is the ultimate validation for a real astronaut. Wheelock, AKA @Astro_Wheels, is the Commander of ISS Expedition 25, a team comprising astronauts and cosmonauts from the U.S.…

Space & Spaceflight Kyle VanHemert Oct 22

America’s Last Pinball Machine Maker Bringing Iron Man Home

Chicago-based Stern—last of the great American pinball makers—is releasing a new “home” edition of its Iron Man cabinet. It leaves out coin slot and some of the fancier geegaws, but it’s a lot better than previous home cabinets. Priced at $3,800, the Stern Iron Man cabinet is designed for hard core pinball fans who want…

Tech News Joel Johnson Oct 22

Find out how much money your doctor took from the pharmaceutical industry

Pharmaceutical companies pay doctors to promote their products all the time, but until now there’s been no way for you to find out who is paying your doctor. Recently a group of investigative journalists created Dollars to Docs, a website where you can plug in your doctor’s name and find out if she or he…

io9 Annalee Newitz Oct 22

There Will Be No More PCs Preloaded With WIndows XP

As of today, PC makers are no longer allowed to preload Windows XP on netbooks, the last type of machine to go. That means that no PCs of any type are rolling off the assembly line with Windows XP. On a separate but not unrelated note, today marks the 1 year anniversary of the launch…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Oct 22

A chart that groups classic science fiction fans by political affiliation

Curious about the political leanings of people who read classic science fiction authors? Check out this online excerpt from the 1977 Analog Yearbook. It sums up the politics of 70s scifi readers in a handy graph. Authors William Sims Bainbridge and Murray M Dalziel also group authors by subgenre, and offers this handy way to…

Books & Comics Esther Inglis-Arkell Oct 22

I Confess: I Have PSD

I must confess. I have PSD. I got it one crazy night. She was beautiful. We were drunk. She looked deep into my eyes and, without even thinking, I was over all her buttons and she was making me swoon. She was a PowerMac 8100, the first computer with a PowerPC RISC processor. It had…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Oct 22

The scariest, ass-kickiest, and cutest of the io9 Halloween Costume Show – so far!

The io9 Halloween Costume Show is in full swing over in our Flickr group. Here are some of spine-tinglingly awesomest costumes you’ve posted so far. There are also tons more amazing, gorgeous, and sexy costumes over in the Costume Show – check them out, and post your own! (You can only post pictures of yourself,…

io9 Annalee Newitz Oct 22

How To Eliminate Facebook Like Buttons From All Web Pages

We gave you many reasons to quit, but no, you had to keep sticking your head into that bucket of pain called Facebook. But perhaps you really dislike those like buttons popping in every web page. Here’s how to eliminate them. https://gizmodo.com/more-reasons-why-you-should-still-quit-facebook-5534736 Step 1 Before starting, if you are not using Chrome, Firefox or Safari,…

Social Media Jesus Diaz Oct 22

Evil Parents Can Flick the Positive Reading On For This Monster Meter iPhone App

Get Schooled: Class Starts Tomorrow!

The First Rickroll In Space

Will Colin Farrell take over for Arnold in the Total Recall remake?

What color dragon is likely to wipe out your town

Gizmodo Presents… Serious Bandz!

Apple: All New Macs Will Ship Without Flash

Father-daughter team use a 3D printer to create awesome nanobot art

Motorola Droid X and Droid 2 Overclocked from 1GHz to Whopping 2GHz

Introduce a Foot Pedal Into Your Computing Setup

12 Monumental Gadget Firsts

See the World’s Fanciest Nuclear Submarine Pathetically Stuck in the Mud

Astronaut Checks Into Foursquare From Space

America’s Last Pinball Machine Maker Bringing Iron Man Home

Find out how much money your doctor took from the pharmaceutical industry

There Will Be No More PCs Preloaded With WIndows XP

A chart that groups classic science fiction fans by political affiliation

I Confess: I Have PSD

The scariest, ass-kickiest, and cutest of the io9 Halloween Costume Show – so far!

How To Eliminate Facebook Like Buttons From All Web Pages

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