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Stephen Hawking Admits that Aliens Will Probably Fuck Us Up

The world’s most famous living scientist has confirmed what science fiction filmmakers have postulated since the beginning of cinema: There is life out there in the cosmos, and it would most likely smash us to atoms. In film after film, novel after novel, first contact with an alien intelligence usually hasn’t ended particularly well for…

io9 Marc Bernardin Apr 26

Intel Convertible Classmate PC Hands On: You Know, For Kids

Intel’s refreshed Convertible Classmate PC’s never going to be your everyday laptop, but it’s more than equipped to be your kid’s. And it may be showing up in his or her school before you know it. Essentially, what Intel announced today is a refresh, bringing their 2008 Classmate Convertible’s performance up to par with your…

Tech News Brian Barrett Apr 26

Avatar Blu-ray Breaks Sales Records By Doubling Them

Avatar! It’s basically a big, blue, 3D money-printing machine. The previous record for Blu-ray sales was held by The Dark Knight, but Avatar has come along and doubled it. The Dark Knight set the first-day Blu-ray sales record of 600,000 back in 2008. Avatar sold 1.2 million copies on Tuesday. By Thursday that number had…

Movies Adam Frucci Apr 26

Nightmare On Elm Street’s Bathtub/Claw Scene Almost Cut Too Close

Jackie Earle Haley tells io9 he researched serial killers to add psychological realism to Freddy Krueger… before he realized that was a mistake. We also learned how that iconic claw-in-the-bathtub scene almost went wrong and threatened Rooney Mara’s “lady bits.” We caught up with Haley, who played Rorschach in Watchmen and is co-starring in The…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Apr 26

Real Bloody Flying Nazi Soldiers With Jet Packs

There’s probably only one thing more terrifying than Nazi soldiers: Nazi soldiers with jet packs—and Nazi UFOs piloted by nefarious hamsters. The difference is that, while the UFOs never existed, the Nazi jet pack did: Behold, the Himmelstürmer. https://gizmodo.com/inside-a-nazi-ufo-5515450 The Himmelstürmer—or Skystormer—used a pulse jet engine, like the one that powered the Fieseler Fi 103…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Apr 26

Piranha 3-D Trailer Takes A Bloody Bite Out Of Spring Break

Girls Gone Wild, techno beats, jell-o shots and buckets of mutilated flesh is what Alexandre Aja’s Piranha-infested spring break is all about. Check out his Piranha 3-D trailer, and watch for cameos from Eli Roth, Richard Dreyfus and Jerry O’Connell. Piranha 3-D will be released into the waters on August 27, 2010.

Movies Meredith Woerner Apr 26

Gadget Deals of the Day

Even though Dealzmodo loves the weekend, Dealzmodo has to come back and brighten up your Monday. It’s our goal to make you happy with cheap TVs, laptops, and other crazy gadgets. Check it out! Top Deals: • 40″ Toshiba 40E200U 1080p LCD TV for $539.00 plus free shipping (normally $640 – use coupon code 40E200U).…

Tech News Casey Chan Apr 26

Shooting Challenge: HDR Gallery Part 3

3 Exposures (-2,0,2) Canon EOS Rebel XS Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX 11mm at f/4.0 Set on tripod -Taishi Matsumoto Photo taken at the abandoned Knox County Poorhouse by Bob Kueppers. Shot with a Canon 50D, 18-55mm lens, tripod, 3 exposures merged using Photomatix, color adjustments in Aperture. Built in 1878, this 40,000sf,…

Tech News Mark Wilson Apr 26

Cavemen Experimented with Inter-Species Sex

Scientists conducting a new genetic study have discovered that early humans bred with other species — like Neanderthals — at least twice. There has been quite a bit of debate over whether our human ancestors interbred with neanderthals, but a new genetic study revealed at a meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists in…

io9 Marc Bernardin Apr 26

The Coke Bottle Cheat Sheet

If you have a printer/scanner and a bottle of Coke, you can make one of the most epic cheat sheets of all time. This method looks harder than studying…but also a bit more fun. [EatLiver via 9GAG via thenextweb]

Tech News Mark Wilson Apr 26

This Waterfall Represents The Amount of Oil We Use Every Second

The world reportedly uses 40,000 gallons of oil every second to keep the globe a-whirring. But what would this river of Texas Tea look like? The amount of water per second that flows down India’s Jog Falls. Harry at Harryhammer’s Blog decided to put global oil consumption in visual terms. Harry first calculated the amount…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Apr 26

Shooting Challenge: HDR Gallery Part 2

So here are my submissions! I couldn’t choose between the two so I’m sending them both. Shot on a Sony a-200 with 18-70mm stock lens @ ISO 200. Had to get up very early to catch the beautiful Florida sunrise, but totally worth it! -Thomas Pettigrew I shot this at a park in my hometown…

Tech News Mark Wilson Apr 26

Joule iPad Stand Review: Stylish But Expensive

One month into the future, and I love my iPad more and more every day. I use it constantly, for pleasure and work. Lately, I keep it next to my computer on a Joule, a solid aluminum stand. https://gizmodo.com/ipad-is-the-future-5506692 Great Design… Handcrafted in California in plain aluminum or anodized black, the Joule has a beautiful…

Reviews Jesus Diaz Apr 26

Iron Man and AC/DC “Destroy” an Olde English Castle

Yes, it’s a very elaborate ad for AC/DC’s Iron Man 2 soundtrack, but this video in which the Great Keep of England’s Rochester Castle is the backdrop for a display of architectural projection mapping is totally wicked. At the behest of Sony Music, a company called Seeper utilized “the site of a thousand years of…

Movies Marc Bernardin Apr 26

Ridley Scott Plans Not Just One, But Two Alien Prequels

Ridley Scott won’t have enough room in just one Alien prequel to would solve the mystery behind the infamous Space Jockey and chill us all over again. He’s decided there should be two prequels, both of them in 3-D. https://gizmodo.com/ridley-scott-says-alien-prequel-will-have-a-new-female-5522667 While director Scott has been doing his interview rounds for Robin Hood, tons of Alien…

Movies Meredith Woerner Apr 26

The Sad Truth About HDTV

Interestingly enough, I did some 1080P PC gaming last weekend for the first time in a while, and all I could think was, this would look so much better on my 50-inch plasma than this 24-inch monitor. [xkcd]

Books & Comics Mark Wilson Apr 26

Shooting Challenge: HDR Gallery

This was taken with a Nikon D80 and a 18-55mm kit lens. This was taken at my parents kitchen, no idea about the ISO, 200 or something like that, it was a bright morning. I used bracketing (EV -1, EV 0, EV +1) and put them on top of each other and used a HDR…

Tech News Mark Wilson Apr 26

Gizmodo Needs a New Comment Intern

Gizmodo’s commenter community is the best in all the interworld. But it doesn’t just take care of itself. We need someone to spend an hour or so a day moderating comments, for a little cash and a lot of glory. https://gizmodo.com/gizmodos-comment-system-how-it-works-and-why-its-bette-5462585 We’ll teach you how we determine what what makes a good comment and who…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Apr 26

Environmentalist Wants To Change The Name Of Our Planet To “Eaarth”

We’ve done so much damage to the planet, we can’t call it “Earth” any more, says environmentalist Bill McKibben. We’ll have to start calling our planet “Eaarth” instead. And we have to pronounce it in an Arnold Schwarzenegger voice. McKibben, whose new book is called Eaarth, explains to the Guardian why he thinks we should…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Apr 26

Nintendo 64 Mod Squeezes a Console, Speakers and Rumble Pak Into Handheld Case

Looking more Fisher Price than Nintendo, the guts of an N64 have been squeezed into the bright red handheld case by modder Bacteria, who spent four months slaving away on it devotedly. There’s a 5-inch screen, built-in speakers…and rumble pak! Bacteria’s created a video tutorial spelling out the process so you too can dust off…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Apr 26

Stephen Hawking Admits that Aliens Will Probably Fuck Us Up

Intel Convertible Classmate PC Hands On: You Know, For Kids

Avatar Blu-ray Breaks Sales Records By Doubling Them

Nightmare On Elm Street’s Bathtub/Claw Scene Almost Cut Too Close

Real Bloody Flying Nazi Soldiers With Jet Packs

Piranha 3-D Trailer Takes A Bloody Bite Out Of Spring Break

Gadget Deals of the Day

Shooting Challenge: HDR Gallery Part 3

Cavemen Experimented with Inter-Species Sex

The Coke Bottle Cheat Sheet

This Waterfall Represents The Amount of Oil We Use Every Second

Shooting Challenge: HDR Gallery Part 2

Joule iPad Stand Review: Stylish But Expensive

Iron Man and AC/DC “Destroy” an Olde English Castle

Ridley Scott Plans Not Just One, But Two Alien Prequels

The Sad Truth About HDTV

Shooting Challenge: HDR Gallery

Gizmodo Needs a New Comment Intern

Environmentalist Wants To Change The Name Of Our Planet To “Eaarth”

Nintendo 64 Mod Squeezes a Console, Speakers and Rumble Pak Into Handheld Case

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