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The Last Word In Toilets

This is the Giovannoni Washlet. And while I don’t recognize exactly what each component of its feature set is supposed to do, I do know what awesome sounds like. And “tornado flush” sounds awesome. The toilet—pardon me, washlet—also has a “triple-jet rimless flushing system” and a “hygienic glazing” for its ceramic surface. To me that…

Tech News Brian Barrett Apr 20

Last Day To Enter Robot Art Contest!

In honor of April’s Robogames, we’re sponsoring a robot art contest. Create a work of art on the theme of “we welcome our new robot overlords” and you could win fabulous prizes! We welcome images created using anything from Photoshop or special effects software, to traditional media. All the details of the contest are here.…

io9 Annalee Newitz Apr 20

Boy Finds Boobs In Comic Book; Reporter Goes To $1 Store For Answers

In Utah, a 10-year-old boy found a nekkid lady in The Spectre 9, which came in a comic-book grab bag his mother bought him for Easter. Rather than ask for a $1 refund from Dollar Tree, mom called local news. When Sheldyn Conley spied a disrobed dame in a 1987 issue of The Spectre, his…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Apr 20

28 Ways Microsoft Could Market the Kin to Non-Hipster Demographics

For this week’s Photoshop Contest, I asked you to help Microsoft take aim at some demographics other than hipsters. And while technically these entries fit that criteria, I’m not sure how many phones they’d sell. Yikes. https://gizmodo.com/hey-microsoft-enough-with-the-hipsters-5516318

Tech News Adam Frucci Apr 20

Leaked HP Slate Gets Tepid Hands-On Response

A Mexican site called Conecti.ca got some hands-on time with the HP Slate, and walked away decidedly unimpressed. The verdict: that the device is basically a keyboardless netbook. Well… yeah. If nothing else, the mini-review confirms the leaked specs we saw a few weeks ago: the HP Slate runs full Windows 7 on an Atom…

Tech News Brian Barrett Apr 20

The Fastest Internet In the World? It’s In Berkeley

Just in case internet iPhone celebrity Jason Chen needed another reason to feel smug: his alma mater, Berkeley, has the highest internet speeds of any city on Earth. http://tv.gawker.com/5520655/complete-coverage-of-gizmodos-iphone-story-on-tv With the average speed at 18.7Mbps, Berkeley is top on Akamai’s list of worldwide data speeds. Second place is Chapel Hill, NC followed by Stanford, CA…

Tech News Adam Frucci Apr 20

Thief Steals Man’s iPad and Pinky Finger

Bill Jordan’s recent iPad purchase turned nightmarish, in one of those delightfully grotesque ways that local news affiliates thrive on: a thief grabbed his shopping bag, tugging so hard that he took most of Jordan’s little finger with him. Gross. Apparently the iPad is in more demand than we thought. Fortunately, Jordan wasn’t so scarred…

Tech News Brian Barrett Apr 20

Could The Wizard of Oz 2 Be The Most Demented Film Of 2010?

If The Witches of Oz is as wonderfully bananas as the trailer and clips, we’re in. A grown-up Dorothy battles to keep Oz from invading the real world, joined by two Hobbits, Christopher Lloyd and a cat-fighting Lance Henriksen. Here’s the official synopsis: The Witches of Oz follows the exploits of the grown Dorothy Gale,…

Movies Meredith Woerner Apr 20

The Secret Underwater City In The Heart Of Minnesota

A parody site created back in the 1990s claims there’s a giant underwater city within “the crystal clear waters of the Minnesota River.” And people have been visiting from as far away as Texas to discover the Atlantis of Minnesota. I love the “official Mankato, MN web page“, which was created in 1996 by Don…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 20

FIRST Champion Robots (and the Students Who Built Them)

Last Saturday, Atlanta’s Georgia Dome was packed with students cheering on the FIRST Robotics Competition national championship. We covered the final matches via live feed, but these up-close photos truly capture the event’s electric atmosphere. Even on the live stream, the excitement at the FIRST Robotics Competition Championship on Saturday was palpable. But these photos…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Apr 20

Cannibals, Cowboy Vamps, And Dystopian Strip Clubs

Wednesday comics aren’t always super-people wearing variegated bodysuits. No, sometimes they’re filled with crazed cannibals who’d love to don your skull as a codpiece. If gut-churning horror is your fancy, rejoice. This week has been big for Garth Ennis’ sentient zombie survivalist series. At C2E2, Ennis revealed that he’s been writing a screen treatment of…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Apr 20

It Was Gray Powell’s Birthday

Of all the days that you can lose Apple’s secret iPhone… [The Next iPhone Saga] https://gizmodo.com/how-apple-lost-the-iphone-4-5520438 The Complete Lost iPhone Saga • How Apple lost the next iPhone • All the details about the device • And finally, how Apple asked for their phone back

Tech News Jesus Diaz Apr 20

Optimus Prime, Balloon Animal

Anyone can build Optimus Prime out of an old semi and a glint of All Spark. But it takes a true craftsman, a visionary, an auteur (and OK, maybe a clown) to build him out of balloons. Some see an Optimus Prime balloon sculpture that stands seven feet tall, others see a wasted afternoon. I…

Tech News Mark Wilson Apr 20

Breathe In This Harrowing, Romantic Post-Apocalyptic Short

When It Will Be Silent is the sophomore project for Israeli film student Dan Sachar. What are the odds Hollywood lets him stay through until graduation? Perfectly modulated, When It Will Be Silent does that which so few student films — hell, so few college students — manage to do: take its time.

Movies Marc Bernardin Apr 20

Volcanic Ash Grounds Commercial Flights In UK, But Tiger Moth Antiques Soar High

It was dubbed a “once in a lifetime opportunity” by UKAirshowReview, and I’ve got to agree—these photos of 13 Tiger Moth planes flying over Gatwick airport, with commercial planes grounded below due to volcanic ash, are amazing. https://gizmodo.com/volcanic-ash-could-last-months-larger-nearby-volcano-c-5518584 The de Havilland DH 82 Tiger Moth, to give it its full name, is a biplane that…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Apr 20

Kick-Ass Deleted Scenes: Superhero Groupie Sex, Underage Violence, And Crazy Nic Cage

Maybe if Kick-Ass kept in the Kick-Ass and Red Mist “groupie sex” scene, the film would have done a tad better at the box office? Find out what got left out, and how these teenage superheroes treat their greatest fans. In an interview with MTV, Kick-Ass director Matthew Vaughn talked up the 18 minutes of…

Movies Meredith Woerner Apr 20

BlackBerry OS 6.0 Screenshots and Details

If you’re a BlackBerry fan, there is probably not a single thing you have been looking forward to more than what we have right here – screenshots and full details of RIM’s upcoming operating system, OS 6.0. One of our AT&T sources has not only showed us the brand new OS, but has also given…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Apr 20

Rumor: Nintendo 3DS Hitting This October, Six Months Early?

We’ve already circled January – March next year in our pink filofaxes as the Big Launch Period for the 3DS, but according to CVG it’ll actually be going on sale this October—around the same time as Project Natal. https://gizmodo.com/why-nintendo-announced-the-3ds-so-early-and-without-muc-5506109 Nintendo’s expected to formally announce it this June at E3, but CVG has heard from sources…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Apr 20

Serenity Webcomic Delivers Laughs and Bloody Revenge

Some enterprising Firefly fans have created “Take My Love,” a chest-bursty tribute to both the late great Wash and Chuck Jones’ classic short “Duck Amuck.” Cartoonist Mike Russell, a longtime fan of Joss Whedon’s Firefly ‘verse, collaborated with writer Mark Bourne and inker/colorist Bill Mudron for this stabby elegy for Serenity’s deceased throttle jockey. (Via…

io9 Marc Bernardin Apr 20

Ghostbusters Concept Art Takes Us Into The Spirit World

Artist Stuart Ng has released a load of Ghostbusters concept art from the recent multi-player game. Many of these spooky/gorgeous scenes didn’t wind up in the final product, but let’s hope they provide some inspiration for the new Ghostbusters movie. Art by Stuart Ng. According the artist’s DeviantArt page, under the name Kuren: A concept…

Movies Meredith Woerner Apr 20

The Last Word In Toilets

Last Day To Enter Robot Art Contest!

Boy Finds Boobs In Comic Book; Reporter Goes To $1 Store For Answers

28 Ways Microsoft Could Market the Kin to Non-Hipster Demographics

Leaked HP Slate Gets Tepid Hands-On Response

The Fastest Internet In the World? It’s In Berkeley

Thief Steals Man’s iPad and Pinky Finger

Could The Wizard of Oz 2 Be The Most Demented Film Of 2010?

The Secret Underwater City In The Heart Of Minnesota

FIRST Champion Robots (and the Students Who Built Them)

Cannibals, Cowboy Vamps, And Dystopian Strip Clubs

It Was Gray Powell’s Birthday

Optimus Prime, Balloon Animal

Breathe In This Harrowing, Romantic Post-Apocalyptic Short

Volcanic Ash Grounds Commercial Flights In UK, But Tiger Moth Antiques Soar High

Kick-Ass Deleted Scenes: Superhero Groupie Sex, Underage Violence, And Crazy Nic Cage

BlackBerry OS 6.0 Screenshots and Details

Rumor: Nintendo 3DS Hitting This October, Six Months Early?

Serenity Webcomic Delivers Laughs and Bloody Revenge

Ghostbusters Concept Art Takes Us Into The Spirit World

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