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Paddington Bear Waves to Google Street View Cameras

Reader Christopher Cooper spotted a suspicious furry, blue-trenchcoated, yet friendly fellow lurking around the British Museum in London, confirming my suspicion that “England” really is an imaginary place found only in children’s books. [Thanks, Chris!]

Tech News Dan Nosowitz May 16

Welcome To The All-New, All-Different Dollhouse?

It’s the news that no-one really expected, even though many wanted it: Dollhouse is coming back for a second season. But will it be the same show? Not exactly; here’re some changes to expect. It’ll Be Cheaper Part of the negotiation process for the second season centered around cost. As the Chicago Tribune’s Maureen Ryan…

io9 Graeme McMillan May 16

Extremely Confident Man Builds Extremely Tiny Car

Possibly the smallest street-legal car in the world, the 39-inch high, 26-inch wide, cheekily-painted project was made by a British man out of one of those coin-operated children’s rides. Car modder Perry Watkins took the frame of the “Postman Pat” children’s ride and mounted it on a quad mini-bike, using its 150cc engine. The car…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz May 16

The Future We Once Knew

Sure, nowadays computers are everywhere in our daily lives, but once upon a time, they were as big as rooms and almost as scary. WebUrbanist looks at what yesterday’s tomorrow looked like, way back when. It’s Terminal: A Dozen Scenes of Early Office Computing [WebUrbanist]

io9 Graeme McMillan May 16

AMD to Intel: Nyah Nyah Nyah Nyah Nyah

After the European Union smacked Intel with a $1.45 billion fine for breaking antitrust laws, AMD responded in the most mature way possible: By mercilessly rubbing it in on the front page of its site. https://gizmodo.com/intel-smacked-with-staggering-1-45-billion-fine-in-eur-5252046 Aside from the large EU flag flying on its front page, AMD also includes an extensive amount of information…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz May 16

30 Characters Who Survived Their Planet’s Destruction

It’s the ultimate loss – the destruction of your entire planet, and science fiction is full of characters who have had to live through this unimaginable tragedy. Warning! At least one truly massive spoiler ahead… But first, let’s lay down the ground rules as to what I would call the “destruction” of one’s planet: I.…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins May 16

How To Install Windows 7 On Almost Any Netbook

Windows 7 is free for now, and works extremely well on netbooks. That said, installing the OS on these tiny laptops—especially low-end models—can be daunting. Here’s how to do it, the easy way: https://gizmodo.com/windows-7-release-candidate-1-available-right-now-5240211 If the Release Candidate is any indication (and it should be), then Windows 7 will be a nice upgrade for any…

Tech News John Herrman May 16

Thank God For Star Trek… Literally

You may be thanking JJ Abrams (or even Gene Rodenberry) for the Star Trek movie, but according to one right-wing commentator, you’re thinking way too small in terms of who’s responsible for the whole thing. Fox News commentator James P. Pinkerton starts his latest column with a bang: What if “Star Trek” is a gift…

io9 Graeme McMillan May 16

Wolfram Alpha Fail Is Appropriately Nerdy

Wolfram Alpha, the dorktastic computational search engine, got off to a bit of a rocky start when it launched last night. At least its first fail message had the foresight to include a HAL reference. https://gizmodo.com/wolfram-alpha-launches-tonight-at-7pm-cst-5255681 As it’s an alpha, we’re not too bothered that it’s run into some overload problems. Hey, at least people…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz May 16

V Definitely Returning To Our Screens On ABC

Be prepared; Earth is about to be invaded by mouse-eating lizard aliens again, and only Lost and Dollhouse alumni can save us. Yes, ABC have greenlit a series for the remake of 1980s classic V. We’ve been following the long-coming remake of the 1984 mini-series about Earth being invaded by aliens who pretend to be…

Television Graeme McMillan May 16

Giant Confused Robot Politely Asks for Directions

Just like an American tourist in Europe, this German robot is completely lost and can only understand basic gestures like emphatic pointing to help it to its destination. Like a nerdy, non-adorable version of the Tweenbot, the ACE (Autonomous City Explorer) is designed to find its way to a specific urban location, relying on the…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz May 16

Ugly Americans Offers Jokes, Weird Rationalizations

Comedy Central has ordered a new cartoon from a former Simpsons writer, set in a world where humans, aliens and robots co-exist and work schlubby jobs. Apparently, it’s not called Futurama. Could’ve fooled us. The show is actually called Ugly Americans (Now there’s a title to help international sales), and is the work of former…

io9 Graeme McMillan May 16

Verizon MiFi 2200 3G Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot Review

We’re at least a generation away from internet on everything. Until then, the Verizon MiFi 2200 will drive one 3G cellular data connection over Wi-Fi to a handful of gadgets at once. The MiFi is gorgeous, and about as big as a business card holder. And miraculously capable of connecting to Verizon’s 3G cellular network…

Reviews Brian Lam May 16

Doraemon Gadgets

Boing Boing Gadgets has six of the hundreds of thousands of gadgets Doraemon—the Japanese anime gadget cat—pulled out of his magic pouch over the years. Above: the Polaroid-esque Voodoo Camera. [Boing Boing Gadgets]

Gadgets Jason Chen May 15

A Girl Getting Transformed (NSFW)

‘Cause once you go ‘bot, you never go back. The rest of this definitely NSFW Shogun Warrior photoshoot from a 1977 issue of Gallery magazine is over at io9. NSFW: https://gizmodo.com/long-before-megan-fox-there-was-a-brunette-who-really-5256608 [io9]

Tech News Matt Buchanan May 15

Light As Performance Art

Light performance photography is impressive enough, but shoving these light performance photographs into a video and putting a Depeche Mode-like music track on it? We’re sold. [Hacknmod via Boing Boing Gadgets]

Tech News Jason Chen May 15

“You Order And I Obey” Is What Vampire Women Like to Say to Each Other

If there’s one thing people just don’t understand, it’s the kinds of special bonds that form between vampire women. Luckily, one movie truly gets it, and gives us a truthful (and sparkly) vampire female-bonding flick. I refer of course to Samson vs. the Vampire Women, a touching movie about wrestling. MST3K has already explored this…

Movies Annalee Newitz May 15

Dollhouse Gets A Second Season To Find Its Identity

Whooping and jubilation! The Hollywood Reporter says Dollhouse is officially getting a second season. Creator Joss Whedon showed the suits his unaired thirteenth episode to prove he could do it on a lower budget.

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 15

This May Come As A Shock: The Anti-Matter Science in “Angels & Demons” Is Wrong

Ron Howard, director of religious thriller Angels & Demons, spent an entire day with researchers from physics lab CERN. They told him all the ins and outs of anti-matter and explained the large hadron collider (LHC) a new mega-lab for smashing particles. But unfortunately, it doesn’t seem like it did much good. As Popular Mechanics…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 15

Inmate Gets 60 More Years in Prison for Cellphone Possession

Texas inmate Derrick Ross, 38—a three-time burglary felon—has been sentenced to 60 additional years after he was caught having a cellphone in his possession. Cellphones aren’t allowed behind bars be they could easily be used to make drug deals, order hits and carry out other illegal/gang-related activity. Although the official punishment for habitual offenders for…

Tech News Andi Wang May 15

Paddington Bear Waves to Google Street View Cameras

Welcome To The All-New, All-Different Dollhouse?

Extremely Confident Man Builds Extremely Tiny Car

The Future We Once Knew

AMD to Intel: Nyah Nyah Nyah Nyah Nyah

30 Characters Who Survived Their Planet’s Destruction

How To Install Windows 7 On Almost Any Netbook

Thank God For Star Trek… Literally

Wolfram Alpha Fail Is Appropriately Nerdy

V Definitely Returning To Our Screens On ABC

Giant Confused Robot Politely Asks for Directions

Ugly Americans Offers Jokes, Weird Rationalizations

Verizon MiFi 2200 3G Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot Review

Doraemon Gadgets

A Girl Getting Transformed (NSFW)

Light As Performance Art

“You Order And I Obey” Is What Vampire Women Like to Say to Each Other

Dollhouse Gets A Second Season To Find Its Identity

This May Come As A Shock: The Anti-Matter Science in “Angels & Demons” Is Wrong

Inmate Gets 60 More Years in Prison for Cellphone Possession

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