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Famous Old Person Helps Other Old People Understand This Digital Television Contraption

Is there anything Official DTV Spokesperson Carol Brady can’t do? Hard as it may be to believe for nerds like you and me, there are some people who just can’t wrap their heads around this whole DTV mess. Those people…are old. And they need someone nonthreatening and of comparable age to explain the process in…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz May 9

Brave And Bold Returns, Better And Weirder Than Ever

As if you needed any more convincing that Batman: The Brave And The Bold was the must-see superhero cartoon around, last night’s return featured a mix of Venture Bros, mechasuits and Edward G. Robinson. Genius! Even for those who don’t appreciate Brave and Bold’s clear and colorful visuals – It’s the best looking cartoon since…

io9 Graeme McMillan May 9

Awesome 1980s Computer Pop-Up Book: A Floppy What Now?

Now this is one amazing Goodwill find: A vintage pop-up book designed to teach burgeoning nerds about the wonders of the modern computer. Floppy disks, ASCII, and the dot-matrix printer. Oh my. Some of this stuff is amazing, like an ASCII and binary decoder, and the hilarious message on the dot-matrix printer: Now that we’ve…

Books & Comics Dan Nosowitz May 9

Ford Engineer Builds Street-Legal, 125 MPG Hybrid in His Garage

The “HyperRocket” was built by a Ford efficiency expert in his garage, and with two seats, a whopping 125 mpg, and a comfortable cruising speed of 65 mph, we’re awfully tempted to buy the thing. Yeah. It’s for sale. The creator, a guy named John, is selling the HyperRocket to make room for his next…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz May 9

7-Eleven Is A Joke, And Other Branding Complaints

With the release of Star Trek, last week’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine is already old news. In this ever-changing fast-moving movie landscape, where can you turn for some appreciation of the now? Apparently not 7-Eleven. So, picture the scene; last Friday, Wolverine’s opening and disappointing all manner of fans who’d wanted something along the lines of…

io9 Graeme McMillan May 9

An iPhone App Developer’s Take on Piracy: Work With Pirates, Not Against Them

The creator of iCombat weighed in with his thoughts on newly-popular piracy of iPhone apps with an interesting conclusion: It’s not worth the trouble to police the pirates, and they might even prove helpful. https://gizmodo.com/crackulous-allows-for-app-store-piracy-5144751 iCombat, a take on Combat for Atari (that we quite liked), suffered from a huge ratio of pirates to legitimate…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz May 9

Kevin Spacey’s Alternate London Sells Out, Returns

Underneath London, there’s a temporary city waiting to be discovered… One inspired by Metropolis and graffitti artist Banksy, and created by Kevin Spacey and friends. Strange and true, Tunnel 228 is alternate reality come true. Tunnel is actually a performance art installation housed in a network of unused Victorian railway tunnels under the UK’s capital…

io9 Graeme McMillan May 9

Lost Is Like Great Literature… Unplanned

Feel as if Lost is sometimes made up as its going along without a lot of forethought? JJ Abrams would like to confirm your suspicions… And then compare it to classic literature because of that. As part of a profile in British newspaper the Guardian, Abrams talked about the sense of faith that Lost’s fans…

Television Graeme McMillan May 9

From Earth To Moon Redux: How The Next Moonshot Will Happen

May 2019: Our scheduled return to the moon. There’s plenty of laboring to be done on the Constellation Program before then, but the foundation is set. Here’s how you—as an astronaut—would experience the mission: Ares V Unmanned Cargo Rocket, EDS and Altair: The Gear Goes Up First First it’s the turn of the giant unmanned…

Space & Spaceflight Wilson Rothman May 9

Robots To Hop Into US Military In 2010

The command “Jump to it, soldier” will have an extra meaning to it next year, when the US army takes delivery of an all-new, all-hopping robot to assist in “intelligence gathering,” and maybe more. According to New Scientist, robot maker Boston Dynamics is working to create a military version of Sandia National Laboratories’ prototype robot…

io9 Graeme McMillan May 9

New Entry-Level Sony DSLRs Feature Revamped GUI, HDMI-Out

We’ve heard rumors on the new Alpha series DSLRs before, and now a larger leak on Sony’s Russian site shows the Alphas have been slimmed down and further geared toward the casual user. https://gizmodo.com/rumor-sony-uk-support-page-reveals-alpha-330-dslr-line-5237920 The biggest tidbits are the significantly smaller chassis (the current Alpha 300 and 350 series are huge and heavy) and the…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz May 9

ABC’s Flash Forward Now Official

Surprising no-one, ABC announced late Friday that they have officially picked up Flash Forward, the television adaptation of Robert Sawyer’s novel that gives everyone on Earth a mysterious (and short) glimpse of their own future. When it premieres, Flash Forward will feature a lot of familiar faces, both in front of and behind the cameras;…

io9 Graeme McMillan May 9

Some Other, Non-Giz-Affiliated Astronaut to Answer Questions Live From Space

Because NASA’s hip with the kids, dammit, they’re using both YouTube and Twitter to let the public ask questions of astronaut Mark Polansky, commander of the International Space Station. If you want to ask a question, just tape yourself asking it in 30 seconds or less, upload to YouTube, and then post the link on…

Space & Spaceflight Dan Nosowitz May 9

Avengers Cartoon Will Be The Best Show Ever, Says Producer

Wondering what to expect from Marvel’s animated version of The Avengers? Nothing less than the greatest show ever, according to its producer and writer, Craig Kyle. Hyperbole? Maybe he just knows some things we don’t. Talking to Comic Book Resources, Kyle gave an idea of how excited he was to work on the show: It’s…

io9 Graeme McMillan May 9

In the Online Equivalent of Crude Bathroom Graffiti, Is the Bathroom Responsible?

After her jackass ex-boyfriend created fake profiles on Yahoo! to persuade other men to call her repeatedly for sexual favors, Cecilia Barnes found little help from Yahoo! in having them removed. Barnes broke up with her boyfriend in 2004, and in a fit of total jackassery, he not only created fake profiles of her but…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz May 9

Sex In Space: When’s Someone Gonna Get Freaky in Zero G?

In his final installment as Gizmodo’s cherished Astroblogger, real-life astronaut Leroy Chiao covers the taboo topic of sex in space. Will it happen? Has it happened? Guess you’ll have to read to find out… Has anyone had sex in space? To date, I can tell you emphatically, no. Why am I so sure? It’s simple.…

Space & Spaceflight Wilson Rothman May 9

Harman Kardon Jumps on the Blu-ray Player Bandwagon

Known mostly for its lavish—and expensive—home theater gadgets, Harmon Kardon will be releasing its first Blu-ray player, the BDP 10, sometime in May for $940. The BDP 10 will be able to play back 1080p/24 video, and will also support BD-Live and BonusView capabilities for Blu-ray movies that contain that extra online content. Also, not…

Tech News Andi Wang May 8

Have War Movies Become Superhero Flicks?

War movies from Apocalypse Now to Rambo used to be where we dealt with issues like the morality of violence and the meaning of honor. Now superhero flicks like Wolverine and Watchmen are replacing them. Indeed, Wolverine is in some ways a version of Rambo, with its ripped hero who has been abandoned by his…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 8

Why Doesn’t Balancing Barn Home Fall On That Little Girl?

I don’t want it to fall on her, but I don’t understand how this Balancing Barn building is gonna work, if 50% of it hangs over a slope, in “free space.” Modern country houses are crazy, because since Frank Lloyd Wright built that house over that waterfall, everyone and their mom has wanted to do…

Tech News Wilson Rothman May 8

SOBEaR Is the Perfect Gift for Sorority Girls Who Don’t Know Their Limits

Touted as a responsible robot bartender, SOBEaR is a DIY teddy bear with a built-in breathalyzer that’ll only dispense liquor depending on how drunk you are. In order to put him to work, patrons must press the “breathe + pour” button on his foot, which will then prompt the user to blow into his face.…

Tech News Andi Wang May 8

Famous Old Person Helps Other Old People Understand This Digital Television Contraption

Brave And Bold Returns, Better And Weirder Than Ever

Awesome 1980s Computer Pop-Up Book: A Floppy What Now?

Ford Engineer Builds Street-Legal, 125 MPG Hybrid in His Garage

7-Eleven Is A Joke, And Other Branding Complaints

An iPhone App Developer’s Take on Piracy: Work With Pirates, Not Against Them

Kevin Spacey’s Alternate London Sells Out, Returns

Lost Is Like Great Literature… Unplanned

From Earth To Moon Redux: How The Next Moonshot Will Happen

Robots To Hop Into US Military In 2010

New Entry-Level Sony DSLRs Feature Revamped GUI, HDMI-Out

ABC’s Flash Forward Now Official

Some Other, Non-Giz-Affiliated Astronaut to Answer Questions Live From Space

Avengers Cartoon Will Be The Best Show Ever, Says Producer

In the Online Equivalent of Crude Bathroom Graffiti, Is the Bathroom Responsible?

Sex In Space: When’s Someone Gonna Get Freaky in Zero G?

Harman Kardon Jumps on the Blu-ray Player Bandwagon

Have War Movies Become Superhero Flicks?

Why Doesn’t Balancing Barn Home Fall On That Little Girl?

SOBEaR Is the Perfect Gift for Sorority Girls Who Don’t Know Their Limits

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