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New Trek Clips Showcase Combine Slusho, Aliens And Kirk’s Ego

We’ve got a whole slew of Star Trek clips, including behind-the-scenes footage of J.J. Abrams in action. Plus Chris Pine boozing about, Romulans and space skydiving. Romulans Attack! Uhura Has A Talented Tongue I Want You, To Enlist In Star Fleet Plus More Pike Bruise Action Space Diving Star Trek will be in theaters on…

Movies Meredith Woerner Apr 27

Robot Beats Man In Sweden, Grabbing His Head and Shaking Him

A Swedish industrial worker was attacked by a malfunctioning robot two years ago in Sweden, and has this week won a lawsuit against the company that owned the vicious bot. Apparently, the man tried to fix the robot, which was designed to lift rocks. But he failed to turn the robot off first, and it…

io9 Annalee Newitz Apr 27

Center for Disease Control Now Twittering Swine Flu Updates

Dear hypochondriacs, if you didn’t have enough with the swine flu Google map, now you can follow it all in the Center for Disease Control’s emergency Twitter account. Have fun. [CDC Twitter via Cnet] https://gizmodo.com/follow-the-swine-flu-pandemic-in-real-time-with-google-5229314

Tech News Jesus Diaz Apr 27

SIM Card Spy Ear Gets Smaller, Scumbags Get Bigger

Like the earlier, larger version, this SIM Card Spy Ear allows users of questionable character to listen in on other people’s conversations by dialing their own phone number. https://gizmodo.com/sim-card-spy-ear-for-nosy-neighbors-and-private-eyes-304624 Just slip your SIM card into the device, hide it out of sight, and dial your phone number from another phone. It’s that easy—you will hear…

Gadgets Sean Fallon Apr 27

TAC-15 Tactical Crossbow Makes Me Wish for a Zombie Outbreak

Hunting will get a lot more interesting next month when PSE releases their TAC-15 crossbow. It mounts directly on a AR-15 rifle, allowing you to swap between both weapons with minimal tinkering. Why would you need a crossbow when you are already holding an AR-15? I cannot envision a scenario where it makes sense—unless you…

Tech News Sean Fallon Apr 27

What Was the First Gadget You Ever Bought?

We had a lot of fun reminiscing about our first albums during our Listening Test week, so I thought I would play off of it and ask: what was the first gadget you ever bought? Keep in mind that we are talking about the first gadget you decided to buy with your own money. I’llstart…

Gadgets Sean Fallon Apr 27

Classic Rock Album Cover Or Book Cover? You Decide!

Some classic rock albums have cover art so trippy, it could be pulp science-fiction book covers. (Like that Queen one.) Can you tell the difference between album covers and pulp book covers? Take our quiz! https://gizmodo.com/oops-a-robot-accidentally-killed-queen-379653 And before anyone else says it, yes there a few well-known covers sprinkled in here. Because I couldn’t resist.…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 27

Best Buy May Start Selling Vinyl Records

According to the New York Post, Best Buy is thinking about selling vinyl records again in their stores. I had to read that twice too. I would find “Nixon Returns From Grave” easier to believe. The reason: Vinyl albums’ sales are growing. As much as 15 percent up in 2007 and a whooping 89% more…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Apr 27

First Behind The Scenes Look At Melancholy Biopunk Series “Chadam”

We’ve got an exclusive clip of the voice talent for Alex Pardee‘s Chadam recording their parts. Jeffrey Combs, Katey Sagal, and Carl Weathers all lend their vocal stylings to bring the eerie world to life. Chadam Voice-Over Exclusive from io9 on Vimeo. The trippy little web series, soon to have a home at the WB.com,…

Television Meredith Woerner Apr 27

The New Mantra of Tech: It’s Good Enough

A few months ago, I sat in a think tank with a group of distinguished digital camera experts. We were talking about the future of cameras, what was to come. One name came up again and again. It was the Flip Video, the little camera that changed the industry. While tech giants like Sony, Canon…

Tech News Mark Wilson Apr 27

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Steps Into Nolan’s Inception

Brick star and Cobra Commander Joseph Gordon-Levitt has joined Christopher Nolan‘s latest journey into weirdness. Thus making us even more excited about Nolan’s “shrouded in mystery” movie about the “architecture of the mind.” JGL is stepping in for James Franco, according to the trades, who couldn’t fill the the role due to scheduling conflicts. The…

Movies Meredith Woerner Apr 27

Tina Fey Bought Embroidered Slankets For Her Staff

Did you see Tina Fey with the Slanket last week? Turns out that she really is a big fan. https://gizmodo.com/ultimate-battle-the-snuggie-vs-slanket-vs-freedom-bl-5190557 The guys from Slanket tell me that they’ve been talking to the people at 30 Rock since January, and: Tina Fey is a fan of The Slanket and has bought many, including one for everyone…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 27

Man Makes 141 Rotations Hanging From a Power Drill, Sets Stupid World Record

Here is the trick to setting world records—aim low and think of the stupidest record possible. Case in point—the record for most rotations while hanging from a power drill. See? You don’t have to spend millions and risk your life to set the land speed record just to be recognized by Guinness. Just stick a…

Tech News Sean Fallon Apr 27

Motherboard Mirror Only Shows Nerds in its Reflection

This looks straight out of an 80s movie about hotshot computer programmers that fell into a downward spiral involving drugs and violence. A movie that, regrettably, may not exist. [3rings via The Awesomer via BBG]

Tech News Adam Frucci Apr 27

Deadpool’s Fate Revealed — After You Find Out Who Did The Catering

If you want to see all the endings to X-Men Origins: Wolverine, you’ll have to travel around the country, watching it in different theaters. Or you could just wait for the DVD. Meeting with reporters, Wolverine director Gavin Hood confirmed those reports that the movie will have multiple end scenes, shown after the film’s credits.…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Apr 27

Physicists Create Extremely Accurate Simulation of Entering a Black Hole

Want to visit the black hole at the center of our galaxy? Now you can, in a movie made by University of Colorado scientists Andrew Hamilton and Gavin Polhemus. New Scientist explains: Light from stars directly behind the hole is swallowed by the horizon, while light from other stars is merely bent by the black…

io9 Annalee Newitz Apr 27

Gadget Deals of the Day

This awesome spring weather is simultaneously giving me the itch to frolick outside and buy new stuff! Computing and Peripherals: • ASUS Eee Top Atom 1.6GHz 15.6″ Touchscreen PC for $479.99 plus free shipping (normally $549.99). • HP Touchsmart Core 2 Duo 22″ Touchscreen PC for $649.99, refurbished (normally $1,499 new—valid today only). • 23″…

Tech News Odelia Lee Apr 27

Microsoft Presents Us With Their Vision of the Future

XUI, or experience-user-interface, is Microsoft’s anticipated evolution of the NUI, or natural user interface (a la Surface). What’s that really mean? It means something amazing—essentially computers/life rethought. Keep in mind, these two concept videos are not necessarily grounded in actual technologies that we have today, but were produced to “explore in a poetic narrative way…

Tech News Mark Wilson Apr 27

Megan Fox Esquire Cover Shot In Video, Not Stills

If the fusion of video cameras and dSLRs hadn’t blurred enough before, Esquire shot their June issue cover of Megan Fox in video—a purported first in the magazine world. Rather than click and endless series of stills, photographer Greg Williams shot the cover with the 4K Red ONE video camera. Fox essentially acted out a…

Tech News Mark Wilson Apr 27

Doctor: There Is “Absolutely No Way” Cloned Humans Won’t Happen

Video of a fertility doctor injecting cloned human embryos into a woman’s womb have made their way online, outraging the medical community. But the doctor in question is defiant about the importance of his work. The video appeared on the website of British newspaper the Independent last week, immediately followed by scientists calling the procedures…

io9 Graeme McMillan Apr 27

New Trek Clips Showcase Combine Slusho, Aliens And Kirk’s Ego

Robot Beats Man In Sweden, Grabbing His Head and Shaking Him

Center for Disease Control Now Twittering Swine Flu Updates

SIM Card Spy Ear Gets Smaller, Scumbags Get Bigger

TAC-15 Tactical Crossbow Makes Me Wish for a Zombie Outbreak

What Was the First Gadget You Ever Bought?

Classic Rock Album Cover Or Book Cover? You Decide!

Best Buy May Start Selling Vinyl Records

First Behind The Scenes Look At Melancholy Biopunk Series “Chadam”

The New Mantra of Tech: It’s Good Enough

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Steps Into Nolan’s Inception

Tina Fey Bought Embroidered Slankets For Her Staff

Man Makes 141 Rotations Hanging From a Power Drill, Sets Stupid World Record

Motherboard Mirror Only Shows Nerds in its Reflection

Deadpool’s Fate Revealed — After You Find Out Who Did The Catering

Physicists Create Extremely Accurate Simulation of Entering a Black Hole

Gadget Deals of the Day

Microsoft Presents Us With Their Vision of the Future

Megan Fox Esquire Cover Shot In Video, Not Stills

Doctor: There Is “Absolutely No Way” Cloned Humans Won’t Happen

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