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A Flying Car Chase We’d Love To See

Check out this new concept art from Black Lightning, the next project from Wanted’s Timur Bekmambetov. It’s like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, only with a thousand percent more bang. In Black Lightning, a student at Moscow’s Institute of Higher Education gets hold of a used car, which turns out to be able to fly. And…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 19

Watch the Spacewalk via Helmet Cam for the Next 3 Hours on NASA TV

Check out NASA TV right now – you can see the spacewalk first-person-shooter style, with cameras mounted on the crews’ helmets. Cool! Not exactly sure what they’re doing, but it seems as if they’re installing the new truss on the ISS. Lots of views of Earth in between cool shots of space tech.

io9 Annalee Newitz Mar 19

Nerdy Scientists Are TV Champions, On Better Off Ted

Last night ABC debuted its quirky new sitcom, Better Off Ted. It takes place at Veridian Dynamics, where awkward brainiacs are coaxed into getting frozen by their pretty superiors. Thankfully, the geeks steal the show. Science fiction comedy is a hard sell, but even though Better Off Ted debuted with somewhat dismal numbers (around 5.8…

io9 Meredith Woerner Mar 19

Mercury In-Line Skates Let You Glide On a Shock-Absorbed Cushion Of Air

Designed for Ronald McDonald optimum comfort, these Mercury in-line skates feature a shock system to minimize vibration, a removable calf plate and an air cushioned interior for an optimum fit. The result would be less wear-and-tear on the joints, better ankle support and a ride so smooth that it is almost like true ice skating.…

Tech News Sean Fallon Mar 19

David “X-Files” Nutter Directs A Super-Cyborg Movie

We’ve been fans of David Nutter from his work on X-Files and Sarah Connor, so we’re excited to learn he’s attached to direct an Iron Man-esque cyborg story, Freemind. Details, and spoilers, below. Nutter, as we mentioned last week, is known as the “pilot king” because the pilots he films have a high success rate…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Mar 19

Wicked Wii Nerf N-Strike Concept Weapons

Designer Weston Boeges has out-Nerfed Nerf with these concept weapons for the Wii game Nerf N-Strike. Wii or no Wii, I wouldn’t mind using these to shoot someone in the face with a foam dart. [Coroflot via Core77]

Tech News Sean Fallon Mar 19

You Can Now Buy and HD Movies From iTunes Directly

You could rent ’em before, but starting today, you can buy movies in high def from the iTunes Store on your computer. They’re $20—yes, about as much as a Blu-ray—and they’ll pop up as the usual $5 HD rentals within 30 days after that. It kicks off with Quantum of Solace and Twilight for pre-order,…

Movies Matt Buchanan Mar 19

Blow-up Doll Hoodies Are, At Minimum, Waterproof

As weird as blow-up dolls hoodies may sound, wearing one of these creepy humans sounds a lot more practical to me than banging one—though a tent or flotation device might make more sense. By designer Sander Reijgers, he explains: I customize existing tracksuit tops with parts of the blow-up dolls – the head, the breasts,…

Tech News Mark Wilson Mar 19

The Chopsticks Aid Turns Chopsticks Into Forks for Lousy White People

I hate the way most white people eat Asian food: Drowning white rice in soy sauce, shoveling cream cheese-stuffed “sushi” into their mouths, pretty much the entire sorry spectacle. The Chopsticks Aid is for them. It’s a fork face that attaches to chopsticks, turning them into a fork. In case Midwestern Whitey McWhiterson is visiting…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Mar 19

Naked Fargos And New Loves, In Eureka Season 4

We scored some details on Eureka’s next season from Salli Richardson-Whitfield, who plays the strong-willed and gorgeous Allison Blake. Turns out Alice might have a little competition this season… and Fargo might have less clothes. So there were a lot of changes last year. We lost a character and we gained a character. Where does…

Television Meredith Woerner Mar 19

How To: Fake the iPhone 3.0 OS On Your iPhone Today

If you left this week’s Apple event a little underwhelmed, it’s because most of 3.0’s new features have been available via Cydia and the App Store. Here’s how to enable iPhone 3.0’s biggest additions today. https://gizmodo.com/iphone-3-0-os-guide-everything-you-need-to-know-5171796 Since many of iPhone 3.0’s features were deliberately blocked by restrictions in the official SDK, for several of these…

Tech News John Mahoney Mar 19

Sawyer Is Right About Jack, After All

Watching last night’s Lost, I realized for the first time just how much I love this new version of Sawyer. I’d way rather follow him than Jack or Locke. Spoilers and snark ahead. First of all, I have to apologize for the lack of a Lynn Peril recap this week. She’s traveling, so I’m stepping…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Mar 19

Metal Gear Solid iPhone Covers Are Great, But We Want Hideo Kojima’s Face

Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima loves Apple, so it’s fitting that he made somebody create all these Metal Gear Solid iPhone skins. He even made one with his face on it. https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-metal-gear-solid-touch-iphone-app-5174367 The Kojima skin is a one-of-a-kind, and just like Kojima’s real skin, the only way you’re gonna be able to get one…

Tech News Jason Chen Mar 19

Peek Pronto Is Twice as Fast as Original Peek Email Device

The veil around the Peek Pronto is falling away: It’s “much, much faster in every way possible” than the original Peek. Load times cut in half. Maybe there’s 3G too? A BoingBoing Gadgets tipster adds that it’s “going to undercut even the cheapest BlackBerry, and deliver cheap push e-mail.” Cheaper than a BlackBerry, with menus…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Mar 19

Battle-Grade Laser Ready for War

Researchers at Northrop Grumman have just announced that they have a battlefield-ready laser. They can now get 100 kilowatts of power into a laser, which has long been a barrier. In a recent press release, the company announced that they had created the most powerful laser ray at 105 kilowatts, paving the way for energy…

io9 AndrewLiptak Mar 19

Gadget Deals of the Day

Yup, SSD drives that won’t break your bank, cheapo netbooks, and free Franklin Covey planners for the jobless! Just for scheduling interviews. Or if you have a job, you can settle for Magic cards. (Sorry.) Computing • HP dv7-1245dx AMD Dual-Core 2.1 GHz 17″ 4GB RAM 320GB HD HDMI Notebook (Refurbished) for $549.99 (normally $700…

Tech News Erica Ho Mar 19

Google Streetview Captures British People Drunkenly Vomiting

The British are very polite. There’s no way you’re going to catch them peeing on the street like some Spaniard. But you will, luckily for us, see them vomiting up a booze storm in broad daylight. https://gizmodo.com/google-street-view-captures-man-woman-peeing-in-the-str-5117122 Two things. One, it’s obviously Christmastime. Unless, of course, it’s Halloween and Reindeer Man’s wearing the world’s laziest…

Tech News Jason Chen Mar 19

Catching Up: Gizmodo, Now With More Creative Commons

Hey, I’m happy to announce that we’re being published under a Creative Commons license now. Although it’s a non-commercial license, remixes and quotes are fine by blogs commercial or otherwise, with attribution/links. But splogs can—as always—go to hell. This has always been our policy, but it’s nice to have the license right there on the…

Tech News Brian Lam Mar 19

How to Enable 3G Tethering in Your iPhone 3.0 Now

We haven’t tried this but someone has published a tutorial about how to enable 3G tethering in the iPhone OS 3.0. [Update: It works with AT&T] https://gizmodo.com/iphone-3g-tethering-now-working-for-someone-somewhere-5175020 Warning: ONLY DO THIS IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND CAN ACCEPT THE RISK* To get this to work with AT&T, follow these instructions: 1. Download…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Mar 19

Christopher Lloyd In Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory Of Death

Christopher Lloyd is going to rip you limb from limb for stealing his fizzy lifting drink. Because in this Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory horror retelling, Gobstopper, you’re his secret ingredient. Click to view Sorry to disappoint, but this is a just an internet spoof of the original Wonka movie. Still, getting Christopher Lloyd…

io9 Meredith Woerner Mar 19

A Flying Car Chase We’d Love To See

Watch the Spacewalk via Helmet Cam for the Next 3 Hours on NASA TV

Nerdy Scientists Are TV Champions, On Better Off Ted

Mercury In-Line Skates Let You Glide On a Shock-Absorbed Cushion Of Air

David “X-Files” Nutter Directs A Super-Cyborg Movie

Wicked Wii Nerf N-Strike Concept Weapons

You Can Now Buy and HD Movies From iTunes Directly

Blow-up Doll Hoodies Are, At Minimum, Waterproof

The Chopsticks Aid Turns Chopsticks Into Forks for Lousy White People

Naked Fargos And New Loves, In Eureka Season 4

How To: Fake the iPhone 3.0 OS On Your iPhone Today

Sawyer Is Right About Jack, After All

Metal Gear Solid iPhone Covers Are Great, But We Want Hideo Kojima’s Face

Peek Pronto Is Twice as Fast as Original Peek Email Device

Battle-Grade Laser Ready for War

Gadget Deals of the Day

Google Streetview Captures British People Drunkenly Vomiting

Catching Up: Gizmodo, Now With More Creative Commons

How to Enable 3G Tethering in Your iPhone 3.0 Now

Christopher Lloyd In Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory Of Death

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