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How Steven DeKnight Survived Last Friday’s Dollhouse

If you think last friday’s forest-hunting Dollhouse episode was a harrowing experience for you, the viewer, then just imagine how terrifying it was for writer/director Steven DeKnight. He told us his Dollhouse survival tale. Steven S. DeKnight, of course, is the guy who wrote a bunch of episodes of Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Angel.…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 23 '09

Christian Faur’s Crayon Art Will Make You Cross-Eyed

You are familiar with drawing and crayons, but Christian Faur is taking a different approach to the medium. He uses hundreds of thousands of individual crayons to produce a single, pixelated image. The product is a series of photorealistic landscapes and figurative images that are formed at the surface of the thousands of tightly packed…

Tech News Sean Fallon Feb 23 '09

iPoint 3D Lets You Control a 3D Display Using Only Hand Gestures

The creators of iPoint 3D claim their technology lets you walk up to a 3D display, and without having to wear any special eyewear, interact with the screen just by gesturing in the air. According to Electronista, Fraunhofer plans to show off the technology at next month’s CeBIT show, and say its uses could range…

Tech News Adrian Covert Feb 23 '09

John Cusack’s Hot Tub Time Machine Puts Some Steam In The Timestream

There may be some hope to find a good science comedy movie in the waters of Josh Heald’s Hot Tub Time Machine movie. Some pretty impressive actors are getting wet and paradoxical. John Cusack, The Daily Show’s Rob Corddry, and Craig Robinson are all rumored to be joining the cast of Hot Tub Time Machine,…

io9 Meredith Woerner Feb 23 '09

How to Cut Hulu Ads Down to One

By refreshing the video you’re currently watching on Hulu, the site will give you a choice to either watch normal ads or one long one before the program starts. Pick the long one. By viewing Honda’s short film, you can eliminate interruptions, which means your video can buffer without having to cut off to view…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 23 '09

iPhone 3G $50 and $100 Off for Best Buy Reward Zone Members

If you’ve sold your soul to Best Buy‘s Reward Zone program, you can knock $50 or even $100 off an iPhone 3G this week. Unfortunately, Best Buy isn’t using the promotion to grab new members—you need to have been a Reward Zone member since at least Feb. 21. But if you’re a regular (free) Reward…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Feb 23 '09

Google Maps Reveal Lost City of Atlantis?

On Friday, Google maps spawned another web myth. A mysterious grid of lines revealed by the company’s new undersea terrain maps had the interwebs buzzing about the lost city of Atlantis. Google quickly pointed out that the grid was caused by its own terrain mapping equipment, which incorporates data in a grid pattern. Reps from…

io9 Annalee Newitz Feb 23 '09

iPod Touch and iPod Nano Get a Mini Microphone

Not that the iPhone really needs it, but it and the iTouch/iPod Nano are getting an external mini microphone that plugs directly into the headphone jack. And it’s only $15. The accessory is also compatible with the 120GB iPod classic (claims its product page), and should be a decent way to conduct interviews or surreptitiously…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 23 '09

Take A Spin In Piccolo’s Power-Recliner, In New Dragonball Pics

Some new Dragonball Evolution images have come out, and they show lots of bright spandex-wearing combat. Shiny! Plus, James Marsters did a photoshoot showing off his swelled head, as Lord Piccolo. I have to admit, I like the design sensibility of some of these images. Especially the Piccolo’s Big Chair image above. It reminds me…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 23 '09

Buying an HDTV From Circuit City Liquidation Is Like Lottery From Hell

A horrible reminder about how you could get screwed by Circuit City’s merciless liquidiation overlords: Two customers bought shattered LCD TVs—you’re not allowed to open the box to check ’em—and are totally out $1100. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-buy-a-liquidation-sale-hdtv-at-circuit-city-and-5078841 When you buy anything from Circuit City’s liquidators, it’s sold “as is” and can’t be returned for any reason. Fine,…

Television Matt Buchanan Feb 23 '09

The Not-So-Secret History of Scifi Rock

Aversion lists some of the best (and, occasionally, worst) mashups of rock culture and geek culture in the world of music. How did I miss Billy Idol‘s homage to Neuromancer? [via Aversion]

io9 Annalee Newitz Feb 23 '09

Proposal iPhone App Lets Someone Propose To Your Future Wife For You

We’re always excited for unique proposal stories with gadgets involved, but this Proposal iPhone app is back-ass-wards. https://gizmodo.com/man-proposes-to-girlfriend-using-zune-glenn-medeiros-331149 Here’s the deal. People who do tech proposals are cool because they either program, hack or otherwise customize their proposal FOR the person they’re proposing to. They’re not cool just because it involves an iPhone. In this…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 23 '09

Gizmodo Jobs: We’re Hiring Another NYC Intern

Hello, we’re looking for another intern to work in New York City. Here’s what you need to know and what we want: What You Need • Gadget love and knowledge • An alarm clock, ’cause you’ll be up eeeeeearly every morning • Basic experience with HTML, Flickr—the internets, essentially • An NYCish address (you need…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Feb 23 '09

The Transformers 2 Megatron Mega-Controversy Officially Settled At Last!

Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen‘s cowriter, Roberto “patience of a saint” Orci, has been fielding fan questions for months over at the TFW2005 forums. He finally broke down and admitted that Megatron is coming back. Yes, all the toy spoilers were right. Megatron is in the new movie, despite all the claims to the contrary.…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 23 '09

New PSP to Feature Sliding Screen, Same Guts?

There’s a new rumor floating around about an upcoming PSP redesign. It predicts a complete aesthetic redesign, including a sliding screen, but no new hardware inside. So you’ll have the same internal architecture as the current models, but the form factor will be more cellphone-like with the inclusion of a sliding screen. Interesting. What say…

Tech News Adam Frucci Feb 23 '09

HTC Confirms Touch Pro2 Coming To the US

HTC has confirmed that their touchscreen / QWERTY slider Touch Pro2 will be available in all major markets—including North America. https://gizmodo.com/htc-touch-diamond2-and-touch-pro2-feature-bigger-screen-5154108 However, there isn’t much as far as specific details are concerned. The exact date that it might arrive has not been determined (although they did note that launch should take place in Q2 ).…

Tech News Sean Fallon Feb 23 '09

Neurologists Explain Why You Hate George Lucas

In just a few short decades, George Lucas has gone from renegade entertainer who filled children’s lives with wonder, to the object of wrath and ridicule. Now scientists can explain why. Over at VeryEvolved, a lengthy and fascinating article on the nature of nostalgia explains how our brains process memories. And how the disruption of…

io9 Annalee Newitz Feb 23 '09

Moto’s Last Flip Phone Ruby VE1 (RAZR3) Might Return to Haunt Us All

What you’re looking at is the RAZR3—Ruby—which was reportedly smothered with a pillow in the middle of the night, as Moto shifted to Android. But now we’ve got a fresh trove of press shots. https://gizmodo.com/motorolas-focus-on-android-wont-yield-an-actual-phone-5070898 Boy Genius says that means someone happened upon a cache of old shots, or indeed Moto is about to drop…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Feb 23 '09

Robot Drugbot Delivers Meds In the Middle Of the Night

Recession or not, nurses are one of those jobs that are always in high demand. Watch your back though, the nurse bot already has drug delivery down pat. The robot developed by Murata Machinery is capable of autonomously delivering medication to patients during off-hours. It was built as part of Japan’s “Project for Strategic Development…

Tech News Sean Fallon Feb 23 '09

Amazon Kindle 2 Now In Stock

It’s not a surprise considering that Amazon promised a ship date of the 24th, but if you are interested in picking up a Kindle 2, I would be a good idea to jump on it ASAP just in case they get snapped up quickly. [Amazon]

Commerce Sean Fallon Feb 23 '09

How Steven DeKnight Survived Last Friday’s Dollhouse

Christian Faur’s Crayon Art Will Make You Cross-Eyed

iPoint 3D Lets You Control a 3D Display Using Only Hand Gestures

John Cusack’s Hot Tub Time Machine Puts Some Steam In The Timestream

How to Cut Hulu Ads Down to One

iPhone 3G $50 and $100 Off for Best Buy Reward Zone Members

Google Maps Reveal Lost City of Atlantis?

iPod Touch and iPod Nano Get a Mini Microphone

Take A Spin In Piccolo’s Power-Recliner, In New Dragonball Pics

Buying an HDTV From Circuit City Liquidation Is Like Lottery From Hell

The Not-So-Secret History of Scifi Rock

Proposal iPhone App Lets Someone Propose To Your Future Wife For You

Gizmodo Jobs: We’re Hiring Another NYC Intern

The Transformers 2 Megatron Mega-Controversy Officially Settled At Last!

New PSP to Feature Sliding Screen, Same Guts?

HTC Confirms Touch Pro2 Coming To the US

Neurologists Explain Why You Hate George Lucas

Moto’s Last Flip Phone Ruby VE1 (RAZR3) Might Return to Haunt Us All

Robot Drugbot Delivers Meds In the Middle Of the Night

Amazon Kindle 2 Now In Stock

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