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Kissing To Be Clever, Preserved Forever

Kissing may look good and feel sexy, but it turns out the end result looks somewhat like an evil alien slug, bent on world conquest. Artist Charlie Murphy held a “kiss-in” for Valentine’s Day at London’s Science Museum, in which she made glass sculptures showing the insides of couples’ mouths when they kissed. Murphy put…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 15

Should George Lucas Be Condemned for Crimes Against Our Childhood?

After abominations like Indiana Jones 4 and the Star Wars prequels, what do you think? Watch the great trailer for The People vs George Lucas-featured at io9 and tell us your verdict in the comments. https://gizmodo.com/review-new-indys-most-deadly-trap-is-the-movie-itself-393034 My verdict: Exile in Dagobah. Or failing that, Albuquerque. Plus a remake and rewrite of the prequels, Indy 4,…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 14

DTV Reception Maps Conveniently Show Color-Coded Signal Quality

If you’ve been wondering whether you’ll be able to receive strong DTV signals on your old TV, the FCC has thoughtfully created a site to help you out. You enter in your address, and the site gives a list of the digital signals that you should be able to pull in, helpfully color-coded in green…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Feb 14

iFart vs. Pull My Finger: The Battle for iPhone Fart App Supremacy

The stakes are high. There can only be one true victor in all fart battles: fart tennis, volume contests, holding it in during school/funerals/weddings/sex, and now, in iPhone apps. Who will reign supreme? iFart and Pull My Finger, the two gladiators, joined the App Store at around the same time, and both achieved some success.…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Feb 14

All of Mes Love The Multiverse

Maybe it’s because I’m indecisive and greedy. Maybe it’s because I like seeing evil versions of my heroes with goatees and grimaces. Whatever the reason, I can’t deny it: I love parallel earths. Coming from the comics background that I do, the first exposure I had to parallel earths was probably DC’s Earth-1, Earth-2 and…

io9 Graeme McMillan Feb 14

Electronic Bicycle Gear Shifting Promises Aerodynamics and Complications

Shimano, makers of high-end bike gear I can’t afford, is making a push for its Di2 battery-powered gear shifter. Why make the time-tested bicycle design more complicated and harder to service? Aerodynamics. The Di2, which costs a prohibitive $4,000, uses very sensitive paddle shifters placed just behind the brakes. The front derailleur has a tiny…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Feb 14

Windows Mobile 6.5 Previewed on an HTC Touch HD

Some stylus-wielding European posted a video on YouTube previewing Windows Mobile 6.5, honeycomb and all. It’s a little choppy, and we’re not sure how he got it, but it looks like the real deal. [Engadget]

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Feb 14

Congo, I Love You

On this Valentines Day, it’s time for me to give some love and tenderness to the overlooked but essential part of my world, terrible d-grade movies. More importantly, Congo Happy Valentine’s Day, sweetie. Perhaps my Valentine’s Day tribute to the gray gorillas of Michael Crichton’s world is in part due to the two-hour argument I…

Movies Meredith Woerner Feb 14

Double The Jar-Jar, Double The Frustration On Clone Wars Double Bill

It’s all viral warfare this week on Clone Wars, but don’t worry; Jar-Jar and a comedy Nazi scientist are here to make sure that it’s not as exciting as it may sound. This week’s double-bill of Star Wars: The Clone Wars was another wonderful example of everything that’s good and bad about the series so…

Television Graeme McMillan Feb 14

Is There Too Much To Watch On Friday Nights?

Last night saw the premiere of Dollhouse, the return of Terminator an important episode of Battlestar Galactica… and the death of your social life. But was it worth it? Take part in our poll below. Of course, there was also an hour of Clone Wars last night (although no Batman: Brave and Bold, sadly), as…

Television Graeme McMillan Feb 14

Falling In Love Again With Science Fiction Novels

Ken MacLeod‘s writing taught me to love science fiction again. I had pushed the genre out of my reading life for many years, but I could not ignore his novel Newton’s Wake. Though I was a fierce reader of scifi novels as a teenager, wolfing down John Varley, Ursula LeGuin, Robert Silverberg, Clifford D. Simak…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz Feb 14

Snowmodo: Don’t You Wish You Were Playing in the Snow?

This beautiful, sharp video, captured with a Canon EOS 5D MarkII and a 15mm fisheye lens inside a protective canvas bag, really shows the mountain fun we’re missing here on the surprisingly-temperate East coast. The video was shot at Powder Mountain, which certainly earns its name, out in Northern Utah. Makes me want to try…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Feb 14

Dealzmodo: Left 4 Dead is Half Off, This Weekend Only

Steam has the much-loved zombie shooter Left 4 Dead on sale this weekend only for $25 instead of the usual $50. Did you guys know that Mike Patton (of Faith No More) does the voices for the "Infected" characters in the game? I’ve never played it, since scary games give me scary dreams, but since…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Feb 14

Where Are The Sci-Fi Movie Love Stories?

With this summer’s movies offering giant robots, franchise reboots and X-Men Origins, we can’t help but wonder, today of all days: Where’s the love? Why aren’t there any sci-fi romances in our cinematic future? It probably says a lot about me that I remember Star Wars not only as one of the big cultural touchstones…

io9 Graeme McMillan Feb 14

Downloadable Dashboard Apps for Cars Coming in 2010

Why leave your car out in the cold while your smartphone gets all the app fun? Hughes Telematics is aiming to bring downloadable apps to car dashboards, and the possibilities are pretty crazy. Hughes plans to start rolling out the new dashboard consoles in about 2010, and gives examples like an emissions monitor, web-connected security…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Feb 14

One Day, All Dogs Will Fly… And Be Cyborgs

In the future, all dogs will look as cool as Kyle Fokken‘s Flying Dog sculptures that mix animal, machine and the unknown. For now, you’ll just have to do with some more of his work. Kyle Fokken [Art MoCo], [Kyle Fokken]

io9 Graeme McMillan Feb 14

Internet Detectives Recover Stolen iPhone in World Record Time

Our brothers-from-another-mother at Consumerist helped catch the scoundrel who stole an innocent man’s iPhone by using the power of potential internet embarrassment. Even more impressive, the entire episode took under an hour. Consumerist reader Dino’s 64-year-old father had set up a rule that every email sent from his iPhone would blind-CC his personal email address.…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Feb 14

Talk Terminator To Us

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles returned last night, complete with wounded women and mechanical men. Charlie gave you her thoughts about the episode yesterday and now it’s your chance to tell everyone what you thought. https://gizmodo.com/tonights-terminator-is-all-about-wounded-chicks-5152885

Television Graeme McMillan Feb 14

Dark Comets May Destroy The Earth

Paging Roland Emmerich: The biggest threat to our little blue planet may turn out to be something that we don’t see coming… literally. “Dark comets” are invisible to detection… and that may be the problem. Ignore any Marvel Comics influence inferred from the melodramatic name; “dark comets” are so-called because they have avoided detection from…

io9 Graeme McMillan Feb 14

Tattoo Doubles as a Blood Glucose Level Monitor: Rebellious Yet Cautious

A Cambridge laboratory has developed a special ink for tattoos that changes color based on glucose levels in the blood. On a related note, diabetes is now the hippest metabolic syndrome in town. The ink is made up of a bunch of tiny spheres, about 120 nanometers across, that contain “the glucose detecting molecule, a…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Feb 14

Kissing To Be Clever, Preserved Forever

Should George Lucas Be Condemned for Crimes Against Our Childhood?

DTV Reception Maps Conveniently Show Color-Coded Signal Quality

iFart vs. Pull My Finger: The Battle for iPhone Fart App Supremacy

All of Mes Love The Multiverse

Electronic Bicycle Gear Shifting Promises Aerodynamics and Complications

Windows Mobile 6.5 Previewed on an HTC Touch HD

Congo, I Love You

Double The Jar-Jar, Double The Frustration On Clone Wars Double Bill

Is There Too Much To Watch On Friday Nights?

Falling In Love Again With Science Fiction Novels

Snowmodo: Don’t You Wish You Were Playing in the Snow?

Dealzmodo: Left 4 Dead is Half Off, This Weekend Only

Where Are The Sci-Fi Movie Love Stories?

Downloadable Dashboard Apps for Cars Coming in 2010

One Day, All Dogs Will Fly… And Be Cyborgs

Internet Detectives Recover Stolen iPhone in World Record Time

Talk Terminator To Us

Dark Comets May Destroy The Earth

Tattoo Doubles as a Blood Glucose Level Monitor: Rebellious Yet Cautious

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