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Army Holds “Mad Scientist” Meeting to Predict Year 2030

The Army recently held a secret meeting for a group they called “mad scientists,” and at last they’ve released a report from the meeting. What’s the big danger for 2030, according to the mad scientists? According to Danger Room, which got a copy of the report, conference attendees agreed that: In the operational environment of…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jan 9

FyreTV, the Best Streaming TV Porn Box, Goes Wireless (NSFW)

We got hands-on with the FyreTV living-room porn streaming solution last year at AVN, but this year’s version is even better. Why? Because it’s wireless so you can take it anywhere in your house. https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-with-fyretv-the-best-porn-in-the-living-room-343506 The FyreTV system, which just went out of beta this past month, has a Wi-Fi version of their set-top-box with…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 9

Sennheiser HD 800 Headphones: German Engineering at Its Finest

Sennheiser’s latest entry into the world of uber premium headphones comes to us in the form of the stunning HD 800. New features include a completely new type of transducer and ear cup design. On the transducer design: The HD 800 sets new standards with its innovative transducer technology. Measuring 56 mm, the transducer in…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jan 9

Get Up to $90 Back in Sprint Early Termination Fee Class Action Settlement

Money from a proposed settlement in the Sprint ETF class action lawsuit is up for grabs for just about anyone who entered into a wireless contract with Sprint between July 1999 and December 2008. Specifically, anyone with a time based clause in their contract with an ETF during that time is eligible. If you were…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jan 9

The Meanest Thing Gizmodo Did at CES This Year

You thought we’d make it through all of CES without a prank? You underestimated us. And this one might be worse than last year. Don’t watch this if you have a delicate constitution. You’re welcome, internet. That was for all of you. Video: Chris Mascari; Song: Django Reinhardt – Minor Swing; Thanks to the Engadget…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 9

What Would SF Look Like If Copyright Only Lasted 20 Years?

In Paul Melko’s Walls Of The Universe, our hero visits an alternate world where patents and copyrights only last a short time. What would happen to science fiction if this was true in our world? Suppose we lived in an alternate universe where copyright was 20 years. Period. How would this affect science fiction? (…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jan 9

SATY Mosquito-Repelling MP3 Player Has Built-In Breathalyzer Just Because

At CES, there’s the good stuff, and there’s just the plain old weird stuff: SATY, a Chinese company, has made an MP3 player that has a built-in breathalyzer and mosquito repellent. https://gizmodo.com/palm-pre-preview-simply-amazing-5126702 In addition to the breathalyzer and mosquito repellent (which just really eeks out a high-pitched tone to annoy everyone around you), it has…

Tech News Erica Ho Jan 9

Your Sci-Fi Fantasy Begins Tonight with Forbidden Science

Set in the near future, Forbidden Science is a unique blend of noir science fiction and erotic story telling. Forbidden Science Premieres on Cinemax Tonight @ Midnight. Check out the preview. Set in the near future, the stories revolve around an elite corporation, 4Ever Innovations, whose young and brilliant scientists download and sell memories. They…

io9 Chrissie Lamond Jan 9

Google Chrome Pre-Beta 2.0 Now Available For Adventurous Types

Like messing around with unproven software? Then you may be interested in the Chrome 2.0 pre-beta. It features several updates including support for user scripts, easy profile switching, form autofill and page zooming. Because it is a developer preview, you are going to need to download the Google Chrome Channel Chooser and join the dev…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jan 9

Photoshop Steve Ballmer Into a Magical Fantasy World or Horrifying Hellscape

So I stole Wilson’s memory card full of pictures from the Steve Ballmer keynote. You know what that means: a Photoshop Contest at Ballmer’s expense! Here are your source files. Now use them to place Herr Ballmer in either a wonderful, happy fantasy land or a searing, horrific hellscape. Your choice! Send your entries to…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 9

Ursula K. Le Guin’s Secrets Of Creation

Ursula Le Guin did an interview with Vice Magazine (of all places) and explained exactly how you can make a mysterious technology, and a universe of 80 wildly different inhabited worlds, feel totally real. Q: For the Hainish Cycle of books you invented over 80 different inhabited worlds, each with its own cultures and physics……

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Jan 9

Electronic Cigar: Marlboro Man Enters the Digital Era

Electronic cigarettes are OK. But when you need to tell the world that your tobacco habit is tops, you need an electronic cigar. https://gizmodo.com/200-electronic-cigarette-helps-kick-the-habit-259062 By NJoy, the NROBO is a disposable cigar that’s good for 1,500 puffs. It’s automatically activated when you take a puff, vaporizing an internal nicotine/water solution. The air resistance is just…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jan 9

Obama iMini Pet iPod Dock is Either Offensive or Fantastic

Found in the bowels of the second-class Sands Convention Center: a dancing Obama iMini Pet iPod Dock that dances and sways to your music. Offensive? Fantastic? Fantastically offensive? Mini Obama close up.

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 9

Interview: Robbie Bach Tells How Windows Mobile Will Be Steered To Consumers

In my interview with Robbie Bach, I asked him about the viability of Windows Mobile as a consumer platform. Though many watchers doubt it, Bach seems convinced it’s a good play. Bonus clip: I decided to ask Robbie about the project codenamed "Pink." I didn’t get very far: Robbie Bach Interview Part 1: Why There’s…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Jan 9

The Greatest Doctor Who Toys Ever

Feeling as if Matt Smith isn’t the Doctor you were looking for? Character Options are coming to the rescue by giving you your very own David Tennant to keep forever… Well, kind of. Okay, we admit it; this incarnation of the Doctor may not look exactly like the Doctor (or, as you can see from…

Television Graeme McMillan Jan 9

Phillipe Starck’s Zikmu Parrot Wi-Fi iPod Speakers Are Even Prettier in Person

These Parrots stand at attention, (Monsieur Starck looking on), wirelessly bumping with an iPod perched on top. They’re beautiful, but wait until you see the box that brings them to your mansion’s loading dock. https://gizmodo.com/phillipe-starck-zikmu-speakers-belong-in-the-living-roo-5112975 If these showed up on my doorstep, I would thank whoever sent me the French intergalactic trumpets from space. Then…

Tech News John Mahoney Jan 9

Samsung Ad on LEDership

Subtext Translated: F you, Sony. [Samsung TVs at CES 2009] https://gizmodo.com/samsung-goes-full-led-backlight-with-luxia-series-6000-5124124

Tech News Wilson Rothman Jan 9

The Most Convincing Logic of CES 2009

“Why take out your $1,000 Sony camera when you can use ours?” This would have made sense if this salesman wasn’t hocking a no-name $200 camera.

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 9

HP Firefly Laptop Gallery: 13 Pounds of Dual-Screen Lovin’

We may have written up HP’s Firefly before, but there’s nothing like seeing this big ole concept laptop up close. Today at breakfast, HP’s Personal Systems CTO Phil McKinney showed it off: https://gizmodo.com/hp-firefly-has-two-screens-multitouch-big-huge-butt-5122075 It’s air-cooled, with dual fans sitting under the speakers, which are themselves surrounded by heat-sink-like heavy metal grills. Phil says he’s actually…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Jan 9

Copyright-Violating Scanner Turns Books into Audio Files

Plustek’s updated Book Reader V100 can instantly turn your reading material into MP3s. Simply place the book on the scanner, and with the push of a button, it does the rest for you. Like their previous book scanner, the V100 uses character recognition technology to scan every word on a page, even words curved into…

Books & Comics Andi Wang Jan 9

Army Holds “Mad Scientist” Meeting to Predict Year 2030

FyreTV, the Best Streaming TV Porn Box, Goes Wireless (NSFW)

Sennheiser HD 800 Headphones: German Engineering at Its Finest

Get Up to $90 Back in Sprint Early Termination Fee Class Action Settlement

The Meanest Thing Gizmodo Did at CES This Year

What Would SF Look Like If Copyright Only Lasted 20 Years?

SATY Mosquito-Repelling MP3 Player Has Built-In Breathalyzer Just Because

Your Sci-Fi Fantasy Begins Tonight with Forbidden Science

Google Chrome Pre-Beta 2.0 Now Available For Adventurous Types

Photoshop Steve Ballmer Into a Magical Fantasy World or Horrifying Hellscape

Ursula K. Le Guin’s Secrets Of Creation

Electronic Cigar: Marlboro Man Enters the Digital Era

Obama iMini Pet iPod Dock is Either Offensive or Fantastic

Interview: Robbie Bach Tells How Windows Mobile Will Be Steered To Consumers

The Greatest Doctor Who Toys Ever

Phillipe Starck’s Zikmu Parrot Wi-Fi iPod Speakers Are Even Prettier in Person

Samsung Ad on LEDership

The Most Convincing Logic of CES 2009

HP Firefly Laptop Gallery: 13 Pounds of Dual-Screen Lovin’

Copyright-Violating Scanner Turns Books into Audio Files

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