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Wii Food Delivery Channel to Serve Japan

So, are you all Wii Fit now? Great. Because Nintendo wants to fatten you up before Wii Fit 2. Starting this spring, Nintendo will introduce the Food Delivery Channel in Japan. Much like how TiVo users can order Pizza Hut, Wii users will be able to place orders to Demae-can.com (which offers everything from sushi…

Tech News Mark Wilson

This Chandelier Is Fan-Friggin-Tastic

The enthusiastically titled “Fan-Tastic Chandel-Air” by Meyda lighting combines, you guessed it, a chandelier and a fan into one crazy looking customizable design. The first design in the series, “Tall Pines at Dusk” features “a Silver Mica shade transformed into a decorative /functional casement for a 29-inch fan.” It is also designed to be an…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Gray Goo Can’t Do All The Things You Say It Can Do

Science fiction authors give too much credit to nanotech, which hasn’t achieved all that much in real life (besides giving us pretty pictures) so far. But science fiction authors claim it can do everything, from destroying the world to turning you into a superhuman. Complains Santa Cruz SF writer Christopher Bradley: Never before has a…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

AT&T Giving Out Free Car Charger For the iPhone…Too Bad It Doesn’t Work

According to a tipster at Consumerist, somewhere AT&T has been giving away free car chargers with an iPhone 3G purchase. No big deal, but free is free right? Well, not so much. The tipster claims that the cord is incompatible with the 3G, leading us to believe that AT&T was simply clearing out inventory from…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Bird Pendant Decorates Exposed Bulbs the Easiest Way

Hanging a real light fixture can be hard. But snapping a metal bird to a lightbulb? Easy. The $50 Bird Pendant Light by Sweden-based artist Hung Ming Chen is a simple brass fixture that squeezes onto a bare bulb. And while we’re guessing it might get a little hot, there’s certainly no easier way to…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Will a Mega-Dose of Classical Philosphy Destroy Jeff VanderMeer’s Brain?

Urban fantasy writer Jeff VanderMeer has decided to alter his neurological makeup by reading 60 classic works of philosophy in 60 days – and recording online what the experiment is doing to his brain. VanderMeer, author of the celebrated City of Saints and Madmen and most recently of a swashbuckling Predator novel, has gotten through…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

Cousin Of Son Of Space-Bat, Part 2

Where are all the original science fiction movies? Zoe’s Tale author John Scalzi rails against the sequels and tweakels coming in 2009. But then he makes a point I haven’t seen anyone make before. Writes Scalzi: Original, major science fiction releases for 2009? Well, there’s the super hero deconstruction tale Watchmen in March and James…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Gadgets Deals of the Day: Free 4GB Flash Cards Edition

It’s official: My money is gone. Electronics? Mortgage? Pants? No superfluous spending for me, thanks. I invested in life’s two basic pillars: Food and booze. So, I can has flash memory for zero bucks? Yes. Computing & Peripherals • HP Officejet Pro L7680 All-in-One w/ Bluetooth Dongle & HP Photo Book for $139.99 (Recertified) (normally…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

RIM’s Foldout Keyboard Patent Sorta Misses the Point

It’s likely to be one of those defensive patents, but RIM’s patent application for a fold-out smartphone keyboard forgets why you might want a fold-out keyboard. Because while Blackberries are historically known for excellent emailing on huge keyboards, their newer SureType (two letters per key) system has turned off many users to smaller models like…

Tech News Mark Wilson

The Shiniest Stories On io9 Last Week

Shake off that holiday hangover and catch up on what you missed while you were busy building your own evil robo-Santa Claus. Highlights include spaceship buildings, insidious theories graphed out, and Terminator secrets. The Unofficial Theory Of Sci-Fi Connectivity If you’ve ever suspected that all of your favorite shows, books and comics all took place…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Eddie Murphy Really Isn’t The Riddler, Honest

No sooner has the Sun’s reporter claimed that Eddie Murphy really, honestly will star in the sequel to The Dark Knight than someone else has appeared to call shenanigans. That person’s name? Eddie Murphy. https://gizmodo.com/get-used-to-eddie-murphy-in-batman-3-aka-gotham-5117489 A rep for Murphy contacted Access Hollywood to say that the rumor is “not true,” which fits with everything else…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Best of TGIF Lists 2008: The Best Friday Ever

The weekly Thank Giz It’s Friday lists are about unwinding and having fun. I hope you have enjoyed reading them as much as I have enjoyed writing them. Here is the best of the bunch. •10 Sex Toys That Are Confusing and Wrong (NSFW): A roundup of NSFW toys that are pointless, vulgar, confusing and…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

Best And Worst Science Fiction Movies Of 2008

This wasn’t just the year that science fiction dominated the movies – it also featured an amazing diversity of SF stories. Here’s our list of the greatest – and most horrendous – films of 2008. Okay, so here are the movies that blew us away and horrified us this year: BEST: 10. Let The Right…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Safe-T Bed: Sleep Soundly on a Cache of Guns, Jewels and Money

Somewhere between a sock and an actual bank lies the Executive Safe-T bed. Hollandia International’s design incorporates a heavy-duty safe underneath the mattress and a cover in the head joint of the bed base. The bed was originally developed for a wealthy international customer that wanted to keep a handgun close by at all times,…

Privacy & Security Sean Fallon

$99 Refurbished iPhones Now Available From AT&T

While it seems Walmart will no longer sell $99 iPhones to the masses, AT&T is now offering some $99 iPhones of their own—except these ones are refurbished. https://gizmodo.com/confirmed-iphone-coming-to-walmart-by-the-end-of-decem-5103986 Over at AT&T’s online store, you can find the black, 8GB iPhone for $99, or the 16GB iPhone for $199 in white or black. A two year…

Tech News Adrian Covert

The 6 Choices You Have When You Get a Crappy Gadget Present

If you’re known in your extended family as the “tech guy,” then some aunt has probably gotten you a terrible gadget gift in the past. What to do in this situation? Let’s explore your options. 1. Grin and Bear it The polite thing to do when you get a gift that you want nothing to…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Fox Execs Explain Why Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse Is Built On Sand

They’ve finally come out and admitted it — the top suits at the Fox network just plain hate science fiction. And yet they keep greenlighting it. An interview with Fox Chairman Peter Ligouri and President Kevin Reilly was more revealing than they may have intended. They talk, in general, about the network’s ratings struggles. And…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Best of io9’s Triviagasm: Most Popular Minutiae of the Year

All year, we’ve treated you to the trivia, tropes, and minutiae of science fiction with our factoid-packed Triviagasms. For the end of the year, we’ve collected the ten most popular Triviagasms of 2008. Who’s the Tallest Giant Monster? https://gizmodo.com/whos-the-tallest-giant-monster-351419 See how the Cloverfield monster stacks up against the likes of Godzilla, Gamera, and King Kong.…

io9 Lauren Davis

The 10 Best Android Apps of 2008

Following only two months behind iPhone 2.0 (but at a significant installed-base disadvantage), Android still has a long way to go. But there is definitely some early potential. Here are our favorite apps of the year. I still think Android, and its openness toward developers, can do some magical things and give iPhone a run…

Tech News John Mahoney

If You Want to Have Sex, Don’t Eat Breakfast with Your Family

A study of 3000 Japanese people has revealed that those who rarely eat breakfast with their families typically started having sex a year and a half earlier than the national average. The study, which was commissioned by a group attempting to prevent unwanted teen pregnancies, believe that teens who don’t breakfast with their families may…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Wii Food Delivery Channel to Serve Japan

This Chandelier Is Fan-Friggin-Tastic

Gray Goo Can’t Do All The Things You Say It Can Do

AT&T Giving Out Free Car Charger For the iPhone…Too Bad It Doesn’t Work

Bird Pendant Decorates Exposed Bulbs the Easiest Way

Will a Mega-Dose of Classical Philosphy Destroy Jeff VanderMeer’s Brain?

Cousin Of Son Of Space-Bat, Part 2

Gadgets Deals of the Day: Free 4GB Flash Cards Edition

RIM’s Foldout Keyboard Patent Sorta Misses the Point

The Shiniest Stories On io9 Last Week

Eddie Murphy Really Isn’t The Riddler, Honest

Best of TGIF Lists 2008: The Best Friday Ever

Best And Worst Science Fiction Movies Of 2008

Safe-T Bed: Sleep Soundly on a Cache of Guns, Jewels and Money

$99 Refurbished iPhones Now Available From AT&T

The 6 Choices You Have When You Get a Crappy Gadget Present

Fox Execs Explain Why Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse Is Built On Sand

Best of io9’s Triviagasm: Most Popular Minutiae of the Year

The 10 Best Android Apps of 2008

If You Want to Have Sex, Don’t Eat Breakfast with Your Family

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