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New Technology Could Display Your Dreams on Screen

A research team at the ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories in Japan has successfully displayed simple images produced in the human brain on a computer screen. Dream recorder anyone? In a nutshell, the device converts electrical signals sent to the visual cortex into images that can be viewed on a computer screen. In their experiment, they…

Tech News Sean Fallon

T-Shirt Explodes Keytar and Other Vintage Music Tech

Last week we admired the technically and artistically gorgeous Gameboy Exploded shirt. This week, we see even more of our favorite retro technologies anatomically explored in t-shirt form. https://gizmodo.com/the-gameboy-explodes-all-over-this-beautiful-t-shirt-5102846 Exploded Explosion, $10, features some of the most iconic musical gadgets of the past along with a taste of the internal circuitry that made them work.…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Maps Imagine Post-War Europe Without Germany

During World War II, some fringe thinkers advocated for the total dissolution of Germany. They left us with maps that depict an alternate Europe where Germany ceded all land to its victorious neighbors. In 1941, Theodore Kaufman self-published his controversial manifesto Germany Must Perish!, which advocated, among other things, the sterilizations of Germans and dismemberment…

io9 Lauren Davis

Logitech G18 Gaming Keyboard Rocks Your Face With Full-Blown LCD Display, Apocalypse Paint Job

I was a disappointed when I saw Logitech’s G13 gamepad, because I really wanted a new keyboard. Well, here it is, the G18, which looks like it has a full-blown LCD display. https://gizmodo.com/logitech-g13-keypad-will-help-up-your-pwn-factor-5106168 The form factor and key layout looks almost exactly like the current G15 keyboard, except with double the number of fast function…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Batman Isn’t RIP For A Few More Months, Says His Boss

Underwhelmed by the end of Batman RIP? That’s because it wasn’t actually the end of the story, according to DC Executive Editor Dan DiDio. And, apparently, was never meant to be, either. Talking to Newsarama.com about the muted response to watching Bruce Wayne confront a man who claimed to be his father or an actor…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Mercedes to Debut Splitview Command Display this Summer

Mercedes has announced plans to implement what they call a Splitview Command display in new S-Class models—a means for the passenger and driver to see different images on the same surface. The system uses side-by-side pixel placement coupled with a “filtering mask.” We’re guessing this filtering mask is essentially the technology found for ages in…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Twilight’s Werewolf Booted from Wolf-Centric Sequel?

The blood-sucking beast Twilight is pushing forward with a release date for sequel New Moon faster than the Cullen family can scarf down a deer. Missing in action is one long-haired wolf boy. According to Entertainment Weekly the next angsty vampire script is ready to go full speed into production as soon as December 15.…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Nikon D400 DSLR Spec List Claims 14.8MP Sensor, 1080p HD Video

Nikon just announced the D3x, and popped out the D700 a little bit ago, so next to be updated is the D300, right? Here are the first round of supposed specs for the D400. https://gizmodo.com/rumor-nikon-planning-1080p-capable-d400-5097230 Nikon Rumors got these specs as anonymous tip—anonymous comment, actually—so the standard caveats apply, BUT they do look fairly plausible,…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

The Slimmest Houses On Earth Are Made In Japan

Screw Dubai. Bouncing Red Ball has a a selection of some of thinnest buildings in the world, all in Japan, where land is so scarce. We’ve featured other cool ones, but these defy belief. https://gizmodo.com/alley-house-brings-luxury-living-to-cockroach-cracks-389023 And you thought your apartment was small. We have added the mountain-side house, but head to Bouncing Red Ball for…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Scifi Movies’ Next Savior Is Named Joby

It’s official: Hollywood’s next hot scifi screenwriter is Joby Harold. He’s just been picked to write a pet project of today’s hot scifi screenwriters – and he may be the next Zack Snyder, too. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Harold is in negotiations to write the script for Atlantis Rising, a comic book adaptation being…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Xbox 360 Ultrafan Plays Inside a Furry Green Version of an Xbox 360

Giz’s Xbox-fanboy Matt B. got excited watching this other fan’s Xbox 360-themed den. I just got freaked out with the green LEDs, green fur, and green heavy breath. [poetv via Offworld via Kotaku]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

For The First Time, Buy and Activate an iPhone 3G At Home Without Pants

According to Boy Genius and Gadgetell, AT&T is now finally offering home activation for the iPhone 3G. Before, it was necessary to go into an Apple or AT&T store for activation, but no more. That means that Xmas iPhone receipts will be much more pleasant. Interestingly, home activation only appears to be working if you…

Tech News John Mahoney

Don Draper Solves the Alien Problem With Scotch

At the premiere for Day the Earth Stood Still, we nabbed cast member Jon Hamm and asked what his Mad Men character Don Draper would do to stop angry alien Klaatu. Jon Hamm plays a scruffy faced scientist in the new remake of the 1950s classic. This new character’s tie is loose, his hair is…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Fusion-io ioDrive Is The Fastest Storage Device in the World

The ioDrive is a PCI Express storage card that can write at up to 368 MB/s and read at 473 MB/s to its NAND flash memory-or, for the layman: really, really damn fast. To put it into perspective, that’s nearly 2x the read speed of Intel’s already fast SSDs, and roughly 5x the write speed.…

Tech News John Mahoney

How To Buy the Cool-Running Xbox 360 ‘Jasper’

While Xbox 360s have become increasingly capable at handling their crippling heat defects, you still want the newest, coolest 360 you can buy. Right now, that’s the “Jasper” edition, featuring a new 65nm GPU. https://gizmodo.com/rumor-xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-set-for-8-08-relea-309411 You should note, the GPU appears to be Jasper’s major relevant revision, and it keeps the same huge heatsink found…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Arizona Steampunk Art Is Literally In Your Face

Nathan Lewis has fixed his drooling problem the steampunk way, in this photo set of demented Arizona steampunk art, shot by MAKE magazine’s Becky Stern. Lewis calls his device a “drool collector.” It looks a lot like part of the automatic feeder apparatus that Charlie Chaplin tested in Modern Times, thus giving it even more…

io9 Annalee Newitz

MacBook Firmware Update Doesn’t Fix Cranky RAM Problems

It looks like the MacBook update released yesterday doesn’t fix everything we wanted it to. JkOnTheRun reports it still freezes and hangs with the full 4GB installed. But at least sleep seems fixed. [jkOnTheRun] https://gizmodo.com/new-macbooks-get-another-firmware-update-to-fix-problem-5107004

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Netgear Digital Entertainer Elite To Cost $400

We got an early peek at the Netgear Digital Entertainer Elite media streamer, complete with codec support and rear inputs/outputs. Now Wired has scored some more details, including the Elite’s $400 price. https://gizmodo.com/netgear-digital-entertainer-elite-htpc-in-a-set-top-bo-5100502 Yes, that’s a tad steep if you compare it to Apple TV, Roku, or Xbox 360, but not so bad if you…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Major Hints For Iron Man 2, Dragonball, T4, And Clone Wars

Today’s spoilers include an Iron Man 2 revelation. Plus Terminator 4, Dragonball and TDTESS clips. Shocking Heroes set pics! Sulu’s role on Clone Wars! Plus spoilers for Fringe, Dollhouse, Sarah Connor, Smallville and more! Iron Man 2: Don’t expect the sequel to be more comic book-y and fantastical than the original film, warns writer Justin…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Apple Working on Physics-Based 3D User Interface

Your Mac OS X desktop may become exactly as messy as your real-world one if Apple finally develops this newly-released patent, which describes a 3D desktop that obeys the laws of physics. I have a hard time believing that this one will become reality, since 3D-based user interfaces introduce more complexity than benefits for the…

Physics & Chemistry Jesus Diaz

New Technology Could Display Your Dreams on Screen

T-Shirt Explodes Keytar and Other Vintage Music Tech

Maps Imagine Post-War Europe Without Germany

Logitech G18 Gaming Keyboard Rocks Your Face With Full-Blown LCD Display, Apocalypse Paint Job

Batman Isn’t RIP For A Few More Months, Says His Boss

Mercedes to Debut Splitview Command Display this Summer

Twilight’s Werewolf Booted from Wolf-Centric Sequel?

Nikon D400 DSLR Spec List Claims 14.8MP Sensor, 1080p HD Video

The Slimmest Houses On Earth Are Made In Japan

Scifi Movies’ Next Savior Is Named Joby

Xbox 360 Ultrafan Plays Inside a Furry Green Version of an Xbox 360

For The First Time, Buy and Activate an iPhone 3G At Home Without Pants

Don Draper Solves the Alien Problem With Scotch

Fusion-io ioDrive Is The Fastest Storage Device in the World

How To Buy the Cool-Running Xbox 360 ‘Jasper’

Arizona Steampunk Art Is Literally In Your Face

MacBook Firmware Update Doesn’t Fix Cranky RAM Problems

Netgear Digital Entertainer Elite To Cost $400

Major Hints For Iron Man 2, Dragonball, T4, And Clone Wars

Apple Working on Physics-Based 3D User Interface

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