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iRiver Cell Phone Is Pure Aluminum and Touchscreen Goodness

While everyone is trying to emulate the iPhone’s look, iRiver keeps playing their own metallic tune: Following the design of the beautiful Spinn—although more conservative than their experimental products—the new iRiver cellphone also has a brushed metal look, featuring both a pad as a controlling device and a large touchscreen, which supports handwriting recognition and…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Nov 10

Weather Made to Order? (1954)

Before starting the Paleo-Future blog I had no idea that weather control was such a prominent feature of mid-20th-century futurism. Raised on Jurassic Park’s pop version of chaos theory, I suppose that little Matty was deathly afraid a butterfly beating its wings in Indochina would cause a typhoon in Omaha. And thus, messing with a…

Tech News Matt Novak Nov 10

Take a Trip Down Memory Lane With Other Failed Gadget Sellers

Now that Circuit City’s closing up shop, perhaps we should take a minute to remember other failed gadget dealers from our country’s storied history. Technologizer’s compiled a bunch of old television ads from now defunct tech stores and they’re a treasure trove of early 1990s cheesiness and the repetitive mantra, “Lowest prices! Best Selection! Amazing…

Tech News Elaine Chow Nov 10

iPosture Now Shocking Backs Straight In the United States

Looks like the U.S. will get its own chance to experience the joys of posture correctors/torture devices-the iPosture, which consists of an one-inch button that attaches to your clothes and vibrates when you slouch, is now available States-side for $90. Using it for four hours a day for the first two to four weeks will…

Tech News Elaine Chow Nov 10

Samsung X460 Packs Big Power, 14-Inch Screen Into Super Skinny Body

The folks at Laptop Mag have gotten their hands on Samsung’s slightly bigger brother to its ultra-thin Macbook Air contender, the X360, and they’re absolutely loving it. The X460 is one of the thinnest and lightest notebooks on the planet with a 14.1-inch screen—it has all the style of the X360, but with a built-in…

Gadgets Elaine Chow Nov 10

Gibson’s Dark Fire: Les Paul Reborn as RoboCop

It looks like the reason Gibson’s self-tuning Robot guitar had a limited run is that the legendary guitar innovator had a much more insane second stage already blueprinted up: Gibson’s Dark Fire Les Paul-style digital guitar is the crowning shred-related scientific achievement of our time. Think of it as the Robot plus the Moog synth…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Nov 10

SNIF Tag Social Networking Lets Your Dog Get in on the Action

If you’re a devoted dog lover and have ever created a Facebook profile for your loyal companion (and I hope for your sake that you haven’t), SNIF Tag offers you the chance for beloved Fido to get in on the action. Just for $299, the SNIF Tag clips on to your pet’s collar and picks…

Social Media Erica Ho Nov 10

20 Classic Toys That Aren’t Movies (Yet)

Click to viewThe toy movie has finally arrived. Two of the biggest movies next summer will be based on toys – G.I. Joe and Transformers 2 – and more are on the way. Fantastical stories that sprung from the dreams of Hasbro and Mattel are no longer regarded as automatically childish or dumb. So what…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Nov 10

Google Fixes Bug That Makes Android Do Your Every Typed Command

Google’s fixed that one bug that had you trying to figure out synonyms for “reboot” in daily texting, lest you actually cause your G1 to reboot. The bug, which causes Android to interpret every word as a command, actually got a cure in late October, but Google’s only starting to roll it out to affected…

Tech News Elaine Chow Nov 10

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Inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s backwards writing, this gadget plays with the idea of what the Renaissance Man’s watch may have looked like, if watches existed back then. The numbers on the faceplate are not just written—and listed—backwards, but the hour and minute hands move counter-clockwise as well. For $36, this watch simply tells time…

Tech News Andi Wang Nov 10

The Best Worm Sex Death Scene in the Galaxy [NSFW]

This scene from 1981 Z-movie Galaxy of Terror will destroy your moral center and make you see giant worms in a whole new light. You’ve got your classic scifi horror plot where a ship crash-lands on a planet answering a distress call . . . and discovers an alien thingamabob that manifests their greatest fears!…

Movies Annalee Newitz Nov 10

Disabled Gamer Builds Custom Whole-Body PS3 Setup

How much do we take being able to play games for granted? Disabled gamer KitsuneYume surely doesn’t, seeing as he rigged a PS3 controller setup to work by using his entire body as input triggers, which allows him to hit a respectable 20 out of 25 possible PS3 controller functions. How well does it work?…

Tech News Jason Chen Nov 10

Wii Fit + LEGO Mindstorms = Super Nerd Soccer

No idea who did this originally, but Wired found a video of two dudes playing Wii Fit LEGO Mindstorms Soccer. Wait, what? Looks like the guys hooked up two Wii Fit balance boards to a LEGO Mindstorms trucks(?) and made them move around in sync with whatever leaning or jumping motion was made. A very…

Tech News Jason Chen Nov 10

Minority Traffic Report Detects Accidents Before They Happen

Two miles ahead, a construction crew is closing down the right lane on a busy stretch of road. A truck stalled on the left shoulder is slowing down drivers who stop to look. In the minivan to your right, a distracted dad is paying more attention to his kids than to the road. Unfortunately, you…

io9 Ed Grabianowski Nov 10

Digital/Analog Clock Design Meets You Halfway

This Digital/Analog clock design is a pretty interesting take on the old “clock” concept. Shown off a Tokyo Design Week ’08, this version displays the hours digit-style while keeping the hand free for minute-pointing. Going half digital is a good start, but here’s our challenge to concept designers out there: all digital. Who’s with us?…

Tech News Jason Chen Nov 10

True Blood Serves Up Vampire Justice

Let this be a lesson to you vampires: if you mess with your own, then you must stand trial in front of a bunch of goth rejects and be judged. This week on True Blood, we got to see what happens to the undead fangers that misbehave. And of course, it’s sexy bloody justice.This week…

Television Meredith Woerner Nov 10

Gadget Deals of the Day

Mondays are the worst invention since Chinese finger traps, but it’s okay, we’ve got some deals to make it all better. Let’s see, we’ve got a few bucks off Dell’s Inspiron Mini 9 if you’re in the market for a netbook, some cheap storage, discounted Xbox 360 Holiday Bundles and hey, even an $8 Bluetooth…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Nov 10

Forbidden Planet Movie Won’t Be Retro After All

With the liberally revamped version of The Day The Earth Stood Still opening next month, it seemed weird that J. Michael Straczynski was rumored to be writing a retro Forbidden Planet movie that kept the peachy keen 1950s look of the original intact. And now it turns out the rumors were wrong — Straczynski piped…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Nov 10

Exhaustive Guide to All the Possible New Doctor Whos

Losing track of your potential new Doctors? British website Digital Spy has taken pity on your confusion and provided a handy-dandy scorecard of possible future timelords from Chiwetel Ejiofor to Sean Pertwee, even throwing an unexpected new name (Dexter Fletcher? Really?) into the mix. Now watch as the newbie Gallifrian turns out to be none…

Television Graeme McMillan Nov 10

iRiver Cell Phone Is Pure Aluminum and Touchscreen Goodness

Weather Made to Order? (1954)

Take a Trip Down Memory Lane With Other Failed Gadget Sellers

iPosture Now Shocking Backs Straight In the United States

Samsung X460 Packs Big Power, 14-Inch Screen Into Super Skinny Body

Gibson’s Dark Fire: Les Paul Reborn as RoboCop

SNIF Tag Social Networking Lets Your Dog Get in on the Action

20 Classic Toys That Aren’t Movies (Yet)

Google Fixes Bug That Makes Android Do Your Every Typed Command

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The Best Worm Sex Death Scene in the Galaxy [NSFW]

Disabled Gamer Builds Custom Whole-Body PS3 Setup

Wii Fit + LEGO Mindstorms = Super Nerd Soccer

Minority Traffic Report Detects Accidents Before They Happen

Digital/Analog Clock Design Meets You Halfway

More Video Evidence of China’s E-Waste Problem

True Blood Serves Up Vampire Justice

Gadget Deals of the Day

Forbidden Planet Movie Won’t Be Retro After All

Exhaustive Guide to All the Possible New Doctor Whos

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