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Japanese Academy to Make Gundam a Reality

Japan thinks the real world should be more like Gundam. Next year, a team of experts from all walks of life will join together to form the Gundam Academy, an academic institution dedicated to bringing humanity into the age of mecha suits, helper robots, and space colonization. It’s time for the Universal Century.The Gundam Academy…

Now We Know: Aronofsky’s Robocop Not Sequel

We’ve asked before to no avail, but finally director Darren Aronofsky has come out and admitted that his new Robocop movie will not be a sequel to the previous three movies, but a ground-up reboot to the mechanical cop franchise. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that we’ll be robbed of seeing Peter Weller one more…

Almost A Dealzmodo: Iriver Drops Prices on New MP3 Players

Always classy, always feature-packed, and usually too expensive PMP manufacturer Iriver is dropping prices on their current lineup starting today. We already covered the Spinn’s $50 price drop, to $190 and $230 for 4GB and 8GB capacities, and the more entry-level E100 and Lplayer drop $40, down to $70 and $100 for those same capacities.…

Chuck, Meet Your New Neighbors

As if Nicole Richie’s (surprisingly not bad) guest appearance wasn’t bad enough, NBC’s Chuck is about to be overrun with more stunt casting as Jenny McCarthy and Andy Richter step into the show to play a suburban couple who may or may not have a spy-esque past. Spoilers for the unexpected team-up of the year…

What Urban Fantasy Tells Us About the Future

Since we launched in January, io9 has steadfastly covered only science fiction, futurism, and science. We’ve had arguments with you over what this means, and occasionally we’ve covered borderline-fantasy tales like Hellboy and Ekaterina Sedia’s novel The Alchemy of Stone. But now we’ve decided to open our content coverage up to urban fantasy. Our muses…

Spooky Hexapod Dancing Robot Scares Ladies Your Way

This six-legged, pimp-headed robot dancing to Lou Bega’s “Mambo No. 5” is all sorts of freaky. It’s been on YouTube for a few weeks, but I thought it was perfect for Halloween, as evidenced by that pins-and-needles feeling I get watching it. Remember that scene in Toy Story when the maltreated toys go after Buzz…

In case you’re looking for a recap of today’s Halloween madness on Giz, all the ghoulishness and trickery you can handle is right here.

Stunning Carved Pedestal For iPhone Worship

I think it is safe to say that design student Kyle Buckner is more than just an iPhone user—he is an iPhone worshiper. After all, the iPhone sits atop his elaborate wood-carved pedestal like a King on his throne. Is this the beginning of some sort of cult? Will there be robes and chanting? Truth…

Google Robots Ordered to Fight Zombies on Halloween

Halloween is a scary day because you never know when some undead miscreant is going to try and harvest your brain. That’s why, as Matt Cutts discovered, Google has ordered its robots to disallow any brain-hungry zombies from…well…eating brains. I’m not sure exactly how this zombie spotting and robot deployment works, but now we can…

Halloween Wii Dogs Make Us Laugh, Shed Single Tear

Despite the humiliated faces of these two dogs dressed as a Nintendo Wii and a Wiimote, this photo has had two effects in me. One, it made me chuckle. Two, it made me scramble all over the house looking for cardboard, white paint, black and blue markers, a dog mask, and fur coat (trust me,…

iPhone Secret: Web Apps Can Mimic Real Apps

What you are you seeing in these screenshots may seem like a real iPhone application, but it’s not. It’s a web page displayed in full screen, completely out of Safari, behaving and looking exactly as any native iPhone program would do. The best thing: It is not a new feature of the incoming iPhone OS…

A Retro 70s Oedipal Robot Explosion Wet Dream, Yeah!

Here’s Exhibit A for why I like the new Life On Mars series way more than it deserves. The time-stranded cop show just goes way, way over the top, as you can see in this bizarre acid trip. Sam Tyler doesn’t just have naughty thoughts about his own mom — he also sees the Vietnam…

Psyclone TouchCharge Kit Energizes Xbox 360 Controllers Wirelessly

We’ve spotted WildCharge wireless charging kits before, but this new implementation in the Psyclone TouchCharge kit for Xbox 360 controllers might make the most sense. You load the 360 controller with the special bundled battery and plug the base plate into the wall. Set the controller on that plate and, KAZAAM, everyone in your family…

The Shiniest Stories On io9 Last Week

Too busy rebuilding a tiny Manhattan? Don’t worry, we’ve compiled a list of the best stories of the week, just for you.Charlie Kaufman Will Break Your Brain in Synecdoche, New Yorkhttp://io9.com/5069579/ Synecdoche, New York, the latest film from Charlie “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” Kaufman, creates its own brand of magical realism crossed with…

Asus Gets Customer Locked Up For 10 Months Over Defective Hardware

The Beijing Times is reporting on a shocking court case involving Asus and a young female customer named Huang Jing. It all started back in 2006 when Huang bought a V6800V model ASUS laptop from a Beijing retailer and quickly discovered it to be defective. She sent the computer back to Asus several times for…

CNN Fortune: Blackberry Storm as Low as $99 on Verizon?

Fortune’s Techland blog is reporting that with Vodafone’s recent announcement that they would fully subsidize the Blackberry Storm, Verizon might be considering similar low cost options to compete against the iPhone. While some inside sources claimed Verizon may go as far as to make the phone free with a two-year contract, other anonymous blabbermouths from…

Reminder: Lego Minifig Contest Ends Today

In case you missed it in our huge photographic timeline of the Lego minifig, today is the deadline for the Giz Lego Minifig video contest. We have got a ton of entries, some of them really amazing ones (one of these actually came in the mail literally two minutes ago). So if you are just…

Why I Fell In Love With Karen Traviss’ Clones

When the Star Wars saga started delving more into the grim ‘n’ nasty Clone Wars era, I wasn’t that thrilled. I know, some bad stuff happened between the big fight scene at the end of Attack Of The Clones and the big fight scene at the start of Revenge Of The Sith — but I…

Stan Lee’s Acting Talents Finally Put To Good Use

What better way to celebrate Hallowe’en than listening to one of the greatest poems of all time read by one of the greatest orators of all time? That’s be great, but sadly, James Earl Jones couldn’t show up, so we’re left with Marvel Comics creator – and narrator of Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends –…

Gadget Deals of the Day

It goes unsaid that Halloween have bigger deals than even Black Friday. Just think about all those tiny, defenseless kids walking around with pillow cases chock full of candy. Oh, and you can score deals on TVs, DVDs and other stuff, too. HDTVs • Corion Digital Lifestyles 42” 720p HDTV for $599.99 plus free shipping…