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Amazing Origami Star Trek, Star Wars Spaceships Make Good Use of Dollars

Spaceships, famous sci-fi ones from Star Trek and Star Wars, made of cunningly folded dollar bills—the Millenium Falcon takes just three dollar bills—and possessing fantastic detail. Enough said. Well, that and the fact it seems a pretty good use for dollar notes nowadays. Check out the gallery below, and more of origamist (?) Won Park’s…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Oct 27

Browse a Censored Web Through the China Channel FireFox Plugin

It’s no secret that the Chinese government censors web content, but what’s it like to actually be a citizen trapped inside the Great Firewall of China? A new FireFox plugin called China Channel can show you. It reroutes your IP through China, allowing you to look like any other digital Chinese citizen from anywhere in…

Tech News Mark Wilson Oct 27

Dollhouse Really Did Almost Fall Apart, Joss Says

Joss Whedon’s new show Dollhouse may be the most challenging work he’s ever created. It’s about a woman (Eliza Dushku) whose mind has been erased to make her the perfect malleable companion, plaything or tool for the wealthy. It sounded too weird for any network, but especially for the notoriously impatient Fox. And for months,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Oct 27

A Week of io9 Hoodies

If you’re wondering what to wear as the weather gets colder, your friends at io9 and awesome DiY t-shirt maker Neighborhoodies have the answer for you. We’ve got five scifi-inspired hoodie designs for you, and we’ll be unveiling one every day this week. Today’s first design is inspired by Doctor Who, and it says, “You…

io9 Annalee Newitz Oct 27

DIY Magic Mirror Makes Disney’s Look Positively Low Tech

This is for those of you who got a shiver when the magic mirror spoke to the witch in Snow White… or rather, it’s the sort of thing that’ll give your kids a shiver in this electronic age. A guy called Al has hooked up an old PC, an LCD screen, an Arduino board and…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Oct 27

Grab Guaranteed Access To PlayStation Home Closed Beta For $3 via Qore

If you’re dying to start outfitting your virtual apartment in the PS3’s oft-delayed virtual world/XBLA-like community add-on, PlayStation Home, Sony has set it up so all downloaders of the November edition of Qore, a monthly video news feature available via the PS Store, will receive guaranteed access to the closed beta. You can still try…

Tech News John Mahoney Oct 27

Cox Becoming a Virtual Wireless Provider Using Sprint’s Network in 2009

New details have emerged on #3 cable provider Cox Communication’s plan to enter into the wireless business. Apparently, subscribers will be able to control their DVRs, watch television, and automatically sync their address book with home PCs via their cellphone. Cox will be riding on the back of Sprint to get things going in the…

Tech News Sean Fallon Oct 27

Ultimate Perv Tech Creates Model of Your Naked Body Using Photo of You Fully Clothed

Have you ever wondered what somebody looks like under their clothes? I’m guessing you have! Well, so have researchers at Brown University. That’s why they’ve developed some fancy software that creates models of what people look like naked based only on pictures of them in their clothes. Awesome? The researchers claim that the technology is…

Tech News Adam Frucci Oct 27

Windows 7 Pre-Beta Details Leak

Microsoft is not including all the new Windows 7 goodies in the pre-beta version that will be distributed at the Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles. However, the good news is that they are putting in a lot of new stuff that will have fans of the operating system excited until the public beta hits-if…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Oct 27

Dr. Manhattan’s Blue Man Bits Now In HD

We reported about the great lengths that director of the Watchmen comic book adaptation Zack Snyder went to keep Dr. Manhattan’s blue downstairs tasteful yet accurate for viewers. Heck, we’ve even blogged the almost wang exposing moments where you got to see Billy Crudup (Dr. Manhattan’s) “manness” in the Watchmen diaries and making of Manhattan…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 27

iPhone Could Hit $99, Analyst Says

Apple-obsessed financial analyst Charlie Wolf said today in a research note that Apple could cut the price of the 8GB iPhone to $99. Why? Apparently, just because they can. At least, based on his guesstimations on the iPhone margins and costs, and we can only guess, his famed telepathic powers, animal entrails reading abilities, and…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Oct 27

Nokia Announces the Musical Bench

Nokia may rule a large portion of the worldwide cellphone market, but you know, with the economy and everything, it never hurts to diversify. Nokia is setting up musical benches throughout the UK to promote their Comes With Music audio service, each featuring three integrated handsets with headphones to sample music.The track lists are said…

Tech News Mark Wilson Oct 27

Heroes Vs. Life On Mars: Which New Family Member Is Less Annoying?

This week, everybody is getting a blast from the past. Chuck is running into his ex-girlfriend, Sam is meeting his mother, Back To The Future-style on Life On Mars, and the Petrellis just can’t seem to shake their daddy issues on Heroes. We’ve got behind the scenes clips and promos for all.Monday: Adorably dorky Chuck…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 27

What You Missed This Weekend

There’s a reason High School Musical 3 made a gazillion dollars this weekend. You. Unfortunately, your actions came at the expense of Gizmodo’s weekend news, which you passed over for Zack Efron. Make up for it by reading our best posts: • Taxes suck, especially when glorious graphics like this one show just how much…

Tech News Jack Loftus Oct 27

DIY SpokePOV System Lights Up Your Bike in Support for Obama

Past generations decked out their bike spokes with playing cards, this generation is doing it with LEDs. One of the best examples so far comes from a Flickr user that utilized six SpokePOV kits to turn his bicycle wheel into a stunning, illuminated Obama logo. If you would like to do a little campaigning of…

Tech News Sean Fallon Oct 27

Wii Homebrew Is Back Again, Now Supporting SDHC Cards

As predicted and expected, homebrew on the WIi is back thriving after being blocked by the most recent software update from Nintendo. Brewers can go about getting their software back by installing a new version of the Homebrew Channel (which also adds SDHC support for cards larger than 2GB) on their updated Wiis. In addition,…

Tech News John Mahoney Oct 27

Science Fiction Writers Reach Out From Beyond the Grave

Science fiction writers have fantastical powers. They can peer into the future, invent strange new gadgets and alien races, and make us lose hours between their pages. And some writers can even speak to us from beyond the grave, publishing new works months — and even years — after they’ve died. Here are just some…

io9 Lauren Davis Oct 27

Uniqlo to Set Up Human Vending Machines, Ruin Shopping Forever

Are you looking to buy clothes in the most awkward way possible? Well, Japanese clothing retailer Uniqlo is bringing that opportunity to holiday shoppers in New York’s Times Square by setting up human vending machines. Yes, they’re vending machines with mimes inside, with human assistants in metallic bodysuits there to help you. Yikes. The whole…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Oct 27

Scientists Record Music of Stars, Spookily Like a Star Trek Sound Effect

A group of astronomers have taken the “Music of the Spheres” quite literally, and have recorded the sound of three stars that’re similar to our Sun. The technique, dubbed stellar seismology, lets scientists get some idea about what’s going on in the inner structure of the stars. This research was carried out using France’s Corot…

Tech News Kit Eaton Oct 27

More Proof That Children Are Evil

What’s worse than a handful of sick kids throwing up on your new sweater and ruining your drunken relaxed holidays? Sick kids that will try and kill you in your sleep. The odds aren’t in this family’s favor when a group of friends brings their brood of kids to a cabin in the woods to…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 27

Amazing Origami Star Trek, Star Wars Spaceships Make Good Use of Dollars

Browse a Censored Web Through the China Channel FireFox Plugin

Dollhouse Really Did Almost Fall Apart, Joss Says

A Week of io9 Hoodies

DIY Magic Mirror Makes Disney’s Look Positively Low Tech

Grab Guaranteed Access To PlayStation Home Closed Beta For $3 via Qore

Cox Becoming a Virtual Wireless Provider Using Sprint’s Network in 2009

Ultimate Perv Tech Creates Model of Your Naked Body Using Photo of You Fully Clothed

Windows 7 Pre-Beta Details Leak

Dr. Manhattan’s Blue Man Bits Now In HD

iPhone Could Hit $99, Analyst Says

Nokia Announces the Musical Bench

Heroes Vs. Life On Mars: Which New Family Member Is Less Annoying?

What You Missed This Weekend

DIY SpokePOV System Lights Up Your Bike in Support for Obama

Wii Homebrew Is Back Again, Now Supporting SDHC Cards

Science Fiction Writers Reach Out From Beyond the Grave

Uniqlo to Set Up Human Vending Machines, Ruin Shopping Forever

Scientists Record Music of Stars, Spookily Like a Star Trek Sound Effect

More Proof That Children Are Evil

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