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Post-Singularity Toilets

After the singularity, even your toilet will be transformed. Maybe it will look like this fabulous, googie/populuxe toilet or maybe it will be made of converted T-1000 liquid terminators who can morph to fit any rear end — whether Wookiee or Gray Alien. What else does the far future promise us in the way of…

Paper Tank Only Fires Cheap Furniture, Supermarket Coupons

Being the blind bat that I am, I first got excited when I saw this M1 Abrams tank made out of paper because I thought those were comic-book pages. Is that Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos? Maybe colored Milton Canniff’s Steve Canyons? Doug Murray’s ‘Nam? Then I zoomed in and I realized what it…

Josh Pyke’s Guitar Boat Floats on an Ocean of Rock

Up until now, I had never heard of Aussie indy-rocker Josh Pyke. However, sailing the seas on a giant guitar is something that tends to get people noticed. The boat is prominently featured in the video for his new single Make You Happy, and it appears to be an accurate replica of his favorite guitar.…

Hasselhoff Puts Final Nail In Knight Rider Coffin

The one saving grace that might have swayed people to watch NBC’s new Knight Rider series has been ripped out of the cast’s hands. David Hasselhoff (who was the main character in the original series) will no longer be appearing as a guest star in some upcoming episodes. It sounds like there was a disagreement…

Dealzmodo: MSI Wind Now Available for $430

MSI keeps upping the rebates on their Wind U110 netbooks, probably to stay competitive with the cheaper Acer Aspire One. If you’re interested, the 3-cell battery Wind, good for about 2 hours of battery life, can be picked up for $430 after rebates. (A 6-cell Aspire One is just $400). The Wind has 120GB of…

Color me shocked. The first episodes of Brit remakes Life On Mars and Eleventh Hour both scored amazing ratings, around 11.6 million each. Our reviews of both episodes will be up later today. [TV Guide]

Star Ka’at Author’s Final War Has Been Settled

Good news: the battle over Andre Norton’s legacy has finally been settled, and that means her unpublished books will soon be coming out. A lower court in Tennessee gave Norton’s biggest fan Victor Horadam control over her works, including royalties. But an appeal court overturned the ruling, giving Norton’s inheritance to longtime caretaker Sue Stewart.…

New OLED Tech Has Built-In Touch Control, Works Like Magic

One of drawbacks with traditional touchscreens is that the touch action requires layers of junk between the light source and the surface you’re smudging, which makes it dimmer. Fraunhofer IPMS is showing off a breakthrough in OLED tech that doesn’t need any of the crap, since the OLED itself reads touch signals. Obviously, that opens…

My Virtual Journey On A Ribosome Spaceship And To The Far Ends of the Galaxy

Welcome back to MangoBot, a biweekly column about Asian futurism by TokyoMango blogger Lisa Katayama. The International Space Station is flying straight at me. “This is a glimpse into the future,” a voice says from somewhere above my head. “This is what the ISS will look like when it’s completed in 2010.” The giant silver…

Bill Gates Reimagined As Penis for Condom Ad

We’re not sure that Bill Gates signed off on this unofficial endorsement for ‘Belgium for Love’ brand condoms, but that didn’t stop the company from placing his more characaturish features on a condom-wrapped penis with the caption, “I finally discovered an efficient antivirus!!” In case dominating the worldwide computer market, being one of the richest…

Army Keeps Military Green Push, Embraces Solar, Wind, and Bio-Fuel Power

The Army is following the Air Force’s green efforts to cut their energy expenditures and, presumably, don’t see their weapons budget cut. They will install solar panels and windmills, while investing in bio-fuels and energy conservation in bases all around the country. According to Keith Eastin, assistant Army secretary for Installations and Environmen, this will…

Temperature Sweater Puts Annoying People in Their Place

You’re sitting there freezing your ass off and someone comes up to you and says “cold enough for ya’ today?” then laughs. If you have ever been in this situation you know how annoying it can be. Thanks to the temperature sweater you can reply by extending your arm, pointing to the temperature gauge on…

The Week in iPhone Apps: Into The Deprivation Chamber

It’s been a rough week. We’ve seen so many stock market trend graphs looking like cross-sections of the Grand Canyon, so many sad traders. Doomsday proclamations a-plenty. So a hard week calls for an escape for hard rest, and thankfully, the App Store this week is eager to provide the visual and audio accompaniments for…

Computers Screw Stock Market Even More Than It’s Already Screwed

As if we didn’t have enough with the stock market going down in flames on its own, computers have decided to screw them a little bit more and make everyone go “WTF” for a few minutes this morning. After dropping around two hundred gazillion points yesterday, today the Dow Jones industrials saw another drop of…

V Is Back! All Hail The Visitors!

Welcome back, my 80s-permed alien friends. ABC is bringing back the lizard-alien mini-series V, hooray! The 4400 creator and producer Scott Peters revealed to the trades that the aliens are back and that there may be a video game on the way too. But more importantly, will they bring back the jumpsuits and fantastic 80s…

Sprint Instinct Gets Pandora for $3 a Month

Another talking point for the throaty fake movie announcer in Sprint’s occasionally amusing Instinct vs. iPhone schtick: The Instinct now has a Pandora app. However, it’ll cost you three bucks a month (like on most phones with Pandora), even though it’s free on the iPhone. You can grab it through your Digital Lounge. Comment competition:…

Finger Condom Toothbrush Might Be Awkward, but at Least You Won’t Get Cavities

Brushing your teeth with your finger never works, despite how often you try it when you end up wasted at someone else’s place for the night. You know, it just kind of smears the toothpaste over your teeth without creating a foam, and it leaves your mouth feeling even grosser than before. If only you…

A Cardboard Cylon and Some Superhero Hotness

Nothing like combining a new-school cylon with the old-school goodness of cardboard. That’s what ratmanproductions did, and he has a nice step-by-step series of photos on Flickr showing the costume as it evolved out of cardboard, duct tape, and a head-mounted flashlight. Ratman’s recycled boxwear menace is just one of many fine costumes io9 readers…

Confederate Fighter Motorcycle Will Cut You, Not Care

The Fighter motorcycle by the Confederate Motor Company is available in special limited edition form at Neiman Marcus. Featuring an advanced titanium, aluminum and carbon fiber chassis, the bike is powered by a 120ci 45-degree air-cooled V-Twin engine that allegedly propels riders to speeds of 190mph. But we just can’t get over its design—as if…

Scifi Books that Have Been Banned in the Twenty-First Century

Click to viewAlien zoo sex, vulgar language, and the horrors of war have earned this novel (which shall remain nameless) a place on many a banned books list. And it’s hardly alone. Even in just the last decade, parents have tried to remove their least favorite titles from school libraries, and works of science fiction…