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Storming The Power Castle, Dancing Groot, Cheap 3D Printers [Deals]

Here’s a nice little bundle to satisfy your gadget charging needs. Just add the two items below to your cart, use promo code NWW94ZB4 at checkout, and you’ll get them both for $33. That’s the price of the Intocircuit by itself (which is also the Wirecutter’s pick for best external charger), so you’re basically getting…

The Groot You Want, Framed Ink, NES to USB, 3D Printing [Deals]

This Funko POP! Dancing Groot is the Best Groot Toy You Can Buy. Down to $10. [Groot] https://gizmodo.com/the-5-best-groot-toys-on-sale-and-5-fan-made-ones-that-1630095915 75 years. 700 pages. 2000 images. Hardcover. $85 or more off MSRP. [ 75 Years of Marvel: From the Golden Age to the Silver Screen] Need to plug an NES Controller into a PC or Mac. Now…

Old SARS Iso-Tubes Are Keeping Ebola Patients Alive On Planes

When doctors are stricken by the infectious disease they are fighting—the recent and ongoing West African Ebola outbreak, for example—you can’t very well stick them on a commercial flight back to the states for treatment. Instead, highly infectious disease (HID) patients must instead be transported under complete biological isolation inside one of these portable, personal…

Tuesday Game Room: Infinite Heroes Edition

There’s so many games this week – including Disney’s behemoth update to the already monstrously successful Infinity Toy/Game franchise, which adds Marvel heroes to the Disney gang. Planning to pick it up, or anything else this week? Come tell us in Tuesday Game Room! What have you been playing this week? My week in video…

Some iPhone 6 Plus Owners Report Bending Phones Just From Sitting Down

Uh oh: Some unconfirmed iPhone 6 Plus owners are reporting that their new handsets are getting bent when they leave them in their front pockets. You know, as you sometimes do with a phone. Per one enterprising new iPhone 6 Plus owner on the MacRumors forums: Yesterday, I left at 10am with the iPhone in…

Discovery Of 4,000-Year-Old Shipwreck Could Be World’s Oldest

A recent underwater excavation at Turkey’s Urla Port has uncovered a ship estimated to date back 4,000 years, which experts say would make it the oldest sunken ship to have ever been discovered in the Mediterranean — and possibly anywhere. The exact age of the ship still needs to be confirmed, but that would put…

Marvel has canceled two Milo Manara variant covers that were in works following the great Spider-Woman’s Ass Controversy of 2014. EiC Axel Alonso says they do plan to have Manara draw more variant covers in the future, but promises they’ll be more “aware of the growing sensitivity to covers like this.” [Update: Marvel says they’re…

This Tiny Transforming Travel Iron Should Be the First Thing You Pack

The internet’s full of tips on how to pack your clothing before a trip so it doesn’t get wrinkled while you travel. But none of them are foolproof, and like it or not, there’s probably going to be some ironing in your future. But that’s a chore made slightly more bearable with this rather ingenious…

The Best Smartphone Camera: iPhone 6 Edition

Since we last pitted the best smartphone cameras against one another, a few new contenders have entered the fold, notably the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. That makes now the perfect time to settle which smartphone packs in the snappiest shooter. The latest phones in our lineup this time around are the iPhone 6,…

Contour Roam3 Hands-On: Shaky First Steps Back

The last time we saw an action-camera come out of Contour, it was for the Contour+2. Image quality was pretty good, but the mounts were way too fragile, and under the shadow of GoPro’s colossal market-share, Contour shuttered its doors. But now it’s back! And its first product back is… a slight improvement on its…

Cellular Toggle Switch Could Herald An Anti-Aging Breakthrough

Researchers at the Salk Institute have discovered a toggle switch for aging cells. By controlling the growth of telomeres, it may eventually be possible to coax healthy cells to keep dividing and generating even in old age. The cells in our bodies are constantly dividing, replenishing our lungs, skin, liver, and other organs. Regrettably, most…

Seriously, This Trailer For Ghibli’s Princess Kaguya Is Simply Stunning

Every scrap of footage from Studio Ghibli’s The Tale of Princess Kaguya makes me want a US release yesterday. Now we’ve got the full English-language trailer, and it is another beauty. The Tale of Princess Kaguya is based on the proto-science fiction Japanese folktale The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, in which a bamboo cutter…

Blue Man Group’s iPhone 6 unboxing video is the only one you need

This is iPhone 6 unboxing video but The Blue Man Group is not your ordinary iPhone 6 unboxing video. So don’t expect them to reveal anything you don’t know about the phone. Just sit back, relax, and enjoy the show. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook

Sol Republic’s Punk Speaker Is a Tiny Cheap Bluetooth Powerhouse

Small, portable bluetooth speakers have been around for a while, and they’re rarely exciting. Still, Sol Republic’s new coaster-sized Punk is worth pointing out because it’s likely to be an unusual pairing of good quality with a cheap price tag. I had chance to hear the Punk’s single speaker driver blast through some tunes, and…

Icons RPG Will Have You Playing Your Own Superhero In 15 Minutes

Fans of animated superhero series may have just found the perfect tabletop RPG. From Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends to Batman Beyond, Icons: the Assembled Edition is designed to help you recreate those bold, colorful, Saturday morning adventures. Superhero RPGs have a reputation for being heavy on math and packed with crunchy tables and lists…

Why Your iOS 8 Wi-Fi Is Weird and How to Fix It

A platform upgrade always comes with its fair share of bugs, and per Apple Forums, one of the issues popping up with iOS 8 is slow Wi-Fi. But fear not, apparently there’s an easy fix. Now, not everyone is experiencing sluggish internet connections on iOS 8—some of our staffers said they were, others didn’t notice…

A Robotic Octopus Would Surely Be Captain Nemo’s Worst Nightmare

When designing robots it only makes sense to occasionally take a peek at what Mother Nature has already come up with for surviving and navigating our planet. But do robotics researchers have to keep choosing the world’s most creepiest animals for inspiration? Does anyone really want to live in a world with unstoppable robot snakes…

The University of Baltimore is trying to teach the success of the MCU

6 years after Iron Man, it’s still quite baffling to see just how Marvel’s Cinematic Universe has gotten so big and so popular – but a new Media Studies course at the University of Baltimore next year is going to try and find out the hows and whys of the success Marvel has had with…

You Want More Diversity in Your Pop Culture? Here’s How to Find It

Many fans are demanding more diversity in comics, movies and TV. What you may not realize is that there’s already a community of creators producing stories about diverse characters. Now is a great time to get into their work. Illustration from the cover of The Agenda “Many of the people who have been calling for…

It’s hard to believe these photos are just miniatures

Satoshi Araki’s obsessive attention to detail is stunning. If it weren’t for the reference of the finger that appears in some of the pictures, it would be very hard to distinguish these miniature dioramas from real pictures of garbage dumps, bombed cities, or abandoned neighborhoods. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us…