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io9TelevisionPanasonic Steals Crown for Giant 8k TV That Will Melt Your Face
We thought Sharp’s eye-skewering, 85-inch 8k TV ad CES was an act of Zeus. It literally made us nauseous, it looked so good. But that’s nothing, as of right now: Panasonic just dropped a 145-inch 7,680 x 4,320 mega-set. https://gizmodo.com/sharps-8k-tv-is-like-standing-in-the-presence-of-a-wrat-5875261 The plasma set is a prototype, of course, and the 8k technology itself is still … Continued
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io9Books & Comics
The Biggest Reasons To Get Excited About Comics This Summer
There’s a gobsmackingly diverse slate of comics hitting stores over the next three months. Here’s a sneak peek at some of the newest series under the summer sun. What’s on the docket? Doctor Who aboard the Enterprise, new League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Nick Fury acting salty, and Jesus Christ’s clone’s reality show. MAY 2012 First … Continued
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Tech News
Here’s Your Woz For the Upcoming Steve Jobs Biopic
And we have a Woz! Josh Gad, current star of the Broadway musical Book of Mormon will play Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak alongside Ashton Kutcher, who’s been cast as Steve Jobs, in the upcoming biopic Jobs: Get Inspired. https://gizmodo.com/anyone-can-play-steve-jobs-even-ashton-kutcher-5899751 Acting chops aside, if we’re scoring these choices based on appearance alone, the casting agents didn’t … Continued
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io9Watch Nicki Minaj throw a sexy party on the set of Lost
We never really know what to think about Nicki Minaj’s theatrics. And now that she’s released her latest music video for “Starships,” we’ve stopped trying. Filmed on what could be the set of Lost — thank you for pointing that out, Vulture — this video has Minaj beam down from her spaceship and rap about … Continued
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Five Embodied Metaphors That Actually Foster Creative Thinking
People often describe creative thinking in the form of metaphors. We talk about “thinking outside the box,” “putting two and two together,” and “seeing both sides of the problem.” But what if we could boost our creativity by taking these metaphors literally? We know our minds interact in all sorts of interesting ways with our … Continued
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Tech News
What It’s Like to Live in a Sub-Machine Gun
Architizer is a blog dedicated to the past, present and future of architectural design. They scour the internet finding the best/coolest/weirdest structures people crawl around in. Today they look at floorplans which have been fashioned in the likeness of classic guns. “One can kill a man as easily with a dwelling as with an axe!” … Continued
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io9Movies
An Imperial CAT-AT, for Jedi kitties only
Force your cat to become a Star Wars fan with this amazing Imperial CAT-AT! Just think of the roleplaying possibilites you and your feline can partake in with this rig. Now all they need is an Ewok Treehouse Cat Tree, and you can recreate the entire ending of Return of the Jedi. This beautiful construction … Continued
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Tech News
Can You Die If Someone Squeezes Your Testicles Hard Enough?
Today it was reported that a woman killed a man by squeezing his testicles. My immediate question was: can you die if someone squeezes your testicles hard enough? I asked Dr. Irwin Goldstein, urologist and San Diego Sexual Medicine’s director. Here’s the answer: https://gizmodo.com/woman-kills-man-by-squeezing-his-testicles-5905648 Yes, the testicles are exquisitely sensitive to touch and there is … Continued
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Tech News
Zerglings Have Rushed Your Google Search Results. Kill Them All
Someone at Google must still be obsessed with Starcraft 2, because if you bring up the search engine and type in “zerg rush,” a (very, very) Google-fied version of Starcraft 2 appears before your eyes. At first, it’s just a couple of Os attacking your search results, but before you know it, there are hoards … Continued
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Tech NewsMan Holding Central London Building Captive with Homemade Bomb (Updating)
Twitter and TV reports are coming in with news of a disgruntled Londoner with a DIY bomb strapped to his body. What does he want? Nobody knows. But he has hostages, and the police have him under siege. Twitter, as usual, is adding a swirl of at times conflicting information (fist shake), but we’re going … Continued
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io9TelevisionBrand new videos for Amazing Spider-Man, Brave and Snow White and the Huntsman!
See a video of The Amazing Spider-Man’s mechanical web-shooters in action. Find out which queen we’ll be meeting on Doctor Who this year. And learn which show is casting Chloe Sevigny as a character named “Shelly the Nymphomaniac.” Plus celebrate the Fringe Season five renewal with spoilers! Speaking of which, spoilers below… Top image from … Continued
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Tech News
The Perfect Fashion Statement for Photographers
If you’re stuck for a gift for your closest camera-lover, look no further. These bracelets are custom-made from old camera lenses, providing a one-off piece of jewelery that any photography nerd is bound to love. Made by Craig Arnold in South Australia, each one is different, in no small part because they display the wear-and-tear … Continued
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Tech News
Woman Kills Man By Squeezing His Testicles
The man on the graphic photo below is a 42-year-old shop owner in the Meilan District of Haikou City, in Hainan, that big island south of mainland China. He is dead. A 41-year-old woman killed him. By squeezing his testicles. Update: Yes, you can die from extreme testicular pain. Here’s the scientific explanation, by urologist … Continued
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Tech News
Ethical Graffiti: Pressure-Washing Moss to Make Art
Most street artists add to the urban environment to make a statement. But Stefaan de Croock takes away instead: he uses a pressure washer to carve graffiti into the natural dirt and growth that cover our cityscapes, and the results are quite amazing. Moss has a tendency to grow rapidly on concrete walls, especially when … Continued
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Tech News
This Never Ending Ocean of Flowers Will Overwhelm Your Senses
Every spring there is an ocean of yellow flowers in the county of Luoping, an underdeveloped area on the east of the Yunnan Province, China. They are canola, used for the production of oil for humans, animals and biodiesel cars. They cover absolutely every field in sight. Amazing. When you see it live, it is … Continued
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Tech News
People Test Toilets Using Fake Poop?
If you always thought toilets just worked, be prepared to reassess. A company called Maximum Performance dedicates its activities to optimizing your bathroom experience—and that’s led it to develop fake poop for testing toilets. Really. What you looking at is a stack of 350-gram segments of soybean paste, specially mixed and extruded to simulate real-life, … Continued
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ScienceSpace & Spaceflight
Is Extraterrestrial Life More a Dream Than a Real Possibility?
There is no getting around the fact that a lot of people would be very excited if extraterrestrial life existed. But while plenty of scientists are working hard to find it, others aren’t as convinced—and a team of Princeton physicists has gone as far as publishing an academic article explaining exactly why they think we’re … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgets
Samsung Overtakes Nokia as the World’s Biggest Phone Manufacturer
Samsung has just toppled Nokia’s 14-year run as the world’s biggest vendor of mobile phones in terms of shipments. In the first quarter of 2012 Samsung shipped 93.5 million handsets—36 per cent more than a year earlier—overtaking the Finnish phone giant who shipped a mere 82.7 million. Bloomberg reports that it’s Samsung’s smartphones that have … Continued
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Tech NewsMiller Lite’s Punch Top Can Is a Shotgunner’s Delight
Do you adore Miller Lite? Do you find yourself wishing there were somehow a way to get that golden yellow liquid down your throat faster and with fewer suds? Then rejoice! The new ML Punch Top can will allow you to shotgun your brew, the civilized way. The Punch Top works like any other canned … Continued