apocalypse
Robots
iRobot Makes First Version Of T-1000 Or Number Six
9:49AM Jesus Diaz | Gizmodo’s bullpen five minutes ago. Me: “Holy f—k. Check this.” Matt: “We’re all dead.” Me: “We’re so f—ked.” Wilson: “Soft robotics. That’s a scary phrase.” Jason: “You mean a sexy phrase. Mmmm. Soft robots.” Wilson: “Now, jamming skin… More »
Random Stuff
11:00AM Danny Allen | I woke up Wednesday, to a scene from Total Recall. Sydney had been blanketed by an apocalyptic glowing red dust storm. Red from iron-oxide: rust. And if I couldn’t breathe, my tech gear wouldn’t like this either… More »
Waking Up On Mars: Australia’s Bizarre Dust Storm
11:00AM Danny Allen | I woke up Wednesday, to a scene from Total Recall. Sydney had been blanketed by an apocalyptic glowing red dust storm. Red from iron-oxide: rust. And if I couldn’t breathe, my tech gear wouldn’t like this either… More »
QOTD
8:30AM Chris Oaten | The Onion brings us in its usual style a tale of woe, in which a team of international experts predicts that the combined awfulness of humankind’s descent into tastelessness will reach its lowest point at 3.22pm today. More »
Humanity Reaching Lowest Point. Today.
8:30AM Chris Oaten | The Onion brings us in its usual style a tale of woe, in which a team of international experts predicts that the combined awfulness of humankind’s descent into tastelessness will reach its lowest point at 3.22pm today. More »
Science
Doomsday Postponed Until October
12:30AM Jack Loftus | An electrical fault has delayed the LHC startup to October. The silver lining is events have aligned in such a way that I can wear my Higgs Boson costume with confidence. October, as you know, is home to Halloween. [MSNBC]
Software
Swine Flu Tracker iPhone App Allows You to Panic Anywhere
6:00AM Jesus Diaz | As if you didn’t have enough with the Google case map and CDC’s Twitter, here you have the Swine Flu Tracker for your iPhone or touch. Unfortunately, it may not reach your hands soon enough. More »
Online
Follow the Swine Flu Pandemic in Real Time With Google Maps
10:40PM Jesus Diaz | The current H1N1 Swine Flu pandemic headlines read like those flashing through the intro sequence of a post-apocalyptical movie. Now you can see the cases spreading in real time—as the WHO declares them—in Google Maps. More »
Science
We Almost Got Asteroided Last Night
10:24AM Jason Chen | A 30-50 metre-wide asteroid just passed seven times closer to us than the moon, glowing so bright you could see it through a cloud. If it had hit the ocean, it would have tsunamied. More »
Random Stuff
When Gizmodo Commenters Overtake Gizmodo Writers
2:20AM Mark Wilson | When CNN sums up Gizmodo, you might think about Jason Chen’s pantsings or Mark Wilson’s hilarious turn of a phrase (no to that second one? fair enough). Instead, it’s all about OMG! Ponies!. More »
Entertainment
City of Ember: Bill Murray, Two Kids, Saving a Post-Apocalyptic City From Aging Tech
12:00AM Jack Loftus | With City of Ember, a post-apocalyptic adventure tale starring Bill Murray, two kids, and some aging gadgetry, the mecca of Bill Murray gadget movies, Ghostbusters, has some good company. In Ember, Murray plays the hapless mayor of Ember, an underground city that humanity created to escape calamity in the not so distant future. Trouble is, the big honkin’ generator we built to power the city was only meant to last 200 years, and now it’s on the fritz, which leads to some harrowing periods of darkness as it sputters and struggles to power the city. Cue the adventure. More »
Gadgets
