Terminator

Entertainment

Terminator 2 Is Still Amazing As Hand-Drawn Animation

7:20AM June 23, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

In today’s edition of “Oh shit, I’m getting old”: Terminator 2 turns 20 on July 3. To temper the blow, here’s an offensively cool video by the band Rymdreglage celebrating one of the great nerd films of all time. More »


Geek Out

Terminator 2 Cake Is Perfect For Almost No Occasions

11:00PM April 14, 2011 | Brian Barrett

When you first e-spy the amazingly molten Terminator 2 cake, you’re amazed at the fine balance of technical prowess and artistry that went into its creation. And then you start to think: what exactly would a cake like this commemorate? Birthday, wedding, bat mitzvah – doesn’t seem quite right. More »


Science

Give $1 To Stop Terminators. Seriously.

3:00AM April 1, 2011 | Mark Wilson

There’s nothing you can do to prevent another Terminator movie. But if you have a buck, you can do something to stop real Terminators…or at least ensure that they’ll like us when they show up. More »


Computing

PC Sales Set For Slow Year: Blame The iPad

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11:57AM March 4, 2011 | Daniel Long

Market analysts Gartner must really love the iPad. Not only have they lowered their annual forecasts for global PC sales by 14.6 per cent for the coming year to 440million, but they’ve also provided a rather absurd reasoning for their economic predictions: iPad’s are really, really popular. Who didn’t see that coming? More »


Science

Watch A Spoon Melt Into Liquid Metal Ooze

1:00PM February 27, 2011 | Casey Chan

How does this happen? Well, the trick is that the spoon is made from gallium, a substance that melts at only 86 degrees Fahrenheit [about 30 degrees in our money -ed.AU] . So when you put the gallium spoon in hot water it turns into T-1000 style liquid metal ooze. So awesome. [Reddit via The Daily What] More »


Gadgets

12 Fictional Glasses That Would Give Lady Gaga A Run For Her Money

9:26PM January 9, 2011 | MikeTheGirl

Lady Gaga is bringing futuristic video screen glasses to the world, but movies and television have already expanded our eyewear horizons. Here are a dozen specs, lenses and goggles with powers that go far beyond video play More »


Lego Terminator: Because Hyperalloy Just Won’t Do

2:40PM December 17, 2010 | Adrian Covert

Discuss the merits of hyperalloy endoskeletons all you want, but I’ll take a Lego Terminator any day. After all, it’s probably invincible, being powered by the imaginations of children and all. [The Brothers Brick via Make] More »


Watch An Interview With The World’s First Cyborg

7:20AM August 12, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Twelve years ago, Professor Kevin Warwick became the world’s first cyborg. Today, at Motherboard he’s holding court on cybernetics, and how if we don’t embrace our cyber upgrade potential, the robots will someday win. More »


Terminator Cabaret

2:00AM April 30, 2010 | Mark Wilson

The mic of Adam Gontier, lead singer of Three Days Grace. When the band inevitably splits for good, it will be destroyed in a molten pool of lava, thumbs up… or just auctioned on eBay for drugs. [Wired]


Entertainment

Terminator 2: The Musical

1:06AM January 13, 2010 | Mark Wilson

In this T2 remix, Skynet Symphonic, John Connor saves the world to a hypnotic dance beat largely composed from cinematic sounds. And on an a slightly related note, Linda Hamilton could kick Arnold’s butt any day. More »