Interactive Talking Plush Portal Turret
Check out Jonathan M. Guberman’s cute interactive talking plush turret. The turret itself doesn’t look all that great, but the magic happens when it starts talking! [Via]
Check out Jonathan M. Guberman’s cute interactive talking plush turret. The turret itself doesn’t look all that great, but the magic happens when it starts talking! [Via]
YouTube is on the verge of announcing a deal with three major movie studios to carry their titles for online rentals. The deal, first reported by movie business site TheWrap, builds on existing rentals of lesser known independent films. Starting from the next week or so, there’ll be content available from Sony, Warner Brothers and [...]

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Sony has just released a short video giving us a first look at their upcoming S1 and S2 PlayStation tablets. Check it out below:
So long rebels, I’m joining the dark side. I mean, with Vader offering me free cookies, switching was already tempting, but now that they’re serving coffee on the house, I don’t think I can resist the pull anymore. [$9.99 @ Thinkgeek]
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Phoenix as cosplayed by actress Ruby Leigh Young. [Source]
These awesome portal-inspired bookends used to be for sale for $20 by Etsy user OberonWoodcraft, but unfortunately, they’ve already been sold. [Via]
Click Picture to Enlarge I don’t know how he did it, but graphic designer Matt Chase was recently given the chance to snap a few screenshots of stormtrooper TK – 421′s desktop while he was away from his post. [Source]
In the following video presentation, medical ethicist Harvey Fineberg shows us three paths forward for the ever-evolving human species: to stop evolving completely, to evolve naturally — or to control the next steps of human evolution, using genetic modification, to make ourselves smarter, faster, better. Neo-evolution is within our grasp. What will we do with [...]
I have been relatively happy with my Nook Color as an e-reader in general. However, given its price tag and the adaptability of the Android platform, I’ve always thought that that the software was severely limited. It really never could play even Youtube videos properly, and websites were hit and miss. Also, I’ve really missed [...]

Any sci-fi TV-lovin’ geek knows Gina Torres from Firefly, but she has a history of playing strong female characters in shows that flirt with fringe audiences. Before she was on the silver screen, she attended New York City’s High School of Music and Art. She is a gifted mezzo soprano trained in opera and jazz. [...]