Talk about direct advertising: Commuters in Germany are getting ads transmitted into their heads via bone conduction technology. When passengers lean their head against the window, it sends vibrations through the temple to the inner ear. The sound is not audible through the air so it doesn't disturb other passengers, at ... [Read More]

HOLY TIME WARP, BATMAN! Batman '66 #1 recreates the look and feel of the classic 60s Batman TV show. Artist Jonathan Case (Dear Creature) makes the artwork literally jump off the page with blue outlines that give it a 3D effect. Hopefully, you've still got those red and blue glasses but it looks great even without them. ... [Read More]

This September "IDW Gets Animated" with classic cartoon variant covers, including a very groovy Scooby Doo parody by the Sharp Brothers. The X-Files: Season 10 #4 features a familiar scene, in which an angry monster chases some meddling FBI agents. Not all the characters are instantly recognizable unless you're hardcore fan ... [Read More]

Physicists from the Queen’s University of Belfast have developed an affordable antimatter gun, relatively speaking. They used the University of Michigan’s HERCULES petawatt laser to produce short gun-like bursts (30 femtoseconds, or quadrillionths of a second) of positrons, anti-electrons associated with antimatter. The ... [Read More]

Dog & Scissors (Inu to Hasami wa Tsukaiyou) is the tale of a world-famous author named Kirihime Natsuno, who adopts a dog that she torments with a pair of scissors! Don't worry, PETA. The dog is actually the reincarnation of her biggest fan, Kazuhito Harumi. He unwittingly sacrifices himself to save the anonymous ... [Read More]

The Mickey and Friends Cho Gattai King Chogokin Action Figure is a giant 8-inch robot made up of 7 individual robots: Jet Mickey, Sky Minnie, Diver Donald, Aqua Daisy, Land Goofy, Dash Pluto and Ace Willie from Steamboat Willie, the first Mickey Mouse cartoon. The characters themselves haven't been transformed into robots ... [Read More]

Mick Mouse gets updated with a retro look in a new series of shorts by animator Paul Rudish (Samurai Jack). His appearance is based on the character's original designs Rudish told the Wall Street Journal. "He’s had evolutions through his timeline," he explained. "Getting into development I started looking back, referring ... [Read More]