My Favorite Educational Poster of the Day

I wish there was a closeup image of this poster so that I can actually read it, but I guess I'll have to get one to figure out if space traveleres really need to know how to handle stun devices. [Gizmodo]

Remainders - The Good, Bad and Ugly Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)

Today in the musty sub-basement of Gizmodo we call Remainders, Star Trek's Simon Pegg is having AppleCare difficulties, Santa gives you GPS directions, Star Trek: TNG gets bizarrely and hilariously re-dubbed, Adult-Swim-style, and Sony renames their ebook store. [Gizmodo]

MIT Plans to Rebuild Artificial Intelligence from the Ground Up

After 50 years and countless dead ends, incremental progress, and modest breakthroughs, artificial intelligence researchers are asking for a do-over. [Gizmodo]

Hey Nokia, You Don't Need a Flagship Phone Store If No One Wants Your Flagship Phones

Nokia's closing their Regent Street flagship store, due to poor foot traffic and sales. They'd invested £4 million in the location, right across the street from Apple's Regent Street shop. Nice shop, but we saw this coming. [BusinessTimes via FSJ] [Gizmodo]

The Printer Toaster Unfortunately Doesn’t Use Butter and Jam for Ink

I liked this clever toaster design that mimics an inkjet printer. But then I realized how much I wanted a toaster that also prints on the butter and jam. Can't have it all, I suppose. [Gizmodo]

Seagate Introduces Pulsar, Its First Solid-State Drive

Seagate just announced their first line of SSDs, named Pulsar. It's a 2.5-inch drive in slightly odd 50GB, 100GB and 200GB sizes, and it looks ready to compete with the current SSD leaders. [Gizmodo]

Too Much AT&T Fail

Remember that Mark the Spot iPhone app for telling AT&T where they suck? Um, yeah. [Thanks Joe!] [Gizmodo]

Dragon Dictation, World's Most Popular Dictation Software, Comes to App Store

There've been some dictation apps before now, but now Nuance, makers of Dragon, the world's most popular desktop dictation software, is invading the App Store with their own. Plus, it's free (for a limited time)! Update: [Gizmodo]

Vostro V13: Dell's New $450, 0.65-Inch Ultraportable

There aren't many details available about the Dell Vostro V13 other than the fact that it's an ultra-thin, ultra-light ultraportable with a seemingly very reasonable $450 price tag, but at least there are a few teasing pictures. Updated: Hello details! [Gizmodo]

eBeam Whiteboard Delivers Notes to Kindle, for the Kid Who Forgot His Glasses

In elementary school, I was that kid who always had to sit up front when I forgot my glasses. Think of all the time I could have spent goofing off! If only I had those notes delivered to my Kindle... [Gizmodo]

Now Streaming: The iPhone Reality Show

Reality shows tend to put me to sleep, but some part of me wants to grab energy drinks and watch this entire iPhone development reality show. There has to be drama, right? [Gizmodo]

Poor Melting Game Boy

You cursed brat! Look what you've done! I'm melting! melting! Oh, what a world! What a world! Who would have thought a good little girl like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness? Oooooh, look out! I'm going! Oooooh! Ooooooh! [Gizmodo]

This is How the Evening News Should Be Done From Now On

The CGI recreation of Tiger Woods' accident was amusing enough, but a Taiwanese news show made some more animations to retell the whole crazy dramarama through awkward shower sex scenes, strange gesturing, and plenty of bad translations. [Gizmodo]

YouTube Microwave Makes Cooking Hot Pockets More Entertaining

The Castoven is a microwave with an LCD screen in the door. It automatically plays a video as long as the cooking time you specify. Because god knows you can't go two goddamned minutes without being entertained. [Castoven via CrunchGear] [Gizmodo]

I'm Building This DIY Batsignal and Then Taking You Jokers Down

I was never sure if Batgirl had a Batsignal, but it doesn't really matter. I'm gonna build my own using Arduino, some LEDs, and these instructions anyway. And then I'll track down a slinky costume and take down some troublemakers. [Gizmodo]

Sony's Motion Controller Patent Goes Attachment Crazy

A newly published patent from Sony Computer Entertainment, which looks a lot like the company's PlayStation 3 motion controller, showcases a plethora of possibilities for the forthcoming device, more attachments than you could shake a Wii Remote at. [Kotaku]

DARPA's Balloon Challenge Over After Nine Hours

Someone at DARPA's crying over the brilliant "Find these ten red weather balloons and we'll give you 40K" challenge he concocted ending mere nine hours in. It's what happens when you forget about MIT geeks and their little bribes, too. [Gizmodo]

Boxee Beta Gets an Entirely New Look and Feel

The Boxee team unveiled its upcoming beta release tonight. From the outset, it looks a whole lot more pretty and user friendly. Native search powers, media queues, much improved looks, and easier navigation are coming to computer-connected TVs soon. [Lifehacker]

First Shots of Boxee Box

It was rumored long ago and now it's confirmed: The Boxee Box. Made by D-Link and bringing HDMI-support, an SD card slot, two USB 2.0 ports, WiFi, and ethernet. It should definitely be a nice companion to the Boxee software. [Gizmodo]

The Cigarette Lighter Watch: Because Everyone Smoked in the '80s

A lot has changed with regard to our views about smoking since this lighter watch combo was created in the '80s. In its day, it would have been the ultimate smoke break gadget. Check the time...light up a cigarette... [Gizmodo]

How Quantum Dots Could Make LEDs as Warm as Candlelight

I've had a nit to pick with LED lights and their sterile glow. But quantum dots—tiny crystals that emit a specific color—could be added to LEDs to alter their photonic output. Wee! [Gizmodo]

Michael Ruhlman's Ratio iPhone App May Actually Get You Into the Kitchen

"When you know a ratio, you don't know a recipe, you know 1,000." Ruhlman's upcoming Ratio iPhone app looks like an excellent way to spread his theory of ratio-based cookery. Scared of sauce-making or baking? This is for you. [Gizmodo]

Microsoft Office 2010 Box Art Leaks

We'll be waiting until June for Office 2010's release, but the box art has already leaked. Unfortunately it's not all that pretty and we should probably stick to judging the software by its beta rather than these boxes. [Gizmodo]