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Super Zoom and 1080p Video Both Added to Leica’s V-LUX 2 Camera

Not to be confused with the affordable V-LUX 20 compact, the V-LUX 2 follows on from where the V-LUX 1 went four years ago—namely, mahoosive-zoom territory. In true Leica fashion, it’s basically a pricier version than Panasonic’s FZ100. https://gizmodo.com/leica-v-lux-20-compact-camera-exposed-with-geo-tagging-5520532 A 24x zoom lens is the crowning glory of the V-LUX 2, in this case it’s…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Leica’s D-LUX 5 Has Faster Lens and Presumably Even Larger Price-Tag

While the whole camera industry seems to be going nuts for the retro, pared-down beauty of the micro four thirds (and similar) models around, if you want true “original” design you must look for that (pricey) red dot. Not that the D-LUX 5 is going to be any much different from the Panasonic Lumix line,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Giant Motherf*cking Spiderwebs Stronger Than Kevlar

Don’t be surprised if you see the US Army sporting fine garments made from Madagascan bark spider’s silk in the future. It’s “10 times better than Kevlar,” which itself is “5 times stronger than steel on an equal weight basis.” Discovered back in 2008, the elastic properties of the Caerostris Darwini spider (Darwin’s bark spider)…

Biology Kat Hannaford

Panasonic Lumix GH2: A Superhero Micro Four Thirds Camera That Dabbles In 3D

Panasonic’s Lumix GH2 is a Micro Four Thirds camera that does it all: it shoots full 1080p HD video, it has a swanky new 16MP sensor and touchscreen, and even packs a secret weapon: compatibility with an interchangeable 3D lens. Panasonic’s pulling out all the stops for the GH2, which they’re deeming their “most professional-level…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

This is the First HDR Video Shot From a RED Epic Camera

It’s not pretty like this post-production HDR video from last week, but isn’t it exciting to see what RED’s Epic is capable of when trained at an average Las Vegas nightlife scene? https://gizmodo.com/worlds-first-hdr-video-makes-me-weep-at-its-beauty-5634796 It’s the first footage shot using the HDRx Mode, processed with Magic Motion, that RED’s ever made public. While RED admits that…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Happy Birthday, Bill Murray

Bill Murray is one of our heroes, not only because he has been in some of geekdom’s most iconic movies of all time—from Ghostbusters to Zissou going through Groundhog Day—but because he’s simply awesome. He just turned 60. Happy Birthday, Mr. Murray!

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Light Up a Game of Toss With an LED Ball

Feeling like a game of catch, but the sun’s gone down? Try out this DIY ball filled with LEDs. They light up randomly as the ball is shaken up, like a bunch of angry fireflies trapped in a globe. It’s a pretty simple process: gather up 15+ LEDs (this one uses 150) and a 3V…

Tech News Christina Bonnington

Turning 30 Miles Of Yarn, Computer-Controlled Airbrushes, And A Lot Of Math Into Art

It took 30 miles of yarn, a computer controlled airbrush system, a great deal of math, and a ton of elbow grease to create this colorful web. It would take only one tiny pair of scissors to destroy it. The web is an art installation called Gravity’s Loom and was set up in the Indianapolis…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Why On Earth Is Samsung Bundling Girly Lotions With Its Cellphones?

Samsung’s bundling its Galaxy S phones, some lotions, and a 4GB MicroSD card in a pink kit dubbed Galaxy S Femme. Do they not think that guys might want lotion to go with their big-screened phones, too? [Akihabaran via Engadget]

Gadgets Rosa Golijan

Gears of Bender

At first I thought this just was pretty great Futurama – Gears of War mash-up Then Jason told me the same guy provided the voice for both Bender and Marcus Fenix, and my world collapsed in on itself. The petition for this to be unlockable in GoW 3 starts now, people. [Futurama Time via Geekosystem]

Tech News Brian Barrett

T-Mobile’s Grand Anti-Pot Text Blockade

T-Mobile is catching flak for abruptly banning its customers from receiving text updates from WeedMaps, an opt-in service that points you in the direction of the nearest legal medical marijuana dispensary. Does T-Mobile have the right to stifle legal smokers? Ez Texting, a firm which specializes in carpet bombing you with mass-texted advertisements (TEXT CUPCAKE…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Travel Tip: Don’t Write a Bad Online Review of the Hotel You’re Currently Staying In

If you’re staying in a miserable hotel, you’re entitled to post a bad review of it. But as a British couple recently learned, you should probably wait until you’re checked out to write it. Or they’ll check you out forcefully. Adrian Healey and girlfriend Sherrie Andrews, both 33, were taking a vacation to resort town…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Sir Terry Pratchett’s Self-Made Meteorite Sword Is the Closest We Get to Excalibur

Terry Pratchett may write a mean fantasy novel, but he also forges one heckuva sword. In honor of being knighted last year, Sir Pratchett dug up 175 pounds of iron ore, sprinkled in some meteorites, and made himself a proper weapon. Pratchett gathered the iron ore deposits himself from a field near his town, and…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Your City’s Segregation Visualized

In some ways, this is the most accurate map of Washington, DC I’ve seen: those colors represent the demographic breakdown of a divided city. Here’s how the largest metropolitan areas in the US look after the same treatment. Eric Fischer has created and compiled similar maps for the 40 largest cities in the US, based…

Tech News Brian Barrett

The 10 goofiest computer hacking scenes in cinema history

Computer hacking isn’t really a spectator sport, so movies will embellish hacking scenes with funky visuals, inane jargon, and supercomputers that run on magic and prayer. Here are 10 of the most awesomely groanworthy hacking scenes. Fortress (1992) Fortress occurs in a dystopian future where Christopher Lambert and his wife are jailed for violating the…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

How to Record the Cops: A Guide to the Technology For Keeping Government Accountable

This summer the issue of recording on-duty police officers—and consequent phone and camera confiscations—has received a great deal of attention. Here’s how to make sure your coverage won’t get lost should you find yourself in such a situation. Camera-wielding citizens were arrested in Maryland, Illinois, and Massachusetts under interpretations of state wiretapping laws, while others…

Tech News Christina Bonnington

The Mobi Munch: A $125,000 Food Truck In a Box

So you want to own a food truck, but you don’t know where to start. Apparently that predicament is a common one, because the Mobi Munch, a $125,000 “scalable mobile food truck infrastructure,” is designed as just the solution. The Chicago Tribune encountered the Munch back in May, at this year’s National Restaurant Show. The…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

40 Years Ago, Robots Started Doing Our Dirty Work For Us In Space

Earthlings had scored moon rocks before 1970. NASA’s Apollo 11 and 12 missions successfully hauled them back to study—immense scientific accomplishments, of course. One problem. It cost $142 billion in today’s dollars. Russia’s solution? Send a robot instead. The Soviets were the first to realize that sending a human to pick up dust is incredibly…

Space & Spaceflight Sam Biddle

io9 Mad Scientist Smackdown: Walter Bishop Vs. Reed Richards!

Who’s the greatest mad scientist of all? Here’s your chance to vote, in the io9 Mad Scientist Smackdown! A battle of wits, weird inventions and pure crazy. First up: who’d win in a battle between Walter Bishop and Reed Richards? io9 Mad Scientist Smackdown day one: Walter Bishop vs. Reed Richards!online survey The winner of…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

A new drug that kills pain like marijuana, without getting you stoned

One reason why medical professionals have lobbied tirelessly to legalize medical marijuana is that the drug can be a powerful painkiller. Now researchers have invented a drug that acts just like marijuana, but never goes to your head. And I mean that literally. The drug, glamorously named URB937 acts on your nervous system’s cannabinoid receptors…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Super Zoom and 1080p Video Both Added to Leica’s V-LUX 2 Camera

Leica’s D-LUX 5 Has Faster Lens and Presumably Even Larger Price-Tag

Giant Motherf*cking Spiderwebs Stronger Than Kevlar

Panasonic Lumix GH2: A Superhero Micro Four Thirds Camera That Dabbles In 3D

This is the First HDR Video Shot From a RED Epic Camera

Happy Birthday, Bill Murray

Light Up a Game of Toss With an LED Ball

Turning 30 Miles Of Yarn, Computer-Controlled Airbrushes, And A Lot Of Math Into Art

Why On Earth Is Samsung Bundling Girly Lotions With Its Cellphones?

Gears of Bender

T-Mobile’s Grand Anti-Pot Text Blockade

Travel Tip: Don’t Write a Bad Online Review of the Hotel You’re Currently Staying In

Sir Terry Pratchett’s Self-Made Meteorite Sword Is the Closest We Get to Excalibur

Your City’s Segregation Visualized

The 10 goofiest computer hacking scenes in cinema history

How to Record the Cops: A Guide to the Technology For Keeping Government Accountable

The Mobi Munch: A $125,000 Food Truck In a Box

40 Years Ago, Robots Started Doing Our Dirty Work For Us In Space

io9 Mad Scientist Smackdown: Walter Bishop Vs. Reed Richards!

A new drug that kills pain like marijuana, without getting you stoned

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