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25 Shots of a Happy New Year

Maybe it’s better that most of us don’t remember every part of New Year‘s Eve (basically, from 5PM on). If you’re suffering from alcohol-induced amnesia, here are 25 happier Shooting Challenge shots to fill the void. The placements… Second Runner Up Nikon D40x on tripod. AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm stock DX lens; F6.3; 8 seconds; Color…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Caprica Is Very Different From Battlestar Galactica – And That’s Good

Long-awaited Battlestar Galactica prequel Caprica starts on January 22, and we’ve seen the first few episodes. Here’s our spoiler-free assessment of this challenging show that’s going to take you in unexpected directions. After watching the two-hour pilot (currently available on DVD) and first two episodes of Caprica, I was left feeling like I wanted this…

Television Annalee Newitz

Gadget Deals of the Day

If your family neglected to pick up on your gift wishes then be sure to scope out today’s New Year’s deals. Check out the HP laptop for $450, Insignia’s behemoth HDTV for $990, or snag a delicious smoothie from Keva. Top Deals: • 15.6″ HP G60 2.2GHz Laptop for $450 with free shipping (normally $549).…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals

Don’t Be The Pushy Author Whose Novel Vanishes Without A Trace

Congratulations — your first science-fiction novel has been published! Too bad it’s one of dozens to come out at the same time. How do you stand out from the pack and get reviewed in major publications? Booklife, a site associated with Jeff VanderMeer‘s how-to guide for writers, interviewed all of the major critics who review…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

I’m a Sucker For a Good Ejector Seat Prank

Once you’re done watching innocent people fall through an artificial floor, hit this clip two minutes in to bask in one of life’s simple pleasures—a guy is ejected from a van into a small tub of water. [Geekologie]

Tech News Mark Wilson

Do These Images Point To Proof Of Life On Mars?

New satellite images of Mars may challenge the theory that the planet was too cold to sustain water on the surface, suggesting instead the existence of 20km-wide lakes along the planet’s equator. But what does this mean for Martian history? A research team led by Dr Nicholas Warner from Imperial College London (University College London…

io9 Graeme McMillan

New Cool-er Line Includes One of the Smallest Ebook Readers in the Land

Cool-er’s lineup of readers is getting new models such as the super-small Compact, the Wi-Fi-enabled Connect, and the appropriately named 3G. Based on previous models, it’s quite possible that these will find a place in the hearts of bargain shoppers. https://gizmodo.com/cool-er-ebook-reader-review-5271551 We’ve seen 3G, Wi-Fi capabilities, touchscreens, and the like in plenty of readers on…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Curious Man Buys $3 Billion CD-ROM For Windows 98 On Amazon, Shipping Was An Extra $4

Brian T Klug has balls, I’ll give him that. Why else would he have bought a Discovery Channel CD-ROM (Windows 98) incorrectly priced on Amazon to the tune of $2,904,980,000 just to see what would happen? As you can see from the image above, the result was that…well, he spent $3 billon on an ancient…

Commerce Sean Fallon

Stingless Bees Have a Scarier Way To Win Warfare

Scientists have discovered that bees use more than their stingers to defeat potential attackers. Apparently, they’re perfectly prepared to mummify enemies who can’t be stung. New Scientist reports that researchers from the Swiss Bee Research Centre in Bern have discovered a species of bee – an Australian stingless bee called Trigona Carbonaria – that has…

io9 Graeme McMillan

AllThingsD Says Apple Making ‘Major’ Announcement on January 27th

Everyone has said that Apple’s next event will occur on Tuesday, January 26th. Now AllThingsD has gone on record correcting the world, saying the “major new product” will be announced on January 27th, at the Yerba Buena Center. [AllThingsD] https://gizmodo.com/apples-january-26th-event-confirmed-by-fox-news-5437293

Tech News Mark Wilson

A Perfect Wine Glass For Drinking With Aliens

It looks like a crazy, doctored photo but this “glass tank” wine glass is completely real. It’s one of a collection of strange objects created by Kyouei Designs, which also include a chair made of wire and a water clock. These are just a few of the Japanese design firm’s speculative home decorations, all of…

io9 Annalee Newitz

New Touchless Mobile Interface Could Eliminate Fingerprint Smudging Forever

Tokyo University had developed a touchless interface that can register 3D motion of a human finger using a single camera. Think of it like Project Natal, only with cellphones. The camera requires video capture at 154 fps—so the handful of cellphones out there with forward-facing cameras will not be able to handle the technology. However,…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Figuring Out Doctor Who’s Lingering Mysteries

“The End of Time” wrapped up the Russell T. Davies era of Doctor Who with a bang, but it left a bunch of unanswered questions behind. Perhaps the solutions are already right there in front of us. Speculation time! I’ll try to avoid any overly obscure questions like, “What happened to that nice doctor fellow…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

Wave Hello To Guest Blogger Marc Bernardin

This week io9 welcomes superpowered guest blogger Marc Bernardin, who will be contributing a handful of posts on pop culture – from the perspective of a critic and a creator. Here is his official bio: Marc Bernardin has had a somewhat scattershot career that has included tours of duty as a private investigator (okay, a…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

Skiff Reader: The Largest Yet Thinnest eBook Reader to Date

It’s bigger than any Kindle or device from B&N. Optimized for magazines and newspapers, the Skiff Reader offers a durable 11.5-inch (1600 x 1200) “Metal Foil” touchscreen display, but it’s still just a quarter of an inch thick. Connecting to the upcoming Skiff digital store via Wi-Fi and Sprint’s 3G network, the Skiff Reader will…

Commerce Mark Wilson

WebOS Getting Doom, Quake, OpenGL, and Native SDK

With some elbow grease, we’ve been able to play Doom on our WebOS devices for a while, but now we can do so without any messy terminal commands. Oh, and there’s a playable version of Quake, too. https://gizmodo.com/palm-pre-lands-hardware-accelerated-doom-courtesy-of-h-5288147 The folks of the webOS Internals global team have been throwing new things at us each day…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Do You Really Need a Microwave or a Washer-Dryer Running Android?

Phones, GPS, computers… Do we really want to give Android the power to control our washer-dryers and ovens and printers too? Would someone hack them to microwave your underpants, wash your soup, and dry your pizza? It probably doesn’t matter. I do it all the time. But better get used to it, because this is…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Can Microwave Technology be Used to Make Food Cold?

Microwaves can transform a frozen pizza into hot, melted goodness in four minutes flat, but they can’t rescue your melted ice-cream sundae. Or can they? To cook food, a microwave oven converts voltage into high-frequency electromagnetic microwaves. The molecules in food-especially water and fat-absorb this energy and wiggle at high speeds, causing them to heat…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

The Lightsaber MP3 Player Is Missing One Critical Component

PSA: Until the Lightsaber MP3 Player actually emits a highly contained tube of deadly light, $24 can only buy you a Lightsaber Hilt MP3 Player. [NCSX via anythingbutipod]

Tech News Mark Wilson

Chuck, Nazi UFOs And Dollhouse Lead 2010’s Televisual Delights

Now that we’ve all got Doctor Who out our system, it’s time to prepare for new beginnings for NBC’s Chuck, as well as some BSG that you might’ve missed if you didn’t get the DVD. Monday From 4pm through to a new episode (“Boomerang Bullet” – I’m going to go out on a limb and…

Television Graeme McMillan

25 Shots of a Happy New Year

Caprica Is Very Different From Battlestar Galactica – And That’s Good

Gadget Deals of the Day

Don’t Be The Pushy Author Whose Novel Vanishes Without A Trace

I’m a Sucker For a Good Ejector Seat Prank

Do These Images Point To Proof Of Life On Mars?

New Cool-er Line Includes One of the Smallest Ebook Readers in the Land

Curious Man Buys $3 Billion CD-ROM For Windows 98 On Amazon, Shipping Was An Extra $4

Stingless Bees Have a Scarier Way To Win Warfare

AllThingsD Says Apple Making ‘Major’ Announcement on January 27th

A Perfect Wine Glass For Drinking With Aliens

New Touchless Mobile Interface Could Eliminate Fingerprint Smudging Forever

Figuring Out Doctor Who’s Lingering Mysteries

Wave Hello To Guest Blogger Marc Bernardin

Skiff Reader: The Largest Yet Thinnest eBook Reader to Date

WebOS Getting Doom, Quake, OpenGL, and Native SDK

Do You Really Need a Microwave or a Washer-Dryer Running Android?

Can Microwave Technology be Used to Make Food Cold?

The Lightsaber MP3 Player Is Missing One Critical Component

Chuck, Nazi UFOs And Dollhouse Lead 2010’s Televisual Delights

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