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The Ricoh GR II Adds Wi-Fi to a Cult Classic

The Ricoh GR was a fantastically simple compact camera — one big APS-C sensor crammed into a portable body, with a good prime lens, decent controls, and not much else in the way. Two years after the original release, Ricoh has released the GR II. What ain’t broke isn’t fixed — the only major addition…

Tech News Chris Mills

The Perfect Jumping-On Point For Cecilia Tan’s Sexy Magic University!

What if Hogwarts only had students 18 and over? And there was a lot more sex? Then you might get something like Magic University, the series written by erotic SF mastermind Cecilia Tan. And now, a new anthology of short fiction provides the perfect way to discover this world for yourself. Cecilia Tan, the publisher…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

An Animated Musical About Lilian Todd, First Woman To Design An Airplane

In 1910, Didier Masson successfully flew a biplane designed and built by self-taught engineer Lilian Todd. In the short film Miss Todd, Todd’s life — with the challenges the came with being a woman in early aviation — is turned into an animated musical, although her life takes a slightly different turn. Kristina Yee directed…

io9 Lauren Davis

This Teaser For The New Horizons Mission Will Give You Goosebumps

It’s been almost ten years since NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft embarked for the Pluto system. Next month, it will finally arrive. The National Space Society commissioned the video above in anticipation of the spacecraft’s historic flyby. Are you all excited yet? Because we’re excited. Contact the author at [email protected] and @rtg0nzalez.

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

iRobot Founder Says She Learned to Program at Radio Shack

Helen Greiner, founder of iRobot, almost single-handedly started the home robotics revolution. Her company produced the sweeping robot, Roomba, and now makes the PackBot, a military robot that can defuse bombs and aid in rescue missions. But she never would have learned to program without Radio Shack. Many of us have been mourning the loss…

Tech News Annalee Newitz

Here’s Why Hollywood Imported Sixty Tons Of Radioactive Sand

There are many films that have picked up a reputation for being “cursed,” and one that may actually deserve it. It’s the lingering effects of radiation that haunted this film. And in true horror movie fashion, the film crew brought the curse home with them. The Conqueror has developed many different bad reputations, and deserves…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

The Statue of Liberty Has Her Own Patent

Liberty Enlightening the World. That’s the title of patent #USD11023 granted to one Auguste Bartholdi on February 18, 1879. You might know it better as the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty is 130 today. But that anniversary marks its arrival in New York, not its actual creation, which goes back as far as…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

These Modern University Campuses Are Architectural Wonders

Ivy-covered bricks buildings may be the first image that springs to mind when many people think of college, but some of the most striking university campuses break free from that stereotype, instead giving us buildings that celebrate modern architecture. National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, built on solidified lava bed and was completed…

io9 Vincze Miklós

Help Turn Brown Girl In The Ring Into A Fantastic, Mind-Blowing Movie

Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson is like nothing you’ve read before — it’s an intense tale of Caribbean magic and possession, set in a dystopian near future. It features characters so vivid, they live on in your head. And a story that keeps you frantically reading to see how it turns out.…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

What Librarians Wish You Knew About How To Use The Library

Look, just put down the card catalogue (put it down) and take a very quiet seat, because the librarians are here. And they’ve got a couple suggestions for exactly what you can do with the old collection of vintage National Geographics you keep trying to pawn off on them. io9’s comment of the day today…

Books & Comics Ria Misra

Video: Cute kid gets animated with a superpower cannon

This adorable little girl gets to live every kid’s dream and turn her arm into an animated rocket cannon that blasts bad guys. The music video for Grades’ song King was made by Taichi Kimura and features Laika Takasu dancing (really well!) around an empty school as animation enemies sprout all around her. Eventually, the…

Sploid Casey Chan

How Do The Online Services You Use Deal With Government Data Requests?

This is important! The EFF’s annual report card is out on how tech companies respond to government requests for your private data. Some companies take a firm position against government spying while others are basically government patsies. Where do the services you use stand? The report card rates 24 companies on five different questions. These…

Privacy & Security Mario Aguilar

Here’s Another Way That AT&T Is Screwing Over Its Customers

I recently renewed my AT&T contract, and it was a big mistake. Sure, the company gave me a little discount on a new iPhone that I very much enjoy. However, we also know AT&T gives millions of customers a bullshit deal when it sells them “unlimited” data service but later throttles that data to an…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

What Was the Greatest Piece of Tech That Failed in the Market?

The history of technology is littered with the bodies of brilliantly innovative devices that failed in the marketplace. Maybe they were ahead of their time; maybe they were crushed by unworthy competitors; maybe we were all just too stupid to buy them. What was the very best machine that deserved to succeed and didn’t? I…

Tech News Annalee Newitz

Incredible microscope view of a vinyl record playing in slow motion

I don’t care that I supposedly understand how vinyl records work because I still totally think they’re the work of at least some low level sorcery. Trapping sound and music and voices? Come on! Anyways, my disbelief aside of analog technology aside, here’s a cool microscope view of vinyl records being played. The video by…

Sploid Casey Chan

Which Science Fiction Or Fantasy Book Helped You To Grow Up?

Making the transition from childhood to adulthood can be a crazy challenge — almost like crossing a portal to a scary new world, or traveling to a new planet. So thank goodness for science fiction and fantasy books! Which book did you read, that helped you make the leap to adulthood in one piece? Please…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

A Galaxy of Gorgeous Space Habitats

Art allows us to see beyond the boundaries of what’s currently possible. On sites like DeviantArt and Tumblr, artists share their stunning visions for life in space. Let’s take a trip through the wormhole to a future of space stations, colony ships and distant living quarters on dusty planets. Space Habitat by Lyno3ghe on DeviantArt…

Space & Spaceflight Kaila Hale-Stern

Shooting Challenge: Golden Summer

This Sunday is the first official day of summer. And for this week’s Shooting Challenge, give us a taste of the season to come, in gold. The Challenge Photograph something indicative of summer during the fabled golden hour. That can be flowers, a picnic, a slice of watermelon, the sun itself, or just a beautiful…

Tech News Mark Wilson

The Oddest, Goofiest Marvel Meta-Joke In Deadpool’s Secret Secret Wars

Deadpool as a character is known for his ability to tear a gaping hole through the fourth wall — so a whole series about him going back to the original 1984 Secret Wars event and mucking around isn’t out of character. But the series’ second issue, out today, also has one of the most bizarre…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

The 40-Year-Old Mystery Of The Murdered Nanny And The Missing Earl

Where is Richard John Bingham, also known as Lord Lucan? He hasn’t been seen since November 8, 1974, the day after the family nanny was found beaten to death in the basement of the home where his estranged wife, Veronica, lived with the couple’s three young children. Left in his wake: scandal and endless speculation.…

Tech News Cheryl Eddy

The Ricoh GR II Adds Wi-Fi to a Cult Classic

The Perfect Jumping-On Point For Cecilia Tan’s Sexy Magic University!

An Animated Musical About Lilian Todd, First Woman To Design An Airplane

This Teaser For The New Horizons Mission Will Give You Goosebumps

iRobot Founder Says She Learned to Program at Radio Shack

Here’s Why Hollywood Imported Sixty Tons Of Radioactive Sand

The Statue of Liberty Has Her Own Patent

These Modern University Campuses Are Architectural Wonders

Help Turn Brown Girl In The Ring Into A Fantastic, Mind-Blowing Movie

What Librarians Wish You Knew About How To Use The Library

Video: Cute kid gets animated with a superpower cannon

How Do The Online Services You Use Deal With Government Data Requests?

Here’s Another Way That AT&T Is Screwing Over Its Customers

What Was the Greatest Piece of Tech That Failed in the Market?

Incredible microscope view of a vinyl record playing in slow motion

Which Science Fiction Or Fantasy Book Helped You To Grow Up?

A Galaxy of Gorgeous Space Habitats

Shooting Challenge: Golden Summer

The Oddest, Goofiest Marvel Meta-Joke In Deadpool’s Secret Secret Wars

The 40-Year-Old Mystery Of The Murdered Nanny And The Missing Earl

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