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Is This Film of Women in ‘Scandalous’ Swimsuits Really From 1898?

There’s something about this film that strikes me as strange. According to the film archive company British Pathé, it shows beach bathers in England in 1898. Supposedly, people of the time were scandalized by their “wanton display of bare flesh.” But I get the feeling that it’s all a big joke. And a more recent…

Tech News Matt Novak Mar 12 '15

Watch As Photoshop Experts Try (and Fail) To Use Photoshop 1.0

Photoshop recently celebrated a pretty big birthday—a whole quarter century of cropping, manipulating, and perfecting pictures from crappy creations to creative masterpieces. But take a collection of current Creative Cloud experts and inflict Photoshop 1.0 on them, and the results are disastrously entertaining. That’s exactly what CreativeLivedid, asking modern-day designers to take a quick jaunt…

Tech News Darren Orf Mar 12 '15

Guy inserts himself inside a video game to fight video game characters

I’m pretty sure every Cheetos eater on Earth who has ever played a video game has wished that they could play themselves as a character inside a video game. This excellently edited and riotously fun video from Keren Banget makes that dream come true, he “put” his real human self inside a fighting game to…

Sploid Casey Chan Mar 12 '15

A Closer Look At Sentinel’s Lovely Extremis Iron Man

We got a few teaser pictures for Sentinel’s latest Iron Man figure last month, but now the company have released a whole bevy of new photos of the wonderful figure, and it’s looking good. Extremis-ly good, am I right?* The 18cm figure was first shown off at Wonder Festival, but when a figure looks this…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Mar 12 '15

Concept Art Writing Prompt: Give Me Shelter

It’s a snowy day in this week’s Concept Art Writing Prompt, by artist Katharina Guettlein, but there is shelter ahead. Write a story inspired by this image and tell us: What will our lone figure find there? Each week, we feature an interesting piece of artwork and invite you to write stories inspired by the…

io9 Lauren Davis Mar 12 '15

The Ancient Secrets of a “Bleeding” Glacier Are Finally Being Revealed

Against vast whiteness of Antarctica, Blood Falls bleeds a deep dramatic red. The color comes from iron-rich ancient seawater trapped under the ice for 2 million years. For the first time, scientists have been able to take a sample from deep under the ice. The five-story tall Blood Falls was first discovered in 1911. In…

Tech News Sarah Zhang Mar 12 '15

Was “The Chocolate Cream Poisoner” Really Insane?

Christiana Edmunds was arrested for murder in 1871, after poisoning boxes of chocolate creams in stores. People are still arguing about whether or not she was insane — and what insanity actually means. The Chocolate Cream Poisoner In 1870, Christiana Edmunds was living in Brighton with her mother and having an affair with her across-the-street…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Mar 12 '15

Sign Up for the iOS 8.3 Beta to Get Your Brand New, Jaundiced Emojis

We’ve known that a new set of diverse/sickly cartoon friendshas been on its way for a while now. But thanks to the new iOS 8.3 beta download, that day is finally here. You can officially send your friend a tiny, jaundiced, disembodied head. To get the slightly less racist set of emojis for your very…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg Mar 12 '15

Watching Magnetic Putty Devour Magnets In HD Is Ridiculously Satisfying

Magnetic silly putty, neodymium magnets, and time-lapse. Always a winning combination. “I have recently acquired some new magnets that are much much stronger than the ones I had been using before,” writes YouTuber Ian Parks, who shot the footage. “Interesting to see how the putty behaves differently.” Indeed. H/t BuzzFeed

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Mar 12 '15

How To Survive An Avalanche

Want to have fun in the snow outside a ski resort? Then avalanches are going to be a huge risk. 35 people were killed by them in the US last winter alone. But, with a little preparation, a few gadgets and some basic knowhow, they can be survivable. Before skiing out of bounds into the…

Tech News Wes Siler Mar 12 '15

CSI Cyber: Just Your Basic Gore Porn Forum Rollercoaster Slaughter

Hello my CyberHeads! Who wants to go to Six Flags? Not me. This episode has instilled a very deep and likely wholly unreasonable fear of Hacked Rollercoaster Murder in my heart. Just kidding, this episode’s villainy so conspicuously lacked any gossamer tether to human motivation that I think I actually feel safer now. Before launching…

Tech News Kate Knibbs Mar 12 '15

Why Announcers’ Voices Sound So Much Different Than They Used To

When you imagine the life of a voiceover actor, you probably think of hushed radio booths, a team of sound engineers, and ridiculously large microphones. But the job of a modern voiceover actor looks very different, and this helps explain why that “announcer’s voice” we’ve come to expect keeps changing. In response to a question…

io9 Ria Misra Mar 12 '15

Carl Sagan’s Son Is a 9/11 Truther

Carl Sagan is arguably science’s biggest rockstar—the ultimate champion for logic and reason. Which makes it all the more painful to find out that his son is a vehement 9/11 truther. In a recent interview for a radio show called 9/11 Free Fall (already off to a great start), Jeremy Sagan—the younger son of Sagan…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg Mar 12 '15

This Is What A 250-Year-Old Burnt Pretzel Looks Like

Step aside, Twinkies. The most enduring snack just may be the pretzel, as evidenced by fragments of bakery castoffs discovered during an archaeological dig in Southern Germany. They are estimated to be around 250 tooth-breaking years old. Reports the Guardian: Dorothee Ott, spokeswoman for the Bavarian Office for Historical Conservation, said the pretzel fragments went…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Mar 12 '15

Retrograde Your Kitchen With 8-Bit NES Cart Cutting Boards

If you dropped a little coin on some extra-fancy kitchen counter tops, the last thing you want to do is hack them to pieces with a knife while cutting meats and veggies. But who wants a boring old slab of timber to cut on when Etsy seller CuttingBoredom will make you a beautiful walnut, maple,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Mar 12 '15

How Tomorrowland Connects To Disney’s Creepy “Small World” Ride

How is exactly is Tomorrowland tied to the Disney empire? Is it tied to anything besides the Tomorrowland theme land? Does it really need to be? Well, it turns out the answer is yes, it’s 100% tied to Disneyland in the creepiest way imaginable. It’s linked to the “It’s a Small World” ride. This new…

Trailers Meredith Woerner Mar 12 '15

Robert Downey Jr. delivers real Iron Man bionic arm to armless kid

I’m a sucker for happy stories, I make no excuses. So, when I saw Alex—a seven-year-old boy who was born with a partially developed arm and loves superheroes—meeting with Tony Stark himself—played by Robert Downey Jr—my heart started to melt. Then I saw Alex in awe with his new bionic arm, I was like… Here’s…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Mar 12 '15

What If Toy Story Was A Gritty Action Movie?

What happens when you mashup, well, every action movie from the last 30 years with the Toy Story franchise? You get Toy Story: Taken, a fan-animated video in which the toys team up for one last mission: to rescue Andy. The folks at Mashed came up with this piece of silliness. Most of the fun…

io9 Lauren Davis Mar 12 '15

It’s Only A Matter Of Time Before The Bourbon Shortage Hits

Take a seat and pour yourself a drink (no, no, a different one). You may need it to listen to this news. If bourbon is your drink of choice, you may have heard quiet rumblings the last few years of something unsettling afoot: a possible shortage coming down the pipeline. A bourbon shortage would be…

io9 Ria Misra Mar 12 '15

Kenzō Tange’s Buildings Will Make You Believe In A Better Future

These buildings by Kenzō Tange (1913-2005) look like matte paintings from futuristic movies — but they’re actually some of the most unique megastructures in the world. One of the most famous architects of the 20th century, Tange combined traditional Japanese styles with modern architectural solutions and forms. Nichinan Cultural Center, Nichinan, completed in 1962. (via…

io9 Vincze Miklós Mar 12 '15

Is This Film of Women in ‘Scandalous’ Swimsuits Really From 1898?

Watch As Photoshop Experts Try (and Fail) To Use Photoshop 1.0

Guy inserts himself inside a video game to fight video game characters

A Closer Look At Sentinel’s Lovely Extremis Iron Man

Concept Art Writing Prompt: Give Me Shelter

The Ancient Secrets of a “Bleeding” Glacier Are Finally Being Revealed

Was “The Chocolate Cream Poisoner” Really Insane?

Sign Up for the iOS 8.3 Beta to Get Your Brand New, Jaundiced Emojis

Watching Magnetic Putty Devour Magnets In HD Is Ridiculously Satisfying

How To Survive An Avalanche

CSI Cyber: Just Your Basic Gore Porn Forum Rollercoaster Slaughter

Why Announcers’ Voices Sound So Much Different Than They Used To

Carl Sagan’s Son Is a 9/11 Truther

This Is What A 250-Year-Old Burnt Pretzel Looks Like

Retrograde Your Kitchen With 8-Bit NES Cart Cutting Boards

How Tomorrowland Connects To Disney’s Creepy “Small World” Ride

Robert Downey Jr. delivers real Iron Man bionic arm to armless kid

What If Toy Story Was A Gritty Action Movie?

It’s Only A Matter Of Time Before The Bourbon Shortage Hits

Kenzō Tange’s Buildings Will Make You Believe In A Better Future

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