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Science Fiction And Fantasy Books You Can’t Afford To Miss In January!

We’re still recovering from our 2014 book binge, but already there are a ton of new books that we’re dying to read. Including a long-awaited new Michael Moorcock novel, and new books by Jo Walton, Karen Lord and Brian Staveley. Here are our picks for January’s most interesting science fiction and fantasy books. Note: Our…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jan 5 '15

It’s a Treat to Watch This Legendary Bike Builder at Work

Kinfolk bikes are known for their breathtaking classic looks. The trouble with them is that they’re made so very far away, in Japan. Thanks to a couple guys with cameras, you can make the trip to Kinfolk’s incredible workshop right from your computer, and see what it takes to hand-make some of the best bikes…

Tech News Nicholas Stango Jan 5 '15

Stars Of Action Blockbuster The Raid Join Episode VII

Iko Uwais, star of the phenomenal The Raid Indonesian action movie series, is the latest addition to Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Watch Uwais in this fight scene from The Raid 2: Berendal and just try not to be excited. Uwais, along with The Raid costars Yayan Ruhian and Cecep Arif Rahman, are apparently performing…

Movies Rob Bricken Jan 5 '15

Hidden Portraits In These Illustrations Are Only Revealed With A Mirror

István Orosz makes prints that are beautiful on their own, but when you place a cylindrical mirror on the surface, a hidden image is revealed. Secretly, the illustrations contain anamorphic portraits of famous men. Orosz, who also goes by the pseudonym Utisz, is often compared to MC Escher because of his mathematical works and optical…

io9 Lauren Davis Jan 5 '15

No Man’s Sky‘s Spaceship Looks Gorgeous As This Fan-Made Model

No Man’s Sky may not be out for a while, but the upcoming sci-fi exploration game has certainly gotten a lot of people excited – including Twitter fanToykyo Joe, who made this brilliant model of the game’s spaceship as a gift for Game makers Hello Games. As you can see from the game screenshot below,…

Tech News James Whitbrook Jan 5 '15

Because You’ve Always Wanted a Selfie Flash For Your Phone

Lenovo owns Motorola now, and that means the Chinese electronics company could have a real impact on smartphone culture in the United States. So what’s the next big thing from China? How about the selfie flash? Okay, okay, we don’t necessarily know that it’s the new hotness, but Lenovo’s new Chinese flagship certainly isn’t messing…

Tech News Sean Hollister Jan 5 '15

Can Lenovo’s E-Ink Smartband Out-Pebble the Pebble?

Smartwatches are great when their batteries aren’t dying on you. That’s what makes Pebble one of the best. But Lenovo is trying to creep in on that territory too, with its new Android-friendly e-ink smartband: The Vibe Band VB10. At first blush, it sounds like the Pebble pitch all over again: wrist notifications, waterproof for…

Tech News Eric Limer Jan 5 '15

Lenovo LaVie Z: A Laptop So Light I Can Hardly Believe It’s Real

There’s a certain baseline weight you expect when you pick up a laptop. Lenovo’s LaVie Z exists so far below that baseline you feel like it just has to be hollow. And it doesn’t sacrifice an ounce of performance. It’s nuts. The LaVie Z comes in two flavors: the 1.7 pound traditional clamshell version, and…

Tech News Eric Limer Jan 5 '15

The Burliest Convertible Laptop Is Going Big

Lenovo announced its Thinkpad products yesterday but it held out on a few more surprises. Among the fray are a rugged, backflipping convertibles that hit the 15-inch mark, an affordable Yoga 3, and a tiny Windows tab you can write on with just about anything. The original Thinkpad Yoga was one of the first rugged,…

Tech News Eric Limer Jan 5 '15

Asus Makes Transforming Windows Tablets Way Less Chunky

Asus popularized the cheap detachable laptop, but they’ve always been chunky little things. Not the Transformer Book Chi. Asus claims the new 10.1-inch T100 Chi is the thinnest Windows tablet ever made. And the 12.5-inch T300 Chi—combined with its keyboard—is now thinner than a MacBook Air. Sure, thin isn’t everything, and even the 7.2mm thick…

Tech News Sean Hollister Jan 5 '15

The World’s First Cameraphone That Can Actually Zoom (Say Cheese)

Have you ever even touched an ASUS phone? I thought not. But two of the coolest Android smartphones at CES 2015 come courtesy of the Taiwanese computer company. The first one’s called the ZenFone Zoom, and for good reason: the $400 jet black flagship is gunning for the lauded Nokia Lumia 1020, a.k.a. the best…

Tech News Sean Hollister Jan 5 '15

How Two 18th Century Women Fell in Love and Invented Modern Romance

Romance hasn’t always been the stuff of bodice rippers and bad vampire movies. Back in the 18th century, the word “romantic” meant something akin to “foolish” or “fanciful.” But then a bunch of hipster sentimentalists changed everything — and invented the idea of love as we know it today. Saucy illustration “Archers,” by Adam Buck…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jan 5 '15

FCC Launches Slick New Public Complaint Site

Last year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) famously botched the record-breaking public comment period on net neutrality thanks to its crappy technology. Now, the agency has launched a slick new system that suggests this won’t happen again. Too bad they’re about eight months late to updating the technology. The new, easy-to-navigate site (a.k.a. the Consumer…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Jan 5 '15

A Soul-Snatching Job Goes Hilariously Wrong For Unluckiest Grim Reaper

Dji is a Grim Reaper sent on an errand to retrieve the soul of a man dying in the hospital. Should be easy, right? Well, everything that could possibly go wrong does in this slapstick short film. Dji. Death Fails was directed by Dmitri Voloshin at the animation studio Simpals. The studio also just released…

io9 Lauren Davis Jan 5 '15

The World’s First Inflatable Flashlight Never Needs New Batteries

There’s no point in keeping a stash of emergency flashlights around your home if the batteries inside them just end up getting stolen for TV remotes and the kids’ toys. So the folks who created the original LUCI, a dirt-cheap inflatable solar-powered rechargeable lantern, have tweaked its design for the new Luci EMRG so that…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jan 5 '15

Dish’s New Joey Set-Top Box Is All About 4K

I like 4K. You like 4K. CES 2015 definitely 4K, and Dish is finally adding the ability to stream in this most coveted resolution with the 4K Joey, a set-top box that gives all Ultra HD TVs with HDMI 2.0 support and HDCP 2.2 support. The device itself is pretty discreet. Dish says you should…

Tech News Darren Orf Jan 5 '15

Gogo Wi-Fi Is Using Man-in-the-Middle Malware Tactics on Its Own Users

Gogo’s inflight Wi-Fi service is pretty much your only option when it comes to surfing the internet in the skies above. Which means that they arefree to give you shitty service at even shittier prices all they want. And now, according to one Google engineer, they’re also playing fast and loose with your online security.…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg Jan 5 '15

Daring Scientists Are Spending Six Months Adrift on an Arctic Ice Floe

A pair of Norwegian scientists are in the middle of a long expedition over the Arctic winter, living out of a hovercraft on a drifting ice floe. There is no sun, it is freezing, and yet the scientists seem to be having a grand ol’ time doing science. “People have asked me how I was…

Tech News Sarah Zhang Jan 5 '15

Charlie Brown Will Still Miss that Place Kick in the CGI Peanuts Movie

Perhaps eventually all your childhood favorites will come back CGI’d, and that’s okay! At least as far as the upcoming Peanuts movie is concerned. Because as you can see in the latest trailer for the November 2015 movie, the look is a little different, but Charlie Brown’s probably still gonna wuff a punt, and adults…

Movies Leslie Horn Jan 5 '15

Someone send this man some LEGO so he can make a full-body exoskeleton

You know that box of old LEGO blocks under your childhood bed? (Or your current bed.) Now’s the time to surrender at least a handful of them for the greater good of humanity. In this case, the greater good involves helping Milan Sekiz build a full-body exoskeleton out of LEGO. Sekiz recently posted images of…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Jan 5 '15

Science Fiction And Fantasy Books You Can’t Afford To Miss In January!

It’s a Treat to Watch This Legendary Bike Builder at Work

Stars Of Action Blockbuster The Raid Join Episode VII

Hidden Portraits In These Illustrations Are Only Revealed With A Mirror

No Man’s Sky‘s Spaceship Looks Gorgeous As This Fan-Made Model

Because You’ve Always Wanted a Selfie Flash For Your Phone

Can Lenovo’s E-Ink Smartband Out-Pebble the Pebble?

Lenovo LaVie Z: A Laptop So Light I Can Hardly Believe It’s Real

The Burliest Convertible Laptop Is Going Big

Asus Makes Transforming Windows Tablets Way Less Chunky

The World’s First Cameraphone That Can Actually Zoom (Say Cheese)

How Two 18th Century Women Fell in Love and Invented Modern Romance

FCC Launches Slick New Public Complaint Site

A Soul-Snatching Job Goes Hilariously Wrong For Unluckiest Grim Reaper

The World’s First Inflatable Flashlight Never Needs New Batteries

Dish’s New Joey Set-Top Box Is All About 4K

Gogo Wi-Fi Is Using Man-in-the-Middle Malware Tactics on Its Own Users

Daring Scientists Are Spending Six Months Adrift on an Arctic Ice Floe

Charlie Brown Will Still Miss that Place Kick in the CGI Peanuts Movie

Someone send this man some LEGO so he can make a full-body exoskeleton

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