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Beautiful Custom Motorbike Is Actually a 360º Security Camera

This gorgeous custom motorbike began its life as an utterly mundane Honda P25, a fuel-efficient 1960s scooter. But motorcycle artisan Chicara Nagata turned it into a sweeping sculpture with a social-commentary twist: the tiny bike carries four infrared security cameras in its frame, built at the behest of a Japanese security company. Take a closer…

Privacy & Security Bob Sorokanich Apr 2 '14

Lionsgate Picks Up The Crashed-Starship Movie Terrestrial

Lionsgate just snapped up the rights to Terrestrial, a spec script about a massive spaceship in the middle of the Mojave Desert, for a reported six figures. Top image: The Fifth Element. The Wrap is reporting that Tripp Vinson, producer of The Exorcism of Emily Rose brought writer Peter Gaffney’s original script to Lionsgate, and…

io9 Meredith Woerner Apr 2 '14

A Charming Adventure Around the World Animated With Office Supplies

A girl named Elastika lives in a world made of office supplies, but her escapades are a far cry from cubicle drudgery. With just some pushpins and rubber bands, filmmaker Guillaume Blanchet takes her—and us—around the world in screeching cars, sinking ships, and even rockets. Can you catch all the famous sights that pop up…

Tech News Sarah Zhang Apr 2 '14

Genius Gravity scene featuring Superman ruins/fixes the whole movie

Haha, this is super silly but if you enjoyed the roller coaster ride that was Gravity and wished you were a superhero once before in your life, you should enjoy this fun mash-up video that creates a fake “deleted scene” that changes the entire movie. I think Superman needs to be spliced into more movies…

Sploid Casey Chan Apr 2 '14

Remember When HBO Said Game Of Thrones Could Last 20 Seasons?

There seems to be a disconnect lately between HBO, which wants Game of Thrones to last just seven seasons, and George R.R. Martin, who seems to think the show could last years and years, devoting a couple seasons each to Feast For Crows and Dance With Dragons. But where did Martin get this impression? Maybe…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 2 '14

This 1947 Train of Tomorrow Puts Today’s Trains to Shame

Here in 21st century America, train travel isn’t seen as very futuristic. But in the years after World War II, trains were right up there with airplanes as the coolest in luxurious transportation of tomorrow. And in 1947 Americans got a peek at what was promised to be their train-bound future. It was called the…

Tech News Matt Novak Apr 2 '14

“Mummy Brown” Paint Was Made Of Mummified Cats And Humans

There was a group of British painters called pre-Raphaelites who liked using a particular shade of brown in their masterpieces. To get just the right hue, they ground up ancient Egyptian human and cat mummies. At the Scientific American blog Symbiartic, Glendon Mellow explains: Considered to be a highly variable pigment between raw umber (almost…

Biology Jason G. Goldman Apr 2 '14

Did A “Field of Human Excrement” By The White House Kill A President?

If you remember President William Henry Harrison from U.S. history class at all, then you probably remember him as the poor fellow who died from pneumonia a month after delivering his inaugural address in freezing rain. Except was it really pneumonia after all? A New York Times article suggests a different theory, and a cautionary…

Health Sarah Zhang Apr 2 '14

Maybe Los Angeles Isn’t as Sprawling as You Think

A new report from Smart Growth America suggests that the Southland isn’t as sprawling as old clichés might suggest. Among U.S. metro areas of at least a million people, the Los Angeles/Long Beach/Glendale statistical region ranks as the 7th-most compact and connected. It trails far behind New York and San Francisco, of course, but scores…

Tech News Nathan Masters Apr 2 '14

Thank God: There’s Finally an App That Lets You Escape Group Texts

When it comes to group texts, nothing is more infuriating than being trapped in an endless barrage vibrations signaling nothing more than a “lol” or the occasional poop emoji. But until now, there was no convenient way to put an end to the madness without either A) blocking your friends or B) insulting them to…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg Apr 2 '14

Game of Thrones recapped with emojis is actually pretty damn good

You could read the books. You could borrow your friend’s HBO Go account to watch the show. You can spoil yourself by just existing on the Internet. Or you can catch up with the last season of Game of Thrones through this surprisingly good emoji recap. Yeah, emojis. It covers the big happenings of season…

Sploid Casey Chan Apr 2 '14

A Day at Muscle Beach with the World’s Strongest Man

The tires weigh 330 pounds, but they lift as easily as hula hoops in the hands of this Nordic god. In a puff of chalk, he hugs the rubber rings and scurries quickly through the sand. As he hoists the third and final tire onto the platform, he turns to the cheering crowd on Venice…

Tech News Alissa Walker Apr 2 '14

An Astronaut And His Robot Companion Are Photobombed By A Watery Planet

Commander Koichi Wakata poses before a Cupola window aboard the International Space Station. The Canadarm2’s Latching End Effector looks on from the other side of the glass. Meanwhile, in the background, Earth hangs almost modestly, all but obscured by the photo’s fore- and middleground subjects. Don’t worry Earth, we see you. [NASA via APOD]

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Apr 2 '14

Streaming Device Showdown: Who Wins the Battle for Your TV?

So you want to stream stuff to your TV. These days you have plenty of options, but which of them is best? After Roku announced its upcoming $50 HDMI-ready streaming stick and Amazon trotted out its new $100 Fire TV streaming box, we put this chart together to show you how it stacks up to…

Television Leslie Horn Apr 2 '14

Cheap, Colorful Solar-Powered Watches That Require No Maintenance

Based on the same technology that lets Citizen’s high-end watches with Eco-Drive stay perpetually charged by the sun, Q&Q (a company founded almost 40 years ago as part of Citizen) has finally made its once Japan-only SolarSmile watches available internationally. So for just $40—with free shipping—you can get a simple timepiece that never needs winding,…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Apr 2 '14

This neat animation makes me miss my childhood gadgets so much

Here is some guaranteed nostalgia for you. Follow the life of a Game Boy in this wonderful animation: watch it get assembled in a factory and packaged for an excited kid and see it get played by youthful thumbs and then eventually be tossed away by a teenager. It’s every toy’s story. Throughout its journey…

Sploid Casey Chan Apr 2 '14

A Lensbaby For Your iPhone That Makes Mobile Photography More Creative

For photographers looking to get really creative with their gear, Lensbaby is well known for its various DSLR lenses that can create tilt-shift and other popular effects. But for the first time, the company is letting iPhone photographers get in on the fun too, with a tiny smartphone-friendly lens providing extreme focus effects. The LM-10…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Apr 2 '14

Mars500: Astronaut isolation experiment

Cramping six astronauts into a small space for over a year is stressful. A freshly-released study goes into the details of how stressful, and how to minimize conflict in future simulations (or deep-space missions).

Health Mika McKinnon Apr 2 '14

What Happens When Two Black Holes Collide?

We know a few things about what happens when a black hole encounters another object in space. But what would happen if that object was, in fact, also a black hole? Today, we were joined by theoretical physicist Chris Adami, who answered our questions about black holes — including this one about just what we…

io9 Ria Misra Apr 2 '14

This Real-Time Installation Of Social Media Feeds Is Insane

There’s a kind of crazy headspace that’s easy to fall into after staring at the unceasing scroll of your social media biz on a couple of screens at a time. But this? This is a wholly terrifying total immersion in the form of an installation of sights, sounds, and mind-melting mental stimulation. It’s a lot…

Tech News Jordan Kushins Apr 2 '14

Beautiful Custom Motorbike Is Actually a 360º Security Camera

Lionsgate Picks Up The Crashed-Starship Movie Terrestrial

A Charming Adventure Around the World Animated With Office Supplies

Genius Gravity scene featuring Superman ruins/fixes the whole movie

Remember When HBO Said Game Of Thrones Could Last 20 Seasons?

This 1947 Train of Tomorrow Puts Today’s Trains to Shame

“Mummy Brown” Paint Was Made Of Mummified Cats And Humans

Did A “Field of Human Excrement” By The White House Kill A President?

Maybe Los Angeles Isn’t as Sprawling as You Think

Thank God: There’s Finally an App That Lets You Escape Group Texts

Game of Thrones recapped with emojis is actually pretty damn good

A Day at Muscle Beach with the World’s Strongest Man

An Astronaut And His Robot Companion Are Photobombed By A Watery Planet

Streaming Device Showdown: Who Wins the Battle for Your TV?

Cheap, Colorful Solar-Powered Watches That Require No Maintenance

This neat animation makes me miss my childhood gadgets so much

A Lensbaby For Your iPhone That Makes Mobile Photography More Creative

Mars500: Astronaut isolation experiment

What Happens When Two Black Holes Collide?

This Real-Time Installation Of Social Media Feeds Is Insane

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