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SteelSeries’ New Keyboards Will Study Your Gaming Technique and Suggest Improved Layouts

SteelSeries released a couple of new keyboards at CES called the Apex and Apex Raw that are targeted at the gaming community with 22 macro buttons, advanced anti-ghosting hardware, and light-up keys with 16.8 million different colors. But what’s particularly neat is the included analyzation software that promises to intelligently improve your gameplay. It runs…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 14 '13

The Brazilian Treehopper may be the strangest creature we’ve ever laid eyes on

Because holy crap, just look at that headgear. Everyone, meet Bocydium globulare. Better known as the Brazilian treehopper, B. globulare excels at living a solitary life, hanging out on the leaves of glory bushes, and head-sphering its way into your nightmares. The Brazilian treehopper is 100% real, but the image up top is of a…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Jan 14 '13

Anthony Mackie reveals Marvel’s high-flying plans for The Falcon in Captain America 2

Very little is known plotwise about Captain America’s sequel, Captain America: The Winter Soldier. But we do know that Steve Rogers will be interacting with a handful of classic Captain America characters, such as Bucky Barnes and the Falcon, played by Anthony Mackie. In a recent interview with AICN, Mackie revealed a few important details…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 14 '13

It’s Time for the Great Floridian Python Hunt

Nearly 800 snake hunters are signed up for the 2013 Python Challenge in Florida. For the next month, the hunters will be scouring the Everglades for the invasive Burmese pythons that are destroying the fragile ecosystem. This is a real thing. Under the rules of the contest, which is sponsored by the Florida Fish and…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jan 14 '13

Crazy Nanotech Skin Can Make Bouncing Balloons of Liquid Metal

Liquid metal technology. That’s Terminator 2 stuff, right? Well you better start running now, John Connor, because it’s here. A new, flexible, conductive nano-coating lets liquid metal keep its form by transforming under high pressure, and then springing right back. Granted, it’s not like anyone will be using this tech to form galinstan—an alloy of…

Tech News Eric Limer Jan 14 '13

Gary Busey explains Hobbits, and the results are predictably insane

Famed actor/lunatic Gary Busey has taken time out of his busy schedule of yelling at invisible people to have a seat on a quiet, secluded hill, wear a tiny baseball cap, and tell us all about the tiny denizens of Middle-Earth known as Hobbits. I thought myself a bit of a Tolkien fan, but I’m…

io9 Rob Bricken Jan 14 '13

Slow Motion and Explosives Make Painting a Blast

If you want a colorful explosion, you can get your hands on some fancy, professional fireworks, sure. Or, you can take the easy way out and blow up a couple of buckets of paint. You’ll be like a Jackson Pollock with a case of M-80s. The Slow Mo Guys went with that second option, and…

Tech News Eric Limer Jan 14 '13

Why you’ll never see a green star (but an alien might!)

If our eyes were just a little different, we might see green when looking up at our sun. Because they aren’t, we’ll never see a green star no matter where we look. However, alien eyes, when they come to our solar system — or if they’re already here! — might be able to see green…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jan 14 '13

You’ll Always Have Room in Your Bag for This Laser Cut Chess Set

Yes, there are literally thousands of chess games available for mobile devices. But there’s still something utterly satisfying about moving physical pieces around an actual board, and facing your opponent. So skip the Chess With Friends and go with Jonas Lang’s beautiful laser-cut chess set that’s as easy to carry as your ultra-thin laptop. The…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 14 '13

The NRA’s New Shooting App Is for Kids of the Same Age of Sandy Hook Victims (and Up)

Here is some free PR advice for the National Rifle Association: Now is not the time to release a target practice iOS app—especially one intended for kids. According to the NRA, the app is intended for children as young as age four. In Target Practice you can choose to test your skills in an indoor…

Tech News Leslie Horn Jan 14 '13

Gasp! Microsoft’s Former Windows Chief Uses an iPhone

Just a few short months after leaving Microsoft, the former head of Windows Steven Sinofsky has been busted for firing off some of his tweets from—HOLD THE HANDSET—an iPhone. Traitor! https://gizmodo.com/the-president-of-windows-steven-sinofsky-is-leaving-mic-5959997 Or maybe this isn’t such a big deal? As @stevesi quite reasonably responded to inquiring Twitter user Albert Jelica, it’s not odd for a…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jan 14 '13

Weather forecast calls for heavy rainfall, 50% chance of Batman

Because it’s the weather system Texas deserves, etc. Over at Newton Blog, Ross Pomeroy serves up a great example of misperceived random stimuli in the form of a 3-day rainfall forecast. The screenshot, he says, was captured by a friend working at Weather Nation, and comes from the Rapid Precision Mesoscale weather forecasting model. Tempting…

Movies Robbie Gonzalez Jan 14 '13

Rare ground-level photo of Hiroshima bombing found in former Japanese elementary school

One can only imagine what was going through the mind of the person who took this photo. Taken a mere two to five minutes after its detonation, it’s a ground-level perspective of the atomic explosion that decimated Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. The original print of the photograph recently surfaced in the archives at Honkawa…

io9 George Dvorsky Jan 14 '13

How To Navigate an Insanely Massive Trade Show Like CES

The Consumer Electronics Show is one of the largest conventions on the planet. And as this infographic illustrates, CES veterans have figured out specific strategies to navigating the show’s 3,000+ booths and 1.87 million square feet of exhibits. Your first day is usually spent getting the lay of the land, and inevitably finding yourself completely…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 14 '13

Amazing Cliff Houses: Literally Living on the Edge

One of the ultimate desires of humankind: living on the solitary edge between urban luxury and the embrace of nature. Houses on cliffs and rocks reflect this desire well. You might find your dream house among the next 27 buildings; many of them are true examples of exceptional architectural design and outstanding engineering. The Cliff…

Tech News Attila Nagy Jan 14 '13

Joss Whedon drops some intriguing S.H.I.E.L.D. hints and promises The Avengers 2 will go deeper!

J.J. Abrams explains why Star Trek Into Darkness had to be in 3D, despite his objections. Could some newly registered domain names hint at the new Batman movie? Jurassic Park IV is really happening — and it has a tentative release date in 2014. Plus John Noble talks the Fringe finale! Spoilers from here on…

Television Alasdair Wilkins Jan 14 '13

This Is What a Virus Infecting a Cell Looks Like

This isn’t a cartoon tree or some strange piece of modern art. In fact, it’s what researchers from the University of Texas at Austin saw when they managed to observe a virus in the act of penetrating a cell. In the image, you can see a T7 virus (red) burrowing its way into an E.…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jan 14 '13

How To Weaponize the World’s Most Useful Tool: Duct Tape

Taking a small break from expanding his insane rubber band-based arsenal, slingshot master Joerg Sprave turns his attention to re-engineering duct tape, and other random accessories, into a trio of improvised weapons. He still can’t completely shake his slingshot roots—using the tape and a small collection of pens to recreate his weapon of choice—but Wolverine…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 14 '13

Eliminate Touchscreen Lag From the Surface With This Tiny Hack

Now that hackers have sunk their teeth well and truly into the Microsoft Surface RT, loads of things are being probed, including lag. Apparently, with a tiny registry edit, you can speed up the Surface RT no end and eliminate touch lag. Here’s how. Simply put, for some reason Microsoft’s built in some lag or…

Tech News Sam Gibbs - GIzmodo UK Jan 14 '13

This Is What Hyperspace Travel Would Really Look Like

Hundreds of sci-fi movies have depicted hyperspace travel, where stars appear as streaks of light as the spacecraft in question surges forward. But according to a team of physicists, that’s bullshit—and hyperspace travel would look a whole lot fuzzier. https://gizmodo.com/nasa-starts-work-on-real-life-star-trek-warp-drive-5942634 A team of graduate students from the University of Leicester, UK, has turned their thinking…

Space & Spaceflight Jamie Condliffe Jan 14 '13

SteelSeries’ New Keyboards Will Study Your Gaming Technique and Suggest Improved Layouts

The Brazilian Treehopper may be the strangest creature we’ve ever laid eyes on

Anthony Mackie reveals Marvel’s high-flying plans for The Falcon in Captain America 2

It’s Time for the Great Floridian Python Hunt

Crazy Nanotech Skin Can Make Bouncing Balloons of Liquid Metal

Gary Busey explains Hobbits, and the results are predictably insane

Slow Motion and Explosives Make Painting a Blast

Why you’ll never see a green star (but an alien might!)

You’ll Always Have Room in Your Bag for This Laser Cut Chess Set

The NRA’s New Shooting App Is for Kids of the Same Age of Sandy Hook Victims (and Up)

Gasp! Microsoft’s Former Windows Chief Uses an iPhone

Weather forecast calls for heavy rainfall, 50% chance of Batman

Rare ground-level photo of Hiroshima bombing found in former Japanese elementary school

How To Navigate an Insanely Massive Trade Show Like CES

Amazing Cliff Houses: Literally Living on the Edge

Joss Whedon drops some intriguing S.H.I.E.L.D. hints and promises The Avengers 2 will go deeper!

This Is What a Virus Infecting a Cell Looks Like

How To Weaponize the World’s Most Useful Tool: Duct Tape

Eliminate Touchscreen Lag From the Surface With This Tiny Hack

This Is What Hyperspace Travel Would Really Look Like

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