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Collector buys a camera at an antique shop — and it’s filled with undeveloped pics from World War I

Anton Orlov, a San Diego based collector of vintage photography equipment, recently visited an antique shop where he purchased a unique French stereoscopic camera called a Jumelle Bellieni. While he was cleaning the device — and much to his surprise and delight — it contained eight undeveloped photographs taken in France during the First World…

io9 George Dvorsky Jan 10 '13

REDRAY Hands-On: A Giant Black Death Star Full of Beauty

The only problem with 4K TV, other than being too expensive for anyone who isn’t a Prince William, is that there’s no good way to get 4K stuff to watch. Right? RED is selling a super-HD streaming box that says otherwise. The Redray—and I’m not going to spell it in all-caps anymore because I hate…

Movies Sam Biddle Jan 10 '13

The Selfie Van Gogh Would Have Taken if He Could Have

Van Gogh’s is undoubtedly one of the most immediately recognizable self-portraits in the world. And it’s this familiarity with the impressionist painting that makes Lithuanian architect and photographer Tadao Cern’s digital recreation so haunting. Seeing what should be a dreamy, swirling image with such clarity and realism is jarring, but it’s also kind of incredible…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg Jan 10 '13

Joss Whedon is already working on more scripts for ABC’s S.H.I.E.L.D. TV show

As far as we know, the pilot for the S.H.I.E.L.D. TV series hasn’t finished filming yet — but Joss Whedon is already working on scripts for the following episodes, according to ABC TV President Paul Lee. Lee told Crave Online’s Fred Topel that the network is hoping Whedon will be involved in the day-to-day running…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jan 10 '13

The Avengers FX reel will blow you away

ILM has released a gigantic FX reel from The Avengers. Showcasing their work on the Helicarrier, alien destruction, and how they turned Mark Ruffalo into the Hulk. It’s totally fascinating. Some of this stuff already appeared in our previous article about ILM’s work on The Avengers — which also features gobs of concept art and…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 10 '13

Do Not Visit This Booth if You Have a Hangover

Don’t go into the Audi booth without sunglasses. It’s an entire squint-inducing tunnel of light. The light represents the future laser headlights Audi is hawking. The insufferable pounding dubstep represents current trends in Youth Culture™. Audi, you have cool cars, but do you realize that every journalist here is suffering from a hangover? Your entire…

Tech News Leslie Horn Jan 10 '13

This Doctor Who 50th anniversary special will feature a five-Doctor reunion

Sorry, there’s still no news on the Doctor Who 50th anniversary TV special. But there’s another special coming from Big Finish Productions, the company that kindly helped keep Doctor Who fandom alive with its licensed audio adventures. It’s a 100-minute audio play titled The Light at the End, which will star Tom Baker, Peter Davison,…

io9 Rob Bricken Jan 10 '13

The Most Awesomest Televisions at CES 2013

2013 is shaping up to be a huge year for huge televisions. Almost every major brand is rolling out gigantic sets and packing them with four times the resolution of current TVs. One curved display is even redefining what constitutes a “flat screen” TV, period. Here’s what to watch in 2013. https://gizmodo.com/the-only-thing-bigger-than-westinghouses-110-inch-4k-te-5973999 Westinghouse’s 110-Inch 4K…

Gadgets Andrew Tarantola Jan 10 '13

Sammy Sosa’s Pinterest Page Is Just Photos of Sammy Sosa Posing Over and Over

Remember Sammy Sosa, the guy who was hitting all those home runs? He’s back—in Pinterest form. This page will be the most bizarre and perhaps mentally ill thing you see on the Internet this week. Every single photo has the exact same caption. Every single photo is of Sammy Sosa smiling at the camera. One…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jan 10 '13

Sequence an award-winning science fiction writer’s genome, while Neil Gaiman sings to you

Author Jay Lake, the winner the Campbell Award and numerous other honors, is undergoing his fourth round of chemotherapy right now — and you can help him fight his cancer. Some of your favorite science fiction and fantasy authors have donated “acts of whimsy,” to raise money to sequence Jay Lake’s genome and possibly suggest…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jan 10 '13

What’s the rarest figure eight in the universe?

As many of you have noticed, the planet Earth has not been hurled into space or fallen into the sun. It just keeps orbiting in the solar system. It seems pretty simple, but this fact has baffled minds like Newton. That’s because when you have more than two bodies in an orbiting system, they are…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jan 10 '13

CES Day Three In One GIF

It’s our last day in Las Vegas, and we have devolved to the lowest level of human function. For example, Sam forgot to brush his teeth. Luckily the press room trashcans double as sinks. CES is a picture of hygiene.

Tech News Leslie Horn Jan 10 '13

Beats Electronics Is Getting Its Own Streaming Music Service Called Project Daisy

Beats Electronics got control of a lot of digital music rights and technology when it acquired the streaming music service MOG last year. Now, Beats is launching a new service—Project Daisy—to sell you beats by every artist you can think of. According to the release, the project was developed under the direction of Trent Reznor.…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jan 10 '13

Our Favorite Running Headphones Are Your Deal of the Day

All technology, if you wait long enough, eventually goes on sale. Yes—all those crazy new gadgets we’re seeing at CES will eventually become cheap if you can wait a year or five. But if you can find a bargain as soon as a new model comes out, well, that’s where deals live. Today, our Bestmodo-winning…

Tech News Kif Leswing Jan 10 '13

One Man A Capella transforms into a dwarf chorus while singing The Misty Mountains

Get ready to be filled with a longing for the CG hills of New Zealand. A Capella vocalist Peter Hollens just nails The Misty Mountains tune from The Hobbit. Nails it. We’ve already listened to this about 15 times over. Well done.

io9 Meredith Woerner Jan 10 '13

The Most Wonderfully Unrealistic Gear from CES 2013

At CES every year, we cover hundreds of products. They’re usually only barely differentiated from previous models. But sometimes, companies trot out devices and technology that could bring something new and wonderful to the market—it’s just too bad the odds of this vaporware ever being for sale are slim to nil. Here’s the best fantasy…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jan 10 '13

Lost RPG is the perfect example of the best (and worst) of Lost

This little Lost RPG game is so perfect we actually want to play it. Packed into this short, fake little game is everything we loved and hated about Lost. Cue the “You Are Everybody” chiptune! Click to view CollegeHumor’s Favorite Funny Videos [via College Humor]

io9 Meredith Woerner Jan 10 '13

The Wit and Wisdom of Aliens‘ Private Hudson

You can scratch “everything Bill Paxton says in Aliens” off the list of supercuts that need to be made –– someone very kindly compiled all of Bill Paxton’s speaking lines into the above video; heard together, without interruption, they sound almost… philosophical. Now all someone needs to do is write all these down and collect…

io9 Rob Bricken Jan 10 '13

Whoever Had the Idea to Make Bread Knives That Look Like the Alps Is a Genius

Commemorate your recent European travels and turn any loaf of bread into a pile of shredded crumbs with this trio of knives that feature serrated edges mirroring the silhouettes of the Alps. Pricing and availability haven’t been locked down yet, but the famous peaks include the Zurich Panorama, the Lake of Constance Panorama, and the…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 10 '13

Doctor Who’s Noel Clarke explains how a Spider-Man villain wound up in his horror movie

Noel Clarke, better known as Doctor Who’s Mickey Smith, co-wrote and stars in the very bloody monster movie Storage 24. We got Clarke on the phone to talk about the weird Spider-Man inspirations behind the alien monster, what really scares him the most about simple storage units, and why he thought he was cut from…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jan 10 '13

Collector buys a camera at an antique shop — and it’s filled with undeveloped pics from World War I

REDRAY Hands-On: A Giant Black Death Star Full of Beauty

The Selfie Van Gogh Would Have Taken if He Could Have

Joss Whedon is already working on more scripts for ABC’s S.H.I.E.L.D. TV show

The Avengers FX reel will blow you away

Do Not Visit This Booth if You Have a Hangover

This Doctor Who 50th anniversary special will feature a five-Doctor reunion

The Most Awesomest Televisions at CES 2013

Sammy Sosa’s Pinterest Page Is Just Photos of Sammy Sosa Posing Over and Over

Sequence an award-winning science fiction writer’s genome, while Neil Gaiman sings to you

What’s the rarest figure eight in the universe?

CES Day Three In One GIF

Beats Electronics Is Getting Its Own Streaming Music Service Called Project Daisy

Our Favorite Running Headphones Are Your Deal of the Day

One Man A Capella transforms into a dwarf chorus while singing The Misty Mountains

The Most Wonderfully Unrealistic Gear from CES 2013

Lost RPG is the perfect example of the best (and worst) of Lost

The Wit and Wisdom of Aliens‘ Private Hudson

Whoever Had the Idea to Make Bread Knives That Look Like the Alps Is a Genius

Doctor Who’s Noel Clarke explains how a Spider-Man villain wound up in his horror movie

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