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These Prosthetics Limbs Look Better Than Many Real Ones

Let’s get something straight—amputation is an awful, tragic thing. That being said, these personally customized prosthetic limbs are wonderful in that they make people mobile again—and look like German sports cars. Great industrial design for a great cause. When Bespoke Innovations, the firm behind the prosthetics, has a new client, they’re given a substantive interview…

Tech News Sam Biddle Dec 20

Put Your Lens in a Bomb Shelter with This Rugged Case

Beta Shells are made for those of you planning on taking your DSLR beyond Christmas dinner centerpiece shots—say, a mountain, or in the snow. Each is made from super-tough polymer, sealed against the weather, and padded with foam. The rundown of the Beta Shell’s specs are full of brawniness—steel screws, adhesive-blocked seams, neoprene and visco-elastic…

Tech News Sam Biddle Dec 20

“Brown fat” injections could solve the obesity problem

Most fat cells are called white fat cells – they store excess energy and make it tough to lose weight. But we’ve discovered how to turn mice’s white fat cells into energy burning brown fat cells, and humans could be next. Weight loss isn’t just about shifting mass – it’s about finding ways to burn…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Dec 20

This “World’s Largest iPhone” Is Actually an iPad Voltron

What’s the best way to spend $28,000? I dunno! Probably something charity-related. But a noticeable way to spend $28,000 is to group a bunch of iPads together and call them the biggest iPhone in the world. You can visit this display yourself at London’s St. Pancras International station, where it’s being used to promote a…

Tech News Brian Barrett Dec 20

A bizarre new form of life uncurls from chemicals in the water

This is one of several high-speed shots that graphic designer Alberto Seveso took after dribbling ink into water. They look like weird flowers or fungi. Check out the rest of them on his website. (Thanks, Bec!)

io9 Annalee Newitz Dec 20

George Saunders’ horrifying tale of sex, drugs and manufactured eloquence, in the New Yorker

This week’s New Yorker features a new story by the master of postmodern alienation, George Saunders. In “Escape from Spiderhead,” a man named Jeff serves as a guinea pig for a love potion… and then things get really weird. “Spiderhead” is in many ways your standard George Saunders story — the protagonist is a guy…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Dec 20

Gizmodo’s Giving Away Another Chrome OS Notebook and Here’s How to Win It

Google sent us some beautiful Chrome OS notebooks and we want to give one to you. Here’s how you can enter a random drawing for the gadget. https://gizmodo.com/chrome-os-hands-on-what-googles-computer-of-the-future-5708469 All you have to do is head over and join our official Facebook page and drop a comment on the “Comment here for a chance to win…

Social Media Rosa Golijan Dec 20

Three best scenes from last nights Robot Chicken Star Wars special

Wow — last night Robot Chicken aired its third Star Wars special, and it was almost better than the first. It was truly spectacular, especially when Boba Fett called Luke Skywalker Jodi Foster. Here our our three favorite moments. Death Star Escalator This scene was just brilliant, I can’t stop thinking about it. Does ANYONE…

Movies Meredith Woerner Dec 20

This Man Is Now a Drum Machine, Whether He Likes It or Not

Fantastically weird artist/DJ/programmer Daito Manabe is at it again, this time outfitting a friend with his infamous electroshock visualizer and rigging it up to respond to music generated by playing that same friend. Like a big twitchy, fleshy drum machine. https://gizmodo.com/innovations-in-visualizer-technology-electroshock-your-5068772 The central paradox of friendship with Daito Manabe: you’re the first to get to…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Dec 20

To be true, science fiction must be beautiful

One of the interesting things about science fiction is the way it straddles the division in between art and science. Fiction is an art. Science is, of course, science. So what do you get if you make art about science? (I strongly object to the idea that science fiction has to be about science. In…

Books & Comics Damien G. Walter Dec 20

Everest Gear Gallery

GigaPan Imager, used to take the highest panoramas on earth. [Oobject] Image Credit: Onorbit.com Medical chests used on the British 1924 and 1938 Mount Everest Expedition. [Oobject] Sir Edmund Hillary’s Axe made by Claudius Simond, Chamonix France. Modern ice axes look almost nothing like this. [Oobject] Everest trash: Oxygen cylinders recovered by the Nepalese government.…

Tech News Christina Bonnington Dec 20

Winter is Coming! Count down the days with this gorgeous Song of Ice and Fire 2012 calendar

Hugo-nominated artist John Picacio brings the menace and fire of Westeros to life with his draft cover of the 2012 Song of Ice and Fire calendar. We already showed you some images from Ted Naismith’s beautiful 2011 calendar — now there’s a reason to look forward to 2012 as well! [via Not a Blog] https://gizmodo.com/gorgeous-art-brings-the-castles-of-george-r-r-martins-5581996

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Dec 20

What’s That Disembodied Head Doing in My Backyard?

Ghostly faces, disembodied eyes, and haunting chandeliers can be found floating against trees and reflected in the water in small cities in Spain. But there’s no need to call the Ghostbusters just yet. Ibon Mainar‘s “Proyecciones en el Exterior” are simple, fleeting works of projected art against natural backdrops. But in some cases they’re just…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Dec 20

Lost scenes from the 1982 Tron Holiday Special (starring Dom DeLuise!)

We’ve all heard of The Star Wars Holiday Special, but have you ever seen The Tron Holiday Special? Jefferson Starship was in this too! Funny or Die has dug up scenes from this lost classic. Will RAM save Cyber-Christmas? [Funny or Die via Slashfilm]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Dec 20

So what’s Syfy’s new superpowered action show about?

Around the same time that Syfy cancelled Caprica and Stargate Universe, the network greenlit a new show — Alphas, about a team of superpowered people who solve special cases. We read a ton of pages from the pilot script. Spoilers… Edited to add: I forgot to include the usual disclaimers for this sort of thing.…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Dec 20

This 1982 Tron Holiday Special Really Should’ve Existed

Click to viewRemember that nightmareish Star Wars Holiday Special? Well, what if it had been Tron instead, and featured pitch-perfect guest appearances by Dom DeLuise and OJ Simpson? This. This is what. And it’s incredible. It’s also a terrific chance to start the “Jefferson Starship vs. Daft Punk” argument that no one ever wanted to…

Tech News Brian Barrett Dec 20

Murder scene might reveal why Neanderthals went extinct

49,000 years ago in a cave in northern Spain, twelve Neanderthals were murdered and eaten by another group of Neanderthals. This grisly scene may tell a larger story about the reasons why our humanoid cousins ultimately died out. There are a bunch of competing theories as to why Neanderthals went extinct. One idea is that…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Dec 20

Use AirFlick to Send Non-iTunes Video from Your Mac to AppleTV

Someday, AirPlay will let us fling content to and from anything with a screen. We’re not quite there yet! AirFlick, a new tool available in alpha, will at least let you beam video from your Mac to your AppleTV. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-how-airplay-should-work-5698609 Though AirFlick is still pretty rough around the edges it is proof that an unjailbroken…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Dec 20

A subway spelunker’s guide to Paris’ abandoned Métro stations

The subway doesn’t run 24 hours in Paris, but urban exploring in the Métro is nonetheless hazardous. Luckily for us, a group of intrepid urban explorers braved the City of Light’s subterranean side and came back with awesome photos. DSankt, an urban explorer who runs the website Sleepy City, has posted a massive guide to…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Dec 20

Tonight will be the darkest night of the past 500 years

Thanks to a lunar eclipse on the longest night of the year, tonight we’ll be experiencing the longest, darkest night in a very long time. It’s been nearly 500 years since the last solstice lunar eclipse. Here’s what you’ll see. Eclipse photo by Chris Hondros/Getty. NYU science journalism professor John Rennie explains what you’re likely…

io9 Annalee Newitz Dec 20

These Prosthetics Limbs Look Better Than Many Real Ones

Put Your Lens in a Bomb Shelter with This Rugged Case

“Brown fat” injections could solve the obesity problem

This “World’s Largest iPhone” Is Actually an iPad Voltron

A bizarre new form of life uncurls from chemicals in the water

George Saunders’ horrifying tale of sex, drugs and manufactured eloquence, in the New Yorker

Gizmodo’s Giving Away Another Chrome OS Notebook and Here’s How to Win It

Three best scenes from last nights Robot Chicken Star Wars special

This Man Is Now a Drum Machine, Whether He Likes It or Not

To be true, science fiction must be beautiful

Everest Gear Gallery

Winter is Coming! Count down the days with this gorgeous Song of Ice and Fire 2012 calendar

What’s That Disembodied Head Doing in My Backyard?

Lost scenes from the 1982 Tron Holiday Special (starring Dom DeLuise!)

So what’s Syfy’s new superpowered action show about?

This 1982 Tron Holiday Special Really Should’ve Existed

Murder scene might reveal why Neanderthals went extinct

Use AirFlick to Send Non-iTunes Video from Your Mac to AppleTV

A subway spelunker’s guide to Paris’ abandoned Métro stations

Tonight will be the darkest night of the past 500 years

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